Kirkwood Mountain Resort is hosting the inaugural Freeride Flow Fest on March 16-18. The three-day event brings together novice and recreational winter athletes with professional athletes, backcountry experts and top industry vendors for clinics, demonstrations, electronic disc jockeys, performances and a whole lot of après ski. Tickets are on sale online. Confirmed athletes include: Sage […]
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On March 4 at 9am, cross country ski racers will gather to embark on the 36th annual Great Ski Race. The Great Ski Race covers 30 kilometers beginning at the Tahoe Cross Country Center in Tahoe City to the Cottonwood Restaurant in Truckee. Race registration is available online. Prices go up Feb. 16. The Great […]
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By USSA CORTINA d’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn of Vail dominated the Cortina super G to notch the 47th Audi FIS Alpine World Cup win of her career and launch ahead of Austrian great Renate Goetschl to stand alone at third on the women’s all-time win list. “Cortina is a very special place for me. […]
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By Kathryn Reed TRUCKEE – Scanning the vast open space, with tall grasses dancing in the gentle breeze and pines looming overhead, the solitude is extraordinary. That’s what makes it so hard to imagine this used to be a bustling outpost in the mid-1800s. Called the Henness Pass, it linked the Gold and Silver states […]
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By USSA MONT GABRIEL, Quebec — Olympic champion Hannah Kearney of Norwich, Vt., captured her first victory at Mont Gabriel, extending her FIS Freestyle World Cup win streak to 10 consecutive. Jeremy Cota of Carrabassett Valley, Maine, joined Kearney on the podium with a career best second behind winner Mikael Kingsbury of Canada. Action continues […]
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By Sparks Tribune COSTA MESA — Truckee resident Jay Wild has been selected as a member of the United States Standup Paddleboard Team in the upcoming World Championship in Miraflores, Peru, Feb. 20 through 25. This first of its kind event pits individual standup athletes together into a team event, much like the Davis Cup […]
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By USSA CORTINA d’AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn of Vail fought gusting winds to finish second on the Olympia della Tofane downhill in Cortina today. Stacey Cook of Mammoth was sixth and Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley was ninth. Italian Deniella Marighetti captured the first victory of her career. Vonn now leads the Audi FIS […]
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Expect to see hundreds of touring motorcyclists on the South Shore in August. The Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority on Jan. 12 authorized $15,000 for the inaugural Lake Tahoe Moto Adventure. The Tahoe-Douglas Visitors Authority is putting $5,000 toward the event. Mike Frye, who is the events guru for LTVA, said […]
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By Kathryn Reed CAMP RICHARDSON – People are cycling and walking on what’s commonly referred to as the Camp Rich bike trail. A red-tail hawk soars overhead. Fallen Leaf Lake is glassy, almost inviting to water ski on. An embankment at Taylor Creek along a user-created trail exposes tree roots. The bridge at the dam […]
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By Keri Oberly, McClatchy Newspapers National Park Service sites will be open for free Saturday through Monday to mark Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday. They are just the first of several days this year when admission fees will be waived. Fees vary at various National Park Service sites. For example, the fee for Yosemite […]
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