The 2011 Tahoe Forest Stewardship Day is partnering with the Incline Village General Improvement District to focus on fuel reduction, native vegetation rehabilitation, trail and stream restoration, biomass cleanup and educational outreach. The 14th annual event is Sept. 10 from 9am-2pm in Incline Village. It is open to all ages. Wear sturdy shoes, long pants […]
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For Patriot Golf Day 2011, Old Greenwood and the Golf Club at Gray’s Crossing have planned a Labor Day weekend of events to raise money in support of families of military persons who were killed or disabled while in service. A portion of all proceeds will go to The Folds of Honor Foundation. Patriot Golf […]
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By Kathryn Reed Tennis doesn’t get talked about much as a reason for tourists to visit the South Shore, while Tahoe City and Truckee are a draw for people looking for good courts. Maybe it has something to do with the quality of and accessibility to courts in and around the Lake Tahoe Basin that […]
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By Alexander Wolff, Sports Illustrated Examine what military tacticians call the tip of the spear—the leading force in combat—and you’re liable to find 1st Lieut. Melissa Stockwell, U.S. Army (ret.). It’s a role she has embraced since April 2004, when a roadside bomb in Baghdad blasted off all but six inches of her left leg […]
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Two-time Olympic gold medalist, professional snowboarder and skateboarder Shaun White has signed a multi-year deal to represent Vail Resorts’ six mountains. Northstar-at-Tahoe will become his home mountain and primary training site. He plans to design a 22-foot halfpipe for aspiring snowboarders. As part of the launch of the new relationship, Vail Resorts will donate $5 […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK – Just three weeks after death laid a heavy hand on the Merced River, sweeping three tourists to their deaths over Vernal Fall, life went on for a new crop of visitors, some of them oblivious to the danger before them. On Wednesday, children waded in a […]
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By Barbara Barte Osborn, Sacramento Bee A bi-county advisory committee for the Tahoe National Forest has scheduled three meetings in September to discuss funding for projects that will benefit the forest. The Nevada/Placer County Resource Advisory Committee has approximately $300,000 to allocate for projects in those two counties. The purpose of the meetings is to […]
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By David Epstein, Sports Illustrated Cross-country skiing around a wide, icy curve, Petra Majdič slid off the course during a warmup for last year’s Olympic women’s individual sprint at Whistler Olympic Park outside Vancouver. She fell 10 feet into a craggy creek bed, her chest hitting rocks. The impact snapped her ski poles and splintered […]
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On Sept. 18, Lake Tahoe Bicycle Coalition’s board of directors will lead a recreational bike ride along South Lake Tahoe’s bicycle path system. The ride starts and ends at Blue Dog Pizza at the north end of Raley’s Shopping Center near Stateline. The ride begins at 1pm and is expected to last 3 to 4 […]
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Squaw Valley is hosting the resort’s first PDGA-sanctioned professional and amateur disc golf tournament Aug. 20-21. The tournament will consist of two rounds of 18 holes, one round per day. The only lift-accessed disc golf course in the Lake Tahoe region, Squaw Valley’s course is of championship caliber. Holes 1, 2 and 18, located directly […]
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