Inspiration & Stories

Grocery stores, specialty food shops, natural food markets - Truckee has it all! Find out where to get groceries, takeout and grab 'n go.

A visit to one of Truckee’s mountain lodges, inns, and hotels is more than your average home away from home. Yes, you will enjoy a great lineup of amenities, but more than that, you will be welcomed with small town hospitality and easy access to...

What do you love about visiting Truckee? Is it the way the evening alpenglow lights up the mountains? The crystal clear alpine lakes? The possibility of seeing wildlife like black bears and coyotes? Moments like these are powerful. They’re why I’ve...

Everything you need to know about planning a Truckee-Tahoe hiking trip this summer or fall. Where to go, what to wear, when to visit and more!

Truckee-Tahoe is home to an array of wildlife and wildflowers including animals like black bears, coyotes, and bobcats, and easy to identify flowers like indian paintbrush and mules ears.

What happens when a popular tourist destination suddenly finds itself without visitors, and its residents without jobs? This was the grim reality facing Truckee in mid-March. Ski resorts closed, restaurants came skittering to a halt, and retail shops...

Photo credit: ClickTahoe.com Even in the midst of a crisis, Truckee businesses found ways to spark joy, join forces, and spread good news in their community. Here are some highlights from the last few weeks, in case you missed them: Lucky takeout...

My kitchen counter is alive with color: bright yellow grapefruits, light green snap peas, red beets, and blueberries that stain your lips and fingers blue. These days, I’m eating better than I did before Coronavirus, thanks to the Tahoe Food Hub. The...

COVID-19 has changed life as we all know it. And not just day to day activities, but the state of our environment. Throughout the country and the world, air quality improved as people stayed home and sheltered in place. This got me thinking… what...

The virtual world of Zoom is now a mainstay of everyday life. Next time you tune into a meeting with your friends or family, spice up your background and show off your favorite mountain town - Truckee, CA. We dug through our archives and found these...