Guides
Short, specific guides built from the agencies’ and businesses’ own pages. No rankings, no paid placement. Each one lists its sources and the date we checked them.
Do
Days planned around the weather, the air, the season and the budget.
- Cheap dayFree rides, free parks, a library, and the actual price of a rec center day pass.
- Emerald Bay after the tours endVikingsholm is closed for the year, but the trail, the views and the rules still apply.
- First snowPlanned opening days, Sno-Park permits, and where the real snow reports live.
- No-car dayFree buses, free on-demand vans, and two new trail links on the west side of town.
- Rainy dayClimb, skate, swim or catch a show, and check the highways before you leave town.
- Smoke dayHow to read the air, where planned burns are, and three indoor places on one street.
- Taylor Creek in fallKokanee salmon, the last weeks of the visitor center, and what closes when.
Eat
Small for now, and sourced. No ratings, no rankings.
- Groceries and suppliesThree grocery stores, what each says it carries, and the bus stop that serves one of them.
- Restaurant Week, Nov 6 to 15The City's first word on it, and what we will add when the list is out.
Stay
Rules and seasonal dates that affect where you sleep.
- Camping after summerWhich campgrounds close when, which stay open, and the fire rules that apply all year.
- Renting a vacation homeThe City rules that affect guests, in plain language.
Getting around
Buses, vans, shuttles and winter roads.
- Buses, Lake Link and the airport shuttleThe routes that cover town, how to book a free van, and how to get here from Reno.
- Winter drivingWhat R-1, R-2 and R-3 mean, what you must carry, and who to call.