Alpenglow Sports and Tecnica Boots will host an Italian-styled happy hour and custom boot fitting event with famous designer Federico Sbrissa on May 2 from 5-7pm. Tecnica has recently released Forge technology, the first ever thermo-moldable custom hiking, backpacking and trekking boot technology. Forge has revolutionized custom boot fitting and has been awarded the coveted […]
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By Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee A hiker was rescued via helicopter Sunday after falling off a trail near the north fork of the American River in El Dorado County. California State Parks and El Dorado County Fire personnel found the hiker but couldn’t safely retrieve him or her, according to a Facebook post by California […]
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By Amanda Rodewald, The Conversation The Trump administration has announced a position on protecting migratory birds that is a drastic pullback from policies in force for the past 100 years. In 1916, amid the chaos of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson and King George V of Great Britain signed the Migratory Bird Treaty. The […]
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Technology like drones and e-bikes are restricted in some areas of the Lake Tahoe Basin. Drones are prohibited from all Nevada and California state parks. Wilderness areas are also drone-free zones. Locally this would pertain to Desolation, Mt. Rose and Granite Chief wilderness areas. The Federal Aviation Administration also has a ban of drones in […]
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By Kurt Althof Tahoe City Golf Course, the oldest course at Lake Tahoe, will celebrate its centennial anniversary during the 2018 season with a variety of events and specials. Designed by May “Queenie” Dunn-Webb, golf pro and course manager in 1918, this year’s celebrations pay tribute to female athletes, pioneers and North Lake Tahoe History. […]
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Three Tahoe area athletes were inducted into the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame this month. The locals were: · Six-time X Games gold medalist Shaun Palmer of South Lake Tahoe. · Steve McKinney, a legendary world-record speed skier from Squaw Valley. He was honored posthumously. · Hermann Gollner, a skiing pioneer and coach […]
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By Mike Wolterbeek Winds that tear weather gauges from their mountings and blizzards that bury chairlifts – this is the kind of weather that hits Donner Summit, and holds great interest to climatologists, meteorologists, hydrologists and water supply managers as well as creates one of the best regions for skiing in the world. While this […]
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By Kathryn Reed With the burst of moisture in March and April, it is making waterfall season rather glorious right now. The peak runoff usually doesn’t hit until later in May in the Sierra, so the rush of water should be flowing strong for several weeks, if not well into June. Plus, the temperature is […]
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By James W. Johnson The arrival of five athletes, all African American, on the UCLA campus in the late 1930s would prove to be a moment of destiny, not just for college sports but for the United States. These five men could have been called the original Fabulous Five. And that designation was no exaggeration, […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada’s controversial plan to find a private owner for more than 2,500 horses roaming near Reno fizzled out. The Department of Agriculture this week announced it received zero responses to a request for proposals from private groups interested in taking ownership of horses living on the Virginia Range. With no […]
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