On Jan. 17, 2012, for the first time in history two adaptive athletes will “push” the limits and themselves in sit skis 100 miles across the frozen Antarctic landscape to the most inhospitable place on the planet — the South Pole. This chosen date for “The Push” marks the 100-year anniversary when Capt. Robert Falcon […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal After experiencing its sixth most impressive rise in more than a century, a brimming Lake Tahoe is leveling off. Soon, maybe today and for sure within a week, Tahoe will begin a slow but steady drop as evaporation rates exceed inflow from the Tahoe Basin’s streams. “It’s almost there. It […]
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Squaw Valley expects to invest $15 million in the 2011-12 ski season. This is the first chunk of the $50 million that is planned to be spent in the next five years. When KSL Capital Partners became only the second owners of the North Shore ski resort in November, the Colorado company promised an infusion […]
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By Ed Pearce, KOLO-TV INCLINE VILLAGE — Residents and visitors to Lake Tahoe share the basin with the area’s wildlife including what may be a majority of Nevada’s entire population of 400 to 500 black bears. Beginning Aug. 20 it will be legal to hunt them here. That’s welcome news to the small number of […]
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By Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday passed a pioneering new law intended to protect bicyclists from harassment by motorists. The ordinance, which backers described as the toughest of its kind in the nation, makes it a crime for drivers to threaten cyclists verbally or physically, and allows victims […]
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The 2011 Rim to Reno trail season kickoff has been postponed until Aug. 6 due to heavy snow in the project area. The Tahoe Rim Trail Association seeks volunteers construct trail at the first workday of the year at 9am Aug. 6 at the Mt. Rose Trailhead near the summit of the Mt. Rose Highway. […]
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By Susan Voyles, Reno Gazette-Journal Twenty-five years ago, Wolfman Jack took to the stage in the parking lot at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center, and Hot August Nights was born. “When Wolfman Jack got on that stage, the crowd went crazy. Everybody went nuts,” said Willie Davison, event co-founder. “That first night was something. We had […]
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By Kathryn Reed It wouldn’t stop. The lupine just kept going on and on and on. Instead of pedaling through our favorite patch of wildflowers two weeks ago, we walked our bikes because the water on the trail was midway up our calves. The appropriate superlative has not been created to describe this lush, picturesque, […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal A tough economy is showing itself with decreased boating activity at Lake Tahoe, a report released by Lake Tahoe regulators shows. Monitoring of boat traffic over the last two years shows the number of vessels using Tahoe dropped by more than 1,200 from 2009 to 2010, a decrease of nearly […]
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Sony Corporation has joined forces with the America’s State Parks organization in a Filmmaker Challenge Contest designed to provide funding to California State Parks and other state parks across the nation. In the competition, park visitors are invited to create videos of their favorite park experiences in a contest for Sony prizes. The benefit for […]
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