By Cassie Shortsleeve, Outdoor Muscle tone and weight control. For the past decade, these benefits have topped the list of reasons why we exercise, according to the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association’s annual report on the fitness industry. They consistently edge out others—like “feeling good after” and “increased energy”—we can’t see in a mirror. That doesn’t […]
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Alpenglow Mountain Festival, the nine-day festival in North Lake Tahoe, returns Feb. 21-March 1. This is a celebration of human-powered mountain sports, events, clinics, equipment demonstrations, presentations, film and more. Geared toward beginner and intermediate winter recreation enthusiasts, the Alpenglow Mountain Festival will showcase some of the best activities Lake Tahoe has to offer – Nordic skiing, backcountry […]
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By Gretchen Reynolds, New York Times Recently, researchers from the department of sport science at the University of Innsbruck in Austria stood on the slopes at a local ski resort and trained a radar gun on a group of about 500 skiers and snowboarders, each of whom had completed a lengthy personality questionnaire about whether […]
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By Associated Press CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn provisionally won a super-G on Monday to break Annemarie Moser-Proell’s 35-year-old record of 62 World Cup victories. For win No. 63, the American clocked 1 minute 27.03 seconds down the Olympia delle Tofane course to finish 0.85 ahead of Anna Fenninger of Austria. Tina Weirather of […]
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By Jeff DeLong, Reno Gazette-Journal A first-of-its-kind circuit by scuba divers around Lake Tahoe is complete. Now, experts are seeking to understand worrying changes on the bottom of the landmark alpine lake. Members of the scuba team that 13 years ago reached the wreck of a famous steamer sunk in Tahoe’s frigid depths completed the […]
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By Mark Warszawski, Fresno Bee Being a ski resort owner during what some are calling California’s worst drought in 1,200 years can’t be a pile of soft, fluffy powder. In May 2010, Tim Cohee fulfilled a lifelong dream by purchasing a 1,300-acre ski resort 65 miles east of Fresno. The first thing he did was […]
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By Associated Press RENO — After more than two months spent cold, wet, frostbit and blistered, Justin Lichter and Shawn Forry just wanted a few moments of comfort. So, the first thing Lichter did before sitting down to talk about their attempt to become the first people to complete a wintertime through-hike of the 2,650-mile […]
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By USSA WENGEN, Switzerland — It was thigh-burning, legs-shaking race at the Audi FIS Ski World Cup in Wengen, complete with crashes, screaming fans and course holds. Steven Nyman (Sundance, Utah) was the top American finisher of the day, grabbing 14th place, while Hannes Reichelt from Austria took first. Competing on home turf, Beat Feuz […]
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By USSA CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy — With a powerful run through sunshine and fog, Lindsey Vonn (Vail) etched her name into the ski racing history book, winning her 62nd career Audi FIS Ski World Cup at the Cortina downhill by 0.32 over Austria’s Elisabeth Goergl. The win by Vonn matched the seemingly unbeatable record of […]
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California State Parks, Nevada Division of Forestry and the U.S. Forest Service will continue prescribed fire operations Jan. 20. Operations may take place near Tahoe City on Highway 28 between Rocky Ridge and Lake Forest, near Emerald Bay at Eagle Point Campground, the boat camp and behind Vikingsholm, Fallen Leaf Lake, Ski Run Boulevard near […]
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