24 Sep Capturing Autumn’s Art
Maine. Vermont. The Great Smoky Mountains. These are the places that come to mind when people think about fall foliage at its best. California and Nevada? Not so much....
24 Sep Where Hell Freezes Over
Hell, it turns out, is just a pitchfork’s toss from Heaven. Hell’s Kitchen, the restaurant based on celebrity chef and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay’s hit reality television show by the same name, opened in January at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe in Stateline, near Heavenly Village. It is the...
24 Sep Building a Legacy
From a bird’s-eye view, the rugged, snowy terrain surrounding one of California’s oldest ski resorts looks like an impossible setting for homebuilding in the winter months....
24 Sep Chasing Dreams
This was not the first time I’d driven deep into the granite expanse of Donner Summit in search of something exquisite built by Mike Basich....
24 Sep Mental Matters
“To achieve maximum send, you must first find maximum Zen.” This sage advice came from a skier no older than 12, on a chairlift at Squaw Valley. He was being coached by a friend of mine, and I had joined their team on the lift....
24 Sep The Book That Takes You Beneath Big Blue
Clarity. For Lake Tahoe, it’s a word that evokes pride in Big Blue’s crystalline waters. It’s a measuring stick for the lake’s health, tested regularly as a gauge for all that’s happening to the region’s environment. It’s a source of wonder for those who stare...
24 Sep Exploring the Roots of Skiing Half a World Away
Urumqi, China. Ever heard of it? The city boasts a population of more than 3.5 million, yet I had never heard of it until landing there in late January 2020. Its airport serves Altay, an even more remote prefecture in the far northern reaches of...
24 Sep UC Davis Grads to Take on Tahoe Invasive Species with Dog Treats
If you identified water fleas as the central piece to the problematic puzzle of declining clarity at Lake Tahoe, congratulations. And if you named dog treats as a viable solution to ecological problems at the lake, you win again....
24 Sep A Summer of Flames Hits Home
Editor's note: The following is the Editor's Letter that appears in the 2020 Ski & Ride issue. Adding to a long list of inconveniences in 2020, Tahoe residents awoke on September 5 to find a thin coat of ash on their cars and patios. Heavy smoke choked...
24 Sep Turns Well Earned
The sweat, pre-sunrise alarms and taxing trail breaking are all worth it once you click into your skis or strap into your bindings. What awaits out there in the Tahoe backcountry—both the journey and the destination—is a bliss that is hard to describe. It’s the...