On Jan. 7 from 10am–2pm the Tahoe Rim Trail Association will partner with local businesses and organizations to kick off the winter season with the free Winter Trails Day family event. While this is a national event, TRTA is putting on events on both ends of the Lake Tahoe Basin. National Winter Trails Day is […]
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By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee A second Olympic Valley BASE jumper has found himself behind bars after a nighttime attempt off Placer County’s Foresthill Bridge. Authorities, responding to a reported suicide attempt Wednesday evening, spotted a man parachuting off the span. “We got a call saying that she was at the bridge and was going […]
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By USSA COPPER MOUNTAIN, Colo. -– With a host of new action sports events on the docket for the 2014 Olympics in two years, the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association formally announced 2011-12 U.S. Snowboarding and U.S. Freeskiing teams Friday. The announcement includes first year teams in slopestyle snowboarding and skiing, as well as halfpipe […]
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A draft environmental impact statement that analyzes Rubicon Trail resource improvements and issuing an easement to El Dorado County for the operation and maintenance of the road is available for public review and comment. Copies of the draft EIS are available on the Eldorado National Forest website and by contacting the Eldorado National Forest Supervisor’s […]
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By Kathryn Reed Public health is one of two reasons the Lahontan Regional Water Quality board on Wednesday voted to allow chemicals to be used to rid Lake Tahoe of invasive species – plant or animal. Public safety is the reason people who supply drinking water to thousands of people in the basin spoke against […]
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By Frank Mosbacher Many roads and trails throughout the Eldorado National Forest are blocked by trees the wind blew over. Forest Service personnel and visitors are reporting that many roads and trails within the Eldorado National Forest are not passable due to trees that fell during recent high winds. As a result, travelers may find […]
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By USSA BEAVER CREEK — Calling it the most memorable of her 46 career Audi FIS Alpine World Cup wins, Lindsey Vonn of Vail fulfilled the dream she had a child and won at home in the inaugural women’s race on Beaver Creek’s Birds of Prey. Despite a less than perfect run, Vonn took a […]
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By Jim Robbins, New York Times Challenging the notion that protecting public land locks it up, more than 100 economists, including three Nobel laureates, are calling on the president and Congress to create more parks and other protected preserves in the West as a way to bolster state economies. The economists also urge the creation […]
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By USSA BEAVER CREEK — Three-time Audi FIS Alpine World Cup giant slalom champion Ted Ligety of Park City stormed from behind Tuesday to win the second Audi Birds of Prey GS in Beaver Creek. It was his second win in three GS races and vaulted him into second in the overall Audi FIS Alpine […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal A Nevada man could begin pulling crayfish out of Lake Tahoe’s waters by next spring following action by state wildlife officials. On Saturday, the Nevada Wildlife Commission unanimously approved regulations authorizing the commercial harvest of crayfish from Tahoe’s Nevada waters. While approval from other agencies is required, the action should […]
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