The primary objective of this home—dubbed “The Oasis” by the project team—was to create a “fortress of solitude” where the owners could escape the grind of their daily routine and enjoy the wonders of nature along Donner Creek. The design was intended to be simple...
This Martis Camp project was originally designed as a main house with a detached guesthouse. The latter was built first and enjoyed for a few years before the homeowners decided they wanted the two structures to look and function as one, which presented a challenge...
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Two teens took breaks from school two years apart, either side of 1970, and moved to the mountains. Each fell in love with skiing, then with Tahoe, then—when they met two winters later—each other....
It’s chilly out, but an otherwise perfect morning for flying as Clayton Linnemann pushes his cherry-red-and-white SeaRey Elite seaplane from its hangar. Working under the purple sky of dawn, the Truckee-based private pilot circles the amphibious aircraft with a laminated checklist in hand, studiously examining...
Larry Prosor isn’t one to glamorize the past or vilify the future, tempting as it may be for someone who built a career on the cresting wave of extreme sports photography in what was arguably the golden era of Tahoe, only to watch it flounder...
Some homes are like championship fairways, in that the details come into full relief only after some time and firsthand experience of the rooms. Citing the game of golf is an apt metaphor for this new Martis Camp home, since it is sited beside two...
Of all the talented and influential women skiers from the Reno-Tahoe area, Dodie Post Gann and Marcelle “Marce” Barkley Herz share space on the short list of all-time greats....
Tallac, KT, Maggies and Rose. When snowflakes start flying, the names of Tahoe’s mountains start ringing out in conversations everywhere from the lift line to the grocery store. Skiers and snowboarders rattle off names of local peaks as if they are best friends, trading stories about...
We’re socked in, stuck in a cloud, with visibility only a few feet at best. It’s snowing, and we’re lined up for a long tour. Rocks give us a slight sense of depth, but it’s too hard to see cracks and subtle undulations in the...