When I got there in 1981 the place was still cool.
The Beat Farmers ruled.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0npOg8TvJuE
When I left in 1992 it was going down the drain.
The place is hopeless now.
Beautiful scenery but hopeless.
We lived there in the mid 50’s (dang I’m old all of sudden!) and I went a bunch of times in the early to mid 60’s from New Mexico and it was still cool then. Now we live about 12 miles east of the state line and don’t venture over very often. Maybe to go to Squaw or south Lake Tahoe.