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Get Chilly with It

This may be one of the coldest winters on record in parts of the United States. Some are bundling up, other seeking warmer climes. Others are embracing the chill and the blanket of white. See what’s happening on Lake Tahoe Live. 

Got a Case of the Mondays? Find Your Happy Place

On the West Shore of Lake Tahoe, you can find that happy place on our Live Cam. On the 6,000+ square miles of the lake, you might find a cure to those Monday blues. “A good technique for washing away loneliness, depression or anger is to go to the ocean” or “a river or stream and

Tahoe Thaw

Fast Fact: The average surface elevation is 6,225 ft (1,897 m) above sea level. Spring has come to the West, but new snow is still falling in Tahoe. Explore.org fan, K and B, captured this pink sunrise over Lake Tahoe on our Homewood Mountain Live Cam.  

Zen Den Friday: Tahoe Live Cam

Zen Den Friday It’s a double zen day with our Lake Tahoe Live Cam. We couldn’t pass up a capture of the sunset yesterday at 4:23 p.m. Can you see the white caps and crevices on the pink, back-lit mountain peaks? The Lake Tahoe Basin is divided by the Nevada-California State line, with about one-third

West Shore of Lake Tahoe

Just your average evening on the peaceful and world-renowned ‘West Shore’ of Lake Tahoe, within the town of Homewood, CA. Check out the live cam now. Did You Know?  Lake Tahoe is the second deepest lake in the United States and the tenth deepest in the world, with a maximum depth measured at 1,645 ft