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Highway 395 Adventure Guide: Smart Gear for Exploring the Sierra Nevada’s Eastern Front
Taking a trip up California’s Highway 395 strips away the frantic energy of coastal highways. The corridor serves up wide-open sagebrush basins that give way to high-alpine lakes, dense lodgepole pine groves, and the jagged wall of the Eastern Sierra. Turnoffs lead to quiet mountain communities, ghost towns, and backcountry trailheads, making it easy to…
Lake Forest Boat Ramp in Tahoe City to Close November 1–30 for Scheduled Dredging
TAHOE CITY, Calif. – Tahoe City Public Utility District (TCPUD) will temporarily close the Lake Forest Boat Ramp from November 1 through November 30, 2026, to complete permitted dredging operations. During the closure, winter boat ramp operations managed by the Tahoe Resource Conservation District will temporarily relocate to Obexer’s Marina in Homewood. Dredging is performed…
Why Is Lake Tahoe So Clear? A Traveler’s Guide to Tahoe’s Famous Water Clarity
Look over the side of a kayak near Tahoe’s rocky shoreline and the water can seem almost unreal. Granite boulders sit below the surface in sharp detail, and on calm mornings the lake can look more like glass than water. That clarity is one of Lake Tahoe’s defining features. It is also something scientists have…
Signature Sierra Experiences
After 14 years exploring the Sierra Nevada, these are the classic adventures that define this incredible mountain range.
