marika cherry is the general manager at the pepper tree inn located in tahoe city california, and says she is at 55% of average capacity for this time of year. she is cutting prices to fill rooms and even then, stemming the tide of reservation cancellations is a challenge. if we don't have snow, then they begin to cancel. we have very big trend for cancellations right now. squaw valley ski resort visitors pat and vivian porter have been planning their ski trip to tahoe for months, traveling all the way from atlanta . we like it to be great conditions if we are gonna put out the money for a lift ticket, with snowpack levels just above 30% of average this time of year. i usually would be sitting in four feet of water right now. and with these spring time temperatures, businesses are finding other ways to keep visitors busy...and spending money. because of the lack of snow, we've got people coming in and rent bikes and paddleboards and doing other activities that tahoe has to offer that's not just the winter activities. we see people wanting to enjoy the other things that they would maybe