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 even has a name. It just looks like a good spot to pull the truck off the road for the night...
Moody’s Bistro & Lounge debuted in Old Town Truckee 20 years ago with a simple premise. “We wanted to open a restaurant and bar with live music, great food and great atmosphere,” says Moody’s co-founder and managing partner JJ Morgan, who with chef Mark Estee launched...
Jamie Anderson didn’t win 19 X Games medals and two Olympic golds without extraordinary talent. But the South Lake Tahoe snowboarder’s skill in staying chill—that is, the ability to maintain Zen at the world’s most tightly wound, high-stakes athletic events—is what sets her apart from...
Claire Hewitt-Demeyer had just unloaded a chairlift when she got the call. On this particular Friday afternoon in February 2021, the South Lake Tahoe snowboarder was taking advantage of the lifts at Kirkwood to get as many runs in as possible, rather than venturing out to...
Bryce Bennett is not your average ski racer. Most conspicuously, at 6-foot-7, the North Lake Tahoe native towers over most of his U.S. teammates and World Cup competitors alike. He readily admits to enjoying summer over winter (better fishing weather, for one). And he is...
With nearly 200 World Cup starts under his belt, highlighted by two downhill victories, four podiums and 37 top-10 finishes, Travis Ganong could hang up his racing skis today and proudly reflect on a long, successful career at the pinnacle of his sport....
The ability to listen to music whenever and wherever you want, at least by 2021 standards, is relatively unremarkable. However, this wasn’t always the case. Before smartphones became home to vast libraries of music, there were mp3 players, some more memorable than others. Microsoft’s Zune....
Spend enough time in Tahoe, and you will undoubtedly encounter opinions about what it means to be a “local.” This designation seems to carry a tremendous amount of weight, at least for some, and the necessary requirements to attain such status is a topic of...
The pandemic and several summers of wildfire smoke and forest closures have accelerated a problem that has persisted for decades in the Tahoe Basin: The economy is overly dependent on tourism, which makes the region vulnerable to anything that stops people from coming to the...
WING'S KOREAN CHICKEN 893 Tahoe Blvd. Ste. 700 | Incline Village, NV | (775) 298-2065 This family-owned counter-service spot in the same building as Sage Leaf restaurant serves up Korean-style fried chicken wings and tenders tossed with a selection of sauces such as honey butter, soy garlic,...