Lake Tahoe Travel Blog

On the West Side of Emerald Bay in Lake Tahoe lies one of the best campgrounds in the area: the Emerald Bay Boat-In Campground. As it’s name suggests, it can only be reached by boat, canoe or kayak. From the campground, you have access to the Rubicon Trail that runs along the beach and from...

The car trip around Lake Tahoe has been called the Most Beautiful Drive in America by America’s Byways and this gorgeous 72-mile trip can be done over the course of a day, a weekend or even a week if you want. The Most Beautiful Drive in America can start from anywhere on the lake, but the two...

This summer, Lake Tahoe is featuring several free concerts that are perfect for visiting families on a budget. The concerts are held on both weekdays and weekends and take place at various park and beach locations around the lake. So bring your blanket and picnic basket and enjoy some tunes in the mountains. The...

Burning Man may be one of the largest and most misinterpreted celebrations in the world. To the outsider, this giant jubilee in the inhospitable Black Rock Desert is just a drunkfest full of drugs, naked people wearing masks and goggles and a huge sculpture of a man that burns to the ground. To a tried...

Even though there is still snow on the ground around Lake Tahoe, now’s the time to start training those quadriceps to take on the lake’s tallest peaks. Not only are these peaks near or over 10,000 feet, but they all have great views of one of the highest and largest alpine lakes in the world....

The very popular Reno River Festival will be held at the Truckee River Whitewater Park in downtown Reno May 6-8, 2011. This event attracts nearly 40,000 people, and the Truckee Whitewater Park is known around the globe as one of the paddle sports industry’s top whitewater events. Because of the...

The latest buzz around the Reno area is the approval of the world’s largest climbing wall right on the downtown strip overlooking the Reno Arch. The wall will be built on the closed Fitzgerald’s casino. The new property, to be called Comm Row will have restaurants, live music venues and...

It is a record snow year for the Lake Tahoe area. The lake has not seen this much snow since the winter of 1950-51. Most areas of the lake are measuring over 15-20 feet of snow and over the season more than 61 feet of snow has fallen. In the highest elevations, Squaw Valley USA currently has over 18...

Lake Tahoe ski resorts are reporting some of the biggest snowfall totals in the last quarter century, and 2011 might just be one of the best spring skiing years that the lake has seen. Most ski resorts are still sporting over 10 feet of snow and the nights have been cold, making for some powdery goodness. During...

Squaw Valley USA on the West Shore of Lake Tahoe is offering a free afternoon or evening ski pass to travelers just off the plane. Guests to the resort can present a same-day commercial airline boarding pass, ticket, printed itinerary or baggage claim ticket and receive a complimentary lift ticket good...