A pandemic-driven surge in fly-fishing has created opportunity in the Tahoe area, where an increase in anglers indicates growing interest in the sport—as well as more pressure on local waters The rod moves like a windshield wiper on a drizzly day, tracing wide arcs over the...
It wasn't altruism that drove Max Jones to clear brush from the antiquated trail that once served as a flume from Lake Tahoe to Virginia City. “It was purely selfish,” Jones says. “It was all just so I had a ride to do.”...
Humans love to consider themselves “king of the mountain.” But the claim is really just an ego trip. The true king of the mountains in North America is without a doubt the bighorn sheep. Watch a bighorn climb a steep mountain slope, and you’ll see why....
Legendary architect Mies van der Rohe is credited with saying, “We should attempt to bring nature, houses and human beings together in a higher unity.”...
We took our final trip together in the fall of 2018. I was 28 with no job and no money. She was 14 with no suspension and no reliable air conditioning. As an undisciplined freelance writer earning tens of dollars a month, I could no longer...
Imagine looking up at a vertical slab of rock twice the height of the Empire State Building. You’re not a climber. You’re afraid of heights. And you were born with cerebral palsy, a condition that impairs muscle coordination. Such were the challenges presented to Stephen Wampler...
On a sunny Friday morning in May, 11 scuba divers clad in trilaminate drysuits and thick rubber wetsuits walked to the water’s edge near Edgewood Tahoe’s 17th hole. The group was on a mission: scavenge the bottom for garbage and debris, and return it to...
Each Tahoe season brings its own photographic perks. Come summer, as the snow melts and the weather warms, wildflowers take center stage, their eye-catching pops of purple, red and yellow offering an irresistible allure for shooters both novice and pro. When the show is over,...
One of North Tahoe’s best new restaurants is hiding in plain sight. Tucked into the pines behind the gates of Schaffer’s Mill, the 475-acre private upscale residential community on the edge of Truckee, the Sawyer is a beautifully designed eatery boasting mountain and forest views and...
This summer, visitors to Taylor Creek on Tahoe’s South Shore will look down at their feet and see the tree rings of a forest embedded with a spiraling pattern of words....