The International Mountain Bicycling Association’s Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew will be in Incline Village Sept. 7-9 to share sustainable trail building techniques and more with local mountain bikers, land managers and recreation specialists. The visit, which was requested by the Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association, is one of about 70 stops on the 2012 schedule. […]
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Award-winning production company Backcountry Pictures’ latest project, “California Forever”, will air nationally on PBS stations throughout the fall, beginning in California in September. “California Forever” is a two-part television special that tells the story of California’s state parks from 1864 until present day. Episode one of “California Forever” highlights the discovery and creation of California’s […]
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By Devon O’Neil, ESPN Two of the longest-running competitions in X Games history, winter’s Snowboarder X and Skier X, will not be part of the show when the X Games return to Aspen in January 2013. ESPN decided to cut the events, as well as Mono Skier X, and will not build the X Course […]
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By Lou Fancher, Contra Costa Times To kick off his Labor Day weekend, Lafayette’s Jamie Patrick is taking a 360-degree spin around Lake Tahoe, in Lake Tahoe. Last year, the 41-year-old athlete swept down the Sacramento River on a 111-mile swimming trek. The year before, it was back-and-forth-and-back across Tahoe. And recently, he swam from […]
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By Anne Eisenberg, New York Times Football teams of the future — even high school squads on limited budgets — may someday have a new tool to check players for brain injuries. It’s a special form of headgear, packed with sensors that read the brain waves of athletes after they come off the field, thus […]
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Tahoe Rim Trail Association’s final Backcountry Trails Camp is Sept. 15-16. Camp will be near Barker Pass on the west side of the Lake Tahoe Basin. Volunteers of all ages and skill levels are welcome to attend. Food will be provided, but in order to offset this cost the camp is $40. Scholarships are available. […]
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By Jeff Maher, News 10 TAHOE CITY — Is Lake Tahoe due for a big earthquake? If so, will a large tsunami follow? That’s the question a research team is literally digging to answer. The team is using advanced technology to collect ancient evidence, including core samples from the Lake’s deepest points. This is an […]
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By Kathryn Reed OLYMPIC VALLEY – Three golden eagles soar overhead. But from this vantage point of more than 8,200 feet, it’s already a bit like having a bird’s-eye view. Dave, our guide on this free hike out of Squaw Valley’s High Camp, has us looking up at the peaks, down at the flowers and […]
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Sawmill Pond was stocked with 650 pound of rainbow trout on Aug. 29. This fishing spot on the corner of Lake Tahoe Boulevard and Sawmill Road on the South Shore is for youth 14 and younger. It’s recommended a limit of two fish per child. For further information, call Tahoe Fly Fishing Outfitters at (530) […]
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Be sure to check out the full moon on Aug. 31. It’s a blue moon. The moon won’t actually be blue. This moon gets it name from being the second full moon of the month. The next time this will occur is July 2015.
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