22 Feb Magnificent Mountain Retreat
As far as vacation homes go, this sleek new residence tucked off of Lake Tahoe Boulevard is about as accommodating as they come....
22 Feb Comfortable Collaboration
When hiring a project team, it’s never a bad idea to seek out an architect and builder with a good rapport. An Incline Village family hit a home run in that department when they brought on Elise Fett and Jason Hummel to design and build the...
22 Feb The Friendly Nature of a Family Home
Given the Tahoe area’s mountain landscape, a flat homesite can be hard to come by. It’s why Craig Fugina, senior designer with Donald Joseph Inc., was excited to design a custom home on a “fantastically flat” lot in Truckee’s Schaffer’s Mill community....
22 Feb Inspired by Challenge
Phil GilanFarr has a knack for seeing potential in challenging homesites. This was the case with an Incline Village project he spearheaded and completed in 2023 with help from McMahan Homes, LLC, with whom he often collaborates....
15 Feb ENTER TO WIN TQ’S BEST OF TAHOE PHOTO CONTEST
Welcome to Tahoe Quarterly’s 2024 Best of Tahoe Photo Contest. This year’s contest runs from February 19 through March 8. The same rules as last year apply, but for those who are new to the contest or need a refresher, the guidelines and categories are listed below....
27 Nov Legends of the Lens
When Hank deVre tucks a camera inside his ski jacket this winter and hits the slopes, it will mark his 50th season of shooting Tahoe ski photos. It’s a journey he could hardly have imagined when, on a lark, he took a fall camping trip...
27 Nov Tim Humphreys: Forever Young
Even the burliest, most steadfast powder aficionado can be forgiven for seeking respite from snow come late spring and early summer, especially after a brutalizing winter. Sometimes we want to mountain bike, or recline at the beach, or play golf. Sometimes the feet just ache...
27 Nov Weather Whiplash in Death Valley
Backcountry snowboarding in Death Valley National Park was not on our bingo card at the start of winter. Yet here we are the first week of April 2023, strapping into our splitboards on the 11,049-foot summit of Telescope Peak, the tallest mountain in the Panamint...
27 Nov The Biggest Little Ski Manufacturer in America
In the early 2000s, skiing, at least for the younger demographic, was on life support. A generation of riders had found and slowly gravitated toward snowboarding, which was still on the ascent. The new-schoolers were drawn to the shape and flexibility of snowboards, the splashier...
27 Nov Counting the Snow
On Donner Summit, in the middle of last winter, deepening snowbanks appeared to swallow the Central Sierra Snow Lab. Only the uppermost windows of the three-story-tall A-frame were visible. A steep pathway dug into the snow led down to the front door, which in dry...