When Fire Moves Higher
Brian Newman was standing on Echo Summit when the Caldor Fire crested the ridge and moved into the Lake Tahoe Basin on August 30. At approximately ...
The Path to Prosperity
The pandemic and several summers of wildfire smoke and forest closures have accelerated a problem that has persisted for decades in the Tahoe Basin: T...
Thacker Pass: The Crossroads of Lithium, Wild Snow and Sacred Land
Local ranchers call it Thacker Pass. The native Paiute people call it Peehee Mu’huh. We have no clue that this uninhabited expanse of desert land ...
New Spots
WING'S KOREAN CHICKEN 893 Tahoe Blvd. Ste. 700 | Incline Village, NV | (775) 298-2065 This family-owned counter-service spot in the same buildin...
Side Dish
VILLAGE MARKET CLOSES IN INCLINE After a 42-year run, Incline Village’s family-run Village Market shut its doors in October. Owner Ron Stanger, w...
Forging into the Future
Founded more than 50 years ago by a charismatic Austrian ski coach, Tahoe’s oldest blacksmith shop continues to build upon its reputation as the bes...
Yosemite Valley: The Switzerland That Never Was
From early-day aspirations to replicate the ski resorts of the Alps to its modern-day status as a forgotten world of snow-starved extreme skiing, Yose...
A Hut Above the Rest
The new Frog Lake ski huts bring modern prefab design to a stunning alpine setting...
Positive Spin
The Keith family has created a literal underground haven for fans of a decidedly analog medium—vinyl albums...
Michelle Parker: Choosing Her Own Line
From young phenom to big-mountain veteran, Tahoe talent Michelle Parker has found success by following her heart...
A Merger That Was Meant to Be
After falling on hard times, Tahoe’s Sierra Nevada University joins forces with the University of Nevada, Reno—a transition that provides more hop...
Hermann Goellner: A Freestyle Skiing Pioneer
Still fit and climbing rocks at age 78, Hermann Goellner in his prime was among a rare breed of freestyle skiing greats, performing fearless inverted ...
Sky Tavern: Bringing the Past Forward
This all-volunteer, 75-year-old Tahoe tradition is home mountain to multiple Olympic and World Cup ski champions, with big plans for the next quarter ...
Landscape Legacy
How a watercolorist influenced Reno’s art scene and generations of painters...
It Takes a Village to Raise a Freerider
From the local contest circuit to the pinnacle of big-mountain competition, Ross Tester’s rise to elite status can be traced back to the deeply nurt...
A Delectable Find Not Far from Home
The Lake House restaurant in South Lake Tahoe delivers upscale comfort food prepared by a master chef...
Reflecting on a Strangely Good Ski Season
In the absence of big, heavy snowstorms, an entire winter spent skiing the Sierra confirms that the range delivers fun conditions in even the oddest o...
Powder Provides
We love it and we pine for it, but why do we covet the white and fluffy so?...
Through the Lens: Rarefied Air
Ski and snowboard photographers are always on the hunt for that dynamic shot that captures a moment of pure bliss. A deep, fluffy, powder-spraying tur...
South Lake Tahoe Residents Unite to Create a New Community Park
In the middle of South Lake Tahoe sits Ski Run Boulevard, perhaps the only city street in the United States that is a straight shot from the base of a...
New Spots
Long-running Austin’s Restaurant has rounded out its lunch and dinner offerings with some sweet and caffeinated treats. In addition to a full lineup...
Side Dish
EverGreens Juicery, a small-batch cold-pressed juice delivery service, is the brainchild of Incline residents and sisters Emme and Maea Wistrom, who h...
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...