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!
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.
As part of their ongoing commitment to giving back to the community, Tahoe Mountain Sports (TMS) is initiating a $1 For The Outdoors campaign this holiday season. Throughout the entire month of December, TMS will encourage their customers to add on just $1 to their total bills, both in-store and online. TMS will match all donations (up to $50 per individual), which will go to a local non-profit of the customers’ choice: Sierra Avalanche Center or Sierra Business Council. Donations can be made in increments of $1, $5, $10, $50 or however much the customer is willing to donate. Tahoe Mountain Sports will match up to $1000 total for each organization, equaling a maximum donation of $2000 per organization.
“This is our way of giving back,” said TMS owner David Polivy. “We recognize that our business depends on a healthy and safe environment for us all to recreate in, and we want to do our part to contribute. These two organizations contribute back in their own unique ways and in true Tahoe Mountain Sports fashion, we believe that it takes a village rather than an individual to accomplish the best for our communities.”
It’s so easy to donate!
From your shopping cart, just click the “Donate” button.
Choose to donate $1, $5, $10, $50 or more if you’d like. Then pick your non-profit (SAC or SBC) and click “Add to Cart”.
The Sierra Avalanche Center is a non-profit dedicated to disseminating current snow pack stability information to the general public; providing educational information, knowledge, and understanding of avalanches to recreational users and groups; and facilitating communication in the region to reduce the impact of avalanches on recreation, industry, and transportation through a partnership with the United States Forest Service.
“The Sierra Avalanche Center provides a vital tool to all backcountry skiers, snowboarders, snowmobilers and travelers,” explained the program’s director, Jenny Hatch. “Our free, daily avalanche advisory helps educate the public about the dangers of backcountry travel during periods of heavy snowfall and high avalanche activity. Without this service, backcountry travelers, skiers, snowboarders, ski patrols, and many others would be lacking vital snowpack knowledge and avalanche danger ratings throughout the winter season.”
The Sierra Business Council is a non-profit organization working to build a better Sierra Nevada. The Sierra Business Council fosters thriving communities in the Sierra Nevada region through “on the ground” local projects that promote, develop and amplify the area’s social, environmental and economic capital. They very much appreciate any and all support from the community.
“With your donor support, the Sierra Business Council will continue to work on solutions that foster community vitality, environmental quality, and economic prosperity in the Sierra Nevada.,” expressed Nicole DeJonghe, senior project manager. ” Let’s continue to envision our ideal Sierra, and work together to turn those dreams into reality – The Sierra, a place with clean water and air, a prosperous economy, affordable living, and an amazing outdoor playground.”
Tahoe Mountain Sports would like to thank Sierra Avalanche Center and Sierra Business Council for partnering with us on the $1 For The Outdoors campaign in December. If you would like to take part, stop by Tahoe Mountain Sports and when you purchase anything, just let them know that you would also like to add your contribution on your own bill. For those that are not local, www.tahoemountainsports.com is a great place to find all the gear you need this holiday season. After you add your items to your cart, make sure to also choose one of these great organizations to donate to.
Polivy concludes that “This is a win-win for everybody involved and we look forward to maximizing our donation to both of these organizations”. Stop by the shop at 8331 N Lake Blvd in Kings Beach or shop online 24/7!
Join your fellow Tahoe backcountry enthusiasts for a community-oriented fun night at Tahoe Mountain Sports (TMS) and learn the basics of proper beacon use, or just brush up on your avalanche expertise and transceiver techniques. Experienced Mountain Guide, American Institute for Avalanche Rescue and Education (AIARE) instructor and Ortovox Tech Rep Gary Bard will be present to lead a discussion about the history and technologies behind avalanche transceivers. Gary will also give a hands-on lesson on how to properly and efficiently use your transceiver. Pizza and beer will be available, and attendees will have the chance to win a transceiver, shovel and probe! TMS will offer special discounts on products in the store this night only! This event is free and open to the public.
Learn the basics of avalanche rescue, including proper use of your own transceiver and shovel, as well as the best strategies for a group rescue. The hands-on practice search (weather permitting) will occur outdoors, so dress appropriately and bring a headlamp. Participants are encouraged to bring their own beacons to practice with, but we will have extras on-hand to lend out. Tahoe Mountain Sports can update your Pieps transceivers with the latest Peips firmware, so if you’ve got one bring it with you.
Gary Bard, our expert guest instructor for the evening, retired after 28 years from the Berkeley Fire Department as the Deputy Fire Chief in 1998. He has worked as a mountain guide for Palisades School of Mountaineering, Alpine Skills International, and Mountain Adventure Seminars. Since 2001 he has been an AIARE level 1&2 avalanche instructor. In 2002 he became a Tech Rep for Ortovox USA. Since 1985 when he attended Whitewater guide school, Gary has worked as a guide on rivers in California, Oregon, Idaho, Arizona, Colorado, Utah, Alaska, and the Zambezi in Africa. His hobbies are fly fishing, photography, and fun.
Presentation:
The “need for speed” in avalanche rescue
Avalanche rescue & retrieval statistics
The contents of a rescue package
Avalanche information centers and reports
A short history of transceivers and how they work
Demonstration:
Importance of a third antennae
What is “flagging” and why it’s important
Software updates and status checks
Different ways to search with a transceiver
Pinpointing and probing your victim(s)
Tahoe Mountain Sports would like to thank the evening’s official sponsors, Ortovox and Deuter.
Come join your fellow Backcountry Babes and Mountain Mommas for a fun night at your local gear hub and get psyched for winter along with the rest of us! Store-wide savings and special deals offer the perfect chance to do some holiday shopping, or to simply spoil yourself!
There are great prizes to be won, including two pairs of UGG boots (of winner’s choice) valued at $250+! We’re also giving out free gifts with all purchases, like yoga mats or Wigwam socks.
With winter just around the corner, we’ve got everything you need to stay warm outside! If you’re into hiking, yoga, Crossfit, climbing, skiing or snowboarding, snowshoeing or Nordic skiing, we’ve got the gear to get you out there! Come meet like minded women while you enjoy wine, light refreshments and 100% natural and organic Ener-Treats made locally by Kaili Sanchez, Owner of Kaili’s Creative Kitchen.
To add even more fuel to your fire, 13-year Truckee resident Susie Sutphin will be in the house, providing inspirational stories from her years in the field. Suzie’s varied careers have brought her from “Couloir” magazine to Patagonia Clothing and later the Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival where she ran the national tour. The films inspired her to explore building a smarter and more equitable food system, and she has since collected her discoveries about sustainable and regional food systems on her blog, www.foodchronicles.net. When not enjoying a good meal with friends, you’ll find Susie out exploring the Sierra Nevada backcountry either on snow, dirt or rock! Her passion for the outdoors has taken her on two wheels and two sticks to many interesting destinations around the world. Her current big adventure is a non-profit called the Tahoe Food Hub, which will source regional food from area producers within 150-miles and make more ecological eats available to the North Lake Tahoe community. Susie is happy to come share her photos, stories, advice and regrets, in an attempt to entice us all to be healthier, more active and more involved.
Schedule:
5:00-6:30 – Shopping, Mingling, Food & Wine – Presented by Uncorked and Kaili’s Creative Kitchen
7:30-8:00 – Raffle + More Drinking! – Chance to win 2 pairs of Ugg Boots, Yoga Mats & More…
Proceeds from Ladies Night will benefit Susie’s non-profit organization, the Tahoe Food Hub. Thank you to the sponsors of the evening, Prana, Ugg, Wigwam, Uncorked and Kaili’s Creative Kitchen.
Kings Beach main beach, across from Tahoe Mountain Sports
Friday September 28, 4:30 to 7:30 pm
Tahoe’s very own women’s ultimate frisbee team (co-captained by Lolë ambassador Lis Korb) is hosting a Lolë meetup this month! Join them for a game of beach ultimate frisbee on the sand across from Tahoe Mountain Sports‘ Kings Beach shop, and get a peek at the latest from Lolë. No ultimate frisbee experience or throwing skills needed. Just show up and we’ll show you the ropes!
Lolë, the Montreal-based women’s activewear brand, is the perfect partner for athletic pursuits, with technical fabrics and a smart and stylish design. See Lolë clothes in action, learn about ultimate frisbee and walk away with some special gifts.
Tahoe Mountain Sports will offer a free gift with purchases over $75 and 15% off all Lolë clothing before, during and after the event. Tahoe ladies, tell your friends you’re going on Lolë’s Facebook event page. See you on the sand!
Tahoe Mountain Sports is proud to announce that Tim Hauserman, author of the Tahoe Rim Trail guidebook series, will appear at our store in Kings Beach, California, on Saturday, September 15 from 4-6 p.m. Tim will be signing copies of his new book, Tahoe Rim Trail 3rdEdition, and will provide the audience with an entertaining slideshow presentation featuring highlights from along the trail and around Lake Tahoe. An avid adventurist and explorer of natural beauty, Tim moved to Tahoe when he was two and has since racked up countless miles along the Tahoe Rim Trail.
The Tahoe Rim Trail offers one amazing high-alpine view after another, over the course of 165 miles.
“I have led hiking, kayaking and mountain biking trips in the area. I have thru-hiked the Tahoe Rim Trail three times, and hiked every section probably a dozen times,” said Hauserman. “I love the trail, and now I know it like the back of my hand.”
Over twenty miles of new trail descriptions, the new trail at Mt. Rose, and a new network of trails in the Kingsbury Grade – South Shore area are just a few examples of updates in the third edition of the Tahoe Rim Trail guidebook.
“I am excited to hear Tim provide his in-depth knowledge and expertise about the Rim Trail,” said Tahoe Mountain Sports (TMS) owner David Polivy. “He has some fascinating photographs from his journeys, and I’m really looking forward to seeing them.”
“I hope guests will gain a new-found love of the trail and I look forward to answering any questions they may have regarding the trail,” Tim explained.
Alpenglow and still waters along the Tahoe Rim Trail.
“All of us here at TMS are eager to meet and mingle with members of our wonderful community,” said Polivy. “This event will be a great way to connect with like-minded folks and adventure enthusiasts.”
Light refreshments will be provided and books will be available for purchase at the event.
Thank you to the Tahoe Rim Trail Association for co-sponsoring this unique opportunity.
