By Martin Griff, NJ.com After reading that bankrupt Tamarack Resort in Idaho is suing its primary lender, accusing it of causing its demise, ski buddy Bob Dever, a semi-retired businessman from Philadelphia added some perspective for your reading pleasure: While most of us, those interested in skiing, boarding, and other related winter sports, are primarily […]
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Two women who love fresh food and cooking spent 2009 cooking up a fresh idea. Joanne Neft and Laura Caballero cooked weekly dinners using fresh Placer County produce and meat for eight guests for 52 weeks. The fruit of their labor? A 300-page cookbook called “Placer County Real Food” will be coming out in April. […]
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Don’t put away the snow blower just yet. The light snow forecast for Lake Tahoe is going to get heavier. After a brief respite, another in a series of storms is likely to dump at least a foot of white stuff in the mountains, according to the National Weather Service. A winter storm warning issued […]
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By Kathryn Reed WHISTLER, British Columbia — People used to ski Whistler or Blackcomb, but seldom both in the same day. This is because it required a bus to get between the two resorts. All of that changed on Dec. 12, 2008, when the 52 million Canadian dollar Peak2Peak Gondola opened. Taking it across on […]
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By USSA LAKE PLACID -– It was a great Olympic sendoff for Daron Rahlves (Sugar Bowl, CA) as the X Games gold medalist finished fourth in the Nature Valley Freestyle Cup Sunday, the last skiercross World Cup before the 2010 Games. “It was nice to make the final. I had some good heats. It was […]
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Bill and Gina DaSilva of Carson City are providing airlift for medical teams to Haiti from Opa Locka, Fla., using their 1951 Grumman Albatross Amphibious Seaplane. Zephyr Cove-based SeaPlane Operations LLC is providing personnel, logistical support and planning services for the operation as well as publicizing the effort and soliciting donations for fuel and other […]
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Daron Rahlves of Sugar Bowl was sixth out of 60 competitors at Saturday’s World Cup skiercross at Whiteface Mountain, N.Y. Michael Schmid of Switzerland won the event. The sport makes its Olympic debut in February in Vancouver. Errol Kerr, who is on the Jamaican team but trains at Alpine Meadows, went from a 34th qualifying […]
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By USSA CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) continued to lead the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup after finishing 19th in giant slalom Sunday, the final chance for U.S. women to earn a ticket to the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver. Teammate Megan McJames (Park City, UT) was also in the points […]
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Expect light snow on and off today in the Lake Tahoe Basin. A series of storm systems is moving in, and will hang around through Tuesday. Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe, delivers his ski report for the day.
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By USSA PARK CITY — Scotty Lago (Seabrook, NH) rode his way onto his first Olympic Team with a huge first run Saturday night at Park City Mountain Resort, putting down a score of 48.00 to win the spot. Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) delighted fans with a Vancouver-ready 49.50 and earning his second victory in […]
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