By USSA ALTENMARKT, Austria – Lindsey Vonn (Vail) made history again, tying Annemarie Moser-Proell’s World Cup downhill victory record with win number 36 in a two-run Audi FIS World Cup sprint downhill Saturday. “I’m really happy to tie Annemarie’s record with 36 wins,” Vonn said after the two-run event. Canada’s Larisa Yurkiw was second, followed […]
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By Kathryn Reed Bridging the neighborhoods of South Lake Tahoe is one of the primary goals of the Greenway bike path. By 2020 the residential areas of Bijou and Sierra Tract should be linked so the need to travel on Highway 50 or Pioneer Trail can be avoided. “By minimizing the number of streets you […]
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By Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle For many, to see a waterfall can be love at first sight. Each has a look and a personality. They go dry in a drought, flood over the banks in a deluge, and each day can provide a different look. When you first sight a waterfall that captures your […]
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Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows are offering a season pass to active duty military in exchange for a $25 donation to the Military to the Mountains program. The partnership between the two ski resorts, High Fives Foundation, Achieve Tahoe (formerly Disabled Sports USA Far West) and Adaptive Training Foundation that will host and train 10 injured […]
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A cross country race that begins in the village at Sugar Bowl and winds into Royal Gorge Cross Country will challenge cross country racers on Sunday. The Village Nordic Cup, formerly known as the Sugar Rush, will begin at 10am Jan. 10. The course will take racers through the village at Sugar Bowl and into […]
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An El Dorado County teenager won the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Wildlife Officer Foundation’s essay contest. Brian McCoard, a 13-year-old hunter from Cool, will be awarded a lifetime hunting license at the International Sportsmen’s Exposition in Sacramento on Jan. 23. Entrants explained what “Passing on the Tradition” of hunting means to […]
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By Susan Wood It’s taken more than divine intervention to keep Heavenly Mountain Resort operating and successful for the last 60 years. It’s taken a group of dedicated, resilient, ambitious individuals – some as ski bums in other lives – who have overcome tragedy and embraced triumph. They reflect fondly on this dual-state South Shore […]
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By Paddy O’Connell, Skiing There exists both a sincere desire and an obvious need for the standardization of safety protocols within the heli-skiing industry, especially in the great wilds of Alaska. What is unclear is what those standards should look like and who should set them. Alaska has been home to helicopter-skiing operations for almost […]
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Sierra-at-Tahoe will host Subaru Conquer Winter Day on Jan. 9. This free event highlights an athlete signing with women’s freeski halfpipe Olympian Maddie Bowman. Bowman, 21, grew up on the South Shore and went to South Tahoe High School. She won the gold medal in women’s ski halfpipe in Sochi in 2014. Bowman will be signing autographs from […]
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By Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times With many of us contemplating marathons or other prolonged endurance events in 2016, we, our spouses and other family members most likely have wondered whether such strenuous training could be harmful to our hearts. Could any of us, in making ambitious resolutions, exercise too much? A newly published scientific […]
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