Truckee River Winery is hosting its fourth annual Ice Carving Competition, as part of SnowFest, on March 4 from 1-7pm. Watch talented local professionals transform large blocks of ice into works of art while listening to DJ Chango. Cost is $10, which includes souvenir wine glass, mardi gras beads, as well as a donation to High Fives […]
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Barton Health’s is initiating a Train for an Event Fitness Challenge from March to June. Fitness experts will provide the training, skills, and workouts to prepare participants for the Rock Tahoe Half Marathon or Burton Creek Trail Run. This includes sports performance clinics, individualized weekly workout plans, and training sessions. The 16-week training challenge starts […]
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By Bill Pennington, New York Times BEAVER CREEK — When the Alpine world ski championships were last on American soil, in 1999, no member of the United States team won a medal. With the championships back in Colorado this month, the event was expected to be a chance for the American racers to show how […]
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By USSA MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN – Olympic champion Maddie Bowman’s solid run during halfpipe skiing qualifications at the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix on Feb. 4 translated to a first place podium on Friday when the finals competition was canceled due to adverse weather. Teammate Devin Logan finished third. Strong winds once again forced event organizers […]
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By USSA BEAVER CREEK — In front of an enormous crowd of 20,000 screaming fans, the U.S. packed three guys into the top 10 on Birds of Prey. Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley) grabbed the silver medal at Saturday’s FIS Alpine World Ski Championships downhill. Steven Nyman (Sundance, Utah) was fourth and Andrew Weibrecht (Lake Placid, […]
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The California Tahoe Conservancy, Nevada Division of Forestry and U.S. Forest Service may continue prescribed fire operations in numerous areas around the Lake Tahoe Basin beginning Feb. 9. On the South and West shores, operations may take place south of Tahoe City near Sunnyside, Gardner Mountain near South Tahoe High School, Christmas Valley, Luther Pass […]
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Woodcutting permits for the Tahoe National Forest may be purchased beginning Feb. 12. Permits are valid for the entire Tahoe National Forest; however, the cutting season varies by district. The American River and Yuba River Ranger Districts will allow cutting starting Feb. 12, while the Truckee and Sierraville Ranger Districts will open cutting April 24. Firewood […]
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By Kathryn Reed Twenty years ago images of people playing on Lake Tahoe all involved motorized watercraft. Today it’s almost always human powered vessels that are in photographs and video. Some of that change has to do with a project that started 20 years ago – Lake Tahoe Water Trail. The idea then and now […]
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By USSA BEAVER CREEK — The FIS Alpine World Ski Championship women’s downhill was run down the famed Raptor course in Beaver Creek on Friday. With uncharacteristically warm temperatures baking the Beaver Creek snow, conditions were challenging and the female racers put on a show for the fans packed into Red Tail Stadium. Lindsey Vonn […]
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Snowmobilers riding on dirt are causing problems on U.S. Forest Service land. The feds are telling snowmobilers to avoid bare dirt and patchy snow, and to not ride across streams or over small trees or brush. Doing so creates ruts in the soil and crushes vegetation. “We are asking snowmobilers for voluntary cooperation in moving their activities […]
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