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Tahoe Backcountry Alliance Film Fest at Sportsbasement Bay Area, CA, December 8 & 9

The Tahoe Backcountry Alliance is hosting two nights of film fest awesomeness in the Bay Area, California. The film fest will also feature a raffle, drinks, and free swag as always. The film fests will be held at Sportsbasement Presidio, on Friday, December 8, 2023, and Sportsbasement Berkeley, on Saturday, December 9, 2023. The 19th Annual Backcountry Film Festival is a […]

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Tahoe Backcountry Alliance Film Festival is December 21st, 2022

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Join Tahoe Backcountry Alliance on Wednesday, December 21st, 2022, to kick off the winter season for the Backcountry Film Festival, a collage of human-powered stories and backcountry-inspired experiences. Backcountry Film Festival, presented by Winter Wildlands Alliance, ignites wild conversations and inspires action in communities that celebrate the present while looking towards the future. You can expect cinematic stories of outdoor […]

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Don’t Miss Backcountry Safety Awareness Week, December 13-18th, Presented By Take Care Tahoe

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Brought to you by The Tahoe Fund Whether you’re a backcountry rookie or professional ski mountaineer, keeping your skills sharp is a life-long process. For the second year running, Take Care Tahoe is hosting Backcountry Safety Awareness Week, December 13-18th. It’s a mix of online programming and in-person events to promote backcountry safety and education, and best of all, it’s […]

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Mike Lavery | December 8, 2021
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The Tahoe Backcountry Alliance Requests Public Help to Ensure Success of Donner Lake Run Parking Lot

With good snow and exciting lines, the Donner Lake Run has become a popular backcountry ski area for the likes of Tahoe backcountry users. Beginning at Donner Summit Skyline, the Donner Lake Run offers incredible, picturesque views of the Tahoe area. There’s just one problem… In order to gain access to this area, backcountry recreationists must park in the neighborhoods […]

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Spencer Cox | August 27, 2020
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New to The Backcountry This Year? Tahoe Backcountry Alliance Has Some Tips and Etiquette For You

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This post first appeared on the Tahoe Backcountry Alliance website and is reproduced with permission Been skiing in the backcountry for years, but always relied on your friends for information? Are you an expert skier who’s never ventured outside the boundary? Want to avoid the resorts, but have never skied powder before? Whatever the reason, don’t go without training and […]

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Guest Author | February 8, 2020
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Public Access Now Allowed For One of Lake Tahoe, CA’s Best Backcountry Ski Routes: The Donner Lake Run

One of the Lake Tahoe area’s most iconic backcountry ski tours, the Donner Lake Run, which descends from Mt. Judah to Donner Lake, has lifted access and parking restrictions for the first time EVER, according to the Sierra Sun. This is exciting news for the Lake Tahoe backcountry skiing community whose members have been touring the area for decades but struggling […]

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Martin Kuprianowicz | January 30, 2020
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Tahoe Is Losing Access To It’s Best Backcountry Skiing Terrain:

Parking for access to many of the best backcountry skiing areas in Lake Tahoe has been closed due to the current California Highway 89 improvement project. This improvement project is aimed at reducing sediment runoff into Lake Tahoe and in doing so they closed an untold number of unpaved, roadside parking spots. “What is happening is some of the pullouts people use to park for backcountry skiing are being eliminated,” said Bob Rowen, chairman of the Snowlands Network, which advocates on behalf human powered, winter recreation

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