Lake Tahoe Articles

How to Get Your Skis or Snowboard Ready for the Lake Tahoe Snow

By Tahoe Staff
Be prepared for your Lake Tahoe ski or snowboard vacation. Don’t hit the slopes with dull edges and a sticky base. Give those planks some love! Here at Tahoe.com we have a few tip to help make sure your gear is in tip-top shape for Tahoe’s elements.WaxLake Tahoe rarely gets into the negative temps. In fact, the... Read More

Improve Your Lake Tahoe Skiing Experience with Properly Fitted Boots

By Tahoe Staff
A proper-fitting boot will deliver the best performance, increasing energy transfer, power and control over your skis and generally have a huge impact on your Lake Tahoe skiing experience. The Master Boot Fitters at all the Powder House Ski Shop locations have the experience and ability to customize a ski boot to... Read More

Quirky Lake Tahoe Stories

By Tahoe Staff
Any self-respecting town should have its weird stories, and Lake Tahoe's quirky ones make for entertaining pondering. For starters, there’s George Whittell. He was an odd old bird with enough money to excuse his eccentricities. A preservationist at heart, Whittell bought up several tracts of land on the north near... Read More

Lake Tahoe Health Food Restaurants are Top-Notch

By Tahoe Staff
Coagulated soybean extract? It sounds gross, right? But in the right hands, tofu is a delicious, flexible and healthy food, widely used throughout the Lake Tahoe health food scene. It's a great source of protein and adopts the flavor of other foods during cooking. But if you are still not sold, there is nothing to... Read More

Lake Tahoe Hiking — To the Tallest Peaks

By Tahoe Staff
Lake Tahoe is not only one of the largest alpine lakes anywhere, but it’s also one of the highest, which, after the fact, makes for some fabulous Lake Tahoe hiking. About 2 million to 3 million years ago a large block fault caused surrounding ranges to rise and the block beneath Lake Tahoe to sink. Over time this... Read More