A Squaw Valley skier, BASE jumper and stuntman reflects on the highs and lows of his extreme lifestyle “Wet the whistle a little bit,” says JT Holmes, talking into his GoPro camera as he bites into a clump of snow. Pausing, Holmes lets out a deep...
Tips for better ski and snowboard still photography in the expanding world of video With drones buzzing around the backcountry and GoPros on every other helmet in the KT line at Squaw Valley, the amount of video being captured on the slopes is continually increasing. So...
Outdoor recreation opportunities abound during Tahoe’s shoulder season Shoulder season in Tahoe is the valley between two mountains, the lull between summer adventures and winter thrills. During this stretch—generally from mid-September to mid-December—residents and the area’s rare visitors enjoy the bounty of the low season....
Record 2016–17 winter opens the door to a backcountry snowboarding adventure in the Southern Sierra Hideous knocks and squeals reverberate through the truck cab with every rotation of the tires. The veteran shocks and struts on our trusty Tacoma absorb heavy blows in a vicious off-road...
While business recruiters stuff Northern Nevada with new jobs, the community looks to developers to provide more housing National headlines may trace Reno’s current winning hand in job growth—the straight flush that has some calling the city and its outlying area “Silicon Valley east”—to the September...
John and Nyna Weatherson, chef-owners of Restaurant Trokay in downtown Truckee, moved from New York City in February 2011 and opened Trokay Cafe, expanding two years later to their current 80-seat dinner-only space just down the street. A top graduate from the Culinary Institute of...
Martis Camp home blends in yet stands out with a simple arc and geometric masses The steep contours of Martis Camp lot 517 called for a structure that was as integrated as it would be beautiful. The singular simplicity of a crisp arc, grounded with weighty...
In Tahoe, where seemingly every peak, forest and lake has been explored by a willing and adventurous public, the 1,320-acre Carpenter Valley just north of Truckee’s Tahoe Donner subdivision is an anomaly. The valley and its incredible scenery has remained closed and relatively untouched as...
Reno adds a world-class indoor climbing facility Climbers are moving indoors. The sport of indoor rock climbing is in steep ascent, underlined by the fact that it will make its Olympic debut at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games. “There is a change of philosophy from...
North Shore YAMAKAI FISH & SUSHI CO. 5001 Northstar Dr. #5101 | Truckee, CA (530) 562-2188 www.facebook.com/pg/YamakaiFish Combining “yama,” the Japanese word for mountain, and “kai,” Polynesian for ocean, this Hawaiian-Japanese fusion spot occupies the former Mikuni space in the Village at Northstar. Sushi is on the menu, as are...