South Tahoe Earth Day is returning to the Bijou Community Park in South Lake Tahoe on April 28 from 10am-4pm. This year’s free Earth Day event includes a speakers’ stage with talks on aquatic invasive species, the history of Lake Tahoe, the story of Tahoe Tessie, and edible plants of the Sierra. The Kid Zone […]
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The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association announced Thursday that the U.S. Freestyle Championships will return to Heavenly Mountain Resort for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. Heavenly will play host to men’s and women’s aerials, dual moguls and moguls events March 29-31, 2013. Heavenly last hosted the championships in 2004 and is one of only a […]
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Should the MojoMan Challenge, an adventure race competition that covers approximately 10½ miles and incorporates 25 to 30 challenge obstacles along the course, come to Heavenly Mountain resort in August? That is the question the local U.S. Forest Service wants people to answer. The event would take place on forest lands at the ski resort […]
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The Tahoe Mountain Bike Patrol is accepting new members who attend the joint Bike Patrol/Trail Ambassador training weekend on June 9-10. The volunteer patrollers provide directions, education, assistance and medical response to all trail users. Based out of Spooner Lake, the patrol covers all bike-legal sections of the Tahoe Rim Trail through an agreement with […]
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A wind advisory for Lake Tahoe is in effect until 11 Wednesday night. Gusts of 30mph and sustained winds of up to 20mph are forecast to bring waves of 1 to 3 feet. Rain has been intermittent throughout the Lake Tahoe Basin on April 25. As temperatures drop, that precipitation is likely to change to […]
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By Dan Charles, NPR We’d probably like to think that clean, safe food goes hand in hand with pristine nature, with lots of wildlife and clean water. But in the part of California that grows a lot of the country’s lettuce and spinach, these two goals have come into conflict. Environmental advocates say a single-minded […]
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The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is asking for public input on the environmental assessment prepared for the William Kent Best Management Practices Retrofit and Administrative Site Redevelopment project. The proposed project area is approximately 22 acres and is located one mile south of Tahoe City, and consists of the William Kent […]
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The U.S. Forest Service announced Tuesday that the wet weather seasonal closure of designated dirt roads and trails in the Eldorado National Forest has ended, with the exception of 42 routes that remain closed by court order. Some of the open routes aren’t as dried out as others. Forest visitors are responsible for staying on […]
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By the end of July there will be another place to re-create in South Lake Tahoe. The official groundbreaking of Bonanza Park is April 30 at 5:30pm at 1209 Bonanza St. This will mark the start of turning what is now a vacant lot — but what was once a rundown hotel called the C&M […]
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By Brad Plumer, Washington Post Is there anything cities can do to encourage cycling? Portland, for instance, has twice as many bike commuters per 1,000 people as Washington. But maybe that’s just because Portland has nicer weather or more young people. It’s not clear that there’s an actual policy issue here. Yet in a new […]
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