The Guide
Every listing that made the cut, across the whole basin.
50 listings
Sunnyside Restaurant & Lodge
The deck that defines summer on the West Shore.
West Shore
Lone Eagle Grille
Fine dining with the lake as your wallpaper.
East Shore
Gar Woods Grill & Pier
Woody boats, wet woodies, and a pier over Carnelian Bay.
North Tahoe
Wolfdale's Cuisine Unique
Forty years of Asian-inflected California cooking in Tahoe City.
North Tahoe
Christy Hill
Modern American plates above the Tahoe City shoreline.
North Tahoe
West Shore Café & Inn
A mahogany runabout of a restaurant in Homewood.
West Shore
Bridgetender Tavern & Grill
The locals' burger joint beside the Truckee River.
North Tahoe
T's Mesquite Rotisserie
Incline's cult counter for rotisserie chicken and tri-tip.
East Shore
Fire Sign Café
Scratch breakfast worth the wait since 1978.
West Shore
Moody's Bistro Bar & Beats
Truckee's jazz-club dining room in the historic Truckee Hotel.
Truckee
Pianeta
Handmade pasta in a brick-lined Truckee basement.
Truckee
Squeeze In
Sixty-plus omelettes in a room the size of a hallway.
Truckee
Dark Horse Coffee Roasters
The coffee that fuels Truckee mornings.
Truckee
Base Camp Pizza Co.
Heavenly Village's reliably excellent pie and patio.
South Tahoe
Sprouts Café
South Shore's long-running natural foods café.
South Tahoe
Sand Harbor State Park
The postcard: boulders, turquoise shallows, and summer Shakespeare.
East Shore
Emerald Bay State Park
The view that launched a thousand road trips.
West Shore
Eagle Falls Trail
The best effort-to-reward hike in the basin.
West Shore
Rubicon Trail
Lakeside singletrack between D.L. Bliss and Emerald Bay.
West Shore
Palisades Tahoe
The 1960 Olympic mountain, still the Sierra's flagship ski resort.
North Tahoe
Heavenly Mountain Resort
Ski a ridge line with Nevada on your left and the lake on your right.
South Tahoe
Donner Memorial State Park
A sobering history museum wrapped around a beautiful swimming lake.
Truckee
Tahoe City Kayak & Paddleboard
The friendliest launch point onto the north end of the lake.
North Tahoe
Truckee River Rafting
The lazy five-mile float every Tahoe summer needs.
North Tahoe
Kings Beach State Recreation Area
The North Shore's big sunny sandbox.
North Tahoe
Donner Summit Via Ferrata
Clip in and climb the granite above Donner Pass.
Truckee
The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe
Mid-mountain luxury above Northstar.
Truckee
Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort
A private beach and the friendliest full-service resort in Incline.
East Shore
Cedar Glen Lodge
A lovingly restored 1930s cottage colony in Tahoe Vista.
West Shore
Basecamp Tahoe City
Boutique camp vibes a block from the lake.
North Tahoe
The Coachman Hotel
South Shore's design-forward motel reborn.
South Tahoe
Mourelatos Lakeshore Resort
Family-run beachfront cabins in Tahoe Vista since 1962.
North Tahoe
Tahoe Fund
Funding the projects that keep Tahoe blue, wild, and open to all.
Nonprofit
North Tahoe
League to Save Lake Tahoe (Keep Tahoe Blue)
The sticker on every local's bumper, since 1957.
Nonprofit
South Tahoe
Sierra Community House
The safety net for North Tahoe and Truckee families.
Nonprofit
North Tahoe
Truckee River Watershed Council
Restoring the river and meadows that feed the lake.
Nonprofit
Truckee
High Fives Foundation
Helping injured mountain athletes get back to the life they love.
Nonprofit
Truckee
SOS Outreach Lake Tahoe
Teaching kids to snowboard, and everything that comes with it.
Nonprofit
South Tahoe
Sugar Pine Foundation
Replanting the Sierra's most beloved tree, one seedling at a time.
Nonprofit
South Tahoe
Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe
Finding homes for the Sierra's hardest-luck animals.
Nonprofit
Truckee
Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation
The grantmaker behind a hundred local good works.
Nonprofit
Truckee
Clean Tahoe
The crew that picks up after 15 million visitors a year.
Nonprofit
South Tahoe
Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival
Shakespeare on the beach at Sand Harbor under the stars.
East Shore
Truckee Thursdays
Downtown Truckee becomes a street party every summer week.
Truckee
Live at Lakeview Summer Music Series
Free Thursday concerts where the beach meets the band.
South Tahoe
Palisades Tahoe Summer Events
Yoga, music, and mountain air in Olympic Valley.
North Tahoe
Alpenglow Sports
Tahoe City's mountain shop since 1979.
North Tahoe
The Backcountry
Truckee's gear exchange and mountain culture hub.
Truckee
Kalifornia Jean Bar
Kings Beach's denim-and-lifestyle boutique.
North Tahoe
Riverside Studios
Art, gifts, and workshops in downtown Truckee.
Truckee
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