North Shore THE STATION, A TRUCKEE EATERY 10130 West River Rd. Truckee, CA (530) 563-5285 www.truckeestation.com The little yellow Union Pacific Railroad building in Old Town formerly Diego’s is now serving a seasonal healthy menu under the auspices of Dragonfly vet Danny McCabe. Signature sandwiches such as the Mediterranean tuna melt,...
The Winter issue Social Scene includes photos from both of Tahoe Quarterly's Ski & Ride issue release parties, held at the River Ranch Lodge and California Cowboy. River Ranch Lodge issue release party From left, Tahoe Quarterly contributor Greyson Howard and wife Lynn Baumgartner with East River...
Skiers and riders spend fall and early winter praying for powder. But across the Tahoe Basin, ski resorts are taking weather into their own hands, installing a new crop of snowmaking machines to assure a deep, season-long snowpack. Snowmaking is just one of the many...
Sponsored content When Matt Levitt rolled into South Lake Tahoe for the first time in June 2001, he was on what turned out to be the last day of a one-way road trip from Maryland. He had recently graduated from business school and moved into a...
Sponsored Content From the moment of arrival, The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe, provides a seamless experience for the perfect luxury family ski vacation. [caption id="attachment_8128" align="alignright" width="300"] The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe, is nestled at the base of Northstar California Resort, photo courtesy The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe[/caption] Driving distance from...
Beginning in 1995, Shane McConkey ruled as king of the skiing world for the better part of the next decade and a half, while also serving as its jester. One of the greatest skiers of all time, not to mention one of the best Tahoe athletes...
Here in Tahoe, we are located in a slice of California that’s somewhat removed from the rest of the state. It’s a point of pride to explain to outsiders that, yes, it does snow in California, and the skiing is just as great as the...
Watch an up-and-coming Tahoe teenager ski moguls today and you can see the past and present of bump skiing inextricably linked. The courage and skill required to smash down the steep fall line of a mogul course can be traced back to the early hotdoggers who...
It’s late June in Chamonix, France.The first golden rays of sunshine are coloring the verdant lower shelf of the Aiguilles Rouges. On the other side of the valley, glaciers flowing from the ice-encrusted summit of 15,780-foot Mont Blanc, the highest peak in Western Europe, remain...
In the lifecycle of a sport, snowboarding has hit its version of the midlife crisis years. The youthful exuberance and wild experimentation of the 1980s and ’90s is gone. The punk rock– and heavy metal–scored shred flicks sit like dusty, yellowed photo albums. It’s hard...