BE76 PLT CATCHES A PROP TIP ON LANDING IN GUSTY WINDS AT MOUNTAIN ARPT.

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I AM BUILDING PIC TIME; SO THAT I CAN TAKE MY MULTI-ENG INSTRUCTOR (MEI) CHK RIDE. ON A TRAINING FLT I DECIDED TO TAKE A FEW FRIENDS/CO-WORKERS ALONG FOR A RIDE UP TO SOUTH LAKE TAHOE. IT WAS VMC FOR THE WHOLE RTE OF FLT AND THE TKOF; ENRTE AND DSCNT PHASES OF THE FLT WENT VERY SMOOTHLY. UPON ARRIVING AT SOUTH LAKE TAHOE THE WINDS WERE GUSTY; BUT NOTHING OUTSIDE OF THE ACFT OR MY OWN LIMITATIONS. DURING OUR FINAL DSCNT TO LAND IT WAS BUMPY; BUT AT ABOUT 200 FT AGL THE AIR SMOOTHED OUT AND I WAS IN A CONTINUOUS POS TO LAND (GEAR DOWN FLAPS AT 25 DEGS AND PROPS HIGH RPM). I CAME INTO LAND AND AS I WAS FLARING A GUST OF WIND HIT THE PLANE AND BANKED IT TO THE R; I OVERREACTED TO THE L AND NICKED THE PROP. IT WAS SUCH A QUICK STRIKE THAT I DID NOT EVEN NOTICE. THE TAXI IN AND SHUTDOWN WENT SMOOTHLY; AND NO PAX WERE INJURED. WHEN WE DEPLANED I INSPECTED THE AIRPLANE AND THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED THAT THE PROP HAD NICKED THE RWY. I BELIEVE MANY FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS INCIDENT. THE CHAIN OF EVENTS BEGAN WHEN I MADE THE DECISION TO FLY INTO SOUTH LAKE TAHOE. THIS ARPT IS IN THE MOUNTAINS WHICH MAKES IT A SOMEWHAT DANGEROUS ARPT TO FLY INTO. THAT FACT MIXED WITH THE GUSTY WINDS AND MY INEXPERIENCE IN THE BEECHCRAFT DUCHESS AND IN MULTI-ENG PLANES IN GENERAL; LED TO THE INCIDENT AT HAND.