Success on the Fly
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...
Reinventing the Wheel
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. “I...
The Bravest of All Mountaineers
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 Ame...
Master Stroke
Legendary architect Mies van der Rohe is credited with saying, “We should attempt to bring nature, houses and human beings together in a higher unit...
Searching for the Meaning of Van Life
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...
A Life of Lofty Achievement
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 y...
Making a Deep Difference
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 Ta...
Through the Lens: Blooming Beauty
Each Tahoe season brings its own photographic perks. Come summer, as the snow melts and the weather warms, wildflowers take center stage, their eye-ca...
A Culinary Diamond in the Rough
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 pri...
Exploring a Forest, One Word at a Time
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 spirali...
In the Business of Brotherhood
It is impossible to say, at least with any sort of real precision, how many times the Talbot brothers have been around Lake Tahoe. In the nearly 4...
The E-Bike Divide
The debate was heated, with both sides of the argument presenting their case with fervent conviction. The point of contention: Should electric bikes b...
A Deep Dive into the Hazards and Allure of Lake Tahoe
Labor Day 2020, I stood on a dock on Lake Tahoe’s North Shore and gazed across the choppy surface through ominously smoky skies. At the tail end of ...
The Pent-Up Demand for Piers
Bob has a beautiful home on Lake Tahoe with a white sand beach, big blue views and a Cobalt out his back door. What he doesn’t have is a dock. ...
TQ Market: Cast Away
Over time, certain niche sports shift from obscurity to the mainstream. Fly-fishing, for example, while still relatively low on the popularity scale, ...
Addressing Tahoe’s Traffic Burden
Picture the majestic view of Lake Tahoe from Highway 50 on Echo Summit. Now, picture the same view with a massive gate across the highway. Or, bett...
New Spots
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Side Dish
DELICIOUS MEALS DELIVERED San Rafael-based Jessie & Laurent, which has been cooking and delivering restaurant-quality meals to Bay Area customers f...
The Hunt for Sierra Smokys
Most are small, some are big, many are nearly black and a rare few are a rich purple. But no matter their size or color, these coveted specimens are n...
Into the Big Blue Abyss
Every time Dave Kenyon took a breath, he saw the blinking lights of radio towers along Tahoe’s southeast shore. Kenyon is a “right-side breather....
Sleuthing the Enduring Mystery of D.B. Cooper
Thanksgiving eve, 1971, Reno’s high desert air was crisp and cold as dozens of local law enforcement officers and FBI agents surrounded a passenger ...
BEST OF TAHOE 2021 PHOTO CONTEST
Photographers in the Lake Tahoe region never cease to amaze. Blessed with magnificent surroundings in the world-class outdoor playground they call hom...
Tahoe Surfing: Cold-Hearted Fun
Take an exposed body of chilly alpine water, add powerful mountain weather and sprinkle in throngs of foolhardy fanatics, and the result is the silly,...
A Star-Studded Staple Endures
Since its inception in 1990, the American Century Championship has persisted as one of the premier summer events at Lake Tahoe, drawing big-name celeb...
A Mountainous Task
In 2020, in the midst of an especially mild stretch of winter at Lake Tahoe, Old Brockway Golf Course in Kings Beach opened to the public on March 13....
Bonsais from Behind the Lens
I have a confession: I give names to trees around Lake Tahoe. There is The Jumping Tree, The Sergeant, The Old Friend, The Snag, Master Blaster, The R...
The Ringmaster Behind a Stamina-Fueled Cycling Circus
While leisurely walks in the neighborhood and a toned-down approach to life may suit some during the pandemic, for someone as athletically and sociall...
The Unsolved Case of Marco Siffredi
Jeremy Evans was working as a sports reporter at the Nevada Appeal in 2001 when he first encountered the name Marco Siffredi while scrolling through t...
Staycation Dreaming
We all dream about travel, global pandemic or not. Where will we go next? What unforeseen adventures await? What will we discover about the world, its...
Tahoe’s Best Burger Menu
Our national obsession with burgers continues unabated, especially this past year when we could not seem to get enough comfort food, no matter how her...