Aug 30 to Sept. 5 | Tahoe summer is far from over

Amie Engerbretson and Dustin Schaad take in a beautiful vista high above Lake Tahoe’s East Shore. Photography by Ryan Salm | RyanSalmPhotography.com, @RyanSalmPhotography
I was gobsmacked to see a Tahoe publication recently proclaim that summer was almost over (on Aug. 24, no less). What? Are they not living, working, visiting and playing in the same Tahoe as the rest of us? Let me set the record straight – summer fun is far, far from over in the Tahoe Sierra. Yes, there’s a slow down after the Labor Day weekend as kids return to school, but chambers, visitor authorities and business associations across the Tahoe Sierra have funneled millions of dollars and tens of thousands of hours of volunteer time into making sure the summer fun doesn’t stop in Tahoe with the Labor Day holiday. In fact, I’ve heard from many local businesses and vacation rental agencies that they expect to have steady business through September and into October. The weather is beautiful, the mountain trails are calling, the lakes are brilliant shining in the sun, and some of the best events of the season are yet to come. Here are a few of my favorites ahead for September and October. Check out our Events Calendar at TheTahoeWeekly.com for thousands of events to enjoy.
  • Foam Fest
  • Alpen Wine Fest
  • Wild West Fest
  • Trails & Vistas art hikes
  • Autumn Food & Wine Festival
  • Donner Party Hikes
  • Sample the Sierra food & wine festival
  • Art & Soul
  • Guitar Strings vs Chicken Wings
  • Spartan Race World Championships
  • Lost Sierra Hoedown
  • Oktoberfest (3 of them)
  • Fall Fish Festival
  • Sierra Art & Ag
  • Truckee Wine Walk & Shop
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Katherine Hill
Katherine first moved to Tahoe in 1998 and has been in love with the Tahoe Sierra region since. She has been in the journalism field for more than 25 years and has worked for daily and weekly newspapers and magazines, as well as online publications and Web sites, as an award-winning writer and editor. In the fall of 2013, Katherine became only the third owner of the Tahoe Weekly magazine, and today serves as its Publisher and Editor In Chief. She also volunteers as a board member on of the Tahoe City Downtown Association, a commissioner on the North Tahoe Regional Advisory Council and is a member of the TBID Advisory Committee for the North Tahoe Community Alliance. She is also a past commissioner of the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Federal Advisory Commission.