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  • 2024 Mammoth Tuff Gravel Race Highlights

    2024 Mammoth Tuff Gravel Race Highlights

    Scenes from the 2024 Mammoth Tuff Gravel Race Location: Mammoth Lakes, CA Date: September 14, 2024 Complete Race Gallery: https://www.captivatingsportsphotos.net/event/find-my-event?event=2024-mammoth-tough-13-15&first-name= Event Information: https://www.tuff.ventures/ 2024 Course Maps: https://www.tuff.ventures/mtuff/courses

  • 2024 Mammoth Gran Fondo Race Highlights

    2024 Mammoth Gran Fondo Race Highlights

    Location: Mammoth Lakes, California Date: September 7, 2024 Official Event Website: https://mammothgranfondo.com/ Complete Collection of Images by Captivating Photos: https://www.captivatingsportsphotos.net/event/find-my-event?year=2024&month=&event=2024-mammoth-gran-fondo

  • Autumn’s Arrival: Beachfront September Sunset

    Autumn’s Arrival: Beachfront September Sunset

    This sunset image was taken two weeks ago from a south shore beach as cooler and wetter weather made it’s way into the Lake Tahoe basin. We are now back in a warm and dry September pattern, but the rain was nice while it lasted and this sunset did not disappoint. Lake Tahoe Basin. September…

  • Tahoe Quarterly: Through the Lens

    Tahoe Quarterly: Through the Lens

    Through the lens feature in the Fall 2024 issue of Tahoe Quarterly. “IN NATURE, art is infinite, from its most obvious forms—Lake Tahoe’s shimmering blue surface, for example—to its most unlikely sources. Like dead trees. Whether gnarled from the elements, blackened by wildfire or waterlogged on a rocky shoreline, the wood of any given dead…

  • 2024 Great Gravel Ride: Highlights from Tahoe City

    2024 Great Gravel Ride: Highlights from Tahoe City

    Location: Tahoe City, CA Date: August 3, 204 Scenes from the 2024 Great Gravel Ride The 2024 Great Gravel Ride (Sponsored by Tahoe XC) was a tremendous success. Participants had their choice of a 15 or 30 mile course through a scenic area in the forest above Lake Tahoe. This is a relatively new event…

  • Wild Burrows in a Scuffle

    Wild Burrows in a Scuffle

    Wild burros in a minor scuffle, with two males competing over a female. After the incident they walked away like nothing had happened and rejoined the rest of the herd. Central Nevada. May 2024.

  • Winter Clouds Gather During Golden Hour as a Storm Approaches

    Winter Clouds Gather During Golden Hour as a Storm Approaches

    Three image panorama taken last winter, prior to a storm system moving into the Lake Tahoe basin. This image was was made possible by standing on a public pier along the west shore. Lake Tahoe Basin. February 2024.

  • Tahoe City, CA: Preparing for the 2024 Great Gravel Ride at Lake Tahoe XC Center

    Tahoe City, CA: Preparing for the 2024 Great Gravel Ride at Lake Tahoe XC Center

    I went up to the Lake Tahoe Cross Country Center in Tahoe City, CA the day before the Great Gravel Ride to shoot pre race photos and familiarize myself with the course. Tahoe XC employees Molly and Walker were available to show me around and ride the course in front of the camera. We focused…

  • Unseasonably Cool Weather Moves through the Sierra Nevada Mountains

    Unseasonably Cool Weather Moves through the Sierra Nevada Mountains

    It’s still August, but it felt more like late October this past weekend as an unseasonably cool weather system moved through the Sierra Nevada mountains. I took this image at about 8,000 ft during a hike just south of the Lake Tahoe basin. While we didn’t experience any snow on this hike (only rain), temperatures…

  • Stefano Barberi’s Rose to Toads Fastest Known Time Attempt

    Stefano Barberi’s Rose to Toads Fastest Known Time Attempt

    This July Stefano Barberi of Reno, NV attempted the FKT (fastest known time) on Rose to Toads. For those who aren’t familiar, this route above Lake Tahoe is all single track mountain biking with over 8,000 ft of climbing, 10,000 ft of descent, between 7500 ft and 9700 ft in elevation. His official time was…

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