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...
Sponsored Content My favorite areas to fly fish on a lake or pond are tributaries—where rivers or streams enter the still water. This article is not so much about how to fish these areas, but more about where to fish. Fishing in a stream’s last bit of...
Seeking to reverse the effects of decades worth of environmental degradation, the California Tahoe Conservancy plans to restore some 525 acres of the South Shore’s Upper Truckee River Marsh, the Tahoe Basin’s largest wetland area and of key importance to Tahoe’s ecological balance. “From a...
The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) meanders 2,650 miles from the barren desert near Mexico to the lush forests of Washington at the Canadian border. While over 40 million people live within a short drive of this mountainous trail, those who take on the challenge of...
Hundreds of miles of trails—from rough and rocky singletracks traversing high alpine ridges, to smooth, flowing trails wandering through cool, shaded forests—make the Lake Tahoe region a mecca for mountain biking. Classic test pieces like Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride on the South Shore and Hole...
A full slate of development projects primed and ready for Truckee and Lake Tahoe’s North Shore will have a transformational impact should they be built. However, several of the projects remain dogged by lawsuits or a lack of financing, which, despite the improving economy, remains...
When Martis Camp received the green light to begin residential construction in 2006, the ambitious project hit the ground running—straight through the country’s worst economic downturn in over 70 years, and with barely a hitch. With momentum on its side, it emerged from the recession...
The jarring beep of an alarm clock holds its own among the most obnoxious sounds on earth, particularly at 4:30 a.m. on a Monday. But the rude wakeup is easier to forgive when associated with fishing. Such was the case on a recent summer morning, when...
When Jasper, a moderately sized bear well known to many Incline Village residents, was mistakenly shot and killed by a Washoe County Sheriff’s deputy in early May, the Tahoe community of bear advocates hastily organized a vigil. “People needed to come and grieve,” says...
Sponsored Content We caught up with Northstar California’s Luke Sheppard, the resort’s mountain bike program manager, to highlight five aspects of its Specialized Bike Academy One-of-a-kind The Specialized Bike Academy is to summer at Northstar what the Burton Snowboard Academy is to winter at the resort. Like the...