Hopefully the traffic to Lake Tahoe is going to be bad because hopefully a lot of people will think the skiing is bad due to the warm weather. If it's the normal driving time of 4 hours, then it's not too bad. Plus the last hour of the drive is really pretty going though the mountains. There is one part of the drive where you are driving along a cliff, and for people on the right side of the car they get scared looking over the edge! I like to tease them and drive close, maybe you'll get to see for yourself soon! here are some pics I took a few years ago from that part of the drive (they have a few places to pull over to enjoy the view).