By USSA WENGEN, Switzerland — Olympic gold medalist Bode MIller (Franconia, N.H.) finished fifth, a mere 0.35 behind winner Patrick Kueng of Switzerland in a wind shortened running of the 84th Lauberhorn downhill on Saturday. The race start was lowered as high winds ravaged the upper half of the fabled course, cutting over a full […]
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By USSA MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN -– Jamie Anderson (South Lake Tahoe) took the Sprint U.S. Grand Prix overall slopestyle title and a $10,000 cash prize with her win Saturday at Mammoth Mountain. Karly Shorr (Truckee) put down a progressive run to land second while Jessika Jenson (Rigby, Idaho) took third. Nominations for the first U.S. Olympic […]
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By Lisa M. Krieger, San Jose Mercury News These are the unlikely saviors in the lofty peaks of the serene Sierra: high-tech snow machines, roaring like jets and spewing million-dollar crystals. “If it wasn’t for snowmaking, we probably wouldn’t be open,” said Barrett Burghard, head snowmaker at Heavenly Mountain Resort, who is propping up the […]
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The U.S. Forest Service has had to push back its dates for Winter Trek field trips. The agency takes fifth-graders in the basin to Heavenly Mountain Resort for an environmental lesson on snowshoes. It was supposed to start next week, but has been delayed until February. And then that’s assuming the conditions improve. “I evaluated […]
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By Dale Hemstalk Each year, about 600,000 Americans – one in four deaths — in the United States are from heart disease, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of the 715,000 Americans who have a heart attack each year, about 525,000 are first-timers, says the CDC, and those individuals may not know […]
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The first winter edition of the Alpenglow Mountain Festival is Feb. 14-March 2. The two-week festival is a celebration of human-powered events, clinics, presentations, film and more. Participants may Nordic ski, backcountry ski, snowshoe and partake in natural history excursions. The festival has been designed to inspire participants to enjoy and explore North Lake Tahoe’s […]
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By Case Keefer, Las Vegas Sun The 49ers are channeling their namesake in Las Vegas. San Francisco is inciting a sports-book gold rush in the form of betting slips. Coach Jim Harbaugh’s squad was the most gambled-on team of the weekend in each of their first two playoff games as slight favorites against the Green […]
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By Dennis Romboy, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Snowboarders have wanted to “free” Alta for years. On Wednesday, four of them and a group called Wasatch Equality dropped a federal lawsuit on the Little Cottonwood Canyon resort, challenging its longstanding skiers-only policy. A lawyer for the snowboarders said that because of Alta Ski Area’s […]
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There will be two meetings this month about the near shore of Lake Tahoe. This area extends from the shoreline out 350 feet into the lake, or to a depth of 69 feet, whichever is further. The Nearshore Evaluation Report, completed last fall by the Desert Research Institute, UNR and UC Davis describes the current […]
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• Tom Moore is president of Douglas County School District’s board for the next year, Karen Chessell vice president and Ross Chichester clerk – the same as it was the last year. • Journey and the Steve Miller Band will be at Harveys on July 30 at 6:30pm. • Sierra Sotheby’s International Realty agent Lexi […]
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