Even 200 feet away, the ringing metallic sound is unmistakable: “Bbbbringg!” “Bangin’ chains,” as disc golfers call the sound—and on this warm August evening at Truckee Regional Park, the reverberation of the noise hasn’t even left the air before it is drowned out by a raucous...
Below my shoes, the see-through grated steel plank reveals nothing but airspace for what appears to be 1,000 vertical feet. As someone who’s not a fan of bungee jumping or peering over precipices, I feel a twist in my stomach as a awind gust blows...
Phoebe Rogers will never forget her introduction to sailing. She was 14 years old and competing with her stepdad in the Tahoe Yacht Club’s Wednesday night race series when the boat caught a strong gust of wind and tilted to its side, accelerating in silence...
I was about 13 years old, living in the suburbs of Connecticut, when a major storm rolled in. It may have even been a hurricane, but at this point, I’m too old to remember the details. ...
If there’s one thing hikers, mountain bikers, anglers, equestrians, and even regional water and wildlife managers can all agree on, it’s the stunning beauty and value of Marlette Lake. ...
Before the advent of modern bike parks, if kids weren’t racing BMX on a proper track, they were building janky jumps out of plywood and foot stools in driveways, sidewalks and cul-de-sacs across America. Bloody shins, missing teeth and arms in slings were badges of...
Settlers in horse-drawn wagons once crossed the Sierra Nevada in search of a better tomorrow, lured by the glow of gold on the horizon. The mineral may not be magnetic, but it still managed to exert a pull on the rest of the country and...
Everybody wants to feel like a hero. And one of the places where that’s possible is Old Greenwood Golf Course, part of the Tahoe Mountain Club in Truckee. Because the course is situated at nearly 6,000 feet in elevation, making it one of the highest...
It’s chilly out, but an otherwise perfect morning for flying as Clayton Linnemann pushes his cherry-red-and-white SeaRey Elite seaplane from its hangar. Working under the purple sky of dawn, the Truckee-based private pilot circles the amphibious aircraft with a laminated checklist in hand, studiously examining...
Tallac, KT, Maggies and Rose. When snowflakes start flying, the names of Tahoe’s mountains start ringing out in conversations everywhere from the lift line to the grocery store. Skiers and snowboarders rattle off names of local peaks as if they are best friends, trading stories about...