About Chris Hinkel

Like most of the Tahoe residents, I'm a transplant from the bay area. I'm Berkeley native but I've been fortunate enough to have had Tahoe as my backyard now for over 3 decades.

Horseback riding, mountain biking and hiking are some of the things that I grew up with but it was river guiding that changed my life.

It took me down the Grand Canyon 50+ times, on rivers all over the Sierras and guiding all over the world from Siberia to...