The Lodge at Tahoe Donner 12850 Northwoods Boulevard • Truckee • California 96161

Your site fee at The Lodge at Tahoe Donner in Truckee comes with tables, chairs, linens and cleanup, plus free parking for your guests. Catering and the bar are both handled in-house by The Lodge Restaurant & Pub, so food and drinks are priced per person on top of the site fee, along with a 22% service charge. A food and beverage minimum also applies. Want a dance floor or dressing areas? Confirm those with the events team before you book.

Yes, both happen right at The Lodge, so nobody has to drive between spaces. From spring through fall, ceremonies take place on the lawn or in the Grotto, a grassy spot with a waterfall that holds up to 75 guests. Guests can mingle with cocktails in the Grotto, then head to the outdoor Pavilion, which hosts 100–200 for dinner. Indoors, the Sage Room seats up to 30 and the Alder Room up to 55, and a full Lodge buyout covers indoor and outdoor spaces for 100–200 guests.

Food and drinks at The Lodge at Tahoe Donner come from the in-house team at The Lodge Restaurant & Pub, which is known for dishes made with fresh, organic ingredients, a curated wine list and craft cocktails. The catering team builds custom menus, and brunch is on the table too, which is handy for a next-day send-off. Since the kitchen and bar are in-house, plan your budget around their per-person pricing.

At The Lodge at Tahoe Donner in Truckee, site fees run $2,000–$7,000, depending on the day of the week and the spaces you reserve, and a food and beverage minimum applies. An outdoor wedding for more than 100 guests, with a lawn ceremony, Grotto cocktails and a Pavilion reception, is $7,000 Friday–Sunday. Smaller weddings of up to 85 guests in the Grotto or an indoor banquet room run $2,000–$2,800, depending on your date. Winter packages for up to 60 guests start at $2,500. Catering for the Pavilion and Grotto runs $75–$85 per person, and a 22% service charge is added. Booking a rehearsal dinner or farewell brunch with your wedding takes 10% off that event's site fee.

Outdoor music at The Lodge at Tahoe Donner has to wrap by 8pm, and outdoor spaces are available 8am–9pm from May through October. Indoor spaces are open year-round from 6am to midnight, so you can move the party inside and keep dancing later. Amplified music is allowed indoors and outdoors, with some restrictions.

The Lodge at Tahoe Donner gives you a mountain wedding with your ceremony, reception and next-day brunch all in one place. Floor-to-ceiling windows look out over the pines and the mountain golf course, and the Grotto's waterfall makes a ready-made ceremony backdrop from spring through fall. It works for small weddings too: winter packages for up to 60 guests start at $2,500, and Grotto or indoor weddings for up to 85 start at $2,000. The Sage Room upstairs is a natural fit for a rehearsal dinner, and the pub is right there for an afterparty.