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It’s not easy to make sense of the evolutionary imperative that compels one to try to cheat death, or at least the illusion of death. Since the dawn...

To be sure, ranking the 25 greatest snowboarders in Tahoe history is an ambitious undertaking. The Tahoe region, after all, is home to some of snowboa...

On May 25 in Minneapolis, a white police officer knelt on the neck of George Floyd, a black man, for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, cutting off his breath ...

If you were to compare the ski world to academics, Chamonix might be Stanford, a place where ski innovators thrive and boundary-pushers shred impossib...

Sitting in the shade of a makeshift awning made out of an old vinyl billboard, we’re poured into our camp chairs like melted cheddar. The visceral d...

My wife, daughter and I were waiting out the midday heat in a casita in the southern Mexican city of Oaxaca when a text lit up my phone. Two of my Tah...

Mountain-lovers who have long since mastered skiing or snowboarding tend to follow the same natural progression—hanging up the resort gear for a tou...

Maine. Vermont. The Great Smoky Mountains. These are the places that come to mind when people think about fall foliage at its best. California and Nev...

Hell, it turns out, is just a pitchfork’s toss from Heaven. Hell’s Kitchen, the restaurant based on celebrity chef and restaurateur Gordon Rams...

From a bird’s-eye view, the rugged, snowy terrain surrounding one of California’s oldest ski resorts looks like an impossible setting for homebuil...

This was not the first time I’d driven deep into the granite expanse of Donner Summit in search of something exquisite built by Mike Basich....

“To achieve maximum send, you must first find maximum Zen.” This sage advice came from a skier no older than 12, on a chairlift at Squaw Valley. H...

Editor’s note: The following is the Editor’s Letter that appears in the 2020 Ski & Ride issue.   Adding to a long list of inconv...

The sweat, pre-sunrise alarms and taxing trail breaking are all worth it once you click into your skis or strap into your bindings. What awaits out th...

Editor's note: Information was accurate at the time of this writing, but check directly with establishments due to constantly changing COVID-19 condit...

MARK ESTEE ON FOOD NETWORK The Northern Nevada celebrity chef, restaurateur and James Beard award semifinalist who founded Moody’s Bistro and Bea...

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 clo...

The Truckee River runs like a phantom through downtown Truckee. Walled off by warehouses, shops and riverside homes, it is only occasionally glimpsed ...

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...

Mirroring national trends, the history of golf at Lake Tahoe can be traced to a series of popularity booms in the industry...

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 spe...

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...

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 avail...

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 Cav...

The Tahoe-Pyramid Trail provides a unique opportunity to enjoy the Truckee River in its 114-mile journey from mountains to desert...

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