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TAHOE’S FANTASTIC FALL

Naturalist John Muir famously called the Sierra Nevada the Range of Light for “its glorious floods of light, seeing the sunbursts of morning among the icy peaks, the noonday radiance on the trees and rocks and snow, the flush of the alpenglow, and a thousand dashing waterfalls with their marvelous abundance of irised spray.”

I think Muir would agree that each season in the Range of Light brings its own special hues to the peaks and valleys of the Sierra, with none so brilliant as fall, in my opinion. At the first flush of color in the aspen groves, my heart races with excitement at the magnificent display of golds and fiery oranges and reds that appear seemingly overnight. While it’s a brief display lasting sometimes only weeks, it’s a time to celebrate the glorious arrival of fall.

Take the time to revisit hiking and mountain bike trails, paddle along Lake Tahoe shores, explore cycling routes and take the kids out to explore the forests – Spooner Lake and Taylor Creek are perfect for kids. We’ve put together some of our favorite Fall Outings to experience the best of the region’s fall colors in a new chart featured in this edition and at TheTahoeWeekly.com/Fall.

Historic walking tours

The Tahoe Sierra is full of fascinating history from the once-rowdy streets of downtown Truckee to Tahoe City, an early hub for the region’s logging and tourism industries, to the historic neighborhoods of South Shore. Historian Mark McLaughlin has traveled each of these historic regions and researched their history for his many stories on touring these historic areas.

For his latest installment, he explores the historic Lakeside Park neigh borhood on the South Shore. Read about this historic tour and how to visit yourself and find information on his other historic tours at TheTahoe Weekly.com

Katherine E. Hill

IN CHIEF

EAST SHORE

CAVE ROCK

This iconic sight is part of an old volcano. Take in the view from Cave Rock State Park.

THUNDERBIRD LODGE May-October | thunderbirdtahoe.org

The former Whittell estate. This magnificent lakefront home features the Lighthouse Room, Old Lodge, 600’ underground tunnel (with a former lion cage) and Boat House, home to the “Thunderbird,” a 1939 wooden boat. Ages 6+ only. Tours by reservation only.

NORTH SHORE

GATEKEEPER’S MUSEUM

(530) 583-1762 | northtahoemuseums.org

Featuring historic photos, the Steinbach Indian Basket Museum and historical memorabilia in Tahoe City.

KINGS BEACH northtahoebusiness.org

Kings Beach is a popular spot for dining and shopping with the North Shore’s largest sandy beach located in the heart of town. Free parking at North Tahoe Beach, Brook Street, Minnow and the Christmas Tree lot on Hwy. 28.

NORTH LAKE TAHOE

DEMONSTRATION GARDEN

(775) 586-1610, ext. 25 | demogarden.org

Featuring lake-friendly landscaping using native and adaptive plants. Self-guided tours & clinics. On the campus of Sierra Nevada University.

NORTH TAHOE ARTS CENTER

(530) 581-2787 | northtahoearts.com

Featuring works by local artists & workshops in Tahoe City.

TAHOE CITY

visittahoecity.com

Popular for shopping and dining with historical sites. Visit the Tahoe Dam, Lake Tahoe’s only outlet, and Fan ny Bridge. Peer into Watson Cabin (1909) for a glimpse at pioneer life. Free parking at Commons Beach, Grove St., Jackpine St. and Transit Center.

TAHOE CITY FIELD STATION Tours by appt. | (530) 583-3279 | terc.ucdavis.edu

This 1920s-era building features a history of the field station, current UC Davis research projects, interactive exhibits and demonstration garden. Grounds open Memorial Day-Labor Day. Ages 8+.

TAHOE SCIENCE CENTER

Tues.-Sat. by reservation (775) 881-7566 | tahoesciencecenter.org

University of California, Davis, science education center at Sierra Nevada University. Exhibits include a virtual research boat, biology lab, 3D movies and docent-led tours. Ages 8+.

WATSON CABIN (530) 583-1762 | northtahoemuseums.org

Watson Cabin, built by Robert Watson and his son in 1908, is the oldest building in Tahoe City and on the National Register of Historic Places (summer tours).

OLYMPIC VALLEY

HIGH CAMP (800) 403-0206 | palisadestahoe.com

Aerial tram rides with views of Lake Tahoe, Olympic Heritage Museum, events and more. Ticket required. Closed until late November.

OLYMPIC MUSEUM

(800) 403-0206 | palisadestahoe.com

Palisades Tahoe, host of the VIII Winter Olympic Games in 1960, celebrates its Olympic History with the Tower of Nations with its Olympic Flame and the symbolic Tower of the Valley at Highway 89. The Olympic Museum at High Camp features historic memorabilia and photographs. Tram ticket required. Closed until late November.

SOUTH SHORE

HEAVENLY (775) 586-7000 | skiheavenly.com

Enjoy a 2.4-mile ride on the gondola to the top with panoramic views. Ticket required. Closed until mid-No vember

LAKE TAHOE MUSEUM Thurs.-Sat. | (530) 541-5458 | laketahoemuseum.org Washoe artifacts and exhibits on early industry and settlers. Pick up walking tour maps.

TAHOE ART LEAGUE GALLERY (530) 544-2313 | talart.org

Featuring works by local artists & workshops.

TALLAC HISTORIC SITE (530) 541-5227 | tahoeheritage.org

Once known as the “Grandest Resort in the World” as the summer retreat for three San Francisco elite fam ilies with the Baldwin Estate, Pope Estate & Valhalla. Grounds open year-round. Tours in summer.

TAYLOR CREEK VISITOR CENTER (530) 543-2674 | fs.usda.gov

Features Stream Profile Chamber to view slice of Taylor Creek, nature trails & more.

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DONNER SUMMIT HISTORICAL SOCIETY donnersummithistoricalsociety.org

At Old Hwy 40 & Soda Springs Rd. 20-mile interpretive driving tour along Old 40.

EMIGRANT TRAIL MUSEUM (530) 582-7892 | parks.ca.gov

The Emigrant Trail Museum features exhibits and arti facts on the Donner Party (1846-47) at Donner Memorial State Park. See the towering Pioneer Monument.

KIDZONE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Tues.-Sat. | (530) 587-5437 | kidzonemuseum.org Interactive exhibits, science & art classes for kids up to age 7. BabyZone & Jungle Gym.

MUSEUM OF TRUCKEE HISTORY Fri.-Sun. | (530) 582-0893 | truckeehistory.org Housed in the original Depot, built in 1901. Exhibits cover different eras in Truckee history.

OLD JAIL MUSEUM (530) 659-2378 | truckeehistory.org

One of a few surviving 19th Century jailhouses used from 1875 until May 1964 (summer tours). Closes after Labor Day.

TOWN OF TRUCKEE

truckeehistory.org | truckee.com

Settled in 1863, Truckee grew quickly as a stagecoach stop and route for the Central Pacific Railroad. During these early days, many historical homes and buildings were built including The Truckee Hotel (1868) and the Capitol Building (1868). Stop by the Depot for a walking tour of historic downtown. Paid parking downtown.

TRUCKEE RAILROAD MUSEUM

Sat.-Sun. & holidays

truckeedonnerrailroadsociety.com

Learn about the historic railroad. Located in a caboose next to the Truckee Depot.

WEST SHORE

EAGLE ROCK

Eagle Rock, one of the Lake’s most famous natural sites, is a volcanic plug beside Highway 89 on the West Shore. Trail to top is on the south side.

FANNETTE ISLAND

(530) 541-3030 | parks.ca.gov

Lake Tahoe’s only island is in Emerald Bay & is home to an old tea house. Boat access only. (Closed Feb. 1-June 15 for nesting birds.)

HELLMAN-EHRMAN MANSION

Parking fee | parks.ca.gov

(530) 525-7232 Park | (530) 583-9911 Tours

Sugar Pine Point State Park is home to the historic Ehrman Mansion. See boathouses with historic boats and General Phipps Cabin built in the late 1800s. Summer only.

VIKINGSHOLM CASTLE

(530) 541-3030 | (530) 525-9529 ADA parks.ca.gov | vikingsholm.com

Tour the grounds of Vikingsholm Castle (interior tours closed for season), see Eagle Falls and Fannette Island (the Lake’s only island), home to an old Tea House.

TRANSIT

North Tahoe & Truckee (TART) | laketahoetransit.com

South Tahoe | tahoetransportation.org

VISITORS’ CENTERS

Kings Beach

Kings Beach State Rec. Area (Thurs.-Mon., July-Aug.)

Incline Village 969 Tahoe Blvd. (800) 468-2463

South Shore At Heavenly Village. (530) 542-4637

Tahoe City 100 N. Lake Blvd. (530) 581-6900

Truckee 10065 Donner Pass Rd. (530) 587-8808

U.S. Forest Service | Incline Village 855 Alder Ave. (775) 831-0914 (Wed.-Fri.)

U.S. Forest Service | South Lake Tahoe 35 College Dr. (530) 543-2600

U.S. Forest Service | Tahoe City

3080 N. Lake Blvd. (530) 583-3593 (Fridays)

U.S. Forest Service | Truckee 10811 Stockrest Springs Rd. (530) 587-3558

National Forest access info

Fredrick’s Meadow at Fallen Leaf Lake explodes in fall color in this image taken in late October 2021. | Katherine E. Hill

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Truckee

Age of Lake Tahoe: 2 million years

Fed By: 63 streams and 2 hot springs

Only Outlet: Truckee River (Tahoe City)

Watershed Area: 312 square miles (808 sq km)

Average Water Temperature: 42.1˚F (5.61˚C)

Average Surface Water Temperature: 51.9˚F (11.1˚C)

Average Surface Temperature in July: 64.9˚F (18.3˚C)

Highest Peak: Freel Peak at 10,881 feet (3,317 m)

Average Snowfall: 409 inches (10.4 m)

Permanent Population: 70,000

Number of Visitors: 15 million annually

HOW THE LAKE WAS FORMED

About 3 to 5 million years ago, the valley that would become the Tahoe Basin sank between paral lel fractures in the Earth’s crust as the mountains on either side continued to rise. A shallow lake began to form in the resulting valley.

Roughly 2 to 3 million years ago, erupting vol canoes blocked the outlet, forcing the lake to rise hundreds of feet above its current elevation, and eventually eroded down to near its current outlet.

Between 1 million and 20,000 years ago, large masses of glacial ice covered the west side of the Tahoe Basin. Current geologic theory suggests an earthen berm (moraine) left by a receding glacier near Olympic Valley acted as a dam, causing the lake level to rise and then draw down rapidly when the dam catastrophically failed. Between 7,000 and 15,000 years ago, a 4-mile segment of

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the West Shore collapsed into the Lake causing a massive submerged debris avalanche, widening the Lake by 3 miles and creating McKinney Bay.

The Tahoe Basin is mostly granite, with little topsoil, and therefore few nutrients have washed into the lake to promote the growth of algae and other organisms that make water murky.

As well, 40 percent of the precipitation falling into the Tahoe Basin lands directly on the lake.

The remaining precipitation drains through the de composed granite soil found in marshes and meadows, creating a good filtering system for water.

Urbanization of the Tahoe Basin has eliminated 75 percent of its marshes, 50 percent of its mead ows and 35 percent of its steam zone habitats.

About 85 percent of all wildlife in the Tahoe Basin use these habitats.

Lake Tahoe is located in the states of California and Nevada, with two-thirds in California.

LAKE CLARITY:

2020: 63 feet avg. depth (19.2 m)

1968: First recorded at 102.4 feet (31.21 m)

AVERAGE DEPTH: 1,000 feet (304 m)

MAXIMUM DEPTH: 1,645 feet (501 m)

Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the U.S. (Crater Lake in Oregon, at 1,932 feet, or 589 m, is the deepest), and the 11th deepest in the world.

VOLUME: 39 trillion gallons (147.6 trillion liters)

There is enough water in Lake Tahoe to supply everyone in the United States with more than 75 gallons (284 liters) of water per day for 5 years.

NATURAL RIM: 6,223’ (1,897 m)

Lake Tahoe sits at an average elevation of between 6,223’ and 6,229.1’. (1,897-1,899 m) The top 6.1’ (1.8 m) of water is controlled by the dam in Tahoe City and holds up to 744,600 acre feet of water (91,845 m).

SIZE: 22 miles long, 12 miles wide (35 km long, 19 km wide) Lake Tahoe is as long as the English Channel is wide.

SHORELINE: 72 miles (116 km)

Lake Tahoe has a surface area of 191 square miles (307 km). If Lake Tahoe were emptied, it would submerge California under 15 inches of water (.38 m)

Sources: Tahoe Environmental Research Center, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Forest Service, “Tahoe Place Names” and David Antonucci (denoted by 1).

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LAKE CLARITY

The University of California, Davis, operates the Tahoe Environmental Research Center (tahoe. ucdavis.edu), which monitors the clarity of Lake Tahoe. Clarity has been measured since 1968 and was first recorded at 102.4’.

The waters of Lake Tahoe were clear to an average depth of 61’ (18.6m) in 2021. Lake Tahoe is losing clarity because of algae growth fueled by nitrogen and phosphorus.

ABOUT THE LAKE

Lake Tahoe is located in the states of California and Nevada, with two-thirds in California. It is fed by 63 streams and two hot springs.

The Truckee River is Tahoe’s only outlet and flows from the dam in Tahoe City east through Reno and eventually drains into Pyramid Lake in Nevada.

However, water releases are not permitted when the lake surface level falls below the natural rim at 6,223’ (1,897 m). The lowest lake level on record (measured since 1900) was 6,220.26’ (1,896 m) on Nov. 30, 1992.

The Lake of the Sky appears blue in color as other colors in the light spectrum are absorbed and blue light is scattered back.

LAKE TAHOE’S DISCOVERY

The first recorded discovery of Lake Tahoe by white explorers was on Feb. 14, 1844, when John Charles Frémont and Charles Preuss spotted the lake from atop Red Lake Peak. The lake went through many names before it was officially named Tahoe in 1945. Tahoe is a mispronunciation of the first two syllables of the Washo’s word for the lake – Da ow a ga, which means “edge of the lake."

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Lakeside Park History Trail

BY MARK MCLAUGHLIN

They’ve done it again. Lake Tahoe Historical Society has added to its Historic Walking Tours with one of the oldest neighborhoods: Lakeside Park. There are two walking tours in the series now: Al Tahoe Historic Tour and Lakeside Park History Trail

Historic Lakeside Park is a quaint neighborhood that abuts the Califor nia-Nevada state line on the east, Park Avenue to the west and from the shore line of Lake Tahoe south to Highway 50. The Historical Society has created a self-guided walking tour through the historic neighborhood.

At each stop on the tour, there are signs with QR codes to scan to allow participants to use their cell phone to download background information.

The historical society has also posted a 1909 surveyor’s plat map of the orig inal Lakeside Park resort and housing development to help navigation of the early neighborhood, one of the first subdivisions in South Lake Tahoe, to its website.

In 1909, housing lots in Lakeside Park — just a short walk to a beautiful sand beach — were first sold for $75 with a $10 deposit and a generous extended payment plan.

South Lake Tahoe and Placerville — via future Highway 50 — had recently been designated an interstate highway between Nevada and California with congressional approval of funding for the road to be improved, paved and maintained. Most Americans did not own an automobile then, but mass production and lower prices would soon make the horseless carriage essential family transportation.

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Lakeside Park’s history

In June 1901, the Katherine Smith family installed a steamer pier and a post office and soon opened Lakeside House. The Lakeside Pier gave access to the daily, year-round steamer with its connection to Tahoe City and the shortline railroad to Truckee and Southern Pacific Railroad’s transcontinental line. Truckee also linked to the planned Lin coln Highway, as well.

Although unpaved for much of its length at the time, the route between

In 1909, housing lots in Lakeside Park — just a short walk to a beautiful sand beach — were first sold for $75 with a $10 deposit and a generous extended payment plan. Sales agent E. A. Charl ton of Berkeley, successfully enticed prospective Bay Area customers with his slogan: “The cost is so small you will never miss it.”

For those without the funds to build a house immediately, Charlton encour aged young families to pitch tents on their lot until constructing a cottage or summer home became affordable. Some of the cabins built in the 1920s are still standing and owned by the descendants who arrived by steamship more than a century ago.

The promotional literature pitched Lakeside Park’s ideal locale and ame nities: “Located within a few minutes’ walk of Hotel [Lakeside Lodge], Post Office, Telephone, Steamboat and Auto Stage Service, Store, Bathing Beach, Boating and the general center for all social activities.”

Agent Charlton also assured house wives and mothers that “fresh meats, fruits, vegetables, eggs, butter and pure, fresh milk are always obtainable.” In the late 19th Century, South Lake Tahoe was famous for its locally raised meat and dairy products.

The sand, sun and fun of Lakeside Beach is accessed via Lakeshore Bou levard. An informational poster at the entrance claims that the Lakeside Park area was a favorite spot for Washo In dian love feasts or fandangos. There is a $10 admittance fee to the beach in the summer, but free the rest of the year.

At the west end of Lakeshore Bou levard is the Nick Sahati house, who, along with his brother, Eddie, owned the Stateline Country Club in the 1940s and 50s. In the late 1950s, Sahati sold his casino to Bill Harrah, now the site of Harrah’s Lake Tahoe. Harrah rented the Sahati house for its proximity to the beach, as did celebrities such as singer Cher and comedian Phyliss Diller

In the 1860s, the marina adjacent to Lakeside Beach to the west was once the popular Fish Market and Landing. Locally caught trout were sold to the nearby Stateline Hotel, owned by Capt. William Lapham. Capt. Lapham, along with Seneca Dean, a judge from Genoa, Nev., had built the Lake House Hotel in 1859, the first lakeside lodging in the Lake Tahoe Basin. Today, the Lakeside Marina offers boat rentals, jet skis, kayaks, beach toys, a launch and rides by water taxi.

Stroll by charming Doc’s Cottages on Stateline Avenue with the cutesy tourist cabins. Construction of the bungalows

began in 1929; Vincent “Doc” Hughes bought the property in 1932. Hughes was a medic in World War I where he, like thousands of other medical corps men, acquired the popular nickname. He initially bought the property for fam ily and friends in which to stay and then later rented some of the cabins calling it Doc’s Place.

It’s rumored that actors Clark Gable and Carol Lombard were frequent guests. The couple, who had a steamy, secret relationship until they officially married in 1939, were well known for their love of animals and the outdoors.

These are just a few of the 10 stops to explore on the Lakeside History Trail. Find details on each stop on the website. Look for the blue and white History Trail signs at each location to scan.

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ABOVE: Doc’s Cottages: Note state line painted in lower left corner. BELOW: Lakeside Beach.

HELP RESTORE TRUCKEE’S WATERSHED

Truckee River Day 2022, hosted by Foriver-Truckee River Watershed Council, is on Oct. 16. For more than 25 years, Truckee residents have gathered with boots, buck ets, shovels and smiles to tackle projects to restore our mountain home, including restoring meadows, forests and other parts of the watershed; planting native vege tation; and mulching sensitive areas. The projects run from 9 to 11 a.m. Volunteers must register in advance.

Later in the day, all are welcome to Truckee River Day Fair from 1 to 4 p.m. at Granite Flat Campground. There will be live entertainment, environmental education activities, art projects and more. | truckeeriverwc.org

Truckee Donner Land Trust

TRUCKEE SPRINGS TRAIL ACCESS PROGRESSING

Truckee Donner Land Trust and Town of Truckee are making progress on the extension of the Truckee River Legacy Trail, a paved multiuse trail. The goal is to have both the new segment of trail and the pedestrian bridge to access the recently purchased Truckee Springs area completed by the end of next summer, according to the Land Trust. Truckee Springs spans a section of land running along the Truckee River across from South River Street in downtown to near Highway 89.

Fencing has been installed around a wildlife habitat in a cottonwood stand next to the river to protect the area and

ensure local fauna can remain undis turbed when Truckee Springs is opened to the public. Once the trail is construct ed, there are also plans to build trails to access different parts of the 67-acre property, including some river access. | truckeedonnerlandtrust.org

Magic in the Mountains

WATCH 1960 TAHOE WINTER OLYMPICS FILM

SNOW Sports Museum and Coolfire Studios present three local showings of the documentary “Magic in the Moun tains,” which follows the story of how a little-known ski area won the bid for the 1960 Winter Olympics in Olympic Valley.

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THIS IS THE PLACE TO GO TO DRINK A BEER, HAVE SOME FOOD, PLAY OVER SIZED CONNECT FOUR OR ATTEND A BATTERY OF FAMILY-FRIENDLY EVENTS.

BY KAYLA ANDERSON

Youstop by a local retailer to purchase gear and stay for a bite and brew. You go to a local bookstore for the latest release, order a coffee and reserve a conference space for your virtual meeting. You head to the local brewery for a pint and peruse locally made art while hanging out with friends.

These are all examples of how retailers from outfitters to brew eries have reimagined what it means to serve customers. This growing trend for what’s become known as experiential retail –providing customers an experience while they are shopping and dining – isn’t new in large cities but it is a newer and growing trend in Tahoe. Here are a few Tahoe spots worth checking out.

CUPPA TAHOE, SOUTH LAKE TAHOE

Comfy chairs within hidden nooks are strategically placed throughout this bookstore/café/coworking space wheth er you can stay for 10 minutes or three hours. People are on laptops, reading, chatting or enjoying a bite to eat.

Owner Sandra Santané opened Cuppa Tahoe in May 2020 because she wanted a place that provided human connection and catered to everyone — something modern, sleek and whimsical. What Cuppa Tahoe offers is a glass-encased coworking space complete with sound proof phone booths, as well as a con ference room. There’s a fully stocked bookstore with games and stationery and an eatery with a rotating seasonal menu of local drinks and bites. It’s the ideal cozy spot in which to hunker down for a bit.

EVO, TAHOE CITY

The online outdoor retailer evo has evolved to build physical spaces that promote adventure, community and creativity. Its eyes are set on opening a campus in Tahoe City, and they pur chased the Tahoe City Inn and Ameri ca’s Best Value hotel earlier this year. Their vision includes a store, café, ser vice shop, art gallery, outdoor recreation options, lodging and workforce housing. The company plans to begin operations in its new multi-use venture in 2023 in the Tahoe City Inn. In the meantime, evo is hosting the pop-up Scotty Lapp Memorial Skatepark in the parking lot behind the Inn, which is open Friday to Sunday until it snows. | evo.com

LAKEVIEW SOCIAL, SOUTH LAKE TAHOE

Across from El Dorado Beach is Lakeview Social. Its motto is eat, drink, relax. One can get a coffee or fine wine at the longstanding Revive, a craft beer or cocktail at the Barrel Room next door or order a burger at the food truck to enjoy at one of the many picnic tables or firepits out front. Live music is on tap every day starting at 4 p.m. | lakeview socialtahoe.com

PINE NUT CYCLE CAFÉ, SOUTH LAKE TAHOE

In the warmer months, the new Pine Nut Cycle Café offers healthy drinks, snacks and bike rentals so patrons can explore the shores of South Lake Tahoe.

“We travel quite a bit and noticed cycle cafes popping up in places like Bali and Australia, places that serve coffee and rent bikes. We wanted to bring that de sign to South Lake Tahoe, create a place where people could buy gear, bikes or a

cold-pressed juice, coffee, kombucha or chia pudding to take on their ride to the beach via the 3.5-mile forest path that’s right here next to the shop,” co-owner Jessica Howitt says, gesturing to the road.

Pine Nut Cycle Café is open until Thanksgiving and then will reopen in April depending on the weather. | pine nutcyclecafe.com

RMU, TRUCKEE

RMU (Rocky Mountain Underground) began with a group of friends making skis out of their garage. Then in 2011, their company grew and they opened shops in Breckenridge and Whistler. RMU launched a third location in fall of 2021 providing a bar, restaurant and ski shop — “skis, bikes and mountain culture.” The duck-fat fries, burgers and Happy-Hour drink specials draw in the après-ski and after-dark crowds. | mtnculture.com

TAHOE BACKYARD, KINGS BEACH

At the beginning of the pandemic, North Lake Tahoe residents Andrew and Christine Ryan bought an empty lot in the heart of The Grid neighborhood of Kings Beach. By the summer of 2021, it became a thriving neighborhood hang out spot called Tahoe Backyard. Bear Belly Brewing Company was the first to move in, followed by Chicka dee Art Collective and Yard Hen food truck. This is the place to go to drink a beer, have some food, play oversized Connect Four or attend a battery of fam ily-friendly events ranging from regular makers’ markets and kids’ art activities to cornhole tournaments and poetry readings. | tahoebackyard.com n

FROM LEFT: The Howitts in front of Pine Nut Cycle Café. | Courtesy Jessica Howitt Pine Nut Cycle Café. | Kayla Anderson

SKI SEASON

Boreal / Woodward Tahoe

Visitors can select his or her start time, arrive and get contactless mountain access at Boreal with Go Time Tickets, where ticket prices gradually decrease throughout the day. Boreal will host the Subaru Winterfest and the Boreal Banked Slalom April 8, 2023, in addi tion to other events.

Diamond Peak

New RFID access gates have been installed at ski lifts this season, as well as automated lift ticket pick-up kiosks for customers who purchase lift tickets online in advance. A new surface lift at the Child Ski & Ride Center makes it easier for kids ages 3 to 6 to make their first turns.

Granlibakken Tahoe

The Granlibakken Tahoe ski and sled hill is scheduled to open to the public in mid-December, though guests at the resort can enjoy the hill as early as Thanksgiving, snowfall permitting.

Heavenly Mountain Resort

The North Bowl lift was upgraded from a fixed-grip triple chair to a highspeed detachable quad, increasing uphill capacity by more than 40 percent and providing better access to underutilized terrain. The resort’s Spring Loaded event series will return, featuring the Gunbarrel 25, Pond Skim and Spring Fling Rail Jam.

Homewood Mountain Resort

As part of its forest and fuels manage ment efforts, significant tree thinning was completed over the summer at Homewood. As a result, skiers and rid ers will have access to more than a mile of new tree skiing on five different runs.

Kirkwood Mountain Resort

Celebrating 50 years of skiing and rid ing this season, Kirkwood will host the 28th annual Banked Slalom this season with one day dedicated to kids and fam ilies, and the second day designed for adults who want to race through Snow Snake Gully.

Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe

The $7.5 million on-mountain project includes the expansion of the Lakeview zone, trail improvements and a new express chairlift that will open this season. The beginner-rated Lakeside trail will create another, more suitable route from the top of the Lakeview lift to the Around the World ski trail, giving novice skiers and riders greater ability to enjoy lake views while accessing beginner terrain.

Northstar California

The Comstock Express lift has been upgraded to a high-speed six-person chair to reduce wait times and increase uphill capacity by nearly 50 percent. As Northstar prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary this season, TOST, one of its signature traditions will return, and for the first time, passholders will have early access to the mountain every Monday starting mid-December.

Palisades Tahoe

Set to open this season, the new Base to Base Gondola will make it possible to explore all 6,000 acres of legendary terrain at Palisades and Alpine unin terrupted. In addition, the Red Dog chairlift is being upgraded and will offer a 3-minute ride time and significant upgrades are being made to the Funitel Plaza and the Alpine Lodge. One of only four U.S. resorts featured on the

World Cup circuit this season, Palisades Tahoe will host men’s slalom and giant slalom events Feb. 25 and 26, 2023.

Sierra-at-Tahoe

In 2021, the Caldor Fire blazed through Sierra-at-Tahoe affecting 1,600 of its 2,000 acres, damaging lift towers, haul ropes, disintegrating terrain park features and melting four new snowcats. Sierra-at-Tahoe will open its entire 46 trail network and celebrate the resort’s 75th anniversary. New haul ropes, chairs and communication lines have been installed on the Grandview, West Bowl, Puma Express and Nob Hill lifts, and over 14,000 fire killed and damaged hazard trees have been cut and are being removed from the resort.

Sugar Bowl/Royal Gorge

The Dining Room at the Sugar Bowl Village Lodge will reopen this winter featuring fine dining with a view. The Sugar Bowl Uphiller will also return for its second season this winter, giving participants the ability to choose how many human-powered “Lincoln laps” they want to do – without the help of a chairlift. Royal Gorge, North Amer ica’s largest XC resort, will celebrate its 50th season this winter.

Tahoe Donner Cross Country

Tahoe Donner plans to start snowmak ing at the Cross Country Center as early as mid-November. The additional snow will help maintain a more contiguous trail system all season and allow for ear lier availability of cross-country lessons and programs. n

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WEST SHORE

BARKER

HOPE

BLUE

HOPE

LAKE

DOLDER NATURE TRAIL

HURRICANE BAY

LAKEFRONT INTERPRETIVE

PAGE MEADOWS

Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema in Tahoe City will be showing the film on Oct. 19 at 5 and 7:30 p.m.

Truckee Community Arts Center will be showing the film on Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. with raffle prizes and a post-movie Q&A afterward. | Details thesnowmuseum. org

‘TAHOE SKI ATLAS’ RELEASED

PAINTED ROCK REROUTE

COMPLETED

The Tahoe Rim Trail Association recently completed a project to expand the bi-state trail encircling the Tahoe Basin by .9 miles. The Painted Rock reroute is now complete and features views of Alpine Meadows.

The project includes about 6,000 feet of new trail to realign the Tahoe Rim Trail onto a trail designed to multi-use standards with sustainable grades and panoramic views, improving safety and mitigating environmental damage, ac cording to the TRTA. | tahoerimtrail.org

Alpenglow Publishing Studio is releasing the “Tahoe Ski Atlas,” a new back-country skiing guidebook for the Lake Tahoe region, by author Stanley Cramer. The “Tahoe Ski Atlas” is a coffee table paperback book and offers a new way for skiers and snowboarders to plan their next back-country adven ture through stunning aerial photos.

The book includes images for Carson Pass, southwest Tahoe, Donner Pass, northwest Tahoe, Mount Rose Wilder ness and southeast Tahoe.

“Tahoe Ski Atlas” is available for orders online and at select retailers. | tahoeskiatlas.com

FALL FUN

Always check operating schedules before visiting. No smoking or vaping of cigarettes, e-cigarettes or marijuana.

DISC GOLF

EAST SHORE

INCLINE VILLAGE (775) 832-1300 | inclinerecreation.com 18-hole course at Incline Park at 980 Incline Way. Free. Daily dawn-dusk. TART

NORTH SHORE

NORTH TAHOE REGIONAL PARK (530) 546-4212 | northtahoeparks.com 18-hole, off National Ave. Parking $5. Daily dawn-dusk. TART

PALISADES TAHOE’S HIGH CAMP (530) 583-6985 | palisadestahoe.com 18-hole course. Disc rentals. Tram ticket required (closed for season). TART

SOUTH SHORE +

BIJOU COMMUNITY PARK A mostly flat and moderately wooded course with 27 holes covering 8,324 feet. On Al Tahoe Blvd. off Hwy 50. BlueGo

DISCWOOD (209) 258-7277 | kirkwood.com Experience disc golf at 7,800 feet at Kirkwood Resort.The 18hole course weaves through the trees and over mountainous terrain. Free.

PUBLIC POOLS

INCLINE VILLAGE

(775) 832-1300 | inclinerecreation.com

25-yard, 8-lane indoor pool at Incline Recreation Center, swim lessons, aqua fitness, 1-meter spring diving board, inflatable slide (weekends). Daily rates & memberships available. TART

OLYMPIC VALLEY

(800) 403-0206 | palisadestahoe.com | Closed 2022

Swimming Lagoon & Spa at High Camp at Palisades Tahoe, free form lagoon with 50-meter lap lanes, two islands with waterfalls and native boulders. TART

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE

(530) 542-6056 | cityofslt.com

25-yard indoor/outdoor year-round pool. Lessons. BlueGo

TRUCKEE

(530) 582-7720 | tdrpd.com

Lap & recreation pool. Kids swimming area, slides.TART

ROCK CLIMBING WALLS

TRUCKEE

COMMUNITY RECREATION CENTER (530) 582-7720 | tdrpd.com

Offers 29’ climbing wall & 12’ bouldering wall. All ages & levels. Lessons available. TART

SUPPORT AWARDED FOR HISTORIC BASKET COLLECTION

TAHOE PARADISE PARK tahoeparadisepark.com 9-hole course in Meyers.

TURTLE ROCK PARK CAMPGROUND (530) 694-2140 | alpinecounty.ca.gov | Closed for repairs Located in Markleeville.

ZEPHYR COVE

18 holes covering 5,256 feet with holes of varying lengths. On Warrior Way. BlueGo

PITCH IN FOR ELECTRIC SNOWMOBILE

The nonprofit Tahoe Cross Country Ski Area is trying to raise $10,000 for an electric snowmobile. Through Oct. 15, community members can contribute online.

The zero emission of an electric snowmobile is in keeping with the environmentally friendly, human-pow ered sports of cross-country skiing and snowshoeing and would reduce the environmental impact on the land of the ski area, according to a release from Tahoe XC. | tahoexc.org

Gatekeeper’s Museum in Tahoe City is one of 56 institutions in the United States to be selected to participate in the Collections Assessment for Preser vation program to help improve the care of its collections, through support for a general conservation assessment of the museum’s collections and buildings, according to a press release.

“Being involved in this program will give our museum a stronger foundation for the preservation and conservation of our Native American basket collection, which is one of the largest collections in California, to ensure its longevity for years to come,” said museum director Susan Winter in the release.

The museum houses The Marion Steinbach Native American Basket Museum, a collection of more than 700 baskets from native peoples of Western North America. The museum will work

TRUCKEE

DONNER SKI RANCH (530) 426-3635 | donnerskiranch.com 18-hole course. Free to play; must register at restaurant.

SIERRA COLLEGE (530) 550-2225

18 holes on campus. Free. Daily dawn-dusk. TART

TRUCKEE RIVER REGIONAL PARK (530) 582-7720 | tdrpd.com 18-hole course, off Brockway Road. Dogs must be on leash. Free. Daily dawn-dusk. TART

GEOCACHING

OLYMPIC VALLEY (800) 403-0206 | palisadestahoe.com High-tech treasure hunt on mountain using GPS to find 10 caches. Free with Aerial Tram ticket (closed for seaaon). TART

MINI GOLF COURSES

SHOPS AT HEAVENLY theshopsatheavenly.com 10 a.m.-8 p.m. daily

VILLAGE AT NORTHSTAR northstarcalifornia.com Free. First-come, first-served. TART

SKATE PARKS

EAST SHORE

INCLINE SKATE PARK (775) 832-1300 | inclinerecreation.com

Intermediate/advanced area with two, 5-foot tall bowls with a spine, 3-foot box and 2.5 foot bowl for beginners. Street course on top, with 8-foot flat rail, 6-foot down rail, four stairs and a 10-foot downward ramp. Corner Hwy. 28 & Southwood. Daily dawn-dusk. TART

SOUTH SHORE

BIJOU COMMUNITY PARK cityofslt.us

Bijou Community Park features a skateboard park on Al Tahoe Boulevard off Highway 50. BlueGo

SKATEHOUSE @skatetahoe

40’x80’ warehouse with indoor skate rink. 867 Eloise, South Lake Tahoe.

TAHOE CITY

SCOTTY LAPP MEMORIAL SKATE PARK scottylappmemorialskatepark.org 4,000-square-foot pop-up park behind the old Blue Agave building. Friday-Sunday 10 a.m.-sunset until the snow flies. TART

TRUCKEE

TRUCKEE RIVER REGIONAL PARK (530) 582-7720 | tdrpd.com

Truckee River Regional Park with several bowls with a spine and channel, a long rail and ledges. Knee and elbow pads and helmets required. Free. Daily dawn-10 p.m. TART

WOODWARD TAHOE (530) 426-1114 | rideboreal.com

Featuring two skateparks – The Sierra Skatepark and the Eastern Sierra Skatepark, and indoor skate park at The Bunker.

Tahoe Rim Trail | TRTA

Tahoe XC

Tahoe Skiing Atlas

Gatekeeper’s Museum

EAST SHORE

FLUME TRAIL

Strenuous | 14 miles

There are several mountain biking trails off the Flume Trail, but if you follow the Flume Trail the whole way you will be rewarded with magnificent views of Lake Tahoe and the surrounding mountains. The Flume Trail rises 1,600’ above the East Shore of Lake Tahoe. At the end of the Flume Trail, there is a 3-mile, 1,600’ descent down to Tunnel Creek Station on Hwy. 28. It is a moderately difficult ride at 7,000’ to 8,000’ in elevation with more than 1,000’ of climbing and 4.5-miles of single track. It has several steep sections. Shuttle available at Tunnel Creek Café off Hwy. 28 in Incline Village to Spooner Lake State Park. Shuttle info flumetrailtahoe.com. Parking fee.

MOUNT ROSE TO SPOONER LAKE Strenuous | 20 miles

The beginning of this beautiful section of the Tahoe Rim Trail is at 8,700’ above the Sheep Flats (aka Tahoe Meadows) on Mount Rose. The first part of the trail parallels the highway and then descends through the meadows and briefly joins the Ophir Creek trail. Look for Rim Trail signs, then after a quarter-mile up and to the right of the Ophir Creek trail (don’t stay on the Ophir Creek Trail). After a 300’ climb out of the meadows, you begin to contour your way to the Tunnel Creek road. At 9 miles, you will come to the Tunnel Creek Road. Follow it a half-mile with the Flume Trail on the right. Continue straight for an 800’ switchbacking climb. Near the top of the climb, consider taking the vista trail to the Sand Harbor overlook.

Once at the top, the trail winds down past the Marlette Peak campground to Hobart Road. The Rim Trail past this point is closed to bikes, so your only path back to Spooner is along this road to the right and down to Marlette Lake. A short, but tough climb leads out of the Marlette basin and then it is downhill back to Spooner Lake. Mind the speed on this descent due to heavy equestrian and hiking use. Shuttle info flumetrailtahoe.com. Parking fee.

MOUNT ROSE

SKY TAVERN

(775) 323-5125 | skytavern.org

The mountain bike park features downhill, climbing and dual slalom trails, designed as a series of progressive trails. Open sunrise to sunset spring to fall.

NORTH SHORE

INCLINE BIKE PARK

Incline Bike Project on Facebook Park terrain and features for all ages.

TAHOE CROSS COUNTRY

(530) 583-5475 | tahoexc.org

All levels | Varied terrain

Tahoe Cross Country offers marked mountain biking and hiking trails in the Burton Creek State Park area just north of Tahoe City. Trail access is free and the terrain is ideal for beginner and intermediate mountain bikers. Advanced riders can find challenging terrain on the Tahoe Rim Trail and around Mount Watson.

WESTERN STATES TRAIL

Strenuous | 11.6 miles RT

This is a challenging and exhilarating ride (sometimes referred to as Three Bridges Trail) that will afford you a fun downhill swoop and beautiful mountain views. You can ride it either way, starting on either side of the Midway Bridge between Alpine Meadows and Olympic Valley off Hwy. 89.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE BIJOU BIKE PARK bijoubikepark.org

The 5-acre park features pump tracks, BMX Track, striderfriendly pump track, jump lines and loop trail. Dawn-dusk.

CORRAL AREA TRAILS

tamba.org

All levels | Varied terrain

Corral area trails include Sidewinders, Cedar and Armstrong

Connector. This area has a high density of trails for all ability levels and serves as the unofficial hub of mountain bike activity in the South Shore. Featuring log rides, jumps and rock rolls including the new jumps, berms, rollers and hips. The trails all run parallel to the Fountain Place paved road. These trails link to Armstong Trail, the Tahoe Rim Trail, Powerline, Railroad Grade and this is also where Toads ends. Trails may be closed during fire restoration work; check in advance.

KIRKWOOD

(209) 258-7277 | kirkwood.com

The mountain bike park offers a network of lift-accessed trails for all levels with 22 trails in the valley, and 12 accessed by the lift, with 11.5 miles of single track. The bike park features log rides, pump tracks and other terrain features. Open as long as conditions permit.

MR. TOADS WILD RIDE

Moderate-Strenuous | 6.2 miles

Mr. Toad’s heads mostly downhill from the Tahoe Rim Trail with several options for making a loop. The upper section of this trail is much more technical than either section of the TRT and has many big drops and sections of nothing but rocks. There is also a huge stair step section that comes up on you quickly.

TRUCKEE

COLDSTREAM VALLEY

Easy to moderate | 6 miles RT

This loop offers a mellow ride offering views of the Sierra Crest, has nice flowers in the spring and circumnavigates a series of ponds. From Donner Pass Road, take Coldstream Road, which alternates pavement and dirt. After a short climb up the old terminal moraine of the glacier that once filled this valley, the valley opens up. Proceed on this road until you come to private property signs at the last pond, then turn left on the dirt road and return on the east side of the valley. Park outside the white gate on Coldstream.

DONNER SKI RANCH

(530) 426-9350 | facebook.com/donnerskiranch

Offering lift-accessed mountain biking on its trails with varied terrain and great views.

EMIGRANT TRAIL

Moderate | 15+ miles

Offers rolling, wide, single-track through high desert, winding through sagebrush, seasonally wet meadows and Jeffrey Pine forests. North of Truckee on Hwy. 89 to Donner Camp picnic area. If too wet, proceed 2.5 miles on Hwy. 89 to Prosser Creek Bridge pullout. 15 miles to Stampede, but can continue on to other areas.

NORTHSTAR CALIFORNIA (530) 562-2268 | northstarcalifornia.com

All levels | Varied terrain

Northstar’s Mountain Bike Park boasts more than 100 miles of trails for mountain biking including its signature trail, LiveWire, and the most extensive life-accessed trail network in the Western United States. The park features Skill Development Areas and terrain features including jumps, rails and bridges. Closed for season.

TRUCKEE PUMP TRACK/BMX truckeebikepark.org

The Park has the sweetest flow lines and the smoothest strider/pump track for all skills levels to progress along with beginner to advanced jump lines. Featuring a dual pump track, dirt jumps, flow lines, dual slalom track, xc trail, drop zone, medium slopestyle line and more. Open from sunrise to sunset. Helmets & brakes required.

WOODWARD TAHOE MOUNTAIN BIKE/BMX (530) 426-1114 | rideboreal.com

The Slabs lift-served bike park featuring

Trenches

Tahoe

POLITICS IN A MORE PERSONAL WAY

MEET YOUR CANDIDATE

I had visited Lake Tahoe in 2008 and was so enchanted, I made it my home. Lake Tahoe is a special place and the homes up here are where many families have made those lasting memories that sustain us all throughout our lives. These unique elements of Tahoe are what lead me to believe that a more personal approach instead of a corporate approach to real estate was the best way to build my business, Grey Blue Realty. I now want to take that approach to serving my community on the board of the TCPUD. Tahoe is my home and the residents are my family.

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with a team of preservation profession als to identify preventive conservation priorities and help the museum prioritize its collections care efforts in the coming years. Read more about the historic collection at TheTahoeWeekly.com. | northtahoemuseums.org

Tallac After Dark

Tallac Historic Site | South Lake Tahoe

| Oct. 12-14 & 19-21

7 p.m. $10-$15 | thegreatbasininstitute.org

Creekside Charter School Oktoberfest

Alibi Ale Works | Truckee | Oct. 13

5:30-8 p.m. | alibialeworks.com

Daggett Rockwork Workday

Kingsbury South / Stagecoach Trailhead | Stateline | Oct. 13, 15 & 18

9 a.m.-4 p.m. Free | tahoerimtrail.org

Great Conversations: “Why We Make.”

UNR at Lake Tahoe | Incline Village | Oct. 13

6 p.m. | (775) 784-1110, events.unr.edu

Historical Walks

TEMPORARY FIVE LAKES CLOSURE

The Five Lakes Trail area in Alpine Meadows is closed through Oct. 21 due to construction operations at the Alpine Meadows base area for Palisades Tahoe’s Base to Base Gondola, set to debut for the 2022-23 ski season.| blog. palisadestahoe.com

Donner Memorial State Park | Truckee | Oct. 13-16 & 20-23

11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free | facebook.com

Meeks Ridge Trail Volunteer Day

Meeks Ridge Trail | Tahoe City | Oct. 13

9 a.m.-1 p.m. | tamba.org

Preschool Storytime

Tahoe City Library | Oct. 13 & 20

10:30 a.m. Free | placer.ca.gov

Toddler Time

Incline Village Library |Oct. 13 & 20

10:30 a.m. Free | events.washoecountylibrary.us

Baby Lapsit Storytime

N.Tahoe Event Center | Kings Beach | Oct. 14 10-11 a.m. Free | placer.ca.gov

PAVED PATHS&CYCLING ROUTES

PAVED MULTIUSE TRAILS

BIKE PATH RULES

• Keep dogs leashed

• Pedestrians

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NAME TRUCKEE’S PLOWS

The Town of Truckee has announced its first Name Our Snowplows compe tition. Submissions to name the town’s four snowplows are being accepted from students of Truckee schools until Oct. 28.

The names chosen will be displayed on the snowplows all winter. See the snowplows up close on Big Truck Day on Oct. 22. Details in events calendar in this edition and at TheTahoeWeekly.com/ Events. | townoftruckee.com

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Baby and Toddler Storytime

Truckee Library | Truckee | Oct. 12, 19 & 26

10:30-11 a.m. | madelynhelling.evanced.info

Our Heritage, Our Planet Film Week

virtual | South Lake Tahoe | Oct. 12-Oct. 14

10 a.m.-5:45 p.m. Free | (202) 640-4342, ourheritageourplanet.org

RUFF

South Lake Tahoe Library | | Oct. 12 & 19 4 p.m. Free | engagedpatrons.org

RUFF (Read up for Fun)

Truckee Library | Truckee | Oct. 12, 19 & 26

4-5 p.m. | madelynhelling.evanced.info

Lake Tahoe Marathon

area venues | Tahoe City | Oct. 14-16

8 a.m.-5 p.m. | gotahoenorth.com

Movie Night

North Tahoe Event Center | Kings Beach | Oct. 14

6 p.m. Free | northtahoeparks.com

Ranger Program Rainbow Walk

Taylor Creek Visitor Center | S. Lake Tahoe | Oct. 14-15 & 21-22

10:30 a.m. | visitlaketahoe.com

Tahoe Fall Fest: The Greatest Show

The Chateau | Incline Village | Oct. 14

6 p.m. $-$250 | tcfkids.org

The Bags of Fall Cornhole Tournament

Tahoe Backyard | Kings Beach | Oct. 15

3 p.m. $45-$60 | northtahoeparks.com

Harvest Festival

Tahoe City Community Center | Oct. 15

10 a.m. $20 | tcpud.org

Lil’ Megs Pumpkin Patch

Lil’ Megs Pumpkin Patch | Beckwourth | Oct. 15-16 & Oct. 22-23

10 a.m.-4 p.m. | facebook.com

Lodge Cleaning & Trail Work Day

Tahoe XC Ski Area | Tahoe City | Oct. 15

9 a.m.-12 p.m. Free

EAST SHORE

EAST SHORE TRAIL

Easy-moderate | 6 miles RT | tahoefund.org

Runs along Lake Tahoe and connects to Hwy. 28 from south end of Incline Village, Nev., to Sand Harbor State Park. Parking near Ponderosa Ranch Road. Paid parking. TART

NORTH SHORE

Lakeshore Boulevard

Easy | 5 miles RT | washoecounty.us Runs along Lake Tahoe and connects to Hwy. 28 at each end of Incline Village. Park at Preston Field on Hwy. 28. TART

TAHOE CITY TO CARNELIAN BAY

Easy-moderate | 8+ miles RT | tcpud.org

First 2.5 miles mostly level with a half-mile climb up Dollar Hill. Cross Highway 28 to access 2.2-mile section to Fulton Crescent above Carnelian Bay. Public parking at 64 Acres, Commons Beach, Jackpine and Dollar Point. TART

TRUCKEE RIVER CANYON

Easy | 9+ miles RT | tcpud.org 4.5 miles from the Tahoe City wye to Alpine Meadows Road, with trails continuing to Olympic Valley. Connects with Olympic Valley Road or continue to Truckee. Public parking at 64 Acres and Squaw Valley Park at Olympic Valley Road. TART

VILLAGE BOULEVARD

Easy | 7.4 miles RT | washoecounty.us Bike path runs along Hwy. 28 through Incline Village. Access to shopping and parks. Park at Preston Field on Hwy. 28. TART

OLYMPIC VALLEY

OLYMPIC VALLEY

Easy | 4 miles RT | tcpud.org

A 2-mile trail runs beside Olympic Valley Road to the ski area from the Squaw Valley condos to Victoria Road, with views of the meadow and surrounding peaks. Public parking at Squaw Valley Park or Village at Palisades Tahoe. TART

TRUCKEE

TRUCKEE LEGACY TRAIL

Easy | 6 miles RT | tdrpd.org

Stretches from downtown Truckee to Truckee River Regional Park, River View Sports Park and Glenshire. Park at either park or East River Street. TART

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE

CAMP RICHARDSON BIKE PATH

Easy | 6 miles RT

The trail parallels State Route 89 (Emerald Bay Road) for more than 3 miles, offering access to a number of local historic and recreational amenities. Park at Taylor Creek, Baldwin or Pope beaches.

SOUTH SHORE BIKE PATH

Easy | 7 miles RT | cityofslt.us

Follow the bike trail along South Shore, with sections along Lakeview Commons, Reagan Beach and playgrounds. Public parking at Parks and Recreation lot on Rufus Allen Blvd., Regan & El Dorado beaches & Bijou Community Park.

WEST SHORE

TAHOE CITY TO MEEKS BAY

Moderate | 25+ miles RT | tcpud.org

Mostly separate from the highway, the trail includes a few miles of highway shoulder and residential streets. Terrain is varied with a few steep sections. Access to picnicking, beaches and playgrounds. Public parking at 64 Acres. TART

CYCLING ROUTES

AROUND LAKE TAHOE

Strenuous | 72 miles

This challenging route is a scenic trip around Lake Tahoe. A mix of flat spots, rolling hills and some steep climbs. Heavy traffic through South Lake Tahoe. Amazing views.

BARKER PASS

Moderate-strenuous | 10 miles RT

Barker Pass is one of the most beautiful rides in Tahoe, if you don’t mind a little climbing with 5 miles and 1,700 vertical feet.

Take Highway 89 south of Tahoe City to Barker Pass Road for about 4.2 miles. Look for the brown sign on the right for Blackwood Canyon/Kaspian, and shortly afterward you will see the Forest Service road.

HOPE VALLEY TO BLUE LAKES

Moderate | 28 miles RT

You can explore the Highway 88 in either direction of Hope Valley, but 12-mile ride from the valley to Blue Lakes is a biker’s dream: smooth roads, doable climbs and spectacular alpine scenery with a lake at the end. Park at the intersection of Highways 88 and 89 and turn right. In 2 miles, turn onto Blue Lakes Road. The ride starts out mostly level until you pass the Hope Valley campground where it begins to steadily ascend before reaching the pass with a panoramic view of the area. Then descend for several miles to end at Blue lakes before the return trip.

INCLINE TO MOUNT ROSE SUMMIT

Strenuous | 16 miles RT

Ride about Lake Tahoe for panoramic views of the basin climbing to 8,900’ on the Mount Rose Highway out of Incline Village, Nev., to the Mount Rose Pass. While 8 miles of climbing is tough, it’s a fairly gentle grade. Just put it in your lowest gear and keep pedaling, followed by 8 miles of downhill at fast speeds with sandy bike lands. Keeping your speed under control is vital. Parking at Preston Field in Incline Village or start at the top and park at Tahoe Meadows or at the summit.

OLD 40 TO CISCO GROVE

Moderate-strenuous | 39 miles RT

This route is one of the easiest to follow, and one of the best. It has it all the views, a good climb, a technical descent, a restaurant en route, Donner Lake and miles of lightly traveled roads. From downtown Truckee head west on Donner Pass Road until it ends in Cisco Grove.

After passing Donner Lake, you begin the long and challenging, but scenic, grind up the summit. This climb has a vertical rise of less than 1,000’. From the top of the summit, it is a rolling downhill along the Yuba River all the way to Cisco Grove. The descent down to Donner Lake is a technical one. Watch your speed, and make sure your brakes work. Parking at West End Beach and boat ramp.

BUS & SHUTTLE SCHEDULES

North Tahoe & Truckee (TART):

| South Tahoe (BlueGo):

Tahoe National Forest

Town of Truckee

E-bikes Ok | Trail maps at tahoebike.org

Paths

Oktoberfest

Resort at Squaw Creek | Olympic Valley | Oct. 15

11 a.m. $22-$40 | m.facebook.com

Oktoberfest

Calpine Elks Lodge | Calpine | Oct. 15

5 p.m. $20 | (707) 217-5179

Pumpkin Patch Express

Western Pacific Railroad Museum | Portola | Oct. 15-16 & 22-23

1-5 p.m. $5-$10 | wplives.org

Sierra Speaker Series:

Locomotives Invented for Donner Pass

Donner Memorial State Park | Truckee | Oct. 15

5-6:30 p.m. $5 | chamber.truckee.com

Vintage Marketplace

Muse Art Reclaimed | Tahoe City | Oct. 15

Noon-4 p.m. Free | museartreclaimed.com

27th Annual Truckee River Day & Fair area venues | Truckee | Oct. 16

9-11 a.m. Free | truckeeriverwc.org

Boys & Girls Club Golf Classic

Edgewood Tahoe | Stateline | Oct. 16

11:30 a.m. | bgclt.org

Barton Health Foundation Golf Classic

Edgewood Tahoe | Stateline | Oct. 17

11 a.m. $ | bartonhealthfoundation.org

High Fives Foundation

Charity Golf Tournament

Gray’s Crossing Golf Course | Truckee | Oct. 17

11 a.m.-7 p.m. $750 | support.highfivesfoundation.org

Johnson Canyon Hike

Donner Lake Interchange Trailhead | Truckee | Oct. 17

9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free | (530) 582-4711, sierranevadaalliance.org

+55 Hiking Series

area venues | Incline Village | Oct. 18 & 25

8 a.m. $11-$14 | yourtahoeplace.com

Avalanche Education Series

Alibi Ale Works | Truckee | Oct. 18 6 p.m. Free | tahoemountainsports.com

Baby Story Time

Incline Village Library | Oct. 18 & 25

10:30 a.m. Free | (775) 832-4130, events.washoecountylibrary.us

Bilingual Singalong

KidZone Museum | Truckee | Oct. 18 & 25

11:30 a.m. Free | kidzonemuseum.org

North Tahoe Golden Hour

North Tahoe Event Center | Kings Beach | Oct. 18 & 25

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Free | northtahoeparks.com

North Tahoe Toddler & Me

North Tahoe Event Center | Kings Beach | Oct. 18 & 25

10 a.m.-12 p.m. Free | northtahoeparks.com

Tahoe Rim Trail Talk

South Lake Library | Oct. 18

5:30-7 p.m. Free | tahoerimtrail.org

Tahoe Tech Talks

Incline Village Library | Oct. 18

7:30 p.m. Free | (775) 832-4130, events. washoecountylibrary.us

Teen Tuesday

Incline Village Library | Oct. 18 & 26

Free | (775) 832-4130, events.washoecountylibrary.us

Magic in the Mountains

Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema | Tahoe City | Oct. 19

5 p.m. $25 | tahoearthauscinema.com

Fall Speaker Series

Humane Society of Truckee Tahoe | Truckee | Oct. 20

5:15-6:15 p.m. $10 | (530) 587-5948, hstt.org

Lunafest

Tahoe Art Haus & Cinema | Tahoe City | Oct. 20

7 p.m. $25 | (775) 298-0280, bit.ly

River Talks

virtual | Truckee | Oct. 20

9-9:30 a.m. Free | 530.550.8760 x5, truckeeriverwc.org

Witches’ Night Out

The Hangar Taproom | S. Lake Tahoe | Oct. 20 6-10 p.m. | Facebook

Family Game Night

North Tahoe Event Center | Kings Beach | Oct. 21

6-7:30 p.m. Free | northtahoeparks.com

Big Truck Day

Town Corporation Yard | Truckee | Oct. 22 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free | tdrpd.org

Cadillac Ball

Truckee Community Recreation Center | Truckee | Oct. 22

5:30-9 p.m. | chamber.truckee.com

Magic in the Mountains

Community Arts Center | Truckee | Oct. 22

6 p.m. $25 | eventbrite.com

“Anywhere From Here” film

Olympic Village Lodge | Olympic Valley | Oct. 25

6:30 p.m. $15-$30 | (800) 403-0206, matchstickpro.com

PBS “Ultimate Space Telescope” screening w/Tony Berendsen

Truckee Library | Truckee | Oct. 25

6-8 p.m. | madelynhelling.evanced.info

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In August 1879, the aspiring Scottish travel writer and poet Robert Louis Stevenson crossed the Atlantic Ocean on a journey to see his lover in Monte rey. Suffering from a chronic form of tuberculosis, the 29-year-old bohemian was willing to sacrifice his life to reach Fanny Osbourne.

After arrival in New York City, Steven son boarded a crowded, slow-moving emigrant passenger train. There were faster and more comfortable trains and coaches, but the fledgling writer couldn’t afford the ticket.

On board the train, Stevenson was deathly ill, suffering from his usual respiratory ailments plus malaria and pleurisy, a lung infection that causes se vere chest pain. Even so, his experienc es on the emigrant train inspired essays that were later published in two small volumes: “The Amateur Emigrant” and “Across the Plains.” This journey to America would forever change his writing style and vision.

Stevenson felt better when the train reached Ogden, Utah and he boarded the Central Pacific Railroad for the last leg of his journey through Nevada, past Truckee and down into the Golden State: “The cars on the Central Pacif ic were nearly twice as high, and so proportionally airier; they were freshly varnished, which gave us all a sense of cleanliness as though we had bathed; the seats drew out and joined in the center, so that there was no more need for bed-boards.”

Stevenson endured the sweltering journey across northern Nevada in a fe verish stupor, but he revived as the train passed Reno and ascended the Truckee River Canyon. He wrote: “It was a clear moonlit night; but the valley was too narrow to admit the moonshine direct, and only a diffused glimmer whitened the tall rocks and relieved the blackness of the pines. The air struck chill but tasted good and vigorous in the nostrils — a fine, dry, old mountain atmosphere. I was dead sleepy, but I returned to roost with a grateful mountain feeling in my heart.”

The train rumbled along the cascad ing Truckee River and pulled into the town of Truckee for a freight, mail and passenger stop. When Stevenson awoke later that day, it was eerily dark. He didn’t know it at the time, but the train was careening through the long wooden

Robert Louis Stevenson finds his muse AN ARTFUL LOVE STORY, PART II

BY MARK MCLAUGHLIN

snowsheds that protected the line from deep snow and avalanches during the long Sierra Nevada winters.

In “The Amateur Emigrant,” Steven son described his impression of the Cal ifornia mountains: “I had one glimpse of a huge pine-forested ravine upon my left, a foaming river, and a sky already coloured (sic) with the fires of dawn. I am usually very calm over the displays of nature; but you will scarce believe how my heart leaped at this. Few people have praised God more happily than I did. And thenceforward, down by Blue Cañon (sic), Alta, Dutch Flat, and all the old mining camps, through a sea of mountain forests, dropping thousands of feet toward sea-level as we went… this was ‘the good country’ we had been going to for so long.”

On Aug. 30, 1879, an exhausted Stevenson stumbled into Monterey where Fanny and her children, Belle and Lloyd, and were living in a rented house, away from her philandering husband Sam Osbourne, who was in San Francisco. In his quest for love, the ailing artist had risked his life traveling from Europe to the California coast. Lloyd, who had met Stevenson in France in 1876, wrote: “He looked ill, even to my childish gaze; his clothes, no longer picturesque but merely shabby, hung loosely on his shrunken body.”

It would take nearly four months for Fanny to obtain her divorce — during which time Stevenson nearly died twice.

The annulment was granted Dec. 15 in a private ceremony in San Francisco. Fan ny and Stevenson married in May 1880. The newlyweds spent their honeymoon at Mount Saint Helena north of Napa Valley where Stevenson wrote “The Silverado Squatters,” a blissful memoir of their time spent together there.

The following year they moved to Eu rope where Stevenson penned “Treasure Island” to entertain Fanny’s son Lloyd. This swashbuckling, coming-of-age children’s story about pirates, bucca neers and buried treasure launched his fame as an adventure writer. In the years that followed, with Fanny’s crucial help, Stevenson wrote “Kidnapped” and the popular psychological thriller, “The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.”

On the advice of doctors, in 1887, the family relocated to a health spa at Saranac Lake, N.Y., but Stevenson’s condition did not improve. The follow ing year they took a train back to San Francisco. Doctors in the Bay Area recommended therapy at Lake Tahoe, where Dr. George M. Bourne had estab lished a popular health spa in Carnelian Bay. The noted physician prescribed “pure mountain air, fresh vegetable juic es and abstinence from stimulants, hot and cold mineral baths and trout fishing for a long and healthy life.”

But Fanny ruled against the crisp alpine environment and determined to search the tropical Pacific Ocean for the perfect climate that might assuage her husband’s painful illness.

The family cruised the South Seas, finally settling on the island of Upolu in Samoa. Their lives were peaceful and healthy until Robert Louis Stevenson died in 1894 of a brain hemorrhage at the age of 45. With love, strength and care, Fanny had kept him alive for years beyond his expected lifespan. Her sister Nellie later wrote: “It seems to me that

it is not too much to say that the world owes it to Fanny that [Stevenson] lived to produce his best works.”

Three years after Stevenson’s death, Fanny returned to San Francisco. She had money, fame and style. She wore flowing Samoan-style gowns, ornate jewelry, lace, velvet and red ballerina slippers. Although she was approach ing 60 years old, she captivated many artistic young men in San Francisco. In 1904 she met Edward “Ned” Field, a 23-year-old dramatist and screenwriter 41 years younger. The couple never married, but for the last decade of her life, Fanny and Field hosted parties in California and toured Europe together. Fanny died of a stroke in Santa Barbara on Feb. 18, 1914, at age 74.

Days after Fanny’s funeral, Field wrote: “For someone who refuses mediocrity, Fanny was simply the only woman in the world. To have known her, to have loved her, would have given meaning enough to a man’s life. But to have been loved by her!”

Although Field found it difficult to get over Fanny’s death, six months later he married Belle, who looked so much like Fanny that they matched “feature to feature.” Belle was 22 years older than Ned. n

Excerpt from “Western Train Adventures: Romance, Robberies & Wrecks” by Mark McLaughlin.

Stevenson family in Hawaii, from left, Robert Louis, Lloyd, Belle, Fanny and Robert’s mother Martha. | Courtesy Library of Congress

“The air struck chill but tasted good and vigorous in the nostrils — a fine, dry, old mountain atmosphere. I was dead sleepy, but I returned to roost with a grateful mountain feeling in my heart.”

- Robert Louis Stevenson

THE makers

creative awareness | arts & culture | makers’ movement

Marjorie Voorhees

CREATING STAINED GLASS WORKS OF ART

BY KAYLA ANDERSON

Marjorie Voorhees, born and raised in Sierra Valley, lives in Sat tley 2 miles away from Country Class Collectibles at Sattley Cash Store that she has managed for the past seven years. She grew up in a family with 12 children; all of her siblings play music or specialize in some creative endeavor. Voorhees herself was the art director for her local high-school paper. Her father was a prominent member of a Northern Paiute tribe.

She has always been intrigued with colored glass, ever since she was a little girl.

“I used to find colored bottles behind the house from old dumps and was just fascinated by the blues, greens, dark umbers,” she says.

Then when she got older, she took a stained-glass art class in Manteca in 1990 and has been honing her craft ever since then.

Voorhees specializes in a traditional copper-foil or lead-style glass, like Tif fany-style lamps or stained-glass barn quilts done in lead — as opposed to a torched- or fused-glass process — and specializes in custom, commissioned glasswork, restoration and her own designs.

In looking at two floor-to-ceiling stained glass windows on either side of a doorframe that feature two large, multi-colored trees, I am taken by the attention to detail and the level of qual ity. There is a variety of colors in the eye-catching work. Voorhees shares that she used at least four to five colors to make the water and three to four greens to make the trees.

“The trees were challenging for me,” she says. “The picture was 2 inches tall and I had to make it much larger than that.” She admits that trying to scale images is half the fun and that it keeps it interesting.

Her favorite part of doing stained-glass art is selecting the glass after conceptu alizing a project. She says she tries to make it look as realistic as possible. She first draws the picture and then cuts the glass and fits it, like pieces of a puzzle.

One of her stained-glass projects fea tured an eagle and the precision it took to match the feathers to their true colors, was challenging, she admits.

“I love doing wildlife, nature, what

ever is reflected in my lifestyle. I’m a very outdoors person,” Voorhees says, adding how she loves to snowshoe and cross-country ski in the woods behind her house.

One of her other favorite commis sioned projects was a restoration of a Catholic church in Sierra City. It took her a month to source the glass, hand cut it and create it.

“I used to do 60-inch-by-84-inch landing windows in Cincinnati [work ing for Wooden Nickel Antiques],” she says. She cut the plate glass, sent out for the bevels and worked in a team of four to install it and enjoyed the process of conceptualizing it and watching it all come together.

When living in Cincinnati, she also taught stained-glass art classes at a local university.

“I fell in love with that town; it was all art and music,” she says.

However, she moved back to the Sierra Valley in 2005 to be closer to her mother and started taking commissions and creating her own stained glasswork. It takes her around a day to do barn quilts or a couple of weeks to do cabinet windows or custom projects.

Another one of her favorite past projects was making Frank Lloyd Wright-style windows for a customer in Graeagle; her clients were so pleased with how the windows turned out that they hired her again.

Commissions are 25 to 30 percent of her business. She also has booths at craft shows such as Calaveras Coun ty Fair & Jumping Frog Jubilee and autumn Ocktoberfests in the area; she was also a featured artist on the recent annual Sierra Valley Art & Ag Trail.

“I love doing wildlife, nature, whatever is reflected in my lifestyle. I’m a very outdoors person.”

- Marjorie Voorhees

Voorhees admits that she is quite busy with the store, though, and making stained glass art is time-consuming. The store sells a lot of Native American crafts — pine-needle baskets, turquoise jewelry, minerals and gemstones, along with other collectibles and artifacts. But as a professional stained-glass artist for 25 years now, her stained-glass work is the No. 1 selling item in Sattley Cash Store. | sierracountyartscouncil.org, @SattleyCashStore n

FROM LEFT: Marjorie Voorhees earlier work.

Landing windows that Marjorie Voorhees created when she lived in Cincinnati.

A bighorn sheep and wolves art piece.

| Courtesy Marjorie Voorhees

the arts

Characters in Lake Tahoe exhibit

Gatekeeper’s Museum | Tahoe City

| Oct. 12-March 5

10 a.m.-5 p.m. | northtahoemuseums.org

Charly Malpass

& Jen Rickards art exhibit

Piper J Gallery | Truckee | Oct. 12-30 11 a.m.-5 p.m. | piperjgallery.com

Jason Adkin “Figmentor” art exhibit

Lake Tahoe Community College |

South Lake Tahoe | Oct. 12-Dec. 9 11 a.m. | ltcc.edu

Ken Bodner art exhibit

Lake Tahoe Community College

| South Lake Tahoe | Oct. 12-Dec. 9 11 a.m. | ltccartgallery.com

On the Lake exhibit

Gatekeeper’s Museum | Tahoe City | Oct. 12-Nov. 9

10 a.m.-5 p.m. | northtahoemuseums.org

Meet the Artists

Marcus Ashley Gallery | South. Lake Tahoe | Oct. 14-15

12-5 p.m. | (530) 544-4278, marcusashley.com

Public Tour

Truckee Roundhouse | Saturdays 1-1:45 p.m. | truckeeroundhouse.org

Third Thursday Salon

Truckee Artists’ Loft | Oct. 20-Nov. 17 5:30-7 p.m.

horoscopes

Aries (Mar 21-Apr 20)

BY MICHAEL O’CONNOR SUNSTARASTROLOGY.COM

zone. Yet you are not in a frivolous mood.

You are determined to squeeze some fun in the sun. While you are eager to take new strides somehow, you also feel inclined to huddle close to home. Quality time shared with family is featured, but you also want to be productive and playful. It is a complex equation that can be reconciled with awareness.

Taurus (Apr 20-May 21)

A busy time behind the scenes likely includes family time. However, you may notice that you are working at more than one level. Inwardly, you are focusing to push through prior patterns, perceptions, and interpretations. The more aligned you are with destiny in the process; the more peaceful you will feel.

Gemini (May 21-Jun 21)

You are in a creative and crafty mood. If you are aware of this, all will be well. Otherwise, you could feel frustrated and moody, or depressed. Exploring new methods and approaches is featured. So, focus to do something different or from a new angle. Meanwhile, much is rumbling within and it is not very peaceful.

Cancer (Jun 21-Jul 22)

Powerful exchanges with significant others come as a mixed blessing. However, it is a start and rep-resents the building of new foundations. Forging ahead in your career is featured and this trend will continue for months. Weaving inventiveness with a focus to express beauty could produce some very special results.

Leo (Jul 22-Aug 23)

With the Sun and Mercury both in your sign, you will feel inspired to take new creative leads. Still, you remain happy to hover close to home. A learning curve has been underway for some time and is significant in terms of fortifying foundations for the future. Changes in your public and professional life have been rolling in for some time now and are bringing rewards.

Virgo (Aug 23-Sep 22)

Slowly but surely you are moving towards your goals. Yet, this process includes a simultaneous process of letting go of what once was. Replacing the old with the new is part of the deal and includes thinking differently about what you already do. Currently, you are happy to hang out in your creative

Libra (Sep 22-Oct 22)

Quality time shared with friends and family is highlighted now. Acknowledging yours and their differences are highlighted. Maintaining harmony is easier said than done as complexities that have been percolating beneath the surface are getting triggered. The intensity could increase throughout the month. It may prove best to give everyone plenty of space.

Scorpio (Oct 22-Nov 21)

Getting the attention feel you deserve and have earned is a central theme now. You feel the need to take charge of situations, yet it may be a challenge to maintain a steady focus especially where others are involved. Left to your own, your imagination will soar, and you will find peace provided you have complete creative license and can proceed at your own pace.

Sagittarius (Nov 21-Dec 21)

You are in a playful, adventurous, and philosophical mood. This is a good time to entertain new thoughts, ideas, beliefs, and philosophies. Your mood is extra practical these days, yet nothing comes easy. That is why the time is to take a break. Step back from the grind and be open to new perspectives on reality.

Capricorn (Dec 21-Jan 19)

You have entered a mini cauldron of change. Yet, it will last for a while and the heat will increase. This need not be a negative, but it could be if you resist the ego-purging process destined to occur. The more you can let go the better. If you feel there is work to be done, be the one who does it and directs it at yourself.

Aquarius (Jan 19-Feb 19)

Relationship activity now could be described as heated and passionate. Positively, creative exchanges are underway which include new approaches. Meanwhile, the information war raging in the world has your att-ention, yet you may feel powerless to do much about it. If so, focus to redirect your energy to creative outlets.

Pisces (Feb 19-Mar 20)

Leo time for you brings a mix of inspiration and perspiration. Realizing your creative aspirations implies diligent effort. Laborious activities that require more duty and surrender than inspiration and interest and will probably not go well. Focus on want you want to do and not what you feel you have to do.

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THE lineup

BRASS POP

Oct. 14-15 | Moody’s Bistro, Bar & Beats | Truckee

WEST GRAND BRASS BAND

Formed in the summer of 2015 after band members marched together in the Carnaval Parade in San Francisco’s Mis sion District with samba dance troupe

The Hot Pink Feathers, West Grand Brass Band later developed their oneof-a-kind sound busking at Lake Merritt in Oakland. A group of six talented, independent musicians who combine brass-band tradition with modern style, the group’s music delivers an energetic, everchanging mix of traditional songs, reimagined covers and genre-defying originals. | moodysbistro.com

COMEDY

Oct. 15 | Harrah’s Lake Tahoe | Stateline, Nev.

ROB SCHNEIDER

“Saturday Night Live” veteran Rob Schneider and the warped mind behind classic comedies “Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo,” “The Animal” and “The Hot Chick,” may be the most underrated comedian in Hollywood. His bit parts in

How Elvin Bishop FOUND HIS CALLING

BY SEAN MCALINDIN

Elvin Bishop is busy these days.

Following a gig at Mountain Winery in Saratoga with Buddy Guy, he’s meeting Van Morrison in Sausalito to play on his upcoming blues album. Then off to Arizona and Southern Cal ifornia for a tour with Charlie Mussel white.

“I’ve got a lot going on,” says the cherished musician from Marin County who turns 80 this month. “It’s fun to be around guys who do what they do really well.”

[“Fooled Around and Fell in Love”] is a pretty good song that anyone could get into. I asked the lawyer who does the contracts on it, ‘Aren’t people gonna get tired of this?’ She said, ‘It’s the story of every movie ever made, just about.’” — Elvin Bishop

Bishop arrives at Crystal Bay Casino on Oct. 15 with his trio featuring Bob Welsh on guitar and piano and Willy Jordan on cajon and vocals. Don’t be surprised if he’s sporting his trademark overalls.

“I’ve been wearing those since I was 2 years old,” he says. “I grew up on a farm, so it was natural.”

Bishop was born in Glendale in 1942. His family moved to Elliot, Iowa and then Tulsa, Okla. when he was age 10.

“It was all I knew at the time,” he says. “Oklahoma is a really, heavily red-state type of deal, you know. This was before civil rights, so it was pretty hardcore. I learned about blues listening to the radio.”

Though he listened spellbound to contemporary masters such as John Lee Hooker, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Percy May field and Jimmy McCracklin, Bishop’s

early ventures into popular music were hindered by cheap pawn-shop guitars and a lack of interest from his peers. A talented student, he was awarded a National Merit Scholarship to study physics at University of Chicago. He eventually switched to English and dropped out after a year and a half. His interest was always in music and Chica go had blues to spare.

“The lightbulb was burning, but I was pretty green when I got there,” he says. “I made friends with the Black guys at the university cafeteria. In a week, I was out in the ghetto seeing the blues with those guys. I spent 24 hours a day in the ghetto learning the blues.”

Bishop’s first concert was Muddy Waters whose backing band consisted of verifiable blues legends Otis Spann, James Cotton and Willie “Big Eyes” Smith.

“They were much nicer than they needed to be,” he says of the Chicago bluesmen. “They took us under their wing and taught us the music. It was the best place I could’ve been at the time, that’s for sure.”

Bishop met Paul Butterfield walking around the neighborhood his first day in town.

“This guy was sitting in front of a house playing guitar and drinking a quart of beer,” says Bishop. “He was playing the blues and I said, ‘This is

my type of guy.’ Then he took up the harmonica and went straight to the stratosphere.”

Bishop played in the wildly popular Paul Butterfield Blues Band from 1963 to 1968, a group of both black and white musicians.

“It was ahead of its time,” says Bishop. “It caused us some problems on the road. Some hotels wouldn’t let us stay there. We got caught in couple of riots when those were happening in Cleve land and Detroit.”

Bishop’s biggest hit, of course, is “Fooled Around and Fell in Love,” which hit No. 3 on the Billboard charts in 1976. The song has since been in more than 20 films and continues to be part of popular culture to this day.

“It’s a pretty good song that anyone could get into,” he says. “I asked the lawyer who does the contracts on it, ‘Aren’t people gonna get tired of this?’ She said, ‘It’s the story of every movie ever made, just about.’”

Bishop was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2015 as part of Paul Butterfield Blues Band.

“Better to be in there than not,” he says. “I’m not that great of a guitar player. There’s quite a few guys who can beat me. But I do the best I can and try to make people happy.” | crystalbay casino.com n

Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio w/Curtis Selgado | Oct. 15 | Crystal Bay Casino | Crystal Bay, Nev.

Elvin Bishop | Bob Hakins

Rob Schneider

West Grand Brass Band

Adam Sandler films are legendary. (“You can do it!” in “The Water Boy.”) After directing, producing and starring in his newest film, “Daddy Daughter Trip,” the freethinking, screwball wisecracker brings his “I Have Issues” tour to State line. | caesars.com

DUELING PIANOS

Oct. 14-15 | Bar of America | Truckee

EBONY & NOT QUITE IVORY

All vocal parts are welcome for those 15 years and older. Details on the North Tahoe Community Choir Facebook group.

Steve Baldwin and Jim Kremsner are Ebony & Not Quite Ivory, a vintage-style piano bar duo that’s been performing together since Christmas 2019. With a song list that ranges from Frank Sinatra to Guns N’ Roses, they’ve established themselves as a favorite of casino clientele and bar hoppers from Reno to Lake Tahoe. If you enjoy classic Motown and the biggest hits of R&B, then grab yourself a refreshing beverage and get ready to dance or just reminisce to your favorite tunes. | barofamerica.com

Tahoe Arts Project DANCING WITH THE TAHOE STARS RETURNS

Dancing with the Tahoe Stars pre sented by Tahoe Arts Project returns on Oct. 15, featuring 10 Tahoe couples. This major fundraiser for the nonprofit will be held at Bally’s Lake Tahoe; doors open at 5:30 and the dancing starts at 6:30 p.m.

Masters of Ceremonies for the evening will be performer and choreog rapher Sebastiani Romagnolo and writer and English teacher Bridey Heidel. Tick ets are $15 to $75 and available online. | tahoeartsproject.org

live

OCTOBER 12 | WEDNESDAY

Live music

Lakeview Social, South Lake Tahoe, 4 p.m.

Magic Fusion

The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Open Mic

Donner Creek Brewing, Truckee

OCTOBER 13 | THURSDAY

Live music

Lakeview Social, South Lake Tahoe, 4 p.m.

Magic Fusion

The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Rustler’s Moon

Bar of America, Truckee, 8 p.m.

The Movement w/The Elovaters & Clydeways

Crystal Bay Casino, Crystal Bay, 8 p.m.

Blü Egyptian

Rojo’s Tavern , South Lake Tahoe, 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

Open Mic

JOIN REVIVED COMMUNITY CHOIR

The North Tahoe Community Choir, formerly the Sierra Nevada College Choir, has restarted after more than 2½ years and is looking for participants. Rehearsals are on Mondays at 5:30 p.m. in Incline Village, Nev., with perfor mances scheduled for the first weekend in December.

Donner Creek Brewing, Truckee

OCTOBER 14 | FRIDAY

Live music

Lakeview Social, South Lake Tahoe, 4 p.m.

Live music

Fifty44 at Nakoma Resort, Clio, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Magic Fusion

The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

How to Host a Murder Mystery

Yuba Theater, Downieville, 7 p.m.

North Tahoe Community Choir

Jackie Greene & Dead Winter Carpenters

Crystal Bay Casino, Crystal Bay, 8 p.m.

Not Quite Ebony and Ivory

Bar of America, Truckee, 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

Arty the Party

Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 9 p.m.

Midnight Blue Karaoke

Rojo’s Tavern, South Lake Tahoe, 10 p.m.

Live Music

Moody’s Bistro, Bar & Beats, Truckee

OCTOBER 15 | SATURDAY

Live music

Lakeview Social, South Lake Tahoe, 4 p.m.

Dancing with The Tahoe Stars

Bally’s Lake Tahoe, S. Lake Tahoe, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Magic Fusion

The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

The Johnson Party

RMU Truckee, Truckee, 7 p.m.

Rob Schneider: I Have Issues Tour

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8 p.m.

Elvin Bishop’s Big Fun Trio w/Curtis Salgado

Crystal Bay Casino, Crystal Bay, 8 p.m.

Dueling Pianos

Harvey’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8:30-12 p.m.

Blü Egyptian

Alibi Ale Works, Truckee, 8:30-10:30 p.m.

Not Quite Ebony and Ivor

Bar of America, Truckee, 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

Arty the Party

Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 9 p.m.

Midnight Blue Karaoke

Rojo’s Tavern, South Lake Tahoe, 10 p.m.

Live DJ

Harvey’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 10-12 p.m.

Live Music

Moody’s Bistro, Bar & Beats, Truckee

OCTOBER 16 | SUNDAY

Live music

Lakeview Social, South Lake Tahoe, 4 p.m.

Bluegrass Jam

Alibi Ale Works - Truckee Public House, Truckee, 6-8 p.m.

Jazz Jam Night

Alibi Ale Works - Incline Public House, Incline Village, 6 p.m.

Magic Fusion

The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Dueling Pianos

Harvey’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8:30-12 p.m.

Live DJ

Harvey’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 10-12 p.m.

OCTOBER 17 | MONDAY

Live music

Lakeview Social, South Lake Tahoe, 4 p.m.

Live music

Casey’s-An American Cantina, Zephyr Cove, 5-8 p.m.

Open Stage Mondays

Alibi Ale Works, Truckee, 6-9 p.m.

Magic Fusion

The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

OCTOBER 18 | TUESDAY

Live music

Lakeview Social, South Lake Tahoe, 4 p.m.

Magic Fusion

The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Tuesday Night Blues

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8 p.m.

OCTOBER 19 | WEDNESDAY

Live music

Lakeview Social, South Lake Tahoe, 4 p.m.

Magic Fusion

The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Open Mic

Donner Creek Brewing, Truckee

OCTOBER 20 | THURSDAY

Live music

Lakeview Social, South Lake Tahoe, 4 p.m.

Magic Fusion

The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Atmosphere

Bally’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8 p.m.

Rustler’s Moon

Bar of America, Truckee, 8 p.m.

Open Mic

Donner Creek Brewing, Truckee

Live Music

Moody’s Bistro, Bar & Beats, Truckee

OCTOBER 21 | FRIDAY

Live music

Lakeview Social, South Lake Tahoe, 4 p.m.

Live music

Fifty44 at Nakoma Resort, Clio, 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Magic Fusion

The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Blues Monsters

Bar of America, Truckee, 9 p.m.-12 a.m.

Arty the Party

Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 9 p.m.

Midnight Blue Karaoke

Rojo’s Tavern, South Lake Tahoe, 10 p.m.

Live Music

Moody’s Bistro, Bar & Beats, Truckee

OCTOBER 22 | SATURDAY

Guitar Town

Bar of America, Truckee, 10 a.m.

Live music

Lakeview Social, South Lake Tahoe, 4 p.m.

Kat Heart

RMU Truckee, Truckee, 6 p.m.

Magic Fusion

The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Todd Snider w/Ray Wylie Hubbard

Bally’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8 p.m.

Dueling Pianos

Harvey’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8:30-12 p.m.

Arty the Party

Harveys Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 9 p.m.

Midnight Blue Karaoke

Rojo’s Tavern, South Lake Tahoe, 10 p.m.

Live DJ

Harvey’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 10-12 p.m.

Live Music

Moody’s Bistro, Bar & Beats, Truckee

OCTOBER 23 | SUNDAY

Live music

Lakeview Social, South Lake Tahoe, 4 p.m. Bluegrass Jam

Alibi Ale Works - Truckee Public House, Truckee, 6-8 p.m.

Magic Fusion

The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Dueling Pianos

Harvey’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8:30-12 p.m.

Live DJ

Harvey’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 10-12 p.m.

OCTOBER 24 | MONDAY

Live music

Lakeview Social, South Lake Tahoe, 4 p.m.

Live music

Casey’s-An American Cantina, Zephyr Cove, 5-8 p.m.

Open Stage Mondays

Alibi Ale Works, Truckee, 6-9 p.m.

Magic Fusion

The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

OCTOBER 25 | TUESDAY

Live music

Lakeview Social, South Lake Tahoe, 4 p.m.

Magic Fusion

The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Tuesday Night Blues

Harrah’s Lake Tahoe, Stateline, 8 p.m.

OCTOBER 26 | WEDNESDAY

Live music

Lakeview Social, South Lake Tahoe, 4 p.m.

Magic Fusion

The Loft, South Lake Tahoe, 7 p.m.

Open Mic

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TIF’s Spiked

COCKTAILS

BY PRIYA HUTNER

Canned cocktails are taking the country by storm. They are sold at bars, hotels and supermarkets. It’s easy to open a can and enjoy a cocktail with no preparation or fuss — perfect for a day on the lake, in the woods or on the mountain.

Canned-cocktail sales skyrocketed in 2021 with 42 precent revenue growth making it the fastest-growing spirits segment, according to Distilled Spirits Council of the United States. People love the variety of flavors and ease of a canned cocktail.

Five months ago, Tif Trevethan and her daughter Kelsey launched their made-in-Tahoe, canned cocktail TIF’s Spiked, eponymously named. I met the Trevethans at the recent Tahoe City Oktoberfest at their booth tucked in amongst the Kolsch and Pilsners booths. Their newly minted product, TIF’S Spiked Lemonade was debuting at the event. The coconut-forward cocktail provided a hint of lemon and definitely packed a punch. The consensus around the booth was positive.

“I actually began making it in my kitchen 12 years ago. I made cocktails and experimented with vodka and Mal ibu [rum] combined. By the third batch,

“I actually began making it in my kitchen 12 years ago. I made cocktails and experimented with vodka and Malibu [rum] combined. By the third batch, people were like, this is insane.”

- Tif Trevethan

people were like, this is insane,” says Trevethan.

She made pitchers of her cocktails for people to take to parties. Eventually, the idea of canning the product became a reality. Trevethan worked with a flavor house to get the cocktail close to the one she made in her kitchen. In her words: “We nailed it.”

“The Spiked Lemon is a blend of vodka, rum, lemonade, acai berry and coconut flavor. It’s very summery,” she says.

The canned cocktail packs a punch with 12 percent alcohol. There are two servings per can.

TIF’s Spiked is working on introduc ing new flavors to the canned cocktail line in the not-too-distant future. The new canned-cocktail flavors include Spicy Margarita made with passionfruit, jalapeño and coconut tequila; Rum Punch and Cucumber Melon Cooler. The cooler will offer a lower ABV (alcohol by volume). And, 5 percent of profits benefits Clean Up the Lake. Daughter Kelsey is the COO and husband Kelly helps with finances and sales.

“It is a women-run and family-owned business,” she says.

Trevethan is excited about the future and is planning to launch a luxury cock tail line that will include Old Fashioned and Manhattan canned cocktails. My whiskey-loving self looks forward to sampling these cocktails.

The lightly carbonated spiked lemon ade is unique. It’s light and easy and available for purchase online or at vari ous Tahoe locations. | tifsspiked.com n

Plastic products break down into microplastics, which can pollute waterways.

| Clean Up the Tahoe SLT BANS PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES

The South Lake Tahoe City Council unanimously approved an ordinance to ban the use of single-use plastic water bottles in late September. There will be a second reading of the ordinance in October. If adopted, a municipal use ban will be into effect on Earth Day on April 22, 2023, with a commercial ban going into effect on April 22, 2024. The ban would include all single-use plastic water bottles smaller than 1 gallon.

The City of South Lake Tahoe banned the use of polystyrene containers, commonly known by the brand Styro foam, along with foam coolers and other single-use food containers in 2018. | cityofslt.us

DINING FOR SCHOOLS RETURNS

Excellence in Education is offering its fall fundraiser, Dining for Schools cards, which had been on hold for a few years. The cards are on sale now and may be used starting Oct. 16.

The cards are $100 each and are available online or at Mountain Hard ware in Truckee, Safeway in Truckee and Kings Beach, and at SaveMart in Truckee and Tahoe City. Patrons receive

Resort at Squaw Creek

FROM LEFT: TIF’s Spiked founder, Tif Trevathan. TIF’s Spiked Lemonade. | Courtesy TIF’s Spiked

a discount while dining out at several local restaurants. Funds directly benefit the classrooms of Tahoe Truckee Unified School District. | exined.org

PINTS & PIES TO OPEN IN TAHOE CITY

Pints & Pies, a new eatery featuring pizza, classic Italian dishes and craft beer, will open in early November in the Boatworks Mall in Tahoe City. The new restaurant will replace Mirada’s Tacos & Tequila, which closed in late Septem ber.

The lakeside Italian eatery will feature classis pasta dishes like linguini with clams & prawns, fettuccine alfredo, veal piccata and chicken parmigiana, along with a selection of sandwiches, calzones and pizza. | boatworksatla

tasty tidbits

Achieve Tahoe Foam Fest

area venues | Truckee | Oct. 12-26

$49 | achievetahoe.org

Grow Your Own Course

virtual | Truckee | Oct. 12-15

6-7:30 p.m. $10 | slowfoodlaketahoe.org

Wine tasting

The Idle Hour Lake Tahoe | South Lake Tahoe | Oct. 12-19

5-8 p.m. | (530) 600-3304, visitlaketahoe.com

Neapolitan Sauerdough Pizza Class

Tahoe Wine Collective | Tahoe City | Oct. 13

5-8 p.m. | (530) 584-2714, vonpablo.com

Tahoe City Farmers’ Market

Commons Beach | Tahoe City | Oct. 13 & 20

8 a.m.-1 p.m. Free | tahoecityfarmersmarket.com

Workday Wednesdays

Food Bank Garden | Truckee | Oct. 13 & 20

8 a.m.-12 p.m. Free | slowfoodlaketahoe.org

Chef Pop Up Wine Pairing Dinner

Tahoe Wine Collective | Tahoe City | Oct. 15

5-8 p.m. | tahoewinecollective.com

Saturday Dig-Ins

Food Bank Garden | Truckee | Oct. 15 & 22

8 a.m.-12 p.m. Free

Tahoe Club Crawl

Tahoe Club Crawl | Stateline | Oct. 15 & 22

7:45-11 p.m. | tahoeclubcrawl.ticketsauce.com

NEW LOOK FOR TAHOE BLUE VODKA

Tahoe Blue Vodka is rolling out a colorful, eye-catching new bottle design that reflects the various hues of Lake Tahoe and highlights the brand’s ongoing commitment to preservation efforts. Tahoe Blue Vodka has donated more than $200,000 of its proceeds to organizations that work to protect Lake Tahoe and its surrounding environment. | tahoebluevodka.com

Harvest Mondays

Food Bank Garden | Truckee | Oct. 17 & 24

8 a.m.-12 p.m. Free | slowfoodlaketahoe.org

Truckee Certified Farmers Market

Truckee River Regional Park | Oct. 18

8 a.m.-1 p.m. | chamber.truckee.com

Wild & Free Fundraiser Dinner

Valhalla Tahoe | South Lake Tahoe | Oct. 18

5:30-8 p.m. $150 | visitlaketahoe.com

Meet The Wine Maker

Glass Wine Bar | Incline Village | Oct. 25

3 p.m. | glasseswinebar.com

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SWEET, SUGARY DOUGHNUTS

In my opinion, biting into a soft sugary pastry (usually with a hole in the middle) accompanied by a coffee is the ideal way to begin a lovely autumn day and it’s nice to treat yourself and/or your crew every so often.

Glazed & Confuzed Tahoe Donuts

I was fortunate enough to meet owners Anthony and Mara Cavallaro when they opened Glazed & Confuzed Tahoe Donuts in 2018 — their offerings have only gotten better. After moving to their current location in the Bijou Shopping Center on the South Shore, the pair opened the soup-based Ladles by the Lake.

The store is bright and fun with walls filled with brightly colored local art and framed pictures of Glazed & Con fuzed’s signature Pink Floyd the Donut. Cases are full of mouthwatering edible gems such as crullers, Tutti Fruttis and Floyds.

I couldn’t resist getting a Floyd, biting into the glazed donut with crazy, crunchy, candy eyes and rainbow-sug ared fruit strip vomiting out of the donut hole mouth. Many other Floyds have been scarfed down just as quickly and is so popular it has its own Instagram account @floydthedonut. | glazedan dconfuzedtahoedonut.com

TV Donuts

Over at the Y next to Raley’s on Emerald Bay Road on the South Shore, TV Donuts has an impressive selection of sweet doughy treats. Manager Karen admits that people come all the way from the North Shore to stock up on

donut holes, bacon maple bars, apple fritters, mochi donuts and specialty confections such as The Bomb, consist ing of a glazed bar with chocolate icing on top filled with homemade whipped cream and fresh strawberries. It’s been in business since 2019.

Everyone in my household liked the basic, pink-sprinkled doughnut and talked about it for days. It was kind of crumbly, buttery and sweet, the perfect size. The smell and taste lingered for a while. The green tea mochi donut was a little more pillowy, while the Starfish and Shark specialty topped with blue raspberry frosting and gummy candy could be all you needed to get your sugar fix.

It’s also worth noting that the apple fritter was the best I have ever had, like biting into a brown sugared/candied cin namon apple. Karen said that one donut reviewer travelled all over the country looking for the perfect apple fritter and found it at TV Donuts. | @TV Donuts

White Rabbit Ramen + Donut

White Rabbit Ramen + Donut in the Village at Northstar California special izes in mochi donuts but keeps inconsis tent hours during off season, preventing me from visiting for this story. Let us know what you think when you visit; tag us @thetahoeweekly

Suzie Scoops in Incline Village, Nev., was making doughnuts, but someone complained about the smell, so they had to halt operations. | whiterabbitnorthstar. com n

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40TH ANNIVERSARY

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OCTOBER 11-24, 2012 | The Truckee Regulators were featured on the cover for the Historical Haunted Tour in Truckee.

From bottom to top are: John Creveling, Vince Devaney, Dennis Cook, Josh Susman, Toot Joslin and Greg Van Loon. Photography by Scott Thompson, ScottShotsPhoto.com.

MISSING

We are missing copies of“North Tahoe Truckee This Week”from SEPTEMBER 1998 toMID-JUNE 1999 in our archives.

If you have a copy that you candonate or lend to us for scanning,email editor@tahoethisweek.com.

OCTOBER 13-26, 2011 | Fall colors in all their glory along the Truckee River in this fine art photography entitled “Autumn Sunshine, Truckee River.” Photography by Elizabeth Carmel, TheCarmelGallery.com.

More covers from our past will be featured @TheTahoeWeekly on Facebook and Instagram and in our newsletter throughout the year.