25 Jun As the Old Crow Flies
Like many boys his age, a young Bud Anderson would run through his yard with a toy airplane held high over his head, dreaming of flying around the clouds with his own set of wings one day....
25 Jun A River Runs Through It
The Truckee River runs like a phantom through downtown Truckee. Walled off by warehouses, shops and riverside homes, it is only occasionally glimpsed as it spills over boulders and ripples around bends, always just out of reach....
25 Jun A Decade of Devotion
As the world emerges into new phases of living with the COVID-19 pandemic, people are going to need places like Tahoe. Alongside the orders to stay at home, the World Health Organization recommends that people get outside. Marty Makary, a professor of health policy at...
25 Jun The Links of Tahoe Lore
Mirroring national trends, the history of golf at Lake Tahoe can be traced to a series of popularity booms in the industry...
25 Jun Star-Struck
The sight of Lake Tahoe’s blue water shimmering in the sun has been known to stop onlookers in their tracks, staring in amazement at the natural spectacle splayed out before them. The view is not shabby at night, either. As the sun sets behind the...
25 Jun A Life of Adventure Caught on Camera
Tahoe-based climber and photojournalist Corey Rich has a long history of winning pull-up contests—and then benefitting from the feat....
25 Jun Elevated Living in the Lost Sierra
Certain home projects lend themselves to clever names. For the crew at Mark Tanner Construction, a fitting moniker developed as they brought to life a meticulously crafted custom home deep in the Lost Sierra. ...
25 Jun Winged Wonders
Anyone who was in the Tahoe region in August 2019 saw butterflies—lots of them. Insects are good at capitalizing on favorable weather and food availability, and last year, conditions were perfect for California tortoiseshells....
25 Jun Ty Cobb: A Tamer Tiger at Tahoe
There are two versions of Ty Cobb at Lake Tahoe. Two stories representing each are set against wild weather events at his East Shore cabin near Cave Rock. They paint a picture of baseball’s first Hall of Famer as a man guided by impulse....
25 Jun Tracing the Truckee Downriver
The Tahoe-Pyramid Trail provides a unique opportunity to enjoy the Truckee River in its 114-mile journey from mountains to desert...