By Patrick Doyle, Mountain When Squaw Valley installed electric vehicle charging stations back in 2013, the resort ran into an immediate problem: The electricity it received from its provider, Liberty Utilities, was dirty, generated in part by the burning of Rocky Mountain coal at the North Valmy Generation Station, a hulking power plant in Northern […]
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By Megan Michelson, Outside January and February are typically peak months for avalanches—more skiers, snowmobilers, and other winter enthusiasts die in slides during those months than any other time of the season. This year, we’re already off to a chart-topping high with one of the most deadly Januaries on record. Thirteen people died in avalanches in […]
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By Blair Anthony Robertson, Sacramento Bee With news that disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong may have designs on competing in the grueling 100-mile Western States Endurance Run, the race’s board of trustees met Saturday to draft a new policy that makes clear how welcome Armstrong is to enter the race. Not now. Not ever. That policy, […]
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By Devon O’Neil, Outside In July 2011, Arnaud Temme and three friends were climbing the Rottalgrat, a tough route on the west side of the Jungfrau in Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland, when rocks began to rain down from above. Temme, an experienced alpine climber, took a rock to the shoulder and a handful more hit his helmet, […]
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By Scott Sonner, AP So you thought the Panthers and Broncos would put up a lot more points in Super Bowl 50, that Carolina quarterback Cam Newton would score at least once and probably be named the game’s most valuable player? So did a lot of people, and that had Nevada sportsbooks smiling a day […]
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By Katie Arnold, Outside Just after the New Year, my husband and I skied in with our daughters and family friends to High Camp Hut, a rustic four-bedroom cabin without running water or electricity at 11,000 feet elevation in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. This was our fourth backcountry ski trip in as many […]
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By Lake Tahoe News Put away the fleece this week, a bit of a heat wave is going to hit the Lake Tahoe Basin. Forecasters at the National Weather Service in Reno are predicting record highs may be broken, with Tuesday the mostly likely day for this to happen. The record high […]
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By Anne Knowles Invasive species cost the country $3 billion every year and none more so than the fast-growing quagga mussel. “The quagga mussel is the most costly invasive in U.S. history,” said Matt Morrison, chief executive officer of the Pacific Northwest Economic Region, during a webinar last week titled Critical Habitat and Invasive Species […]
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By Matt Youmans, Las Vegas Review-Journal A dominant defensive performance by the Denver Broncos helped send Peyton Manning into the sunset as a winner, if indeed it was the final game of the legendary quarterback’s NFL career. The Panthers, who received overwhelming wagering support early, closed as 5-point favorites at most Las Vegas sports books. But […]
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By Shay Castle, Denver Post Get the gear. Get the training. Get the forecast. That’s the mantra of the industry that’s built up around the rising popularity of back country sports — skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling — undertaken outside the groomed boundaries of ski resorts. But while more and more people are venturing out into the […]
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