Alpenglow Expeditions Have Reopened and Are Offering North Lake Tahoe Guided Backcountry Tours Alpenglow Expeditions announced on Saturday that they finally have a concrete plan for the first stage of reopening after the threat of COVID-19 forced their small business to close for almost 9 weeks. They are accepting reservations today! “In partnership with the US Forest Service, we’ve crafted a reopening plan that allows us to resume guiding operations in the Tahoe […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 22, 2020 2 Comments
California Slowly Reopening Parking Lots at State Parks and Beaches California is slowly beginning to reopen parking lots at a number of state parks. Over the weekend, lots quietly reopened at 27 state parks and beaches in a number of areas across the state. Lots were partially reopened, offering no more than 50% capacity, at parks and beaches in Santa Cruz, San Benito, Sonoma, Riverside, and Orange counties, as well as […] SnowBrains | May 19, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Momma Bear Rescues Cubs From Waters of Lake Tahoe With Mother’s Day quickly approaching, we feel like sharing a story of a mother bear and her three cubs that have come out into the community today and ended up in the keys marina. The mother bear was determined to save all three of her cubs herself and ensure that they see tomorrow by continually swimming each one to safety! […] SnowBrains | May 6, 2020 1 Comment
Second Home Owners Who Want to Visit Their Homes Will Fight South Lake Tahoe, CA Ban Second-home owners in South Lake Tahoe unable to visit their property because of California’s stay-at-home order claim the ban infringes on their rights as property owners and are fighting the ban and the $1,000 fine for violating it, reports KCRA. Related: South Lake Tahoe, CA Approves $1,000 Fines for Nonessential Travel to Tahoe The city implemented the ban after seeing […] SnowBrains | May 4, 2020 4 Comments
VIDEO: Watch Josh Daiek Ski a Huge Eastern Sierra Line at Mock-Looney Tahoe local and friend of SnowBrains Josh Daiek tackled some serious projects this past winter. A lot of which, were in his own backyard in the Eastern Sierras of California. This video shows him skiing a massive chute somewhere in the Sierras with a bit of a funny entry to the line. RELATED: VIDEO: Pro Skier Josh Daiek Sends Biggest […] Backcountry SnowBrains | May 2, 2020 0 Comments
NHP Issued 67 Parking Citations in Two Hours Yesterday as Crowds Flocked to Lake Tahoe’s East Shore Nevada Highway Patrol wrote 67 citations in two hours for illegally parked cars on Lake Tahoe’s East Shore yesterday as the unseasonably warm weather brought the crowds out of self-isolation and to the Lake. Cars lined both sides of State Route 28, near Sand Harbor, with total disregard for whether they were parked legally, or not. Related: Citations Jump by […] SnowBrains | April 29, 2020 1 Comment
VIDEO: All California, All High Elevation, All Scary Ski Movie [arve url="https://youtu.be/idvv1uZFm08"] SnowBrains | April 17, 2020 Likes Tweets 2 Comments
Forest Service Shuts Down Many South Lake Tahoe, CA Recreation Sites In alignment with current federal, state and local guidance for social distancing and to ensure health and safety of its employees, visitors and volunteers, the USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) will temporarily close national forest recreation sites and areas in the South Shore Recreation Corridor effective April 13, 2020. Related: Lake Tahoe Cities Seeing INCREASE in […] SnowBrains | April 16, 2020 0 Comments
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