American realism artist Charles Muench is a man of the West. A resident of Gardnerville, Nevada, he hunts, fishes and has backpacked the Sierra Nevada since childhood. Like his life, Muench’s work captures the essence of the rugged West—Nevada cowboys riding in from the...
John Huster and Aiwah Chang wanted a home that felt like part of a community in Tahoe. They found what they were looking for in a 2,277-square-foot property in Dollar Point, but the house itself was small, outdated and lacked a garage. Behind the expertise...
When their son wanted join the Northstar California ski team, a Carson City–based couple decided to move to Incline Village, living in a rental while they looked at real estate. The couple, who wish to remain anonymous, wanted something private but nice, a fulltime house...
This was no run-of-the-mill remodel, despite the original intent. In 2014, Truckee’s SANDBOX Studio and Mark Tanner Construction were hired to open and brighten the interior space of a home along the Truckee River near Squaw Valley. From that initial concept, however, the project...
Woodward Tahoe is a valuable training resource for up-and-coming talent and seasoned pros alike Rain falling in diagonal sheets is peppering the metal exterior of Woodward Tahoe on a dark October afternoon. It’s napping weather, if anything, too wet and nasty for outdoor recreation. In the...
The Flood of 1997 is remembered as one of the Reno–Tahoe area’s worst natural disasters in modern history The first drops fell on the northern Sierra on a Monday. It was December 30 and the forecasters had warned for several days that an enormous storm system...
Backcountry adventure in Great Basin National Park reveals pristine powder, ancient trees and desolation “Maybe these are woolly mammoth tracks!” I yell with a laugh. My wife Allison and I are backcountry snowboarding in Great Basin National Park on the far east side of central Nevada. We’ve...
Tahoe’s smaller ski resorts find success among industry giants Ruben Kimmelman scrolls down a list of season pass options on his iMac. Kimmelman, a snowboarder who recently moved to the Reno–Tahoe area from Washington, is torn between Squaw Valley and Mt. Rose. He snowboards a few...
His baritone barks echoed up the canyon like mournful pleas. They held such sadness and were inflected with such abandonment that for a moment I thought about turning back and scrapping my plans. Instead, I kept skinning up Horse Creek Canyon as his barks slowly...
Midtown music venue and brewpub bolstering the city’s rising social status It’s a Friday night and The Saint is buzzing and brimming with a cocktail of people. Bespectacled hipsters. Bearded folkies. Leather-clad rockers. Blitzen Trapper, a revered alt-country band from Portland, Oregon, is launching into its 90-minute...