In Tahoe, 1 inch of water precipitation is equal to about 10 inches of snow! With today’s storm predicted to bring an inch or two of precipitation, we could see over a foot of powder in the next two days. Keep those snow dances going!
What runs deeper than Lake Tahoe? Our desire to preserve it.
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In Tahoe, 1 inch of water precipitation is equal to about 10 inches of snow! With today’s storm predicted to bring an inch or two of precipitation, we could see over a foot of powder in the next two days. Keep those snow dances going!
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If you live in the Bay Area and love to ski but have a hard time getting to the mountain, or just can’t seem to find a friend to go with, SnowPal’s may be exactly what you need.
SnowPals’ core mission is to bring Bay Area residents together to enjoy Snow Sports; specifically working diligently to bring awareness and encourage people to pool resources to ride-share to Lake Tahoe Area resorts to reduce impact to our environment.
SnowPals’ has built a snow sports community in the Bay to help connect skiers and snowboarders to the Tahoe mountains. They serve a wide range of people, from singles to families and beginners to experts.
The Tahoe Fund has teamed up with SnowPals’ to encourage more ridesharing and sustainable recreation in the Tahoe Basin. Ridesahring programs like this are a great way to get to Tahoe while reducing congestion.
SnowPals’ gives winter sport enthusiasts the option of hitching a ride with another community member in an effort to expand your circle of ski buddies and limit your carbon footprint. The ride-share program has been around for 21 winters and is now includes over 8,200 skiers and boarders. Rideshare buddies do split expenses, but SnowPals’ does not charge for the service.
Who doesn’t love a great deal? Snowpal’s has great deals and discounts like bus fair savings, festival tickets, REI deals and many more.
Ski Leases and Rentals
Visit ski leases and rentals made available to SnowPals’ by those in their community.
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Titled “How to Get Trails Built in Three ‘Easy’ Steps”, the REI blog highlights the powerful partnership between the US Forest Service, Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association, and the Tahoe Fund.
Excerpt from the article:
“I think right now we’re in a special moment for trails in the Tahoe region,” says Amy Berry, CEO of the Tahoe Fund. If the Forest Service agrees on a project, and TAMBA says they’ll build it, the Tahoe Fund is usually on board to help fund it. “The level of trust is really high amongst everyone.”
Berry points to McNamara as one of the people responsible for creating that energy.
“Chris McNamara is a big reason why trails are exploding around this place,” she said. “He has this big vision.”
Thanks to this partnership and your tremendous support, we are helping get more trails built around Tahoe.
To read the article, click here.
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The Take Care Tahoe Campaign uses humor to share stewardship messages
TAHOE CITY, Calif. (Jan. 10, 2020) – This month, a new digital billboard campaign has been unveiled on behalf of over 50 partners who have collaborated on the “Take Care Tahoe” effort to encourage more responsible behavior while in Tahoe. Designed with messages that use humor, the campaign was created to capture the attention of visitors when they are en route to Tahoe to encourage stewardship and responsible recreation during their stay. Thanks to financial support from the Tahoe Fund on behalf of the Take Care Tahoe partners, digital billboards carrying the Take Care™ messaging are visible on I-80 Eastbound in Colfax, California.
“With the ‘Take Care Tahoe’ digital billboard campaign, our goal is to educate visitors before they arrive about how they can take care of the environment when they’re here,” said Amy Berry, Tahoe Fund CEO. “This includes things like cleaning up after their dogs, not leaving broken sleds behind, eliminating the use of plastic straws, and blazing a trail of kindness on public trails throughout the region.”
The concept for the Take Care Tahoe campaign was developed by a collective group of organizations that love Lake Tahoe and want to see more people connect with the beautiful natural environment. Via the Take Care website, visitors and residents can find out more about Earth Day festivals, beach cleanups, nature walks and more. In an effort to encourage sustainability and responsible recreation, the campaign also includes ways people can help “Take Care” of Tahoe using humor to poke fun at the mistakes that are made. The campaign was developed by the creative team of Nate Laver and Meg and is directed by BRONTOSAURUS! Los Angeles.
With more than 100 destinations around the world grappling with negative impacts from tourism, according to a European Union report, Tahoe is not alone in asking visitors to be part of the solution to protect the environment. Lake Tahoe is one of the clearest large lakes in the world and the second deepest in the United States. “We’re hoping the millions of visitors to Tahoe will become part of the solution to protect this special place,” said Joanne Marchetta, Executive Director of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency.
The digital billboards will be active throughout the winter season, cycling through the campaign’s humorous but informative messages regularly.
Learn more about Take Care Tahoe online at takecaretahoe.org or via Instagram @takecaretahoe. To see all the environmental projects supported by the Tahoe Fund, visit tahoefund.org.
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SNOTEL it on the mountain! There are 85 SNOTEL sites in the Lake Tahoe Basin. These sites, operated by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), use climate and snowpack related sensors to measure the amount of snow and precipitation for a given area. The methodology used worldwide for taking snow measurements was developed by Dr. Church at UNR and tested on Mt. Rose.