El Dorado County Parks & Recreation Articles

The name change of one of California’s most historic ski resorts is part of a statewide and national trend to reexamine offensive place names.

Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association (TAMBA), in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, has completed the Stanford Rock Trail on the West Shore near Ward Creek. The project involved more than three years of hand-built, single-track construction, yielding more than …

There are three bucket-list athletic challenges that involve circling Lake Tahoe. You can thru-hike the 170-mile-long Tahoe Rim Trail. You can ride the 72-mile road-bike loop around the lake. Or you can get wet and paddle your way the plus- …

While much of California is parched, lakes in higher elevations offer plenty of enjoyment. Such was the case hiking to Granite and Hidden lakes in the Eldorado National Forest in Amador County. This is the third Granite Lake in the …

Join Sierra State Parks Foundation in its annual fundraiser Hike For Parks. Until Aug. 25, the foundation is asking the community to get outside and walk/run/hike to help reach a goal of 1,500 collective miles from at least 150 hikers. …

One of the topics that I’ve been committing to covering since I became only the third owner of Tahoe Weekly in 2013, is the issue of opening and providing more public access to our public lands in the Tahoe Sierra. …

They are a lightning rod of controversy. They can be seen everywhere whizzing by on streets and trails. There are ones with fat tires, skinny tires and tires made for the mountains. One thing is sure, like it or not, …

By Bill Stolz, U.S. Coast Guard Auxillary, Sierra Division, Public Affairs Lake Tahoe, Jewel of the Sierra, is undeniably one of the most beautiful lakes in the country. Before venturing out on the lake there are a few things that …

Impressive peaks reaching nearly 9,800 feet create a bowl effect, framing Emigrant Lake in a manner that could captivate hikers for hours. Even more remarkable, though, is the woman Melissa Coray Peak is named after. Small meadow-like grassy areas were …

Summer is in full swing in Tahoe and nearly all restrictions have been lifted in both California and Nevada, so now is the time to get out and enjoy summer fun with the entire family. Take to the water Romp …

When Sean McAlindin and I started talking about doing a feature on the trail projects throughout the region on tap for this summer a few months ago, neither of us had any idea that it would burgeon into a nearly …

The Tahoe Sierra has always been a place of connection. In times past, it was the last crossroads before settlers reached the promised land of California using a web of ancient paths spread throughout the mountains. More recently, it’s become …

Looking up I tried to find the castle. Someone with a better imagination must have named this rock outcropping. While others saw turrets, I saw volcanic rock. I have driven by Castle Peak countless times while zooming along Interstate 80 …

Spring to me is rushing water. There is something about the sheer power and raucous sound of water flowing over the granite of the Sierra Nevada that makes me feel that spring has arrived. While in many places it’s flowers …

Before and during California’s Gold Rush era, a multitude of routes were blazed over the Sierra Nevada into the Golden State. The northern mining district in the Bear, Yuba and Feather River valleys were distant from the main trans-Sierra arteries …

On April 1, a new federal law went into effect that requires the operator of a boat with an installed Engine Cut-Off Switch to use the ECOS link. The link is usually a coiled bungee cord lanyard clipped onto the …