Article: North Tahoe: like to play in snow? The less glitzy side of California's most famous lake is a skier's promised land.(BUZZ: At Your Service: The Weekender)

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Grinding glaciers, molten rock, violent seismic heavings--the pristine beauty of Lake Tahoe and the valley basin it occupies didn't come easy. The lake itself is the second deepest in the nation, its waters lapping at California on one side and Nevada, with its craps tables and nickel slots, on the other. Some 18 ski resorts ring the basin. To ski all the mountains and visit all the villages in the region would require more than the laid-back spirit here calls for; you'll have plenty to see and do by sticking to North Tahoe, where historic Truckee serves as a picturesque base camp. Settled in the 1840s and filled with clapboard and masonry ...

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