Tahoetopia

Will Tahoe End up like Easter Island?

Sierra Sun carried the same piece headlined: "Sawing for Sierra sprawl." The two newspapers and the writer (David Bunker) are flashing an S-O-S to the Tahoe Truckee community: We are allowing our future to be devoured.

Ski Area That Didn’t Happen #1—Independence Lake

Palisades Tahoe opened as a ski area in 1949. Mt. Shasta opened in 1958. Alpine Meadows opened in 1961. It was a major new resort located in the next valley south of Palisades Tahoe. Alpine Meadows was the dream of John Reily, then the treasurer of the Carnation Company, and later a full-time resident of Tahoe City. Reily hired Peter Klaussen to build and operate the resort.

Ski Area That Did Not Happen #2: Hope Valley

Schnebelen was a crafty entrepreneur known for brokering several resort deals in France, including the development of Tignes and Megeve. He was looking for opportunities in America.

Unreal Estate: Watch What You SIgn

Meanwhile, the median price of a single-family home in the Lake Tahoe Basin was $732,875 the past quarter, according to a quarterly analysis by real estate agency, Chase International.

What Business Are You In?

Businesses are organs of society that perform tasks associated with providing most goods and services the public decides it wishes to own and use. Under this capitalistic system, a business can prosper to the extent that it performs its particular tasks effectively and efficiently within the law. The nature of the tasks to be performed usually changes over time as those served change.

Mammoth Mountain Ski Area Sold: $365 Million

Tahoe Mothers' Club

Gardner turned to the Internet to research mothers' clubs in the area. She couldn't find any.

"I swore to myself I would do something to change it when I could manage it," said Gardner.

Royal Gorge Sold: 4,000 Acres near Donner Summit

Community Disaster Planning #3: Truckee

Police Department

PLACES: Unknown Mt. Lola near Truckee

I have been to the trailhead in August and found no cars there, and I have done the entire trail without seeing anyone. While the trail has no lakes alongside and it starts at the end of a remote dirt road, it makes for a wonderful day trip, especially if you start from the Truckee area, only 20 miles away down highway 89. (Driving instructions are below.)

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