For half the year, a Montreux golf membership can reach past the Montreux gate. The Club at ArrowCreek offers a winter membership designed only for Montreux members. It runs from November 1 through April 30 every year and opens ArrowCreek's clubhouse, indoor pickleball, fitness center and, as weather allows, its two championship courses.
That arrangement works because the two clubs do winter differently. Montreux takes its golf indoors on TrackMan simulators. ArrowCreek offers outdoor holes when conditions permit and indoor courts for the sport that a Montreux winter puts at the mercy of the weather. Taken together, the two clubs give a Montreux household more to do from November to April than either club offers alone.
Montreux's winter runs through four simulators
Montreux's Nicklaus-designed course sits at roughly 5,500 feet, according to Nicklaus Design's own account of the course. The club's answer to the offseason is the Montrêux TrackMan Lounge, with four TrackMan simulators. On the club's golf page, Montreux describes the Lounge as the way to "enjoy golf throughout the winter months," with winter leagues, swing analysis and hundreds of courses to choose from.
One of those simulated courses is Montreux itself. A member can play the 636-yard 8th, the longest and straightest hole on the property, with the lake left of the fairway. Or they can try the 17th, where the tee sits about 100 feet above a fairway with Galena Creek running along its left side. All of it happens indoors while the real holes sit under weather.
The rest of Montreux's amenities hold up in winter unevenly:
- Fitness center: open seven days a week, year-round.
- Pickleball: two permanent and four temporary courts, available year-round, weather permitting.
- Pool service: advertised only from May 23 to September 1.
At Montreux, winter pickleball depends on the weather, and winter golf is built around the simulators. ArrowCreek's winter offer covers both of those gaps.
The membership built for one club's members
The Winter Privé page at The Club at ArrowCreek says the program is "designed exclusively for Montreux Members" and is meant to let them use ArrowCreek's amenities "during the off-season." It comes in two tiers:
- Sport Privé includes ArrowCreek's indoor pickleball facility and league play, the fitness center and group classes, dining at every club venue, and club programming and social events. It covers a spouse and unmarried children under 23, and ArrowCreek says it carries no food and beverage minimums or assessments.
- Golf Privé includes everything in Sport Privé plus 36 holes of championship golf "as weather allows," the practice facilities and the Indoor Performance Center. Cart fees are charged per round.
Sport Privé is mainly about pickleball and dining, and that's the part a Montreux household can use on days when no one could golf anywhere. ArrowCreek's indoor pickleball facility has four dedicated courts built for year-round play, so a snowy Tuesday doesn't cancel a match. Golf Privé is the tier that adds the grass, when the grass is playable.
Side by side, the two clubs cover different ground
Here's how winter lines up between the two clubhouses, based on each club's published amenity pages.
| Winter amenity | Montreux | The Club at ArrowCreek, via Winter Privé |
|---|---|---|
| Indoor golf | TrackMan Lounge, four simulators, winter leagues | Performance Center, two bays with Foresight technology |
| Winter golf focus | TrackMan Lounge play and leagues | 36 outdoor holes, as weather allows, Golf Privé tier |
| Pickleball | Six courts, two permanent and four temporary, weather permitting | Four indoor courts, year-round, with league play |
| Fitness | Seven days a week, year-round | Fitness center and group classes, both tiers |
| Dining | Montreux clubhouse | All ArrowCreek venues, no F&B minimums for Winter Privé |
The indoor golf setups have different strengths. Montreux has twice as many simulator bays, so it's built for playing rounds and running leagues. ArrowCreek's Performance Center is a two-bay practice room, and the club also describes virtual-reality training there. A Montreux golfer who wants a winter league can find it at home. One who wants practice and instruction gets a second option down the road.
What "as weather allows" covers on the Legend and the Challenge
ArrowCreek's 36 holes are two courses. The Legend was designed by Arnold Palmer and opened August 25, 1999. The Challenge was designed by Fuzzy Zoeller and John Harbottle. In winter, the Winter Privé page's only promise about them is the phrase "as weather allows." That makes outdoor golf a bonus that depends on the day. It isn't a tee sheet to plan a calendar around.
The facilities around those courses are fairly new. ArrowCreek describes a $65 million renovation and expansion done in phases. Phase One, in 2020, added the Performance Center, practice greens, a short-game area and the driving range. Phase Two, which opened in 2022, nearly doubled the clubhouse and added The Vista event space, Tony's, BeeBee's Cafe and the fitness center. Indoor pickleball came last. A Winter Privé member is effectively getting the club as it stands after that rebuild.
Some neighbors belong to neither club, including households in St. James's Village who want to swing a club between storms. For them, public play has a published winter rate season. Washoe County Golf Club's 2026–27 winter rates run from November 1 through March 31:
- 18 holes walking: $28 for adults, $23 for seniors 62 and older, $11 for juniors under 18
- 18 holes with a cart: $45 for adults, $40 for seniors
- Twilight rate after 1 p.m.: $35 for adults or seniors riding 18 holes
Guests, Thanksgiving, and the ski hill up the highway
Guests are where Winter Privé's terms get specific. Guests can use golf, pickleball and fitness up to three times per designated area over the six-month season, "regardless of which Member accompanies them." Those visits count against the guest, not the host. If a houseguest plays pickleball at ArrowCreek over Thanksgiving with one Montreux friend and again in February with another, both visits come out of the same three.
Thanksgiving falls inside the window. ArrowCreek's fall calendar lists Thanksgiving To-Go pickup on Wednesday, November 25, with a traditional turkey dinner, New York strip loin or prime rib and the fixings, which staff bring out to the car. The calendar presents it as a member offering, so Winter Privé households should check with the club whether it applies to them before counting on it for the holiday.
ArrowCreek also lists access to golf and amenities at other Troon properties among its membership benefits, through Troon's member programs. Winter Privé members interested in that should also ask the club whether it extends to their seasonal tier.
For days when the snow wins outright, the season's other option is up the hill. Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe opened for the 2026–27 season on November 6. A Montreux household could ski in the morning, play pickleball at ArrowCreek in the afternoon and finish the evening with a TrackMan league round at home, all within a short drive.
ArrowCreek's membership office takes Winter Privé inquiries through an interest form on the program page, where Membership Director Kassie Pemberton is listed as the contact.
If you're weighing how club life in Montreux, ArrowCreek or St. James's Village fits the way your household spends its winters, Lexi Cerretti at Tahoe Icon knows these clubhouses and the communities around them season by season. Schedule a private consultation to talk through what each gate offers from November to April.
