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Each May, as soon as the snow melts, trail groups such as the Tahoe Rim Trail Association and Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association begin taking advantage of the long summer days to build and maintain...

The new trail will create brand-new 10+ mile mountain biking and hiking loop on Lake Tahoe’s West Shore.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — The Tahoe Fund and the Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association on Tuesday announced a $50,000 matching campaign to build the Meeks Ridge Trail. This new 4.5 mile multi-use trail will...

The devastation starts on the western slope. Many of the cabins that once lined the highway between here and Sacramento are now gone. Instead, brick and

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) -- The devastation starts on the western slope. Many of the cabins that once lined the highway between here and Sacramento

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — The devastation starts on the western slope. Many of...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The USFS Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU) lifted the Caldor Fire closure orders this week and people are now starting to access the backcountry trails.

Tahoe Fund press release SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Tahoe’s newest trail, sure to become one of the region’s most iconic, is now open thanks to nearly 4,000 volunteer trail building hours. This new multi-use trail provides access to Fallen Leaf Lake and Desolation Wilderness for non-motorized users. Generous contributions from Tahoe Fund donors including the Mathman family and a triple match from Vail Resorts’ EpicPromise guest donation program at Northstar, H...

A snowy e-bike ride. SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — With the rising popularity of e-bikes, the USDA Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit has released a new proposal that would build new trails and expand access on existing trails. Forest Service officials are weeding through hundreds of comments and discovering they are split down the middle. Half the people approve, half don’t. The Basin Wide Trails Analysis proposal aims to improve overall trail accessibility and improve user exper...

Tahoe Daily Tribune Biking the entirety of the Tahoe Rim Trail’s 165 miles, which currently traverses areas where cyclists aren’t allowed, could be a possibility in the future if a bill amending the Wilderness Act makes its way through Congress. A bill in Congress could make biking possible in wilderness areas. Provided / Claire McArthur The Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act, introduced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), seeks to remove the blanket ban of bicycles in wilderness areas by ...