Category: Summer
Weekend Outlook: June 27-30
The second full weekend of summer has tons of fun in store in and around Tahoe. If you’re not already here, point the car up the hill and hit the gas, because it’s going to be HOT in the valleys this weekend. Thankfully, it’ll be beautiful up here, perfect swimming weather is in the forecast. […]
Tahoe Tough
From Ultra runs to obstacle courses, Tahoe’s best races challenge body and mind Written by Justin Broglio When this article went to print, athletes training for Lake Tahoe’s first Ironman Triathlon had 26 weeks until race day. While that may seem a long time, it’s nothing compared to the training schedule prescribed to take on […]
Teeing Off
Disc golf comes to the “fore” front of Tahoe sports Written by Kyle Magin Brandon Uppham sized up a shot on Incline Village’s disc golf course and cocked the hard plastic disc across his body. From a half-crouch—and forgetting, or not caring, to shed his over-the-shoulder disc-carrying satchel—he unleashed his disc low and straight through […]
Desolation: Cherished and Guarded
Popular Tahoe wilderness ages well under the close eye of devoted stewards Written by Sylas Wright Desolation is a relative term. In the case of Lake Tahoe’s prize slice of backcountry real estate, the designated expanse of scenic, jagged peaks, rock-coated valleys and lakes of gin-clear quality earned the moniker from its barren appearance—a land […]
Weekend Outlook: June 20-23
This weekend features the longest day of the year (Friday), a full moon (Saturday-Sunday), and a glorious-looking weather forecast. If you’re not up here and going full-tilt, you’re missing out. Here are a few reminders from us about what’s going on at The Lake and in Truckee this weekend. If you have an event to […]
Tough Mudder Preview
By Kyle Magin TQ Managing Editor Are you ready for Tough Mudder? The all-out obstacle course dreamed up by ex-British Special Forces and laid out across 11.38 miles at Northstar California Resort this weekend? TQ checked out the course for a preview Friday morning. For a little background, Tough Mudder is a 3-year old […]
Stars Tee Up on South Shore
Where can you see Michael Jordan going one-on-one against Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo, or New Jersey Devils all-star goalie Martin Brodeur trying to fend off the Boston Celtics great Ray Allen? Where can you find New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan giving pointers to Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers? And where does one of the greatest baseball rotations […]
Bringing About Better Boating Safety
Thirty years ago, a Lake Tahoe boating fatality stunned the West Shore’s tight-knit community so much so that the tragic details remain vividly alive in old-timers’ memories—and serve as a stiff reminder of the dangers of irresponsible watercraft operation. “It’s a horrible story,” says Bev Bedard, who was the director of the North Lake Tahoe Chamber of Commerce […]
This is How We Roll
It seems that cyclists—no matter who they are, where they live or what kind of bikes they ride—will always find a way to get together and pedal. This pair of Tahoe bike clubs brings plenty of two-wheeled fun, while also contributing to their local communities. Slow Rolling on South Shore Chief roller Mark Cutright is pretty clear about the […]
Sailing the Big Blue
It’s afternoon and the powerboats begin their stuttering retreats back to buoys and trailers. What once was inviting glass for wakeboards and water skis is now darkening, beginning to move and churn as the breeze picks up. Cat’spaws and zephyrs touch the water’s surface tentatively, then move swiftly down and across the water toward the North Shore. Welcome to summer sailing […]
