By Alena Hall, Huffington Post There’s no doubt that the worst of winter has arrived (in some places), bringing sub-zero temperatures and icy winds along with it. The dark, frigid days make it tough to stay positive as we slog through our daily commutes and count down each hour of the workweek until we can […]
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By USSA Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, Vt.) added a fourth World Championship title to her long list of snowboarding accolades and Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, Mich) collected his second World Championships bronze medal in Kreischberg on Friday. Experience was the key to success for Jacobellis and Baumgartner, who both fought hard battles to land on […]
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By USSA CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy 0- A shortened Cortina downhill became more of a sprint course on Friday, with first-starting Laurenne Ross (Bend, Ore.) leading the United States. Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley) was eighth and Lindsey Vonn (Vail) 10, having to wait again for record win number 62 in the Audi FIS Ski World Cup. […]
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By Kathryn Reed Restoring the health of six meadows in the Lake Tahoe Basin is the goal of a project the U.S. Forest Service wants to undertake starting this summer. The agency is seeking comments on the environmental documents through the first week of February. Two options are part of the environmental assessment – do […]
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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. 16. Tours begin at the top of the gondola at 10am and 1pm every Monday and Friday. Spanish Ski with a Ranger returns Feb. 20, 2015, with tours offered every Friday at 10:30am. Both programs last […]
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El Dorado County 4-H will host Color Me Green 5K Run at the Shingle Springs Rancheria on March 7. The 5K run is designed to encourage youths and community members to increase their physical activity while also having fun. During the run, participants are showered with green colored dye as they pass through each marker point. Participants […]
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By Jeff Jardine, Modesto Bee To suggest Corey Rich of South Lake Tahoe has a bird’s-eye view of the historic climb going on in Yosemite National Park might be an understatement. Our fine feathered friends haven’t ventured nearly as close to the climbers as Rich, who began his career at the Modesto Bee as an […]
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The U.S. Forest Service will waive fees at most of its day-use recreation sites five times in 2015, beginning with Jan.19, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. No fees are charged at any time on 98 percent of national forests and grasslands, and approximately two-thirds of developed recreation sites in national forests and […]
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By Jon Gugala, Outdoor Six days a week for five years, pro runner Brett Gotcher would meet with his McMillan Elite teammates to run. During the snowy, windy winters in Flagstaff, Ariz., they would huddle together between 8:30 and 9am; in summer, when the high desert heat is at its worst, they’d meet between 7 […]
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By Amanda MacMillan, Outside Q: My buddy and I have a bet going. He says snowboarding burns more calories, I say downhill skiing does. Who’s right? A:You and your buddy should probably buy each other a Shotzski and call it even, because the most accurate answer to your question is a big fat, “It all […]
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