Placer miners continue to pan Sierra streams, gripped by the same gold fever that shaped California James Dee and Keith Mullenix are sitting on the steep bank of the North Fork American River at Mineral Bar, just outside of Colfax. It’s late afternoon, and though James...
Tracing the rise and fall of one of Tahoe's most talented and charismatic athletes Dan Osman attacks Slayer with meticulous fluidity. Slayer is the hardest rock climbing route at Cave Rock, the once-thriving climbing destination teeming with some of the most difficult sport routes in...
The Lake Tahoe region is home to five spectacular wilderness areas Identifying the dizzying array of federal public land in the United States can be difficult. You may think you know what a national park looks like—snapshots of the dawn of creation, like Yosemite’s towering granite monoliths...
In March, we opened Tahoe Quarterly’s Facebook page to our loyal readers for the sixth annual photo contest. We asked for photos in seven categories—Landscape, Kids, Pets, Instagram, Black and White, Wildlife and Sports—and over 200 submissions poured in. Taking into account the number of...
The pros and cons of a future Reno–Tahoe Winter Games It’s a local myth that Tahoe’s development boom of the 1960s and ’70s—which radically reshaped the area landscape, endangered The Lake’s clarity and led to the creation of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency—was due to the...
One of snowboarding’s top talents is looking ahead to a future outside the pipe Danny Davis, photo by Gabe L’Heureux For someone who has lived his life in the snowboarding spotlight, Danny Davis seems utterly comfortable sipping coffee in a tucked away corner of downtown Truckee’s Dark Horse...
Known more for its world-class skiing and snowboarding, Tahoe’s terrain is also ideal for extreme sledders Lake Tahoe is a winter sports enthusiast’s dream. With its quality terrain and snow, the picturesque environs of Tahoe attract athletes from not only traditional disciplines like skiing and snowboarding,...
A decade after retiring from alpine ski racing, Truckee's Daron Rahlves is still pursuing fresh adventures Daron Rahlves, photo by Darren Carroll, courtesy Red Bull For the average person, the highlight of retiring is hanging up the boots in exchange for a life of leisure, far removed...
Tahoe is a breeding ground for world-class winter athletes. Look no further than the sizable contingent of athletes with local ties who qualified to compete in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Topping a number of small countries, the Lake Tahoe region will be represented by 11...
Quintet of Tahoe-trained Nordic ski racers gunning for Winter Olympics Tahoe athletes have achieved much success in Winter Olympics competition over the past 50 years, from Jimmie Heuga’s bronze-medal performance in 1964 to Jamie Anderson’s gold medal in 2014, with many in between. All had one...