Lake Tahoe is a winter sports epicenter. Some of the best snowboarders, skiers and mountaineers in the world train and compete along the lake’s scenic shores. In 2024, ice hockey players hoping for a shot at NHL glory will join them in calling Lake Tahoe home....
Summer 2023 marked the end of a long run for a beloved member of our region’s cultural fabric. McAvoy Layne appeared in his final Chautauquan performances as Mark Twain in venues where he’s entertained thousands over the decades, retiring from the stage on September 30...
Let’s start with some dissonance. Some frustration. That, unfortunately, is what many adults remember when they recall the piano lessons of their youth: hours spent squinting at sheet music and guiltily plunking out notes in front of a stern teacher who knows they didn’t practice....
Only while skiing Sun Valley Resort’s Bald Mountain was Jeanne Smith Gaida able to feel the spirit of a man who had cast a long shadow on her life....
For Tahoe’s outdoor aficionados, the moniker Maggies brings to mind a pair of peaks in Desolation Wilderness, a popular, challenging hike near Emerald Bay whose 8,500-foot summits pay off with spectacular mountain and water views. It’s also the inspiration and name for a fresh new...
The story of how Wayne Poulsen developed Olympic Valley in company with—and then without—Alex Cushing is well documented. There is no need to repeat it here. What is far less known—even among ski historians—is the embryonic influence of Martin Arrouge, the man responsible for introducing...
The last sweeping left-hand turn on Sierra-at-Tahoe Road as the ski resort comes into view is often where the impacts of the Caldor Fire hit home for visitors....
Nothing makes you feeler smaller than standing on top of a mountain at 10,500 feet in elevation in the dead center of Nevada, looking out hundreds of miles in every direction and seeing nothing but endless basins and ranges. No cities, no lights and no...
Imagine a baby-pool-sized bowl filled with food so irresistibly delicious that you were enticed to crawl inside and start eating it by the handful. Welcome to the messy, but undoubtedly delectable, life of a bee....
When you venture into the wild with nothing but a few simple art supplies and observe what’s around you, the world opens in illuminating ways. Make it a regular practice, and you might even become a budding naturalist....