18-Wheeler Truck Ignores Road Closure, Gets Stuck in Tahoe’s Emerald Bay Switchbacks View this post on Instagram A post shared by CHP South Lake Tahoe (@chpsouthlaketahoe) A commercial driver learned the hard way this week that road closures in Lake Tahoe aren’t just suggestions. According to California Highway Patrol’s South Lake Tahoe unit, the driver bypassed a clearly marked “Road Closed” sign and attempted to navigate the steep, snow-covered switchbacks of SR-89 […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | March 18, 2025 0 Comments
Decline in Non-Native Shrimp Population Believed to be Behind Improved Clarity of Lake Tahoe, CA/NV Lake Tahoe, California/Nevada, is well known for the crystal clear and majestic colors of its Caribbean-like water. Unfortunately, over the last few decades, researchers from UC Davis-Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) have seen Lake Tahoe’s clarity fluctuate and decline. The turquoise and cobalt blue water, which attracts millions of visitors every year from all over the world, is not as […] John Cunningham | October 15, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: Skiing A 46° Steep No-Fall-Zone Above a Cliff In Bad Snow Report from March 16, 2024 On Saturday, we went for some sunny chutes on the first warm day after our small storm last week and our big northeast wind event. We might have been a couple days early… It generally takes about 5 melt/freeze cycles to make good corn snow. We’d only given it one day or maybe less… It […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 18, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: High Speed Turns Thru The Rock Maze Above The Lake of the Sky Report from February 28, 2024 Back into the backcountry searching for that grade-A California corn today. It was easily found. The views were nuts. The snow was perfect corn. The company was splendid. I was so tired. Today was 6 outta 7 days in the backcountry for me. The skin track was straight the F up and it crushed me… […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 28, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: Getting Walled in Lake Tahoe, CA in a Frighteningly Long Couloir in Some Mid-Winter California Corn Report from February 25, 2024 Yesterday was day #4 in a row in the Lake Tahoe backcountry. Each day, we skied a different chute. This mid-winter mini-springtime delivered. Yesterday we went for a couloir we’d never skied before. We dropped in around 11am and the California corn was perfectly ripe. We got walled in the top section, then opened it […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 26, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: Semi-Nubile Corn Harvest in Some of the Most Gorgeous Terrain on Earth Report from February 23, 2024 An unplanned slow morning. We tried to get out early, but we were just too tired. The plan was to go ski shady snow in the trees and find some hidden pow. Then we saw these chutes sparkling in the sunshine. We knew the snow wouldn’t be great but we went anyway. The hike up […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 24, 2024 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: Playing Peak-A-Boo With Big Blue While Skiing Dense Powder Snow in Cosmic Terrain Report from February 15, 2024 We didn’t see a single other person out there today. Not another cosmic soul… We played peek-a-boo with the lake all day. Powder slash, lake view, tree skiing, lake view, chute, lake view. The snow was dense and heavy and got heavier as the day went on. There was about 4-8″ of new snow on […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 15, 2024 0 Comments
Divers to Remove Invasive Plants in Emerald Bay, South Lake Tahoe, CA SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Starting today, divers will begin removing aquatic invasive plants in Emerald Bay, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) announced today. Control of this one-and-a-half-acre Eurasian watermilfoil infestation in the iconic location will help protect the region’s ecosystem and water quality. “Thanks to a coordinated and collaborative effort, when invasive plants were discovered in Emerald Bay […] SnowBrains | September 12, 2023 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA, Backcountry Report: Powder & Backflips Above Stunning Lake Tahoe Report from March 3, 2023 Yesterday was the last powder day of the monstrous 12-foot snow cycle here in Tahoe. Why the last day you say? Mostly because a 4-6 foot storm is forecast to hit Tahoe hard Saturday – Monday… We got out early, found no other humans, and skied shady, high quality powder. The views of Lake Tahoe […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | March 5, 2023 0 Comments
Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: Deep Powder & Steep Lines Above Lake Tahoe Brought to you by 10 Barrel Brewing Report from January 30, 2021 We went for a long walk in the Tahoe backcountry today to avoid the crowds. It worked. We were just about the only ones on the mountain we sojourned to. The Tahoe Sierra just reported 78″ of snow in 3-days ending on Friday. We took our time, told each […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 30, 2021 0 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: Perfect Powder & Dream Lines Above Big Blue Report from February 21st, 2019 Yesterday, we went backcountry skiing above Lake Tahoe in one of the most beautiful places imaginable. Clouds blew in and out all day turning the lake into an eternally morphing kaleidoscope of color and hue. The snow was deep and of very high quality. Temperatures were damn cold – in the teens, I’d guess. Lake […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | February 22, 2019 1 Comment
Body of Kayaker Missing Since June Found in 245′ of Water in Lake Tahoe, CA By Water Recovery Experts The body of a kayaker who had been missing since June 8th, 2017 was located in 245′ of water on the west shore of Lake Tahoe, CA yesterday. “On August 26, 2017, a non-profit group called Bruce’s Legacy (from Wisconsin) arrived to assist. Bruce’s Legacy has located 18 drowning victims in just four years by using state of the art side scan […] Industry News Riverbrains | August 27, 2017 1 Comment
West Shore Lake Tahoe, CA Backcountry Report: Incredible Views, Ice on Emerald Bay, Perfect Powder A few friends and I made it down to the West Shore of Lake Tahoe, CA today. The place is stunning. Water everywhere. The skiing was good on north and east aspects. South and west facing snow was cooked and/or cooked and refrozen. It was all about the views today. We got a bit skunked on the light, but still had […] Conditions Report Miles Clark | January 26, 2017 1 Comment
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