Epic Pass Mountains Heavenly, Kirkwood, and Northstar to Open Ahead of Schedule This Saturday in Lake Tahoe, CA View this post on Instagram A post shared by Kirkwood Mountain Resort (@kirkwoodmtn) Winter came early this year in Lake Tahoe. After getting approximately three feet of new snow in the past seven days, Vail Resorts-owned mountains Kirkwood, Heavenly, and Northstar will be opening for the 2022-23 season ahead of schedule on Saturday, Nov. 12. Related: Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Kirkwood, […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 10, 2022 0 Comments
Boreal Mountain Resort, CA, Announces Early Opening and $25 Tickets View this post on Instagram A post shared by Boreal Mountain California (@borealmtn) Boreal Mountain Resort will become one of the first Tahoe resorts to open when it opens early on Friday, November 11th.ย Its original opening date was November 14th. Thanks to 32″ of fresh snow in the last 72 hours, the resort has a 22″base, and will […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 10, 2022 0 Comments
Alpenglow Sports Announces theย 17th Annual Winter Speaker Series Lineup, Kicking Off With Jeremy Jones Snowboarding Icon Jeremy Jones Kicks Off the Series on December 8th.ย On Thursday, December 8th,ย Alpenglow Sports welcomes snowboarding icon, environmental advocate, entrepreneur,ย and now author – Jeremy Jones – to Olympic Village Events Center at Palisades Tahoe to kick off the 17th Annual Winter Speaker Series hosted by Tahoe Mountain Realty. With over 3,000 in-person and 35,000 online attendees […] SnowBrains | November 9, 2022 1 Comment
Hometown Mountain Shoutout: Lights, Camber, Action at Boreal Mountain, CA Itโs easy to spot Boreal Mountain Resort as you approach Donner Summit on Interstate 80 in Northern Californiaโespecially at night. Just feet from the freeway, and offering some of the best night skiing in Tahoe, this small but mighty mountain is the ideal place to lap lifts (which youโll do a lot of since Boreal offers just 500 vertical feet […] Industry News Joe Vignolo | October 31, 2022 0 Comments
TAMBA and the Tahoe Fund Officially Open the Upper Tyrolian Trail Old logging roads above Incline Village, NV transformed into a new singletrack trail designed by freeride mountain bike athlete Cam Zinkโs trail-building nonprofit The Upper Tyrolian Trail, North Lake Tahoeโs newest singletrack mountain bike trail featuring berms, jumps, and other interesting natural features is now open above Incline Village, Nevada. The project was spearheaded by the Tahoe Area Mountain Bike […] Cycle CycleBrains | October 19, 2022 0 Comments
Clean Up The Lake Dives Tahoe Basin’s โDirtiest Mileโ Yet | 3,000lbs Trash and 100 Tires in 1-Mile of Shoreline Nonprofit Clean Up The Lake (CUTL) has launched an expansive underwater clean-up in Fallen Leaf Lake revealing the Tahoe Basinโs dirtiest mile yet. In the history of this small but mighty and often overlooked lake, there has never been an underwater cleanup of this scale. Local canned cocktail company TIFโs Spiked Lemonade has kicked off the initial funding support followed […] SnowBrains | September 9, 2022 0 Comments
The Resort Triangle Trail in North Lake Tahoe, CA, is Now Halfway Completedโฆ After 18 Years of Work Mission (Halfway) Accomplished Youโre halfway done, congratulations. For a complicated project like the one you have been working on for more than 18 years, thatโs a serious accomplishment. And a good reason to celebrate as work finished on the trail segment connecting the town of Truckee, CA, to Northstar Drive. It also signified an important milestone, the halfway point to […] Industry News Ryan Kime | August 24, 2022 2 Comments
Lake Tahoe, CA, Grapples with Worker Shortages and Lack of Affordable Housing It is no secret that Lake Tahoe is a desirable place to live. The beautiful mountains and lakes combined with world-class recreational opportunities mean it checks all the boxes for adventurers. All the boxes except for one: housing. The housing problem in ski towns, in general, is well known, but the Sierra seems especially bleak. Around Lake Tahoe, medium home […] Industry News Brent Thomas | August 18, 2022 4 Comments