Tahoetopia

Hundreds Celebrate Snow Festival 2006 Countdown

The Tuesday evening party featured live music, balloons, food & drink, large Snow Festival buttons, colorful beads, and plenty of people of all ages who turned out to support the annual effort to make March a big part of the winter season for businesses, locals, and visitors.

Lake Tahoe in Winter

Then the lake of the sky continues to change moods to suit the flexing of the seasons and, even, the time of day.

New Findings About Donner Party Strife

Many people know of Donner Lake, the principle encampment that long winter, but the two actual Donner families and their hired teamsters lived, isolated, on the Alder Creek meadows, which is about six miles north and slightly east of Donner Lake.

Famous Skiers from Tahoe

Trying to choose a Tahoe, all-star team can give anybody indigestion, especially when the selection criteria are vague. No doubt it's a testament to the strength of the local breeding grounds when Eric and Sandra Poulsen, two of America's greatest racers in the past, don't even end up on the list of twenty.

Mt. Rose Snow Station

Skiers and boarders prefer deep powder, but hydrologists, reservoir operators, ranchers, farmers, boaters, and city folk depend upon the snowpack for its water content, not its depth.

Local, World-Class Athletes 'Wow!' Truckee Elementary

The five were past Olympic skiers, Tamara McKinney and Kristin Krone; Olympic and Paralympic athlete, Candace Cable; speed skier, Jeff Hamilton; and extreme skier, Shane McConkey. Freestyle skier, C.R.

Tips: Staying Alive While Skiing/Boarding in Powder

Here are tips on how to minimize risks associated with winter storms in the mountains.
• Do not ski alone. Buddy up with another skier or snowboarder and stay within sight of your partner. This means stopping and watching your partner descend, then proceeding downhill while he or she watches you.

Grammar Makes a Comeback

Today there is a snowstorm of books on grammar; they are selling like $10 ski tickets would sell. The rebirth of interest in effective writing is born out of necessity. "To your readers you are as you write," says Sierra Sam of Tahoe City.

Skiing: Time is Suspended

Ahead of me, Tom Telluride boogied more expertly and enthusiastically, "shaking my assets," he bragged out loud. He had been righteously shaking them since the mid-seventies when we both first moved to Lake Tahoe. It all seems so long ago.

Guest Houses Debated in Subdivision Approval

The subdivision, which abuts Tudor Lane and Allenby Way, allows 31 single-family lots plus additional sites for snow storage and a tennis court. Lots will range from 17,000 to 21,000 sq feet, and 56% of the site will be dedicated to public trails. A conservation easement will be recorded to ensure no tree removal or future disturbance of the site.

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