ERICA'S ALPINE destination. It’s a skiing ‘the winter but truly shines in the summer, ideal for both adventure seekers or those seeking a “chill” zone. TEXT ASHWIN RAJAGOPALAN‘Connect to San Francisco with Jet Airways’ codeshare partners Air France, KLM, and Virgin Atlantic. Lake Tahoe is a three-hour drive from San Francisco. a11s easy to understand why the Washoe people made this place by put vx thousand yetrsago, There are few places that can match Lake Tahoe's year-round photogenic charm The combir af ae azure lve lake with mountains that morph with the sexsons abeays produces steening snapshots. The word Tahoe nes its-ongies to do‘owe that translates to “ake! is the Washo language. Lake Tahoe was the hub foor thes large Native American community that lived in California and Nevada, the two states Uhal share ils shorelise. fea sure, Jobe Fremosit an American explorer who first wrote abeut Lake Cider eajoy the same views back ake Tahoe took place just f the California Gold Rush better | hone 2088 So reer, Seite Ta in 1848. The 18505 witnesses of exphbeation ~ leading to the disc Comstock Lode. a n Vieginia Caty is Rlevada Become one of America’s wealthiest towns. | was pleasantly surprised see the town’s Main S ! pt enstead of pooipectors there aren tourists loakieg for the perfect trstagram shot Most visttors who make their way fom Lake wp the long and winding road make a stop Uhe Geiger Lookoet pobnt for pieocami views The sive of Virginia City wits aa ecological dis for Lake Tatoe, with huge tracts of felled for construction naive ser depot that san et largely Mike Frye, a Lake Tahoe resident, tells me that the elects of the indiscriunate Felling can be felt to this day. Hie wales me through