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master bath includes a shower and an extra deep soaking tub. Note: I'm a bathtub aficionado. e upstairs tub isn't the only place to soak. Outside the back door of the villa is a deck with a private Jacuzzi and our own fire pit. Positioned next to the door are a pair of boxed s'mores kits. A pinnacle of family-style decadence entails eating chocolate s'mores while getting your back massaged by pulsating jets in your private hot tub. Chandler and Kevin also test Edgewood's outdoor Jacuzzi and swimming pool (heated to 85 degrees). Returning to the villa, they admit to also briefly hopping into Lake Tahoe. Yes, it's legal and safe for anyone who wants to take a dip in the clear, pristine alpine lake. Know that we're at 6,200-feet altitude and the water temperature is 42 degrees. Edgewood has a pair of onsite restaurants. A high-end eatery is under renovation and should be open by this summer. Brooks' Bar & Deck services the golf course with gastropub fare. ere's an outstanding selection of tacos — from tri-tip to mahi-mahi to carnitas. Inside the main lodge, just off the magnificent, high- ceilinged Great Room lobby, is e Bistro. It's steak-centric but we focus on the lean and moist Verlasso salmon, and seafood pappardelle, a dish generously overflowing with lobster, shrimp, scallops and mussels. Chandler gets us to share a side of lobster mac and cheese. Portions are a thing here: It comes in a bowl with more lobster claws than mac and cheese noodles. and the second deepest in the United States. Only the five Great Lakes are larger by volume. e California-Nevada state line unevenly bisects the body of water. For more than 150 years, the cattle ranching Park family has owned the pristine lakeside property that houses Edgewood Tahoe Resort. e 154-room lodge was built in 2017. Edgewood's exquisite two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom villas are less than four years old and were added to a resort layout that's surrounded by a George Fazio-designed golf course, later renovated by his nephew, Tom. Golf season starts in May. I'm told tourism triples in the summer months, filling Lake Tahoe with all manner of boats and various watercraft. e villas (ours is two stories and 1,800-square feet) are a year- round experience. We walk into a spacious-but-cozy living room area furnished with an oversized, L-shaped couch heaped with pillows and blankets. It faces a flatscreen TV on the wall above an electric fireplace that glows with calming blue flames. e adjacent kitchen and dining island are loaded with a fridge, microwave, Breville coffee maker and complimentary beans, dishware, and cutlery. e first-floor bedroom features two queen beds and a bathroom with a shower. e upstairs master bedroom has a king bed facing a flatscreen/fireplace configuration similar to downstairs. e >> @ranchandcoast RANCH & COAST MAGAZINE MARCH 2025 75 Edgewood's high-ceilinged Great Room lobby