Top Trails Lake Tahoe by Mike White

Mike grew up in the Portland suburbs, in the shadow of Mt. Hood. Hood (when the sky in the Pacific Northwest cleared sufficiently to allow shadows). His mother didn't drive, so she, like her small kid, walked everywhere. Mike began exploring further afield when he reached driving age, hiking, backpacking, and climbing in the Oregon and Washington Cascades. Throughout his time at Seattle Pacific University, he polished his outdoor skills even more.

Mike moved to the high desert of Reno, Nevada, after college, where he was captivated to the gorgeous and bright Sierra. This led to many wonderful adventures, including trekking expeditions to the four corners of his chosen state of Nevada. Mike left his last professional work (with an engineering firm) in the early 1990s and began writing full-time about the outdoors. The Trinity Alps, Luther Linkhart's classic book, was his first effort for Wilderness Publishing, and it was an update and enlargement of Luther Linkhart's classic guide.

Nevada Wilderness Areas and Great Basin National Park were his next books, followed by the Snowshoe Trails series and Top Trails Lake Tahoe. Mike has also written for Sunset and Backpacker magazines, as well as the Reno Gazette-Journal, and has contributed to Backpacking California. Mike shares his outdoor knowledge with students in Truckee Meadows Community College's hiking, backpacking, and snowshoeing classes. He and his wife, Robin, live in Reno with their two sons, David and Stephen, as well as their yellow lab, Barkley.