By USSA MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN – Hometown boy Brandon Davis led a U.S. sweep in slopestyle at the first U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix of the 2016 season Thursday at Mammoth Mountain. Davis (Mammoth Lakes) topped the field with a pair of 1260s, as Eric Willett (Breckenridge, Colo.) was second and Chas Guldemond (Reno) was third. Thursday […]
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By Chuck Hickey, CW-2 ASPEN, Colo. — A skier threw a snowboarder of the chairlift they were riding at Aspen Highlands on Sunday, the Aspen Times reported. Seth Beckton of Aspen told the newspaper the skier was a white man in his late 20s or early 30s who took offense to a seemingly innocuous comment […]
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By Krista Langlois, High Country News If you’ve ever dreamed about fishing in the West, chances are you’ve pictured something like the South Fork of the Flathead, an achingly beautiful turquoise river tumbling over multicolored pebbles and wending through the deep forest of northwest Montana. Wade Fredenberg is among the few lucky enough to have […]
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The Alpenglow Mountain Festival is a bi-annual, nine day celebration of human-powered mountain sports, events, clinics, equipment demos, presentations, film and more. Exploring some of the best activities Lake Tahoe has to offer, the event is the only mountain lifestyle event in North America that is mostly free and community-centric. It runs Feb. 20-28 on […]
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By Susan Wood KIRKWOOD – Based on the reaction of skiers and snowshoers venturing this year to the land of deep snow and simple needs, it’s almost as if the one trail not open at the start of season at the Nordic center should have been. Ecstasy, one of four black-diamond trails, is the operative […]
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Rangers from Mormon Station State Historic Park in Genoa will be giving two free guided history talks coming up. Mormon Pioneers in Nevada is the topic of the Jan. 23 talk. Mormon pioneers were some of the first people to settle in Nevada. This talk will cover the history of Mormon settlement in the northern and southern […]
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Tahoe Douglas Fire Protection District, California State Parks and the California Tahoe Conservancy may continue prescribed fire operations beginning Jan. 19. To view a map with project locations and details, go online. Residual smoke may be seen in locations where operations have taken place over the last several weeks. Before conducting prescribed fire operations, agencies […]
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Washoe Lake State Park is offering a full moon hike along the Deadman’s Creek Trail on Jan. 23. People will get to explore the park by the light of the full moon on this moderate, one mile, round-trip hike to the gazebo overlooking Washoe Lake. Participants should wear sturdy hiking shoes, wear warm clothes and […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit’s Ski with a Ranger at Heavenly Mountain Resort begins Jan. 22. Tours are every Monday and Friday beginning at 1pm, last approximately one-hour and continue through April 1, weather permitting. Participants must be intermediate level skiers/boarders or above and provide their own lift ticket. No reservations […]
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By Kathryn Reed MEYERS — State agencies are in the process of swapping land on the South Shore in an effort to be more efficient. “Our hope is the pubic won’t notice anything,” Marilyn Linken, supervisor of the Sierra District of California State Parks, told Lake Tahoe News. The California Tahoe Conservancy is giving nine […]
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