A Bird’s Eye View of the Tahoe Rim Trail is how the Sept. 12 trek past Galena Falls to Mt. Rose Meadows is being billed. The interpretive hike is rated difficult and is 8-10 miles. The climb is a maximum of 1,865 feet. Meet at the Mt. Rose trailhead and parking plaza at 7am.
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The third annual Iron Girl Triathlon is coming to the South Shore on Sept. 16. Volunteers are needed to support these athletes in their Tahoe challenge. All volunteers receive a logo T-shirt and healthy Iron Girl snack. Go online, select “Lake Tahoe”, and click on “Volunteer”. Call (530) 545.0698 with any questions.
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Devon Hayzlett said her husband thought someone was pulling his leg when he received a message from Washoe County Regional Animal Services that their 2-year-old cat Ponyo had been picked up in Reno on Aug. 27. The Hayzletts live in the Bay Area; about a four-hour drive from Reno. They had just seen Ponyo the […]
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By Eleanor Beardsley, NPR Every day, one-third of the people of Copenhagen ride their bikes to work or school. Collectively, they cycle more than 750,000 miles daily, enough to make it to the moon and back. And city officials want even more people to commute, and over longer distances. So a network of 26 new […]
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Bicycling enthusiasts from all over the country will participate in the 10th annual Tour de Tahoe – Bike Big Blue – Ride to Cure Diabetes on Sept. 9. This fun ride is not a race, but a tour and is fully supported. This year marks the third year for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation to […]
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The Tahoe Sierra Century is a local fund-raiser with all proceeds benefiting the music programs at North Tahoe Middle and High Schools. The Sept. 22 7am bike ride has three routes — 30-, 60- and 100-miles in length. Expect plenty of scenery and hills. The event starts and ends in Squaw Valley. Register online.
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The Coon Street boat launch in Kings Beach will be open normal hours through the Labor Day weekend and then will close for the remainder of the season to accommodate the Brook Avenue sewer line replacement project. Tahoe Vista Recreation Area boat launch will remain open seven days a week from 7am-7pm until weather or […]
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The Great Sierra River Cleanup is a day to clean up beaches and streams in South Lake Tahoe as part of a larger effort throughout the Sierra Nevada and the rest of California. It is being organized in conjunction with California Coastal Cleanup Day on Sept. 15. The local event if from 9am-noon. Last year, […]
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By Kathryn Reed Hiking to Angora Lakes is one of those mixed blessings this time of year. It’s the same feeling one can have on Fallen Leaf Lake Road. The route to get to either lake is crowded with vehicles on what is really a one-lane road, but the end result is a majestic alpine […]
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The League to Save Lake Tahoe invites volunteers to join in the final milfoil removal project of the season at Baldwin Beach on the South Shore on Sept. 16. Volunteers are needed from 10am to 1pm to help remove barriers and sand bags used to control the invasive water weed. The control effort is a […]
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