Incline Village’s main hotel has a long, dark history Incline Village, on Lake Tahoe’s northeast shore, was relatively slow to develop. While visitors flocked to Lucky Baldwin’s 100-room hotel and casino in South Lake Tahoe in 1899 or the Bliss family’s renowned Tahoe Tavern in Tahoe City...
Lassen Volcanic National Park celebrates its 100th birthday this year—but the area has been a geologic treasure for millennia One hundred fifty miles north of Lake Tahoe lies a scenic alpine landscape that is being tortured from below. Pools of scalding mud gurgle and churn in...
Jude Bischoff’s wildlife paintings are far from the average bear Abstract blocks and squiggles forming a buffalo, speeding horses made of spirals and pyramids, a boulder-dotted stream flowing within the shape of a bear—this is the art of painter Jude Bischoff, whose works are bright, bold...
How a 1979 ascent near South Lake Tahoe changed rock climbing for future generations Sometimes rules should be broken—especially when ethics, standards and traditions slow the progress of an entire sport. Tony Yaniro illustrated just how valuable it can be to break rules when in 1979 he...
Designed for friends and family, this Martis Camp home showcases expansive vistas On the amble from the master bedroom out to the kitchen to cook breakfast, Gabe and Debbie Whelan can stop and look up and to the right, out a clerestory window perfectly framing the...
Although traditionally vilified, some scientists say non-native species deserve a second look Officials at Lake Tahoe are once again ratcheting up the battle against aquatic invasive species. In language indicative of the war-like mindset taken toward invasives in the Basin, Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) director...
In a remote granite bowl on the western Sierra Crest, unassuming snowfields melt into small braided streams among mule’s ear flowers and pines, slowly gathering together and gaining force, cutting deeper and deeper into the soil and rock, eventually forming the mighty American River. Lying on...
Thanks to winter’s return after a four-year hiatus, Lake Tahoe’s wildflowers are poised to impress with a banner year After four years of drought, Tahoe is heading into summer on the heels of an average snowpack winter: The Lake is once again flowing from its outlet, and...
With proprietors who take their craft seriously, this Truckee spot serves up quality plates Earnest. That might best describe the Truckee Tavern & Grill and its proprietors, Chris St. Martin and Ryan Dierks, who launched the Old Town restaurant specializing in wood-fired cuisine and crafty cocktails...
A native of Princeton, New Jersey, Justin Kaplan launched Lookout Lodge at Martis Camp in Truckee, Nine41 Eatery & Bar in Incline Village and Cold Water Brewery & Grill in South Lake Tahoe, where, as executive chef, he designs and oversees a menu of California...