The Achieve Tahoe Program Center is located at Alpine Meadows Resort in the North Lake Tahoe area of Northern California.

ADAPTIVE SKI AND SNOWBOARD INSTRUCTION FOR ALL ABILITIES
We are open daily for lessons from December 1st through April 28th (conditions permitting). We are a member school of the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA). Our PSIA-certified instructors and trained volunteers make skiing or snowboarding possible for anyone with physical, sensory or intellectual disabilities.

ADAPTIVE SUMMER SPORTS: A variety of summer sports are available in the Tahoe and Sacramento areas, such as: water skiing, paddle sports and sailing.

MILITARY ADAPTIVE SPORT CAMPS: Achieve Tahoe conducts a winter and summer sport camp for military service members disabled during active duty.

FAQs

What if I cannot afford to pay the lesson fee?
Achieve Tahoe members with extreme financial needs may apply to waive the fees for participation in our sports programs thanks to our Katherine Hayes Rodrigu… [read more]

Provides an indoor 10 lane, 25 yard heated swimming pool. Offers swim lessons, lap swimming, and pool programs for children and adults.

In the heart of the gold country, the Auburn State Recreation Area (Auburn SRA) covers over 35,000 acres along 40-miles of the North and Middle Forks of the American river. Once teeming with thousands of gold miners, the area is now a natural area offering a wide variety of recreation opportunities to over 500,000 visitors a year.

Major recreational uses include hiking, swimming, boating, fishing, camping, mountain biking, gold panning, equestrian/horseback riding trails and off-highway motorcycle riding.

Whitewater recreation is also very popular on both forks of the river, with Class II, III and IV runs. Over 30 -private outfitters are licensed to offer whitewater trips in Auburn SRA.

Offers a comprehensive bike trail map for the Lake Tahoe region. Available via an interactive online format at http://map.tahoebike.org/; print edition available for free at businesses and visitor centers throughout the Tahoe region.

Youth organization that teaches leadership, values, personal fitness and ethical character. Offers young people responsible fun and adventure.

Scouts BSA for Youth 11-17 years old
For the first time in its 100+ year history, the iconic program of the Boy Scouts of America is open to both young men and young women.

Scouts BSA is a year-round program for boys and girls in fifth grade through high school that provides fun, adventure, learning, challenge, and responsibility to help them become the best version of themselves.

https://beascout.scouting.org/

The KidZone Museum is a children’s museum in Truckee. Their mission is to inspire learning through creative play and discovery. Exhibits are optimal for children under age 7 and focus on building cognitive, physical, social, and creative skills through play. Camps and school programs are designed for children through elementary school. Teenagers can gain important service learning experience through volunteering at the museum.

The museum includes:

• Indoor Play Structure
• Infant Area
• Art Studio
• Nature Play Area
• Science Lab

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This is a Ready to Grow (R2G) resource. Ready to Grow is a First 5 Nevada County program to connect children 0-5 with services and information that support their well-being. Organizations with programs that have this R2G tag may have additional programs of interest to families.

Provides municipal services for Truckee including Public Works, Land Use, and Safety.

Dogs Run Free provides a dog park for the use of the general public at Condon Park in Grass Valley. 

Offers 1.7 acres of fenced pine forest with benches, water, trash receptacles, accessible parking and sidewalks, water for the dogs and a separate area for small or shy dogs.

Offers opportunities for picnicking, boating, fishing, water-skiing, camping, and hiking. In winter, groomed trails are available for cross country skiing and snowshoeing. Visitor Center features exhibits that tell the story of the Emigrant Experience, the Donner Party, the Land of the Washoe, Chinese construction of the railroad, and early motoring adventures over Donner Pass. Public boat ramp is available, call (530) 582-7720 for boat launch fee information.

Sierra Harvest promotes nutrition education, food security, and community involvement in growing, harvesting, eating and celebrating fresh food at the Food Love Project educational farm. Hosts experiential field trips, service projects, U-pick vegetables, workdays for community organizations, and summer camps.

Engages students in cultivating and tending plants. Serves as an outdoor classroom to teach science, math, literacy, and social skills through gardening and culinary activities. Builds on each student's knowledge base from year to year, culminating in a generation fully equipped to envision and create an equitable, local, sustainable food system from seed to plate.