By Ed Sealover, Denver Business Journal Vail Resorts Inc. has entered into agreements to buy two Midwestern ski resorts, making the Broomfield, Colo.-based company’s cache of out-of-state resorts larger than its in-state collection for the first time. The company that owns and operates Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood in California, and the Vail, Keystone, Breckenridge and […]
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Tahoe Fund wrote a check for $12,850 to the Tahoe Transportation District to be used for Rabe Meadow Bike Path. This is part of the Stateline-to-Stateline bike trail. The Rabe Meadow segment is the first section of the 3-mile segment that goes from Stateline to Round Hill Pines Resort. The funding was contributed by private […]
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With the early snow, Placer County Visitor Bureau/California Welcome Center has sno-park passes for sale along with a map and directions to the 19 sites. The center is located at 1103 High St. in Auburn. The phone number is (530) 887.2111. A permit is required for each vehicle parked at a sno-park site from Nov. […]
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By Howard Berkes, NPR Ten years after jumpstarting Mitt Romney’s political career with a widely-praised Winter Olympics, officials in Utah say they’re ready to do it all over again. But there’s no word on whether the unemployed Romney is interested in reprising his role as Salt Lake City Olympics chief. He would be 78, after […]
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By Kathryn Reed KSL Capital Partners, the owners of Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, now owns nearly one-quarter of Whistler Blackcomb in British Columbia. The deal is expected to be completed today. Denver-based KSL will acquire Intrawest’s 9,092,500 common shares of Whistler Blackcomb Holdings, which amount to about 24 percent of the corporation’s issued and […]
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By Kathryn Reed No ski resort is going to please all of the people, but it is possible one pass can please most of the people. That is the hope of officials at Sierra-at-Tahoe, Alpine Meadows and Squaw Valley. (Alpine and Squaw have the same owners.) All three resorts are unique – in terms of […]
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Comments are being taken until Jan. 8 on the draft initial study-proposed mitigated negative declaration for the Truckee River Legacy Trail Phase 3B Project. The project would construct a paved Class I trail south of the Truckee River, connecting Phase 3A trail (located west of the TTSA Wastewater Treatment Plant) to Glenshire Drive. The project […]
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By George Shirk, Mammoth Times After a one-year planned hiatus, June Mountain Ski Area will re-open for the 2013-14 winter season, CEO Rusty Gregory said. “We’re going to open it up,” he said. “We submitted our operating plan to the Forest Service and now we’re waiting for approval, and part of that operating plan is […]
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Updated Dec. 2 5pm: NV Energy is reporting 300 customers in Round Hill and 50 along the Mt. Rose Highway are without power. Crews are on scene trying to fix the problems. — Latest outage update: 300 customers in Round Hill/South Shore; 50 along Mt Rose Highway; 200 in Hawthorne; 20 in Wadsworth. Crews on […]
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By USSA In a day full of superlatives, Lindsey Vonn took an Audi FIS Alpine World Cup record seventh straight win in Lake Louise with U.S. Ski Team teammate Julia Mancuso second to complete a one-two U.S. women’s sweep of the weekend. Vail’s Vonn came down 21st in a snowy, foggy super G to knock […]
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