Topaz Time: Carson Valley’s Quiet Winter Fishing Gem

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On most winter mornings along Highway 395, the story is simple—skiers chasing storms at Lake Tahoe and locals making their way between Gardnerville and Bridgeport. But on New Year’s morning, something different happens at the Nevada–California line. Trucks peel off toward a cold blue bowl in the desert, thermoses open, and the first boats push … Read more

Backpacking the West Walker River Basin in Hoover Wilderness

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A Three Day Backpacking trip from the Leavitt Meadow Trailhead into Hoover Wilderness In my 15 years living in the Sierra Nevada, Leavitt Meadow’s access to the Hoover wilderness has been a prevalent summer theme for me, to a point. The reality is that up until this past weekends backpacking trip into the West Walker … Read more