It’s not easy to make sense of the evolutionary imperative that compels one to try to cheat death, or at least the illusion of death. Since the dawn of conscious thought, there have always been those who see life as a game worth playing only...
To be sure, ranking the 25 greatest snowboarders in Tahoe history is an ambitious undertaking. The Tahoe region, after all, is home to some of snowboarding’s most talented practitioners and influential pioneers, iconic figures who helped shape the sport and continue to push the limits...
On May 25 in Minneapolis, a white police officer knelt on the neck of George Floyd, a black man, for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, cutting off his breath and killing him. In the wake of the death, protests rose up across the country with...
If you were to compare the ski world to academics, Chamonix might be Stanford, a place where ski innovators thrive and boundary-pushers shred impossibly steep lines. Austria’s St. Anton, and the nearby Bundessportsheim, in particular, would be the Oxford of skiing—steeped in tradition and dedicated...
Sitting in the shade of a makeshift awning made out of an old vinyl billboard, we’re poured into our camp chairs like melted cheddar. The visceral desert heat wilts any ambition to move from our slumped positions. Icy drinks and breezy conversations are about all...
My wife, daughter and I were waiting out the midday heat in a casita in the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca when a text lit up my phone. Two of my Tahoe friends were planning a large group ski trip to Japan, and they asked...
Mountain-lovers who have long since mastered skiing or snowboarding tend to follow the same natural progression—hanging up the resort gear for a touring setup and heading out to explore far beyond the lifts....
Maine. Vermont. The Great Smoky Mountains. These are the places that come to mind when people think about fall foliage at its best. California and Nevada? Not so much....
Hell, it turns out, is just a pitchfork’s toss from Heaven. Hell’s Kitchen, the restaurant based on celebrity chef and restaurateur Gordon Ramsay’s hit reality television show by the same name, opened in January at Harvey’s Lake Tahoe in Stateline, near Heavenly Village. It is the...
From a bird’s-eye view, the rugged, snowy terrain surrounding one of California’s oldest ski resorts looks like an impossible setting for homebuilding in the winter months....