Nevada Division of State Parks is looking for someone or a business to provide concessionaire services at Spooner Lake. Bike rental, bike shop operations, hiking supplies, cabin rentals, prepackaged food and drink sales, and shuttle services are what park officials want to provide. Winter operations would include snowshoes, cross country skis and other snow play […]
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Sugar Bowl Resort is giving away an all-inclusive adventure with Daron Rahlves, one of the most versatile and accomplished U.S. skiers. Contestants can win a full day of fun with Rahlves just by “liking” Sugar Bowl’s Facebook page. Once on the page, click the “Enter To Win” sweepstakes tab near the top of the page. […]
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By USSA TELLURIDE — Ski Cross USA’s John Teller of Mammoth skied his way into the semifinals in the Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup at Telluride, but just missed the finals finishing seventh to lead the U.S. Slovenian Filip Flisar won a close men’s final with Swiss Fanny Smith taking the women’s title. It […]
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Shaun White will host Northstar’s 40th birthday bash on Dec. 22. The event takes place 40 years to the day the resort opened for skiing for the first time. Activities for the whole family are planned, including a Burton Snowboard Academy Kids Clinic with White, live music on the mountain and in the Village at […]
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By Kathryn Reed With the greater Lake Tahoe area being in the news regarding access to public lands for snowmobilers and human-powered recreationists, the California-Nevada Snowmobile Association is having its convention in Stateline. Greg McKay, a member of the Tahoe Sierra Snowmobile Club, told his group at a Dec. 6 meeting that discussions with Snowlands […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit will begin accepting reservations for the 2013 Winter Trek Express program on Dec. 17. Teachers may reserve a spot by calling the Forest Service front desk at (530) 543.2694, Monday through Friday from 8am-4:30pm. Winter Trek Express is a fifth-grade environmental education program that takes place […]
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By USSA COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. — Jared Goldberg and Jacqueline Wiles conquered the U.S. Ski Team Speed Center at Copper Mountain Friday to capture U.S. Championship downhill titles. Bryce Bennett of Squaw Valley was second for the men. Traditionally held in February, the premier speed titles were shifted to December in order to take advantage […]
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By USSA ST. MORITZ, Switzerland -– Lindsey Vonn (Vail) skied a tactically perfect weather shortened super G to capture her 57th Audi FIS Alpine World Cup victory and fourth this season. Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley) continued the U.S. Ski Team’s speed dominance with third, the fourth straight World Cup speed race where two U.S. athletes […]
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By USSA ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — Slovenia’s Tina Maze mastered incredibly flat light to stretch her Audi FIS Alpine World Cup overall lead to 187 points over reigning champion Lindsey Vonn (Vail) with a super combined victory Friday in St. Moritz, her third win of the season. Vonn, who stood fourth after the opening leg […]
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By Mark Glover, Sacramento Bee A warming climate is melting California’s winter tourism dollars. That’s the conclusion of a new economic analysis released Thursday. The study – titled “Climate Impacts on the Winter Tourism Economy in the United States” and written by two University of New Hampshire researchers – said California and 37 other states […]
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