By USSA BEAVER CREEK -– Slalom world champion Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, Colo.) earned her first Audi FIS Alpine World Cup giant slalom podium Sunday, taking second during the final event of the Nature Valley Raptor women’s World Cup week. After laying down an inspired first run for the roaring hometown crowd, Shiffrin produced a fluid […]
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South Lake Tahoe and the Tahoe Tri Club are partnering to put on Jingle Jog. The Dec. 15 event starts at 10am at Lake Tahoe Community College, 1 College Way, South Lake Tahoe. Awards will be given to participants in holiday themed attire. Register online.
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By USSA LAKE LOUISE, Alberta –- The Audi FIS Alpine World Cup had its men’s downhill opener Saturday amid cloudy skies and challenging flat-light conditions on Saturday. Two-time World Cup overall champion Bode Miller (Franconia, N.H.) posted the top U.S. Ski Team result in 16th, while Italian Dominik Paris carved up the icy and bumpy […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee Despite a hint of rain and snow in the forecast next week, the region and California as a whole can expect a third dry winter ahead. That’s according to an “experimental” long-range forecast released this week by the California Department of Water Resources. The forecast covers the 2014 water year, […]
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By USSA BEAVER CREEK -– Swiss Lara Gut set the speed pace for the 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships with victory in the both the Nature Valley Raptor downhill and super G. Leanne Smith (N. Conway, N.H.) earned the best result for the U.S. Ski Team with 23rd, which came as perfect weather Saturday […]
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By Kathryn Reed The U.S. Forest Service is looking at solidifying policy for the 122 ski resorts in the country that are on federal land when it comes to allowing people to access the mountain without paying to go uphill. Walking, hiking, and skiing uphill (usually done with skins) are activities that are gaining in […]
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By USSA BEAVER CREEK — The 2015 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships women’s downhill successfully hosted its first World Cup Friday to open the Nature Valley Raptor World Cup week. Veteran Stacey Cook (Mammoth Mountain) earned the top spot for the U.S. Ski Team, finishing 19th on a course that has been heralded by the […]
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On Dec. 22 from 10:30am-noon Tahoe Donner Cross Country Ski Center is hosting a snowshoe tour. Guides will teach people about snowshoeing while exploring the trails at Tahoe Donner. Information about local fauna and flora will be given. The cost is $30 for tour only or $59 for trail pass, rental and tour. Tahoe Donner […]
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South Tahoe High School’s basketball teams open against Incline High school on Friday at home. The freshman boys start the action at 1pm, followed by the JV girls at 2:30pm, then the JV boys at 4pm, varsity girls at 5:30pm and varsity boys at 7pm. Both varsity matches are expected to be entertaining, according to […]
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By Michelle Nijhuis, Smithsonian Since the beginning of the 20th century, the growing season in many areas of the lower 48 states has expanded by about two weeks. Frosts end earlier in the spring and begin later in the fall. To gardeners in Maine, Wisconsin and Montana, that might seem a blessing. What’s not to […]
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