If Marine 24 had been on the water in August 2016, the paddle wheels of the famed Tahoe Queen may still be turning. Tahoe-Douglas Fire Protection District’s new Lake Assault Boat was designed to respond to incidents like the blaze that severely damaged the popular tourist...
Filling space between one of Truckee’s most historically significant buildings and hottest new hangouts is a decidedly unspectacular property. Boxed in by the weather-beaten exterior of the building and unsightly chain-link fencing, the nearly half-acre strip of patchy grass and asphalt goes largely unnoticed. That is...
Clear Creek Tahoe has long held a grand vision for its 2,136 acres of prime mountain real estate. With each progress-filled day on the heels of a busy winter, that dream is quickly becoming reality. “Clear Creek has a lot going on,” says Mark Tanner,...
The question “Is there a housing crisis?” elicits a hearty eye roll and a “Duh” from any local who has attempted to find rental housing in the Tahoe region. Even if you are snug in your own Tahoe home, the crisis is obvious. You see it...
Nakoma Resort is much more than golf and Frank Lloyd Wright The two-year-old, 42-room Lodge at Nakoma was the first such amenity built in the Lost Sierra in more than a decade Forget the Frank Lloyd Wright clubhouse for a minute and the master’s architectural imprint. Put...
Sir Edmund Hillary, the famed adventurer who first summited Mount Everest, once said, “It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” People with disabilities, who may feel that sports like skiing are out of reach, may find his words especially poignant. For the past...
On a winter day at Snowbird, Utah, in 2013, professional Tahoe-based skier Jeremy Benson got an unexpected call from a number he didn’t recognize. Washington-based publisher Mountaineers Books wanted to know if he’d be interested in writing a backcountry ski and snowboard guidebook for California. ...
In Tahoe, where seemingly every peak, forest and lake has been explored by a willing and adventurous public, the 1,320-acre Carpenter Valley just north of Truckee’s Tahoe Donner subdivision is an anomaly. The valley and its incredible scenery has remained closed and relatively untouched as...
Imagine riding a chairlift to your office on the slopes of a world-class ski resort. Inside, desks face windows that open to the snow-covered mountain, and likeminded entrepreneurs conduct business while sharing stories of epic powder days. This is the Tahoe Mountain Lab coworking office...
Boulders, the newest neighborhood at the private Mountainside at Northstar community, broke ground this past summer and is scheduled to open to owners in February 2018. “Boulders is kind of unusual because it’s geologically interesting,” says Ron Barnes, senior strategist with development company Mountainside...