27 Sep Running From the Smoke and Tip-Toeing Through the Talus
If our legs had control of our throats, we would be whimpering in fear right now. Every footstep of the path ahead looks like a twisted ankle waiting to happen....
27 Jun Dirt Magic in the Making
For as long as organisms have roamed earth, there have been trails—pathways connecting one point to another for animals to find food, water and shelter. As human life evolved, so did trail networks, with early inhabitants sharing dirt pathways with animals in the quest for survival....
27 Jun Setting Sail on Lake Tahoe
On a typical warm summer day at Tahoe, a stiff breeze kicks up in the mid-afternoon, sending wind-swept waves tumbling across the lake’s shimmering blue expanse. While such conditions may not be good for wakeboarders in search of glassy water, sailing aficionados are in heaven....
25 Apr Evolving to a New Hight
When Elena Hight speaks about optimizing her mindset, how activism and professional snowboarding have converged in her life or any other topic pertaining to her esteemed career, the 32-year-old South Lake Tahoe resident oozes both a casual tone and a depth of experience. With so...
25 Apr Tahoe’s Best Boat-Up Dining
Warmer weather is in the air and boat-up eateries around Lake Tahoe are dusting off their docks for the season. Pulling up to a restaurant by boat adds a little splash of something special, maybe even cinematic, to dining out. Be it for breakfast, lunch,...
22 Feb Igloos, Ice Palaces and Quinzhees: The Improbable World of Snow Structures
Reason number 767 why Tahoe kids are super lucky: We live in a world-class region for building snow forts....
06 Dec Calm Like a Bomb: Jamie Anderson’s Uncanny Ability to Excel in the Clutch
Jamie Anderson didn’t win 19 X Games medals and two Olympic golds without extraordinary talent. But the South Lake Tahoe snowboarder’s skill in staying chill—that is, the ability to maintain Zen at the world’s most tightly wound, high-stakes athletic events—is what sets her apart from...
06 Dec The Call From the Wild
Claire Hewitt-Demeyer had just unloaded a chairlift when she got the call. On this particular Friday afternoon in February 2021, the South Lake Tahoe snowboarder was taking advantage of the lifts at Kirkwood to get as many runs in as possible, rather than venturing out to...
06 Dec Bryce Bennett: Trained by the Steeps of Tahoe
Bryce Bennett is not your average ski racer. Most conspicuously, at 6-foot-7, the North Lake Tahoe native towers over most of his U.S. teammates and World Cup competitors alike. He readily admits to enjoying summer over winter (better fishing weather, for one). And he is...
06 Dec Travis Ganong: The Mind of a Seasoned Speed Skier
With nearly 200 World Cup starts under his belt, highlighted by two downhill victories, four podiums and 37 top-10 finishes, Travis Ganong could hang up his racing skis today and proudly reflect on a long, successful career at the pinnacle of his sport....