By Dan Roe, Outside You have no idea how tough [insert sport] is. Whether we say it out loud or just repeat it to ourselves, many of us share this sentiment. As American novelist Mary McCarthy once said, “We are the hero of our own story.” That said, some activities are legitimately harder than others, and […]
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By Ryan Sabalow and Tony Bizjak, Sacramento Bee A cold winter storm swept into the region on Friday and early Saturday, bringing low snow levels and slippery roads on one of the busiest holiday travel periods of the year. While the storm made for dangerous road travel and plenty of airport delays, the wet, snowy […]
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By Benjamin Stillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Backers of a plan to force the federal government to cede control of millions of acres of land in Nevada are refreshing their proposal. And they’re starting with an effort to convince a skeptical public it’s possible to take nearly 7.3 million acres from the Bureau of Land Management without […]
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By Sandra Chereb, Las Vegas Review-Journal CARSON CITY — A legislative panel on Wednesday postponed a regulation to prohibit Nevada hunters from using high-tech rifles capable of zeroing in on big game from up to a mile away. The Nevada Department of Wildlife approved the ban on so-called “smart rifles” this fall, citing concerns that […]
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By Kathryn Reed TRUCKEE – Traipsing through the snow was otherworldly in a way that wasn’t expected. It became a star tour that required a bit of an imagination. Such are the hazards when Mother Nature decides to the mar the night sky with clouds. But along the way the clouds parted just long enough […]
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By Tom Moroney, Bloomberg Ski-resort executives tend to hate climate change, for obvious reasons. Then there’s Les Otten. It’s not that he’s a fan, just that he’s looking to turn the global-warming equation on its head. How so? By carving out slopes in a remote spot in northern New Hampshire that’s frigid enough to out-snowpack […]
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By Benjamin Stillman, Reno Gazette-Journal What do you buy for the outdoors-loving Nevadan who has everything? Consider the gift of life giving water. Or, at least an atlas that shows the location of approximately 1,300 Nevada Department of Wildlife guzzlers. Read the whole story
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By Bill Lindelof, Sacramento Bee Winter is here, and so are ice needles in the Sierra Nevada, a frozen phenomenon. Michael C. Brelle, a chemistry professor at Sierra College, discovered them on his property in Alta, elevation 3,700 feet, in 2014, his first winter in the rural community. Each year around the winter solstice, Brelle […]
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It looks like it will be a white Christmas in Tahoe after all. A winter storm warning is in effect from 10am Friday to 4pm Saturday. According to the National Weather Service in Reno, between 8 and 16 inches of snow will fall at lake level, with 1 to 2 feet above 7,000 feet. White-out […]
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By Kathryn Reed TRUCKEE – It looks like Jim Larmore is playing a sophisticated video game on his phone. But this is no game. As director of mountain operations at Northstar Larmore oversees the entire snowmaking operation. He is essentially Father Nature. When Mother Nature doesn’t deliver snow, Larmore and his gang do. Many of […]
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