There will be a rail jam Feb. 3 at the Hot Gossip parking lot (3447 Lake Tahoe Blvd., South Lake Tahoe). Registration is from 4-5pm, practice 5-6pm and competition from 6-8pm. Registration fee is $25. All competitors must wear helmets and be members of the USASA. Memberships available on site.

Those who have experienced peak season traffic jams while trying to navigate certain stretches of Truckee and North Lake Tahoe roadways en route to or from a day on the slopes have a new transportation option to consider. A free pilot ski shuttle program dubbed the Truckee-Tahoe Free Ski Shuttle will...

Tahoe Cross Country Ski Education Foundation is having a Full Moon Yurt Dinner Fundraiser on Feb. 3. Douglas Dale of Wolfdale’s will be the chef for the night. The evening adventure starts with a moonlit ski or snowshoe from the Tahoe Cross Country Ski Area to the trailside warming hut on Yellow...

Sugar Bowl Resort will host its annual Environmental Awareness Day on Feb. 4. A vendor village on the Judah Lodge deck will showcase local environmental organization’s services and programs, offering tips and ideas on how to live a greener lifestyle. Sugar Bowl will provide insight and details on the...

By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee Ticks have tested positive for Lyme disease in Placer County. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lyme disease symptoms include fever, headache, fatigue and skin rash. If left untreated, infection can spread to joints, the heart and the nervous...

By David Perlman, San Francisco Chronicle Once upon a time inside Death Valley, an ancient volcano exploded in a deadly mixture of steam and rock that sent a towering mushroom cloud aloft and left a crater a half-mile wide and nearly 800 feet deep. That same volcano, named Ubehebe, could explode again...

By Colin Bane, XGames.com ASPEN — Shaun White, who rides for Northstar, scored the first perfect score in Winter X Games history in Men’s Snowboard SuperPipe finals on Sunday, winning his fifth consecutive gold medal — a first in Snowboard SuperPipe. The victory comes after a left ankle...

On Feb. 4 at 6pm Squaw Valley, Dynafit, and Alpenglow Sports will host California’s first Nachtspektakel ski touring event. A Nachtspektakel (say-knocked-shpeck-tockle) is a traditional European-style ski event that bonds people through the sport of ski touring. A cultural norm in Europe, Nachtspektakel...

Fees are changing at Lake Tahoe for boats needing to be inspected. The TRPA Governing Board at its meeting this month voted to not alter the Tahoe Only boat fee, while increasing watercraft inspection fees for boats coming from other water bodies or have never been inspected. Another change is the addition...

By USSA CALGARY, Alberta -– Olympic champion Hannah Kearney of Norwich, Vt., extended her FIS freestyle World Cup record streak to 12 Saturday with a win at the Canada Olympic Park, while Mikael Kingsbury of Canada was the men’s winner. Kearney was joined on the podium by K.C. Oakley of Piedmont...