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Touring Tahoe’s Alps: Snowmobiling in Hope Valley

It was a snowy, wintry morning and for the first time in more than a month, the Tahoe Sierra was cloaked in snow. As quiet flurries continued to come down, a handful of people filtered into the Lake Tahoe Adventures …

Sierra-At-Tahoe celebrates 75th anniversary: Roots Steeped in Legend

Sierra-at-Tahoe is a legacy resort, one that has deep roots in the origins of downhill skiing in the Tahoe Sierra. Organically it descends from a gaggle of pioneering mom-and-pop-owned ski areas that were strung like white pearls along Highway 50’s …

Winter adventures in the Lost Sierra

My inquisitive nature coupled with the need to explore is likely how I ended up in a career in journalism and eventually led to putting down roots in my adopted home of Tahoe. The pandemic quelled nearly all my exploring. …

Tips for fun, family time on the snow

Be prepared for snow conditions and getting the kids ready for a day spent outside are essential to ensuring that everyone has a fun time in Tahoe. Here’s some of our tips for helping make your day the best it …

15th Annual Kids’ Ultimate Tahoe Winter Bucket List | 2022

Tahoe is packed with family fun outings, outdoor adventures to enjoy with the kids, places to take the kids to enjoy local history, and scores of events and live music. But if you don’t read every edition of Tahoe Weekly …

USFS purchases Cold Creek

US Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit has purchased undeveloped land in the southeast portion of the basin known as the Cold Creek purchase. The land, located in the upper Cold Creek watershed, includes three parcels for a total …

State of Tahoe’s back country

When I bought the Tahoe Weekly in November 2013, one of my priorities for the magazine was to enhance our outdoor coverage on an issue of personal importance to me – the public’s right and ability to access public lands. …

Peter Grub, Bradley huts open

The Sierra Club has reopened the Peter Grub and Bradley back-country huts for winter use and reservations are being accepted. The Benson and Ludlow huts in the system remain closed. As well, Clair Tappaan and Hutchinson lodges on Donner Summit …

Back-country etiquette

Tahoe Backcountry Alliance Get educated | If you really want to get into the backcountry, you need to take a class. Get your friends educated | Make sure everyone in your party has taken an AIARE Avy 1 and Avy …

Back-country safety: Gear, training & forecast essential

Tahoe has seen record-breaking snowfall after an epic 214 inches of snow in December. Snow for most means it’s playtime in the mountains. Skiing, snowboarding or snowshoeing are just a few activities that make winter fun. The resorts are spinning …

Back country 101

In a nutshell, back-country travel means moving through any area that is not maintained or supervised by resorts or other entities. In the back country, your safety is 100 percent reliant on yourself and those with whom you are traveling. …

Know Your Snow

Back in 2007 I wrote the book “Cross Country Skiing in the Sierra Nevada.” The most fun section to write was about the different names we come up for the types of snow encountered by cross-country skiers in the Sierra. …

Trails restoration fund launched

While firefighters were able to successfully keep the Caldor Fire from claiming homes and businesses in South Lake Tahoe, the fast-moving wildfire laid waste to some of the region’s favorite trails. As the U.S. Forest Service, Tahoe Area Mountain Biking …

Back-country safety week returns

Take Care Tahoe presents the second annual Tahoe Backcountry Safety Awareness Week from Dec. 13 to 18 offering free, virtual and in-person educational sessions focused on back-country safety. In themed events, participants will learn about everything from why training matters …

Image caption: There are more than 300 community service districts in California.
Community Services Districts, Explained

Community service districts can do most anything a city government can do. Here’s how they work and how to start one.

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History of the Commons

Pat Dillon delves into the past of Tahoe City’s public beach in a piece for Moonshine Ink.

Tahoe’s downhill ski season opens

Each November for the last 21 years, we’ve put together our annual Downhill Ski Guide, looking at each of the ski areas large and small from mega resorts spread across soaring mountain peaks to small, community nonprofits. I’ve penned most …

21st Annual Downhill Ski Guide, Winter 2021-22

Be prepared before visiting Carry a face mask at all times & use it when close to others or indoors. Masks are required for anyone unvaccinated while indoors in California, and for everyone regardless of vaccine status in most counties …

Easy Mountain Bike Trails: North Lake Tahoe

Editor’s Note: Read Priya’s feature on Easy Mountain Biking Trails in Truckee at TheTahoeWeekly.com. Due to ongoing fire danger and forest closures, she will explore South Shore trails next summer. There are some days when a cruisy bike ride in …

Image caption: A community group called the Friends of Ski Run has broken ground on the future park.
Supporting Ski Run Park

Tahoe Quarterly reports on South Lake Tahoe residents’ efforts to create a new community park.

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There are more than 300 community service districts in California.
Community Services Districts, Explained
Areas that the county overlooks can form their own local governments.
The Baldwin Hills area in South Los Angeles is one region where a state conservancy would keep open land accessible to the public.
California’s 10 State Conservancies: How They Protect Parks and Open Land
Starting in 1976, the legislature began creating agencies to buy up open land, and keep it open.
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