Since Lake Tahoe’s circumnavigating trail officially opened in 2001—after 17 years of work and more than 200,000 volunteer hours—the Tahoe Rim Trail Association has always served as its biggest promoter. But times have changed....
TQ’s Best of Tahoe Photo Contest has never been more competitive. This year we received over 170 images over a three-week span, with dozens of award-worthy candidates across all six categories: Landscape, Pets, Wildlife, Sports, Kids, and Black & White. Our panel of professional photographer...
Paul Johansen walks past stone of almost every conceivable shape, size and texture. Slabs of granite as heavy as compact cars, plate-like panels of quartzite and blocks of basalt—all are meticulously stacked in a yard that is the starting point for some of Tahoe’s most...
In September 2013, I planned to paddle around Lake Tahoe the classy way. Along with Amie Engerbretson and Lauren Bobowski, we arranged to take our time camping, staying at hotels and paddling between various lakeside eateries. We wanted to enjoy the serenity of lakeside living...
Each summer, thousands of eager hikers flock to Desolation Wilderness, focused on reaching the area’s sparkling lakes and granite peaks. But along one of the most popular trails into the wilderness, they stumble upon an unexpectedly rich part of Tahoe’s history—a bubbling spring and a...
“Tahoe ain’t what it used to be back in ‘The Day.’” It’s a refrain I’ve heard from longtime locals since almost the day The Day ended (sometime prior to the mid-90s if you’re a Boomer; if you’re under 40, maybe 2006). But when judging whether Tahoe...
Karmic returns were never our intention setting out on our annual Pacific Crest Trail serenade. After several exhausting hours zig-zagging and slogging up and down steep snow patches, I had to wonder: Was this payback for something done in a past life?...
Suffering from #vanlife envy? Check. Anxious about the raging global pandemic? Check. Zombies afoot in the hood? Let’s hope not, but you never know. Well then, feast your eyes on the ultimate bug-out vehicle sure to turn the heads of Sprinter van aficionados and preppers everywhere. Best of...
If you’re going to eat food from a Basque oven, bring wine. Tell a friend to bring her guitar. It wouldn’t be in the Basque tradition to cook here without drink and song. Plus, you’re gonna wait a while....
Tahoe Quarterly readers selected their favorite places to eat, drink, shop and play from South Lake Tahoe to Truckee. Here are the winners of TQ’s 2020 Best of Tahoe readers’ poll....