Tahoe Transportation District Experimenting with Expensive Parking Fees to Reduce Overcrowding at Lake Tahoe Parking fees at a popular Lake Tahoe beach just got a lot pricer. At the start of the newly constructed trail that leads to Lake Tahoe’s Hidden Beach on the Nevada side of the lake, transportation officials have raised parking fees in an effort to change the behavior of visitors and reduce overcrowding. The plan raises parking fees to as […] Martin Kuprianowicz | August 2, 2021 7 Comments
Woman Swims Across Monterey Bay, CA in Record Time In a tremendous 13-hour endeavor, Catherine Breed made history by becoming the fastest woman to ever swim across the Monterey Bay. Departing on Monday evening from Santa Cruz, Breed swam 25 miles through the night, finally finishing this monstrous distance swim on Tuesday morning. “I couldn’t wait to sit down. I enjoyed parts of it, but I was really happy to […] Surf Spencer Cox | September 25, 2020 0 Comments
Heavenly Ski Patroller to Swim, Bike, and Run Perimeter of Tahoe Athlete, Heavenly ski patroller, and certified badass, Andi Bertolina, is embarking on an epic Tahoe endurance trifecta- to run, bike, and swim the 73-mile circumference of Lake Tahoe. After learning that a 50-mile ultra-marathon she signed up for was canceled due to Covid, Bertolina sought to create her own endurance challenge instead. Originally, Andi had decided she was only going […] Spencer Cox | September 17, 2020 1 Comment
Rad Grom Alert! 13-Year Old Becomes Youngest Person to Complete Tahoe’s Godfather Swim You know the feeling when you see a kid send it way harder than you at the ski resort? Well, James Savage is one of those kids, but instead of skiing, this guy is charging hard as an open water swimmer. Last week, 13-year-old James Savage became the youngest person to ever complete Tahoe’s famous Godfather open water swim. This […] Spencer Cox | August 4, 2020 1 Comment
VIDEO: Just a Bear Going for a Swim in Lake Tahoe, CA… Here’s something you don’t see every day… a bear going for a swim in Lake Tahoe! Related: VIDEO: Tourists Get a Little TOO Close to a Bear in Smoky Mountain National Park, TN This footage was taken at Tahoe City… so cool to see! SnowBrains | October 18, 2019 0 Comments
1 Year After Beating Cancer: Sarah Thomas Swims the English Channel 4x Nonstop The most times the English channel had been swum until Sarah Thomas plunged on the scene was 3 times. Sarah added another lap, making her the 1st person to swim it 4 times. At 21 miles across (as the crow flies), the trip would be 84 miles if done in a straight line, but the tides dramatically changed Sarah’s route. […] Sydney Stephens | October 1, 2019 0 Comments
2 Lake Tahoe, CA Residents to Swim the 72-Mile Shoreline Picking Up Garbage Two Lake Tahoe residents are taking the lake’s long-time trash problem into their own hands by swimming the 72 miles circumference of Tahoe and picking up garbage on the way. Related: Lake Tahoe Trashed on 4th July | 1,875-Pounds Trash Cleaned Up by Volunteers Yesterday Tahoe Dive Center owner Matt Meunier and Clean Up the Lake founder Colin West plan […] SnowBrains | September 19, 2019 0 Comments
Man Died in Lake Tahoe, CA this Weekend While Competing in Triathlon A man died Saturday during a triathlon at Lake Tahoe, reports the TahoeDailyTribune.com. The man was swimming at Sugar Pine Point on the West Shore Saturday when he had to be pulled from the water around 8:23 am, according to an email from Sgt. Anthony Prencipe, public information officer with the El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office. Related: Death of a […] SnowBrains | August 28, 2019 0 Comments