You’re going to want to be at the North Tahoe Event Center in Kings Beach on Tuesday, May 14, from 5:45 to 8:00 p.m. We’re partnering with our local library and some great sponsors to host a free 75-minute yoga class at the North Tahoe Event Center in Kings Beach, led by legendary local instructor Shari Beard! After a rejuvenating yoga session we’ll turn our heads toward the runway, where a fabulous fashion show will display the hottest new clothing from Tahoe Mountain Sports. But that’s not all. Next, we’ll have a raffle with lots of great new summer trends from your favorite outdoor clothing brands! The raffle will be one of the best we have put together yet, and it’s all to benefit the Friends of the Kings Beach Library.
Snacks and drinks will be provided to keep you nourished through the event. A donation of $10 or more is suggested, but don’t worry, no one will be turned away. And since a book swap is such a great way to discover new literature, we’re encouraging everyone to bring a book and swap with someone else! Or if you’re feeling friendly, bring a few extra books to donate to our library!
A great assortment of prizes will be up for raffle. Win an amazing new outfit (of your choice!) from top outdoor brands including Prana, Horny Toad and Kuhl! Other cool prizes include merino wool base layers from Smartwool, premium leather sandals from OluKai and performance sport socks from Wigwam.
Raffle tickets are only $10 each, but you can up your odds by getting ten tickets for $50! You don’t need to be present to win, and you can purchase raffle tickets at the door or online anytime before the event. Winners will be drawn during the Yoga Benefit. If you don’t show up but your ticket is drawn, we will let you know via email so you can still collect your winnings.
Shari Beard has been gratefully teaching yoga in the Tahoe/Truckee area for the last 10 years. Shari has a strong foundation in alignment based Hatha yoga. She loves to share how the practice of asana and meditation supports us in living from the heart. Shari is passionate about building community because it lends to accountability and support in living practice of yoga.
About Friends of Kings Beach Library:
The Kings Beach Library is celebrating their 25th Anniversary this year and Placer County is planning a $50,000 remodel. The remodel will help the library update their facility to improve circulation, create more space for people to sit and read or work and improve ADA access. The Friends have been asked to contribute $25,000 towards the remodel. They need your help, so let the fundraising begin!
Are you looking for people to do fun things with outdoors? Maybe you have a friend that is new to the area and they want someone to hike with, or your significant other desperately needs to find their own set of biking friends. Well, we have a meetup group! It’s a place to meet others in the area who share the same passion for outdoor activities, and it’s free to join. Once you’ve signed up you can post your plans (or ideas for future plans) to OUR MEETUP PAGE ON MEETUP.COM, and start discussing arrangements for cool activities like day hikes, trail runs, bike rides, yoga on the beach, and anything else you can (or can’t) think of. Collaborate with others to come up with a creative outing, or invite someone to tag along on a trip you’re already planning. That’s the beauty of being part of a group!
With a fun-filled winter behind us, we’re excited to see many more meet-ups as the warmer months roll in. You’ll start to hear about events like Trail Run Demo Days where companies like Montrail or Salomon bring boxes of new shoes for you to try out on a local trail, or Ultimate Frisbee on the beach or Disc Golf Tournaments at a local course. We also have a couple Ladies Nights each year, where local backcountry babes and mountain mamas snack, drink, socialize and score rare discounts on women’s products. Help us put more cool ideas on the board so we can get together with our local community more often! Visit meetup.com and search for Lake Tahoe Outdoor Adventure Group or CLICK THIS LINK to go directly to our group’s page. (more…)
Tahoe Mountain Sports recently caught up with the fellas from StokeLab, a free digital magazine that wastes absolutely no time publishing material that isn’t sure to fire up, or elicit ‘stoke’ in, their readers. Original and creative trip reports, gear reviews, and awe-inspiring photography are what they do. It’s ‘experimental media’, and it could range from heli-skiing the Coast Range to philosophies in snacking, or anywhere in between. Here’s a bit about StokeLab.com, a literary work that just may boost your quality of life:
TMS: I think it’s safe to say most people are unfamiliar with what actually goes down in a laboratory that studies strictly stoke. Would you mind elaborating?
Drew Pogge: First of all, our lab is pretty state of the art. I mean, between the four of us we have, like, three Macbooks—the Pros, not the shotty normal ones. We also have a high-end Cuisinart blender for smoothies, which is pretty badass. And a karaoke machine. So we’re pretty dialed.
Mike Horn: Ideally we’re outside the Lab doing something fun and then we bring those stories home with us. Skiing, riding, skating, fishing, flying, climbing, floating, biking…the list is endless. Otherwise we spend lots of time filling blank screens with content that inspires and entertains us. If we don’t like it, we don’t run it. Throw in the occasional dog walk and longboard to the post office, and a lot of coffee, and you’ve got a pretty good picture of a day at the StokeLab.
Justin Cash: And lets not forget the hand-stuffed blue cheese olives in the fridge with a bottle of Tito’s.
The word ‘stoke’ is still relatively new to many, and still not fully accepted among our elders. Is there really a niche to fill here? Are that many people really stoked?
Pogge: If people aren’t stoked, they should be. Stoke is just another word for positive energy. It’s passion. It’s the feeling you get when you’re doing exactly what you should be. We get stoked playing outside, so that’s how it relates to the ‘Lab.
Horn: It’s pretty universal. People use it to describe the feeling they get from scoring Justin Bieber tickets as much as a life-altering powder day. Our focus is documenting the pursuit of stoke, whether skating an empty pool in Arizona or photographing winter light in Montana.
Cash: I like Bieber.
Where, how, and with whom was StokeLab conceived? Where’d you find your team? (more…)
The 32nd Annual North Lake Tahoe SnowFest! wraps up this weekend in North Lake Tahoe. There is a full list of fun activities scheduled throughout the ten-day festival, and the final parade passes right in front of our store in Kings Beach on Saturday! While you’re out and about, stroll into our storefront across from the North Tahoe Event Center and Jason’s Beachside Grille. You can find ridiculous savings at Tahoe Mountain Sports this Friday through Monday. We will have all sorts of awesome outdoor gear and clothing on sale, some as much as 70% off! In fact, everything in our store will be 20-70% off for all four days!
Check out this video taken from our storefront during a recent Kings Beach SnowFest Parade:
Come out and enjoy all the festivities, and bring the kids! You’re sure to find fun for all ages. From Bingo to a Pancake Breakfast, Mother-Son Laser Tag and a Dress Up Your Dog contest, there are lots of cool events you won’t want to miss.
Now’s your chance to get a screamin’ deal on those skis you never bought because we’ve had such a dry year (so far!). Or, think ahead a few seasons and grab yourself a warm winter jacket that will last for years to come. Stock up on breezy spring dresses for the warm and sunny days only a couple months away, or save big on a camp stove and summer backpacking equipment that you may otherwise regret not getting while it’s on sale.
Get an affordable backcountry setup before it’s too late! All skis and boots will be 30-50% off. We’re not talkin’ your average boots or skis, either. We’ve got backcountry gear from Black Diamond, K2, Salomon and more!
All Marmot, Patagonia and The North Face Clothing will be 40% off. Can you believe that? Go ahead, have the person next to you pinch your arm. This is real. Ugg Boots will also be 20% off. I realize 20% may not seem like huge savings, but Uggs hardly ever go on sale, so it’s actually a fantastic deal.
There will be so many discounted items to choose from, only way too much to list here. You’ll have to come have fun exploring our inventory. Monstrous sale applies to walk-in customers only. We don’t tolerate shoplifting, but we’re happy to let you come steal from us this weekend via huge savings
Here’s a map of the best place to watch the parade. There are stairs, an elevated balcony, and the local radio MC usually posts up here:
Up until March 5 at high-noon (PST), when you post a photo of a favorite outdoor activity on Instagram, use the hashtag #tahoemountainsports to be entered to win cool new gear.
We want to know: What Keeps You Outdoors? We’ll reward our favorite AdventureGram photographers with awesome new gear in exchange for simply sharing their outdoor adventure photos with us! Throughout the week we’ll even promote some of our favorite photographers via our social networks like Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter and Facebook.
Instructions:
1. Post a photo of your favorite outdoor activity on Instagram (make sure your account is not set to “private”)
2. ‘Share’ your AdventureGram by using the hashtag(#) #tahoemountainsports in the caption
3. Click this link to view your photo and vote for others
4. Get your friends to vote for your AdventureGram and increase your chance to win awesome new gear
5. Contest ends March 5 at 12:00 pm (noon) PST; Winners will be announced shortly after
Hire a babysitter if you have to – you don’t want to miss the Nachtspektakel! There’s not much that compares to good food, drinks and skiing with comrades at nighttime. Start your evening with a skin up to Snowflake Lodge at Diamond Peak, where you will partake in a hearty “Lodge style meal” with both new and familiar faces. The Snowflake Lodge is one of the best places to watch a Tahoe sunset, with an incredible view of the lake and surrounding mountains. Conclude this wonderful evening with a ski back down under the stars.
Tickets: $40 pre-registered, $50 day of event
What you get: Two hours of lift served skiing, a guided skin up the mountain, a 3-course lodge style meal, drinks and a private, nighttime ski down!
Bring a headlamp and dress warm.
Free Backcountry Rentals will be available at Tahoe Mountain Sports. They must be reserved ahead of time and picked up by 6:00 p.m. on February 28.
Register at Tahoe Mountain Sports, CLICK HERE or call (530) 546-7001
Sponsors: Diamond Peak Ski Resort, The North Face, Dynafit and Brimm’s Catering.
Any event changes made due to winter weather will be announced by February 28.
Who: You, TMS and TINS What: Free Guided Snowshoe Hike Where: Tahoe Meadows (Hwy431 near Mt. Rose Summit) When: Saturday, March 2 at 11:00 a.m. Why: Why Not?
Tahoe Mountain Sports and Tahoe Institute for Natural Science are excited to sponsor a great day on the snow at Tahoe Meadows. Snowshoe rentals will be discounted to $10 for anyone participating in the hike, and veteran naturalist Will Richardson (Ph.D) will be leading the hike/discussions.
Participants should meet at Tahoe Mountain Sports at 10:30 a.m. If you need rental snowshoes, please arrive at 10:00 a.m. to get pick up your snowshoes and poles. The guided hike is free, but all participants are asked to register. Anyone coming from Incline Village or Reno can meet at the Meadows. Plan for the hike to last around two hours. We won’t hike terribly far; we’ll climb up Chickadee Ridge a ways and see how far we get.
Doctor Will Richardson will lead the hike and discuss natural history issues, namely how various animals and plants cope with the short days, heavy snows and freezing temperatures associated with winter in Tahoe. Will is the Co-Founder and Co-Executive Director of the Tahoe Institute for Natural Science (TINS), a member-supported nonprofit organization seeking to advance the natural history, conservation, and ecosystem knowledge of the Tahoe region.
This post is brought to you straight from the Tahoe Mountain Sports headquarters. We thought everyone should know that not only do we participate in outdoor activities, but for us, they are what dreams are made of. It wouldn’t be ethical to hire staff members that weren’t as passionate as ours are. See for yourselves…we live big, but we dream even bigger.
Todd: Stoked on Climbing
Todd (Web Ninja Master)
TMS: What do you look forward to most when you dream of an upcoming winter?
I picture a face full of cold, fluffy snow after every turn down the mountain on a blue-bird day.
TMS: Describe your dream day outdoors. No matter how realistic, let’s hear about it. What goes on in your mind while you sleep?
It’s late spring in Tahoe. I ride corn in the morning until it turns to slush and I’m down to just a t-shirt. Since there is more daylight this time of year I can snowboard and climb on the same day, so after shredding I head to one of the sunnier crags (Trippy Rock or Mayhem Cove). I send laps here until the sunset casts a beautiful pink, orange and purple color scheme over the lake and surrounding peaks. Then I head to the beach for a [very quick] dip in the ice cold lake. But to my surprise I’m not the only one dipping…a tour bus full of travelling ski bunnies spots my chiseled physique from the road. They bring the bus to a screeching halt and unload, flocking toward me in only bikinis and bright smiles. I end my dream day on a good note, then return to reality as I clumsily reach out and fumble for the ‘snooze’ button.
Meaghen: Stoked on Sun, Sand and Snow
Meaghen (Saleswoman Extraordinaire):
TMS: What do you look forward to most when you dream of an upcoming winter?
I look forward to long days out on the mountain, riding everyday that I can, trying to stay warm by campfires, goggle tans, and getting new gear!!
TMS: Describe your dream day outdoors. No matter how realistic, let’s hear about it. What goes on in your mind while you sleep?
My dream outdoor day would start with blueberry waffles, a banana, and a hot cup of coffee followed by first tracks in fresh pow! After riding through the sunrise I would take my doggie on a nice hike with a rewarding vista at the end. I would eat lunch at my destination (preferably a turkey sando with spinach) and relax in the sunshine before heading back home to grab my kayak and stand-up paddleboard (SUP). I would then paddle my kayak, with SUP in-tow, to a secluded beach somewhere on Lake Tahoe where I would set up camp for the night. A hammock would be hung and a campfire built (s’mores mandatory) while listening to waves crashing on the beach and gazing out into the universe before I finally curl up and call it a wonderful day!
This post is brought to you straight from the Tahoe Mountain Sports headquarters. We thought everyone should know that not only do we participate in outdoor activities, but for us, they are what dreams are made of. It wouldn’t be ethical to hire staff members that weren’t as passionate as ours are. See for yourselves…we live big, but we dream even bigger. Here’s Round 1 – the other half is on the way, as soon as a few more characters wake up and articulate their dreams.
Ryan: Stoked On Skiing
Ryan (Front-of-House Sales)
TMS: What do you look forward to most when you dream of an upcoming winter?
I usually dream of skiing new lines. This season especially, I was really looking forward to kicking off all of the classic Tahoe descents.
TMS: Describe your dream day outdoors. No matter how realistic, let’s hear about it. What goes on in your mind while you sleep?
Waking up at 4 a.m. as usual, but magically my car is dug out. A breakfast of Belgian waffles, real maple syrup, the rarest/best tropical fruits and whip cream with a perfectly brewed cup of coffee. My car is snow-free and preheated to perfection. Along the drive the roads are perfectly clear and I don’t spill my coffee! I arrive at the trail-head and get the perfect parking spot. To my disbelief, there is a skin-track already broken through six feet of blower pow. The terrain is steep and the snow perfectly bonded like skin glue. I ski trackless laps on perfect spines and in perfect trees, with a perfect chute leading me right back to the car. Oh yeah…there is an espresso machine and donuts at the top of each lap, brewed and baked by a backcountry elf. After an exhausting morning of what I call luxury, lunch would be prepared from the freshest sushi and seaweed salad – perfect! When I get back to my house I notice someone (the same elf from the mountain top) generously installed a hot tub on my patio and insists that he prepare the finest seven-course meal for my friends and I. Then the alarm goes off at 4 am….and I awaken from my perfect backcountry dream.
Pam: Stoked On Snowkiting
Pam (Owner)
TMS: What do you look forward to most when you dream of an upcoming winter?
I look forward to lots and lots of snow, plus more time on the mountain now that my daughter Adina is in Mountain Kids Camp at Squaw Valley.
TMS: Describe your dream day outdoors. No matter how realistic, let’s hear about it. What goes on in your mind while you sleep?
I would wake up on a beautiful tropical island and have an amazing outdoor yoga session on the beach, followed by breakfast with my favorite fruit, mangosteens. Then I’d spend the rest of the day windsurfing with the most amazing breeze and warm weather until the sun eventually set. Between windsurfing sessions I’d do some Crossfit and (in my dream) I’d be able to do lots of pull-ups and double-unders. That night I would have a barbecue on the beach with family, friends, and lots of beer and good food. I would sleep with a window open so I could hear the waves and smell the ocean!
Adam: Stoked On Splitboarding
Adam (Web Content Manager):
TMS: What do you look forward to most when you dream of an upcoming winter?
It’s usually the same: face shots, face shots with friends, and photos of those friends receiving large dosages of face shots.
TMS: Describe your dream day outdoors. No matter how realistic, let’s hear about it. What goes on in your mind while you sleep?
Assuming I were on a dream island with easy access to the beach and the mountains, I would start with a sunrise surf session in 4-6 foot waves with light offshore winds (in dolphin-infested waters, of course, because not much else compares to surfing with dolphins). Then I would grab a big, greasy breakfast from the Old Post Office Cafe on Tahoe’s North Shore. My stomach would settle unusually fast, just in time to start skinning uphill at around 11 a.m. By this time, the two feet of snow we received overnight should be safe enough to shred. After several hot-laps and hours of face shots, an hour of yoga followed by a cold, hoppy and heavy 22-oz IPA in a hot tub under light snowfall would help me relax. The sunset this night would be incredible, followed by a meteor shower visible from the beach near my house in Kings Beach. This should be enough ammo for even more great dreams that night!
This year’s National Winter Trails Day is approaching fast and we’re all excited to be a part of it! There will be a wide range of fun activities and presentations throughout the day, from snow shelter building to avalanche beacon scavenger hunts and gear demonstrations. Tahoe Mountain Sports will be hosting free MSR snowshoe rentals and beacon clinics. Participants are free to demo snowshoes and take off on their own adventure, or tag along with a guided snow hike.
Look for the TMS tent, where you can rent snowshoes, grab some sunscreen or hand-warmers, and talk with super-friendly and enthusiastic Tahoe Mountain Sports staff!
Tahoe Rim Trail guides and volunteers from other local organizations will be leading free guided hikes from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. (weather-dependent). If you can only make it for part of the day, that is fine. Just come and enjoy the great outdoors with us! Remember, this event does take place on snow so please plan accordingly. Bring extra layers, sunscreen, water, snacks, etc. There will also be hot drinks and tasty treats on-site.
Hike Departure Times and Hosts
10:00 – 12:00 U.S. Forest Service (Green Hike*)
10:30 – 12:30 Red Cross (Blue Hike*)
11:00 – 1:00 Tahoe Adventure Company (Green Hike*)
11:30 – 1:30 Tahoe Institute for Natural Sciences (Blue Hike*)
12:00 – 2:00 Tahoe Expeditionary Academy / Incline and Crystal Bay Historical Society (Green Hike*)
*Please note that “Green Hikes” will be meeting at the end of the chute with green pennant banners (located near the registration table). “Blue Hikes” will meet at the end of the chute with the blue pennant banners.
See you all this Saturday, January 12th, at Tahoe Meadows on the Mt. Rose Highway (SR 431)!
To register for National Winter Trails Day and free gear demos, visit www.tahoerimtrail.org
