By Ski Racing SOELDEN, Austria – The U.S. Ski Team is mourning the loss of two promising development level ski racers killed Monday morning in an avalanche in Soelden. The two were among a group of six athletes freeskiing at the Austrian resort. The other four skied out of the slide and were not injured. […]
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El Dorado County has launched a website to provide people with interactive maps, news, events and alerts about trails and parklands. ParkWatchReport also has a tool for reporting illegal activity, conflicts, safety hazards and/or maintenance issues. To make a report a user must log in and cannot report information anonymously. The website went live in December. […]
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By Susan Wood TWIN BRIDGES – Kristin Jacobson remembers almost dying like it was yesterday. The Benicia attorney, an advanced skier, had waited a while for a powder day in 2012. She finally got her wish on St. Patrick’s Day at Sierra-at-Tahoe where she volunteers. She and husband Eric were negotiating the black diamond Upper […]
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By Kathryn Reed SALT POINT STATE PARK — Red, yellow, orange, brown, white, green. Tiny and huge. Slimy and delicate. Spongy and bulbous. Edible and non. These were clearly not your grocery store variety of mushrooms. And, yet, we kept picking them. What we didn’t do was eat them. Sue and I were on our […]
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By Christopher McDougall, Outdoor I was waiting at the checkout counter of a drugstore in Lancaster, Pa., when a human cannonball sailed past the window. I glanced around. Did anyone else just…? A second body flew by, right behind the oblivious cashier’s head, looking like it had been flung by one of those medieval catapults […]
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Sierra-at-Tahoe will host the second annual Subaru WinterFest this weekend. This free event includes a freeride skills course, equipment demos and autograph signing by Olympian and Meyers resident Maddie Bowman in the Subaru tent from 11am-1pm Jan. 3. This year, Subaru brings along partners LibTech, Nordica and Yakima, which will be offering equipment demos on […]
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Tahoe Rim Trail Association Executive Director Mary Bennington will be on hand Jan. 10 for the Winter Trails Day Hike on the South Shore. The free guided hike starts at 10am. Meet at Explore Tahoe, 4114 Lake Tahoe Blvd., at Heavenly Village in South Lake Tahoe. Space is limited and reservations are recommended. Call Explore Tahoe […]
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By Yvonne Beasley, Reno Gazette-Journal Local hunters have organized a coyote hunt, which has raised hackles of animal protection groups. The Saturday event, called a coyote calling contest, is similar to hunts in other parts of Nevada and Western states. Coyotes are an unprotected species in Nevada; a license or permit is not required to […]
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Lake Tahoe Wildlife Care received two unexpected packages at the end of the year – bear cubs. Both are from the Eureka area and weigh about 24 pounds. The first one had been seen for several days near Fortuna. Mom was nowhere to be found. California Department of Fish and Wildlife picked the cub up […]
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By Chris Erskine, Los Angeles Times By any measure, the Pacific Crest Trail is a beastly thing, an angry anaconda that slithers up the entire length of California and all the way to Canada, some 2,650 rugged miles. That’s approximately 6 million steps — some of them glorious, many of them merciless. But along the […]
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