Spring Break at Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe has a distinct blue colour and is surrounded by snow-capped mountains framing the beautiful lake. There are countless amazing vistas along the mountainside, where the blue sky meets the water, and you get lost in the beauty of this place.

Native Washoe Indians inhabited Lake Tahoe and considered the area sacred and the center of their world. The name “Tahoe” derives from the Washo word Da’aw, which means lake.

Some of these pictures were taken at Sand Harbor, a magical spot located on the Nevada side of the lake that I always visit when going up to Tahoe.

A young girl sitting on a large rock by the water, holding a small snowman with a surprised expression, a snow-covered landscape with trees and a cloudy sky in the background at Sand Harbor in Lake Tahoe, CA.
Snow-covered landscape in Lake Tahoe, CA with a partially frozen river and dense evergreen trees along the banks under a cloudy sky.
A white girl, child in a purple winter jacket and a blue beanie watches a small snowman on a rock by a snowy lakeshore at sunset at Sand Harbor in Lake Tahoe, CA.
A white, Latina woman with long dark hair, with a soft smile, wearing a white turtleneck sweater and a gray coat, standing outdoors in a snowy landscape in Lake Tahoe, CA.
A snowboarder in mid-air performing a jump/flip on a snowy mountain slope with evergreen trees and a blue sky in the background at Sugarbowl ski resort in Lake Tahoe, CA.
White, middle aged man in a gray beanie and white winter jacket outdoors in a snowy landscape with pine trees looking into the distance at Sand Harbor in Lake Tahoe, CA.
A young, white girl in a pink jacket and blue snow pants stands in a snowy forest, building or touching a snowman with a smiley face, with tall trees and sunlight in the background in Lake Tahoe, CA.
A young girl with blue eyes and fair skin wearing a pink winter jacket with a faux fur-lined hood, standing outdoors in a snowy forest with sunlight streaming through trees in Lake Tahoe, CA
A young white boy leaning out of a car window in a snowy mountainous landscape driving to Lake Tahoe, CA to go skiing.
A Black woman holding a brown dog in a snowy forest with tall pine trees, smiling in Lake Tahoe, CA.
Dog swimming in lake with rocky shoreline and mountains in the background at Sand Harbor in Lake Tahoe, CA under a cloudy sky.
Two people sitting in a red canoe on a calm lake, fishing, with snow-covered rocks and trees along the shoreline, and snow-covered mountains in the background under a partly cloudy sky at Lake Donner in Lake Tahoe/Truckee, CA.
A white woman with long black hair and a dog playing in the snow at Sand Harbor in Lake Tahoe, CA with trees and mountains in the background.
Snow-covered shoreline with pine trees and a calm lake in a mountainous landscape at Sand Harbor in Lake Tahoe, CA.
A white woman with long black hair and blue eyes, wearing a a white hoodie and blue jeans smiling with a mountain landscape and lake in the background at Sand Harbor in Lake Tahoe, CA.