Incline Village’s community bike park will open Oct. 28. It is located within Incline Park, on the west side of the entrance for the Incline Village Recreation Center. A celebration of the first phase completion will begin at 11am with a short ceremony, ribbon cutting, food, and riding. The park offers a pump track; beginner […]
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Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe will open Oct. 27-28 for skiing and snowboarding. It is the first Tahoe area to open for the 2017-18 season. One beginner ski trail accessed by the Wizard chairlift will run from 8am-noon both days. Lift tickets will be available for $20 for guests ages 16 and older, and $10 for […]
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By David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee Two lost hikers, who prepared for a day hike and got stuck on an El Dorado County mountain overnight, were rescued Monday by a California Highway Patrol helicopter crew. The hikers were located on the east slope of Mount Tallac, a mountain peak southwest of Lake Tahoe, in the early […]
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By Kathryn Reed South Lake Tahoe will be an integral spoke in the Amgen Tour of California 2018 cycling event with the women and men coming to town. Both will be here May 18. The women’s second stage will begin and finish at Heavenly Mountain Resort as they have done multiple times – this being […]
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By Felicia Fonseca, AP The National Park Service is considering a steep increase in entrance fees at 17 of its most popular parks, mostly in the U.S. West, to address a backlog of maintenance and infrastructure projects. Visitors to the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Yellowstone, Zion and other national parks would be charged $70 per vehicle, […]
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By Ed Fletcher, Sacramento Bee The operator of Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows on Wednesday will formally announce plans to link the two North Lake Tahoe area ski resorts with a base-to-base gondola starting with the 2019-20 season, a proposal that faces significant opposition from environmental advocates. The newly named California Express gondola would allow […]
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By Steven Kurutz, New York Times There’s a term in the horse world known as “gentling.” It refers to working with a wild horse until it becomes responsive to a trainer’s commands, meaning that it no longer wants to kick you in the face. If handled properly, it even bonds with its trainer. Gentling happens […]
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The Truckee Ranger District on the Tahoe National Forest will conduct prescribed fires this fall and winter to reduce build-up of hazardous fuels and to move towards restoring forest ecosystems. Planned projects include low to moderate intensity understory burns of vegetation on the forest floor and burning piles of stacked woody material. The goals of […]
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LimeBike this month raised $50 million in Series B funding to expand its reach. The bike share company was in South Lake Tahoe this summer on a pilot program and expects to return next summer. The cash infusion will be used to grow operations, support ongoing upgrades to the bike design and the mobile app, […]
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Publisher’s note: This is one of a series of stories about Lake Tahoe area athletes who hope to compete in the 2018 Olympics in South Korea. By Susan Wood PARK CITY, Utah – Experience counts in most facets of life. So at age 33, alpine skier Julia Mancuso is counting on that theory to take […]
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