Kahle Community Center

This review is for the people that have read or heard that you can sled here at the community center park. This is just not the case. There are no hills with any reasonable length that you can sled down. Check it out, but have a back up plan just in case.
What did I learn today? The biggest icicles in South Lake Tahoe were on this center.

For free weights this place is great. Lat pulldown is perfect. 2 decline press dumbell benches. Equipment is NOT some annoying red blue or yellow color. Air flow and temperature in gym is second to none. In between set you can walk or jog the huge empty upstairs track and check the great views. Endless stalls in the bathroom and a scalding shower If you like. If this place was cheaper I’d be about to call you stupid for not joining here guys but it’s $ 50-​something I think.

I have come to this place for almost 8 years now, being a Tahoe native I know this is one of the «best» community centers around. I usually only go there for my Jazzercise class, though. Every now and then I took my kids with me since they have a jungle gym and a bouncy house and other games, they were entertained while I worked out. On this particular day, though, this older lady with short, white-​ish hair kicked my kids out of that area because I hadn’t «signed in». I don’t need to sign in since I do Jazzercise, not their gym and when I explained this to her, she just said that my oldest had to pay $ 3.00 and my youngest had to be supervised. Really? That had never happened before! Well if my 11 year old is old enough to pay $ 3.00, then he should be old enough to supervise his 8 year old brother, right? Well, no. She kicked us out but told us, hey, they can hang out in the hallway. Oh, damn, thanks for allowing my kids to hang out in your hallway and not have to pay for that too!!! No thanks… I missed my class because I wasn’t going to make my kids wait an hour sitting in a hallway for me while there was a perfectly good and fun place for them to wait. If you’re looking for a place to work out, this is alright. If you’re looking for a place for your kids to hang out and be around friendly, welcoming employees that they feel confortable with, look somewhere else. Shame on this «community center» that is about anything except the community.

We are full time Lake Tahoe residents, recent transplants from San Francisco and Marin, and last year I was looking for a day camp for my (then) 4 year olds twins. I was told about this camp by the man who manages our home, as his wife works at Kahle Community Center in Stateline. I looked into it. I couldn’t find any information about it, other than the details of the camp. No reviews. I asked around, and heard from a few other parents at Tahoe Tot Spot (GREAT camp, by the way!!) that their kids go and they like it. I gave it a try. Day one, the kids came home covered in fudgsicles. Did anyone ask if my kids could have sweets? Why did I pack them a lunch with healthy, organic snacks? More ice pops on Day 2, and 3. Day 4, one of the teachers gave my kids gum. They are 4 years old! Why do they need gum? I asked the teacher the following week to please don’t give my kids gum. She looked at me like I was transparent, shrugged her shoulders, and with a snap of her gum (she never stopped chewing to talk to me), said «They don’t need to get gum then.» This place seems safe, and the activities are engaging and age appropriate, but the place was packed with kids from age 3 – 10, and I mean PACKED! The outings on Thursdays to Sand Harbor were a huge highlight for my kids, as were Wednesdays when they can bring their bikes and ride around the lower lot (but the bikes are not secured, and at $ 150 a pop, I wasn’t too comfortable leaving them there). But when their craft project involve M&M’s and other candies, and at the end of each day, the kids are given some mindless made-​in-​China plastic toy (bribe), I get really turned off. Needless to say, we will not be returning to this camp next summer. I’m sure some, if not most, of the parents there do not care at all if their kids are being bribed with toxic toys, or force fed junk food after junk food after junk food on a daily basis, but I really really do not want my kids exposed to this type of day camp. Try Tahoe Tot Spot instead: Amy feeds them homemade, or at least organic snacks, and they had just as much, if not more, fun in a caring, non-​crowded setting. Probably not as much outdoor activities, but still, they had bike days just like at Kahle and pretend camping in tee-​pees. I hope this helps someone. Kahle, rhymes with «fail».

Last week while we were in South Lake Tahoe, I went looking for a safe, free place for my lil boy to play in the snow and go sledding. Who knew it would be so hard to find a free sledding hill in Tahoe?! Anyway, a nice young waitress at Red Hut told us about Kahle Park and so we checked it out.
My lil guy loved their snow covered play ground equipment and it was a safe place to pull him around in his sled. I haven’t been to the community center but I’ll check it out next time!
Might see ya there!

I was recommended to come here for a nice place to run. Finding the primo running trail is tricky. There’s a track around the grass field there and it was a bit difficult to find but there’s a bike trail marker that will point you in the right direction. The bike trail goes about 0.25 miles on a winding narrow dirt path to a long paved trail that winds through the Sierra-​Nevada forest. I ran this paved section for maybe 1.5 miles before turning around. I’m not sure how much further it goes. The scenery is amazing and it’s nicely wooded so this is a great place to run. Watch out for the high altitude though!

This center is located right off Hwy 50, less than 5 minutes from the Casinos.
We went here to let my kids burn off some energy in the evening. I paid $ 7 for myself and $ 3 for my 13-​yr old for an all-​day pass. My 3 & 5 yr olds were free.
For the little ones there was a big play structure with tubes and slides, a bouncy house, rock climbing wall, and mats for gymnastics. There is also a family restroom and snack bar right next to the kids area.
For adults/​teens there is a full workout gym, basketball courts, and rock climbing.
There is also an arcade area with air hockey, foosball, and video games. All are just 25 cents to play.
Altogether, the 4 of us spent less than $ 20 for hours of entertainment.