Outdoor Activities

Change up your next family weekend get-away: camp in style. Camping no longer means packing up cots and sleeping bags, coolers full of hot dogs and potato salad. “Glamping” is the new way to vacation outdoors! Glamour camping is perfect for those that want to enjoy the outdoors without leaving behind modern luxuries. Some places…

Burning Man is over, but there are still many things to do on the playa. Burning Man is one of Northern Nevada’s most known-for annual events. The Playa’s spectacular art scene, amazing music, and unique fashions make it something to return for again and again. However, this event is very clearly not for everyone and…

Summer is still in full swing, which means there is still plenty of time to pack up and hit the trails! This gorgeous Hoover Wilderness alpine lake is your backpacking destination for the end of summer 2015! Near Bridgeport, California and just a short trip from Reno, this hike will test and encourage your backpacking…

550-Site Campground to grace the ridge of the Tahoe Rim. After over 20 years, Lake Tahoe’s gorgeous north shore is getting a new campground! Currently in the Tahoe Basin are 18 campgrounds with 2,066 sites between them, but only 46 (2%) of these campsites are between Tahoe City and Zephyr Cove. This has been realized…

From Speith to McIlroy, this young generation of golfers is taking the sport in a positive direction. In the years when Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson reigned supreme, brute force and powerful drives were the name of the game, but now, with Jordan Speith, Rory McIlroy and a collection of amateurs, the game is changing.…

With IRONMAN Lake Tahoe quickly approaching, make sure you are as prepared as possible for the big day. What is quite possibly the world’s toughest IRONMAN course, IRONMAN Lake Tahoe takes all of the challenges of the other races and cranks it up to 6,000. Nearly 6,000 feet of ascension during the bike portion, coupled…

This mountain biking loop might as well be in Montrêux’s backyard. Thomas Creek and Whites Creek run down Mount Rose on the opposite side of Mount Rose Highway from Montrêux. Along and across these creeks run beautiful trails that climb in elevation and reach the Mount Rose wilderness. Hikers, bikers and horseback riders alike enjoy…

Traveling around the golf course just got much more interactive. The GolfBoard is revolutionizing the way we travel the golf course, taking influence from both snowboarding and surfing. “You can’t deny the functionality of it, you can’t deny the fun of it, and you can’t deny the athleticism of it. It just has too many…

Prepare so you don’t need to protect. Fires are forces of destruction that can take down acres upon acres of gorgeous forests, and each summer, we see this happen. The King Fire of 2014 and the Washington Fire of 2015 can serve as examples of what can happen to a gorgeous amount of forest when…

Hiking to this waterfall is something you don’t want to miss this summer. In the Mount Rose Wilderness, Hunter Creek Trail is begging to be hiked. This gorgeous hike to a spectacular waterfall is gaining popularity each passing year (and for good reason). This trail is open to the public all year, and this summer…