Fill your cup with these Tahoe-based tipples, teas and coffees Yes, Tahoe brews beer, but other oft-craved beverages also have their humble high-altitude beginnings here. Most can be enjoyed at cafés, restaurants and bars around The Lake and purchased via area retailers or online. Here are...
To call the winter a turnaround doesn’t do it justice. Was it remarkable? Certainly. Epic? Arguably. Safe to say, Lake Tahoe’s winter of 2016–17 will go down as one for the ages. “It’s really been very impressive,” says Jeff Anderson, snow surveyor for the federal government’s...
As motorists travel on U.S. Highway 50 between Spooner Summit and Carson City, their eyes peeled on the snaking contours of the road, a picturesque property tucked into the hillside below goes largely unnoticed. Even fewer drivers catch a glimpse of the emerald-green golf course...
No need to check in to check out these dining spots Tahoe has its share of handsome, earth-toned, oft-awarded hotels, many of which happen to house some of the region’s top restaurants. Run by talented chefs who take pride in cultivating personal relationships with area purveyors...
When a snowstorm pummeled the Tahoe Basin in early March, the promise of fresh powder enticed hordes of visitors. That Sunday, March 5, the weekend warriors headed home almost simultaneously, their vehicles packed with children and ski equipment. But Interstate 80, the main artery from...
When students walk into Lake Tahoe School, they are greeted with a firm handshake by Head of School Ruth Glass—unless, of course, it’s Thumbs Up Thursday or High Fives Friday. A private institution nestled in a forested section of Incline Village, Lake Tahoe School (LTS)...
The Reno–Tahoe area’s fleet of food trucks is ever expanding It wasn’t long ago that a few food trucks rolled onto local roads, dishing out delightful treats from gooey grilled cheeses to spicy samosas from their mobile custom-built kitchens. Several years and many food trucks later,...
Alps style meets a Tahoe retreat It would be the perfect birthday present. That’s what the Atherton, California–based owner thought when viewing the in-progress spec home at Martis Camp. She and her husband had been looking for a second home at mountain locations like Deer Valley,...
Rubicon Bay home transformed into modern lakefront retreat Aristotle may not have had home design in mind when he surmised the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. But, for Truckee contractor Craig Lindsay, the tenet is well represented in the minute details of...
Tahoe’s real estate market enjoyed a nearly Basin-wide upswing in 2016, attributed to an increase in both the number of homes sold and in median sales price—which climbed 8 and 12 percent, respectively. These statistics are part of an annual report published by Chase International,...