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Blue Angels Ski Club at Heavenly

January 15, 2023
    History

It was Heavenly’s first alpine ski racing club dating back to 1957.

Today, it’s been reincarnated as the Heavenly Ski & Snowboard Foundation. The Blue Angels Ski Club. […]

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Memoir Writing Workshop with Suzanne Roberts on Offer in February

    WordWriters

When you talk about your life, do people say you should write a book? Now’s the time! No matter where you are in your memoir-writing journey, this 4-week workshop-based course […]

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Did you know…Lake Tahoe has an Underwater State Park?

January 4, 2023
    HistoryWater Sports

Why would anyone scuba dive in Lake Tahoe?

There’s nothing to see – right?

Wrong. […]

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Olympic Nordic Trails at Sugar Pine Point State Park

January 2, 2023
    HistorySkiing

Did you know that Sugar Pine Point State Park is the site of the first-ever Olympic Biathlon event held as part of the 1960 Winter Olympic Games at Squaw? […]

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Fallen Leaf Lake: A Lake and its People 1850–1950 by Janet Kaidantzis

    HistoryWriters

From the Washoe to the pioneering families of Nathan Gilmore, Lucky Baldwin, and William Price, to the artists, academics, and craftsmen of the early community, Fallen Leaf Lake drew people to its natural beauty who left a legacy in stories, legends, and land.

Including author Janet Beales Kaidantzis, who has released Fallen Leaf, A Lake and Its People 1850-1950. […]

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“Sleigh Rides in Lake Tahoe: Memories of Sam Borges” Dianna Maria de Borges

December 24, 2022
    Writers

For forty years he was able to relive some of his fondest childhood memories of sliding behind the milkman’s sleigh to the sound of bells keeping beat to a horse’s […]

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Long Live the Real Skiers by Gary Bell

    SkiingStories

So you have your new super fat twin tip skis or that new board with rocker.

You can ride switch all day long, throw down corked threes in the big pipe, you’ve dropped the cross on Mount Tallac, won a race or two during gay week and skied Powderhouse in the full moon! […]

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Did you know…Kirkwood has a Cookbook?

December 22, 2022
    SkiingWriters

Kirkwood is well known for skiing. And for its local dishes? You be the judge. […]

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Exposed Ski Lines caught in Squallywood Book by Robb Gaffney

December 15, 2022
    SkiingWriters

If you liked the 1st edition, you’ll love the 2nd.

Squallywood

A Guide to Squaw Valley’s Most Exposed Lines by Robb Gaffney, MD.

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Historic Valhalla Boathouse Theatre

December 8, 2022
    Art SceneHistory

The historic Valhalla Boathouse Theatre is a unique cultural resource in the Tahoe Basin. Guests sitting in the theatre are treated to a view of the lake like no other, […]

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The History of the Stateline and Casino Corridor

November 26, 2022
    History

Lake Tahoe’s casinos date back to the 1920’s when Elias J. “Lucky” Baldwin built the “Greatest Casino in America”. But, Lucky’s casino was built on the California Side at the Tallac Resort in South Lake Tahoe which was a popular hangout for the nouveau rich from San Francisco, Sacramento and Virginia City. […]

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