It is a clear, crisp day in mid-December, and I am visiting the northernmost sequoia grove in California, located in a remote patch of conifer forest outside the small town of Foresthill. Sunbeams filter through the thick forest canopy onto a thin layer of snow...
From the window of an airplane, towering Sierra Nevada pines shrink to spiky green mats. Expanses of granite peaks that can take hours to hike rush past. Ephemeral connections between clear mountain lakes trace their paths. Engines whir and those in flight gain a grand...
Brian Newman was standing on Echo Summit when the Caldor Fire crested the ridge and moved into the Lake Tahoe Basin on August 30. At approximately 7,382 feet, the summit does not have a reputation as a path for wildfires. Instead, the Sierra pass and its...
Local ranchers call it Thacker Pass. The native Paiute people call it Peehee Mu’huh. We have no clue that this uninhabited expanse of desert land even has a name. It just looks like a good spot to pull the truck off the road for the night...
Founded more than 50 years ago by a charismatic Austrian ski coach, Tahoe’s oldest blacksmith shop continues to build upon its reputation as the best in the business at an ancient craft...
From early-day aspirations to replicate the ski resorts of the Alps to its modern-day status as a forgotten world of snow-starved extreme skiing, Yosemite Valley boasts a storied history of winter sports...
From young phenom to big-mountain veteran, Tahoe talent Michelle Parker has found success by following her heart...
Still fit and climbing rocks at age 78, Hermann Goellner in his prime was among a rare breed of freestyle skiing greats, performing fearless inverted tricks well before they became the norm...
A pandemic-driven surge in fly-fishing has created opportunity in the Tahoe area, where an increase in anglers indicates growing interest in the sport—as well as more pressure on local waters The rod moves like a windshield wiper on a drizzly day, tracing wide arcs over the...
It wasn't altruism that drove Max Jones to clear brush from the antiquated trail that once served as a flume from Lake Tahoe to Virginia City. “It was purely selfish,” Jones says. “It was all just so I had a ride to do.”...