Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is looking for hard-working, dedicated volunteers who love working outdoors, educating wilderness visitors, performing monitoring or administrative duties and are interested in preserving Desolation Wilderness. There will be an informational open house on March 15, 5-7pm and March 17, 9:30-11:30am at the USFS office, 35 College Drive, South Lake Tahoe. […]
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By Dan Wolken, USA Today PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — Snowboarder Jamie Anderson of Meyers couldn’t eat Thursday morning before her competition in the first big air event in Olympics, so instead she poured a thermos full of hot tea with homemade ghee that she brought with her from the United States. Anderson’s ghee, however, is not […]
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By Associated Press PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — At least the Americans have the Phoenix Snow Park halfpipe. Freestyle skier David Wise of Reno successfully defended his gold medal Thursday, breaking through on his final run to give the U.S. its third gold medal in the halfpipe at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Wise wiped out on his […]
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By Ashley Williams, AccuWeather A recent study has found that virtually all United States-based winter recreation locations could experience shorter ski seasons, exceeding 50 percent by 2050 and 80 percent in 2090 for some downhill skiing destinations. Researchers examined projected climate change through the 21st century and found that the continued rise in temperatures, […]
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Maddie Bowman will always be an Olympic gold medalist, but she was unable to add to her collection of hardware at this Winter Games. Bowman, who grew up in Meyers and calls Sierra-at-Tahoe her home resort, was unable to land any of her three runs in halfpipe freestyle skiing. The event was Feb. 20 in […]
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By Laura Ratliff, Today Last week, Olympic snowboarder Jamie Anderson became the first female snowboarder to win not one, but two gold medals. The successful run came on a day with temperatures were in the single-digits and 30 mile-per-hour wind gusts challenged riders. In an interview with “Today’s” Willie Geist, the Olympic champion says that […]
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Giant slalom specialist Tim Jitloff of Reno was not able to complete his run at the Olympic Games. Of the 100 men competing in South Korea, he was one of 21 to not finish. He crashed. This was his lone event. Four years ago Jitloff finished 15th in GS at the Sochi (Russia) Olympics. “Here […]
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By Frederick Reimers, Outside The outdoor recreation economy is officially a big deal. On Wednesday, the federal Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released numbers detailing the economic power of the outdoor recreation industry, showing it comprises 2 percent ($373.7 billion) of the entire 2016 U.S. gross domestic product. It’s an impressive figure that puts it […]
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By Associated Press PYEONGCHANG, South Korea — For about 20 minutes during the Olympic giant slalom, Ryan Cochran-Siegle was in the leader’s box, soaking up the spotlight. By the end of the race Sunday, he had slipped into a tie for 11th. That’s just about par on the icy course for the U.S. men’s Alpine […]
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Whittell High School will soon have a press box and concession stand to go along with its new field. Douglas County School District trustees last week approved spending $122,281 to complete the amenities. While the vote was unanimous, some board members expressed frustration finding out about the overruns when they didn’t’ have much choice but […]
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