Highway 28 between Incline Village and Spooner Summit is a two-lane road that sees 1 million recreational visitors and about 4 million cars whizzing by, every year, according to transportation authorities.
We really don't know how it happened. By the time the center's staff were able to reach the site of the Feb. 17 slide, three days had passed and several feet of snow had blanketed the area. Helicopter crews that dumped water and dragged a large, heavy bucket through the snow to prevent body-recovery teams from getting hit by additional avalanches had further obscured evidence of the deadly slide.
TRUCKEE, Calif. -- A 26-year-old Los Angeles man has been identified as a skier who died near Lake Tahoe last week, authorities confirmed. Nicholas Kenworthy died Feb. 6 at the Northstar California Resort in Truckee, according to the Placer County Sheriff's Office. The resort confirmed the deadly incident, only describing it as a "skier incident on the advanced Martis Trail." Details on the type of accident or injuries sustained by Kenworthy were not available.
A Lake Tahoe landmark celebrated for how it encourages people to stop and lean over its railing to admire the water below reopened Tuesday after a full replacement that lasted several months. Fanny Bridge, a historic crossing over the Truckee River, is open again to vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists in Tahoe City. Part of Highway 89 at the southwestern edge of town, Fanny Bridge spans over Lake Tahoe's only outlet via West Lake Boulevard.
"A dry January, which is historically the wettest month of the year in California, has now eroded the gains made at the start of the year and forecasts currently show no major precipitation in the next two weeks," California Department of Weather Resources spokesperson Jason Ince wrote in a Jan. 30 news release. The first month of the year certainly left the area warmer and drier than usual, weather officials confirmed.
The Tahoe Backcountry Alliance is celebrating its 10th anniversary this winter with an online sweepstakes aimed at raising funds to support human-powered backcountry access and equity-focused outdoor projects in the Lake Tahoe region. The nonprofit organization, based in Truckee, California, has spent the past decade advocating for improved access to public lands, maintaining and expanding backcountry infrastructure, and working with community partners to make backcountry recreation more inclusive.
Just a few minutes from Truckee, nestled mid-mountain at Northstar California Resort, is a fantasy-like Ritz-Carlton property many compare to Hogwarts. The hotel just completed a huge, intentional transformation, updating rooms into luxe pockets of comfort, and adding two Topgolf Swing Suites and pool cabanas, which become Veuve Clicquot Cabana Chalets in the wintertime. They also did some dining concept overhauls, including the classy Manzanita restaurant and panoramic Living Room Lodge, which feels like a giant cozy den.
Yvett Bañares-Tala and Ruben Tala, a local staff sergeant, were heading to Lake Tahoe for their annual holiday trip when Ruben suddenly noticed a black vehicle sliding off the road. He quickly stopped his car, put it in park, and ran out to help. In the video, you can see Ruben anchoring himself to the car to speak to the passenger and driver in the car.
