North Lake Tahoe will host the 2012 Mountain Travel Symposium, one of the world’s premier ski industry wholesale conferences. The April 15-21 conference will be at Resort at Squaw Creek. North Lake Tahoe hosted the symposium in 2006, with 1,200 attendees. “Mountain Travel Symposium is the biggest and longest running annual contracting and networking gathering […]
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By USA Today Want first crack at the runs in Aspen? The Aspen Skiing Co. is offering an “Ultimate Ski Pass” that will let you have unlimited first tracks before chairlifts open to the public – for $25,000. If you’re itching to beat other skiers to the slopes and ready to pay for the privilege, […]
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By Stephanie Simon, Wall Street Journal Forty years after being hunted to near-extinction in many parts of the U.S., black bears have become so plentiful that they are causing trouble for their human neighbors—ripping open camping tents in Colorado, attacking dogs in New Jersey, even breaking into a home in Florida to nab a birthday […]
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The Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association is presenting “Pedal-Driven: a bike-umentary”, a new documentary film from Jamie Howell at Moon Productions. The screening will take place at Mo’s Place in South Lake Tahoe on Nov. 30 at 7pm. It will be preceded by a social hour starting at 6pm. The movie screening is in conjunction […]
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By Kathryn Reed Renaissance – that’s what Squaw Valley’s makeover is being called by resort officials. With plenty of snow on the mountain, the resort opens Nov. 23, though the ski team first took turns Nov. 9. At a meeting last month put on by the North Lake Tahoe Resort Association, CEO Andy Wirth talked […]
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By Susan Skorupa, Reno Gazette-Journal Thanksgiving is Thursday, so the Christmas season begins Friday. Soon, trees will sparkle from windows all over town. Buying a cut or potted live tree for later planting involves a little science; keeping a cut tree fresh and a live tree alive also require special handling. Space is the first […]
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By Kathryn Reed Seven months was a long wait. And when the wait was finally over at 8:30am Saturday, cheers reverberated throughout the plaza at Heavenly Village. Heavenly Mountain Resort opened for business for the 2011-12 ski season Nov. 19 with the gondola, Tamarack and Dipper running. As more snow falls, more lifts and runs […]
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Eldorado National Forest is starting to close dirt roads and trails for the winter season. The U.S. Forest Service closes dirt roads during the wet weather months to keep vehicles from damaging saturated, muddy roads and trails. They are also closed to keep mud from running off the routes and into creeks and rivers. Check […]
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By Kathryn Reed Turning the more than 40 miles of trails in the Fallen Leaf Lake-Camp Richardson area into a more cohesive, logical system is being proposed by the U.S. Forest Service. While the project area encompasses nearly 13,000 acres on the South Shore, nowhere near that much will be touched. The physical boundaries are […]
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The Tahoe Grizzlies Bantams (ages 13 and 14) hosted the undefeated Santa Rosa Flyers last weekend in a back-to-back weekend series. The Grizzlies hadn’t played in a month and the rust showed early in Saturday’s contest. After killing off a couple Flyer power plays, the Flyers struck for three goals in the span of 3 […]
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