Northstar is putting on the Lake Tahoe areas first Strider Cup Series. With a focus on developing balance and coordination, Strider no-pedal balance bikes have proven much easier for children to control when learning to ride a bicycle than those with pedals. Every Tuesday beginning July 3 from noon-4pm in the village the Strider Adventure […]
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The inaugural Expedition Man Endurance Festival will be Aug. 25 throughout Northern Nevada. This is the region’s first ultra distance triathlon. The course starts swimmers at Zephyr Cove. The 112-mile bike ride will utilize a variety of Northern Nevada’s scenery, including a 1,400-foot elevation drop into Carson City. Three fast out-and-back’s around the Sparks Marina […]
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This summer, in conjunction Big Blue Adventure and the Auburn Ski Club, Squaw Valley is introducing a trail running series ranging from easy, light races to more substantial trail runs. Here are the trail runs: July 7: Village Run 9:30am start; Run to Squaw Creek, back over to Red Dog via Western States Trail via […]
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The Wilderness Land Trust has acquired the last remaining 160-acre private acres that could have blocked access to the Thornburg Canyon Trail near Markleeville. It covers more than eight miles point-to-point from Blue Lakes Road at 9,000 feet to the quaint mountain town of Markleeville at 5,500 feet. The purchase of this property builds on […]
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By Tom Goldman, NPR Title IX, which turns 40 on Saturday, has helped reverse years of bias, banning sex discrimination in federally funded schools and colleges. Its guarantee of equal access to sports was a small part of the original legislation. But it’s become the most recognizable part of Title IX. That guarantee has not […]
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By Kathryn Reed It’s easy not to want to paddle in Trout Creek. Listening and watching are the preferred activities. If only the binoculars were in the canoe. A cackle of chirping birds makes it seem like we’ve entered an aviary. Unfamiliar calls fill the air. Flitting about are species we don’t recognize. Later, Tom […]
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Cryma Passion of Tahoe Derby Dames’s B team was the star jammer for the first home bout of the season on June 16 by helping the team push for a 115-87 victory. Lake Tahoe’s only women’s flat track roller derby team, Tahoe Derby Dames, hosted the Port City Roller Girls from Stockton at Bijou Community […]
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By Marlo Bartlett Pesek, Las Vegas Review Journal Most of Nevada’s highways began as old trails that were paved over. Native people first conquered Nevada’s distances on foot, finding routes between water sources. After they acquired horses, they could go farther but still had to utilize available water and find forage. When Europeans explored the […]
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The League to Save Lake Tahoe and U.S. Forest Service are combining forces for a community weed pull on June 28 from 5:30-7:30pm in Rabe Meadow in Stateline. Volunteers will be helping to remove invasive weeds that are threatening Tahoe’s native plant species, wildlife habitat, and the surrounding watershed. Participants will learn about invasive weeds […]
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Tahoe Resource Conservation District is putting on conservation events this summer to highlight environmental projects and stewardship opportunities in Tahoe. Community Watershed Partnership barbecues will be June 27 in South Lake Tahoe and June 28 in Kings Beach. The public is invited to get involved with weed pulls, interpretive hikes and paddles, invasive species projects […]
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