The San Francisco Chronicle's SF Gate website ran a story Sunday outlining Palisades Tahoe USA CEO Nancy Cushing's vision to return the Winter Olympics to Lake Tahoe in 2022.
One hundred and sixty-plus years ago this week, the members of the Donner Party were doing their best to keep their hopes and themselves alive.
The forecaster's call it a 'weather snoozer'. We call it beautiful Tahoe weather. A quiet weather pattern via an upper ridge will settle in for the bulk of this week.
[Half Moon Bay, Livingston Island. 62 deg. 36 min. South; 60 deg. 30 min. West] Our expedition diverted northward after one of our members fell into a hidden crevasse as he was ascending a steep bowl above Port Lecroix on nearby Amberes Island. He was injured, but rescued.
Labor Day, the first Monday in September has come and gone and this is the time of the year to dust off your skis, boots, and poles. But, first, check for mildew in your boots!
To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written. My odometer rolled over to 50 recently, so below is an update.
To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written. My odometer rolled over to 50 recently, so below is an update.
To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever written. My odometer rolled over to 50 recently, so below is an update.
Untold thousands of people, maybe millions, have marveled at the striking color of Lake Tahoe. One of its nicknames is “Big Blue.” Most people think the color is from the sky. Another nickname is, “The Lake of the Sky.” But the unmistakable color of Tahoe is not from the sky.
A bitter cold wind has been blowing down from Canada for the last three weeks. Ski areas everywhere in the West are announcing their openings. For many, it is the first opening before Thanksgiving in a decade. So much for global warming!