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Nevada State Parks Reservations Go Online—Minus Sand Harbor, Spooner

05/26/2023

Nevada State Parks will launch Reserve Nevada, a new system that will allow visitors to buy day-use passes, book campsites and cabins, purchase permits and make event reservations online.

TRPA Accepting Lottery Submissions for Pier Allocations

05/23/2023

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency will be accepting lottery entries June 1-30 for the limited number of pier allocations allowed every two years under the Shoreline Plan.

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Tahoe Weekly’s 16th Annual Ultimate Tahoe Summer Bucket List 2023

The Tahoe Sierra is an outdoor lover’s paradise. Whether your ideal outing is spent in the backcountry or lounging on the beach, there’s something for everyone to enjoy this summer. My advice after living here for more than 20 years, …

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Nocs Provisions: Binoculars to experience nature up close

Binoculars help us see the natural world. Birds and wildlife can be viewed up close without disturbing them. Nocs Provisions binoculars from a third-generation Alpine Meadows resident are a new and innovative binocular that is compact, lightweight and easy to …

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Celebrate with Tahoe’s spring outings, events

Celebrate with Tahoe’s spring outings, events I, like everyone else in Tahoe, am pretty much fed up with snow this season. But, just knowing that it’s officially spring now (even if the weather doesn’t feel like), lightens my spirit and …

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Tahoe Weekly’s Best of Spring: Our picks for the best spring outings

The spring of 2023 is one for the record books. By the end of March, we’ve had 13 atmospheric rivers that brought 713” of snow to the Tahoe Sierra, according to the Central Sierra Snow Lab on Donner Summit, and …

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Tahoe’s Best Ski-In Cocktails

I feel lucky to live in a place with an abundance of ski resorts all within an hour’s drive that cater to skiers and snowboarders of every ability. They also provide a little bit extra like the various ski-in chalets …

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Backcountry bound: Public transit provides backcountry access

Sit in the slow crawl of winter weekend traffic and the need to reduce vehicles in Truckee and Tahoe is apparent. Sure, you can take the Tahoe Area Regional Transit (TART) bus to the resorts from most places around the …

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Partnership releases trails strategy

A coalition of Tahoe partners developed Tahoe Regional Trails Strategy to serve as a blueprint for a connected and accessible dirt trail network for Tahoe. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) has been leading the strategy with the Washo Tribe of …

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Tahoe ski resorts open for holiday weekend

Many Tahoe area downhill and cross-country resorts are opening early thanks to a storm system earlier this week that blanketed the Tahoe Sierra in fresh powder, with nine regional ski areas pushing their opening dates up to this holiday weekend. …

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Tahoe’s Indoor Adventures

It’s the shoulder season in the Tahoe Sierra, which undoubtedly brings bouts of inclement weather. It can be 30 degrees F and snowing one day and 70 degrees F and sunny the next. So even though Tahoe appeals to outdoor …

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Truckee, SLT bike trails completed

The Federal Highway Administration recently completed a new Class III bike route along a portion of Donner Pass Road in Truckee that winds up old Highway 40, according to the Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition. The road was widened to allow …

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