Don’t Miss These 7 Winter and Spring Events in Truckee, California Great skiing and snowboarding conditions aren’t the only thing visitors to Truckee, California can expect this winter and spring. From dog pull races to popular music and film festivals, Earth Day celebrations, cycling events, and the US Freestyle Moguls Championship, there’s a host of activities to entertain mountain town vacationers of all ages. Here are seven winter and spring events […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 28, 2020 0 Comments
New Openings in Truckee, California for Winter 2020 This popular Northern Sierra mountain town offers new experiences ranging from a women-led ski and snowboard shop to new restaurants and a harvest-to-order service Recently named among the top 10 “Best Ski Towns” in USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards 2019, the winter season is off to a strong start in Truckee, California following the accumulation of over 100 […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 13, 2019 1 Comment
Here’s What’s New in Truckee, CA this Fall… Even More Reasons to Visit the Historic Mountain Town An incredible time of year to visit the historic mountain town of Truckee, California, autumn is when visitors can expect warm days that lead into crisp nights, leaf-peeping, smaller crowds, popular fall events and the laid back but welcoming atmosphere Truckee has long been known for. New restaurants, trails, events and more continue to elevate the unique experiences that can […] SnowBrains | October 11, 2019 8 Comments
VIDEO: Terrified Teenagers Hide as Bear Ransacks their Tahoe Vacation Home for Food [arve url="https://youtu.be/LexAfTK8rg4"] SnowBrains | September 2, 2019 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Truckee Donner Land Trust and Squaw Public Service District to Acquire Poulsen Olympic Meadow Property Set in a beautiful meadow with Squaw Creek meandering through and the peaks of Squaw Valley towering above – roughly 30 acres of property owned by one of the valley’s founding families will be preserved by a unique joint effort between the Truckee Donner Land Trust and Squaw Valley Public Service District. A one‐of‐a‐kind parcel in an otherwise developed ski destination, […] SnowBrains | January 26, 2019 0 Comments
The Ski Retreat – Intentional Weekends in the Mountains for Adventurous Women Who Ski and Snowboard Calling all Adventurous women. Women who make life happen more than they watch it go by. Women who bring passion to whatever it is that they do. Women who can’t not. We’re super stoked to introduce you to The Ski Retreat an organized intentional weekend in the mountains for women skier and snowboarders to create space to connect, disconnect, learn, […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 21, 2018 0 Comments
Volunteers Remove 25,000lbs of Trash During the Annual Truckee River Cleanup, NV A total of 776 volunteers helped to remove thousands of pounds of trash, invasive weeds and marked storm drains that feed into the river during the 2018 Truckee River Cleanup this weekend, reports the Reno Gazette Journal. You might also like: Lake Tahoe, California Labor Day Cleanup Removes Thousands of Pieces of Trash The volunteers removed approximately 24,450 lbs of trash and 108,810 […] SnowBrains | October 15, 2018 1 Comment
Despite Lackluster Snow Years, California Ski Town House Prices On The Rise The Tahoe Daily Tribune recently reported that the average single-family home price in the Lake Tahoe area hit 1.1 million dollars. Ski towns nationwide are known for being expensive places to live and California is no outlier. I often find myself wondering, what do people do to be able to afford to live here? “Luxury Home” sales in the Tahoe […] Mike Lavery | August 14, 2018 1 Comment
Pilot Identified in Truckee, CA Plane Crash That Killed 2 and Has Left Another Critically Ill UPDATE: 4:40 am PST Wed 18th July The Placer County Sheriff’s Office has identified the pilot who was killed in a plane crash Tuesday morning near the Truckee Tahoe Airport, reports the Reno Gazette Journal. The pilot was identified as 60-year-old Kenneth Whittall-Scherfee, of Carmichael, CA according to Dena Erwin, spokeswoman for the Placer County Sheriff’s Office. Whittall-Scherfee was also the […] Industry News Steven Agar | July 18, 2018 0 Comments
$1 Goes a Long Way in the Truckee Tahoe Community [arve url="https://youtu.be/0sJPYeSnaLU"] Katy Shipley | June 20, 2018 13 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
Apple Exec Eddy Cue Puts Truckee, CA House on Sale at $11.9-Million | Complex Features Private Chairlift to Northstar Resort Apple Senior Vice President Eddy Cue recently placed his vacation home in Truckee, CA, on the market for $11.9 million. The property is located in Martis Camp, a 671-home, 2,177-acre development with a private chairlift connecting residents to Northstar California ski resort. The golf and ski year-round community offers both custom-built homes and homesites. According to property records, Cue purchased the land […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 14, 2018 2 Comments
‘Subway in the Sky’ to Ease Tahoe Traffic Congestion | Massive Air Gondola Concept from Truckee to 25 Ski Resorts The recent Sierra snowfall has had skiers heading for the mountains, and with that comes increased traffic which creates major back-ups in cities like Truckee, reports Sacramento CBS. To help resolve this ever growing issue, Ernie Dambach is part of a group with a novel concept to ease traffic by introducing a new public transportation system, called “subway in the […] Industry News Steven Agar | January 30, 2018 5 Comments
Rafting the Truckee Will Have to Wait, Again The year’s ample snowfall made for all-time skiing during the winter; but the resulting melt is proving to be quite a challenge for rafting in Truckee this summer. At first, the river was dangerously high, even unlawful to enter. But now, there isn’t enough water to stop your behind from dragging on the bottom. How did this fluctuation happen? Since Lake […] Spencer Miller | July 18, 2017 1 Comment
Lake Tahoe Water Levels Wreck Truckee Rafting Operations After a delayed opening due to too much water in the Truckee River, two Tahoe City rafting companies have had to temporarily cease operations due to not enough water. Truckee River Rafting were in to their 9th day of rafting when the Federal Water Master closed Lake Tahoe Dam last Wednesday, July 12th. The level of the lake had dropped […] Raft Steven Agar | July 18, 2017 0 Comments
$10 Million Dollar Deal Preserves Meadows North Of Truckee In a victory for environmentalists, the Carpenter valley, a 1317 acre plot of land that sits one ridge over from the Tahoe Donner ski resort will be set aside for preservation. The Northern Sierra Partnership, a group based out of Palo Alto and funded mainly by Silicon Valley donors, stepped in as the land was about to hit the market. […] Industry News Jake Rubnitz | July 14, 2017 0 Comments
Farad Fire Temporarily Closes I-80 Between Truckee and Reno The Farad fire, which started on Monday and quickly grew to 670 acres, shut down I-80 between Reno and Truckee for most of Monday and Tuesday. Currently, the highway has reopened but is restricted to 1 lane from the Nevada state line to 3 miles west. There are currently no evacuations, but Cal Fire says that 7 structures are threatened in […] Fire Jake Rubnitz | July 11, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Work-Life Balance Of Heavenly’s Avalanche Dogs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amLnNMvYsgs Dogs are not only our best friends, but they also work hard in many fields! They serve as border patrollers, at the customs and security, they work as shepherds herding sheep and cows, work as therapy dogs in clinics and care facilities. It’s just to name a few. But one of the most important dog’s “professions” is SAR and […] Claire Weiss | March 16, 2017 1 Comment
Know Before You Go Avalanche Presentation at Granite Chief in Truckee, CA on Jan. 16th [this article is sponsored by Granite Chief ski & mountain shop] Come drink beer, eat food, win prizes and LEARN about avalanche safety at 7pm on January 16th, 2016 at Granite Chief Ski & Mountain Shop in Truckee, CA. Granite Chief is located at 11368 Donner Pass Road, Truckee, CA – phone” 530-587-2809. Tahoe is having a big snow season […] Sponsored | January 6, 2016 0 Comments
Why Truckee, CA is Great: Truckee, CA truly does have it all: World class skiing and riding, quality bars and restaurants, funky western culture, an old west town feel, pristine lakes, gorgeous rivers, top ranked mountain biking, impeccable golf courses, water skiing, an indoor ski/snowboard/skate/bmx training facility, and easy access to Reno, Sacramento, and San Francisco. Truckee has perennially been ranked as one of the USA’s best ski towns. This year, National Geographic, Sunset, and Travel and Leisure Magazines all ranked Truckee as one of the “Best Ski Towns in America.” […] SnowBrains | March 18, 2015 3 Comments
Plane Crash in Mountains Near Truckee, CA Kills One, Injures One A small plane headed from Santa Ana, CA to Truckee, CA crashed in the mountains 6 miles from the Truckee Airport on Monday, March 3rd, 2014. One 55-year-old woman was killed in the crash and a 70-year-old man survived and was taken to the hospital. Both of the people in the accident were from Tahoe City, CA. The plane was a A Piper PA […] SnowBrains | March 5, 2014 0 Comments
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