This week, Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe in Truckee, California. Joining Peter is Wendy David, Mayor of South Lake Tahoe, who discusses maintaining the largest alpine lake in North America and the challenges that come with balancing development and preservation. Fire Chief Schwartz talks about the special challenges operating in Lake Tahoe’s district that extends 32 miles around the lake as well as using drones for backcountry rescue. Curator Barbara Bogucki and Executive Director Lora Nadolski of the Tahoe Maritime Museum share Lake Tahoe’s rich boating history and the role it played in creating the resort destination. And Mark Jeffers, Executive Chef at The Ritz-Carlton, reveals how he conforms his recipes to the altitude, the special story of the hotel restaurant’s smoker as well as his secret to making soft ribs in the Northstar location. There’s all this and more as Travel Today with Peter Greenberg comes from the Ritz Carlton, Lake Tahoe in Truckee, California.

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