BY USSA LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland -– Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley) skied into the top 10 Thursday at the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup super G final, leading the U.S. women during the final speed event of the 2014 season. All three U.S. women finished in the points during the sunny super G finale, with Stacey Cook […]
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By USSA LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland -– Bode Miller (Franconia, N.H.) rallied to an impressive third in the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup super G final Thursday, closing the men’s speed events for the 2014 season. Crystal clear skies and hard snow enabled the athletes to lay down a final statement on the season, with Ted Ligety […]
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By Susan Wood Ski trail maintenance worker Jeff Eckland can thank his lucky stars he had man’s best friend looking for him when he broke his back tumbling in a massive avalanche at Kirkwood Mountain Resort a decade ago. Although the highly trained canine leaped across the rainbow bridge 14 years ago, the golden retriever […]
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By Jason Blevins, Denver Post The Water Rights Protection Act — which would prohibit the federal government from seizing privately-acquired water rights used on federal lands — arrives for debate on the House floor Thursday. HR3189 — sponsored by Rep. Scott Tipton, R-Colo., and co-sponsored by 15 Western members of Congress — stems from the […]
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The Nevada Division of Forestry will be conducting prescribed burns at Tunnel Creek in the Lake Tahoe Nevada State Park backcountry in March, April and May, weather permitting. The Tunnel Creek road from Highway 28 to Tunnel Creek Station may be closed in order to conduct the burns. Signs will be posted throughout the area […]
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By USSA LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland — Two-time Olympic champion Ted Ligety (Park City) became only the second American man in history to podium in all five events, tying for second in the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup Finals downhill in Lenzerheide. Ligety, who started fourth to set the early pace, was just 0.11 off the winning […]
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By USSA LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland — Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley) was 10th to lead the U.S. Ski Team in the final downhill of the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup season Wednesday. “Last downhill of the season and you just really have to go for it. It’s a really tough course. It’s a fun hill,” Mancuso said. […]
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By Jame Sturz, Outside Last summer, Google launched a unique program in which it loans out backpack versions of its car-mounted Street View cameras, called Trekkers, to intrepid explorers. It’s an ingenious idea: put these devices in the hands of the people who know a trail, river, or stretch of wilderness best, and let them […]
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Heavenly Mountain Resort has been added as a stop for the North Face Park and Pipe Open Series. The slopestyle competition will be in the Ante Up Park on March 13-15. For info about registering to compete, contact Julia Jimmerson at jjimmerson@mtsports.com or 801.349.4616.
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By Kathryn Reed Students at Zephyr Cove Elementary School spent a day learning via a different kind of white board – snow. Thirty-two students in Damon Kixmiller’s fifth-grade class spent a recent Thursday snowshoeing at Heavenly Mountain Resort as part of the U.S. Forest Service’s Winter Trek Conservation Education program. Kixmiller believes place-based education – […]
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