U.S. Ski Team Joe Discoe (Telluride, CO) bested teammate Jeremy Cota (Carrabassett Valley, ME) Sunday, to win the Sprint U.S. Freestyle Championship dual moguls event. Eliza Outtrim (Steamboat Springs, CO) topped the women’s standings beating Heather McPhie (Bozeman, MT). Sunny skies marked the final day of competition at Stratton Mountain. The men’s side saw Cota […]
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U.S. Ski Team Cross country World Cup sprint powerhouse Kikkan Randall (Anchorage) added another U.S. Championship to her belt Sunday winning the U.S. SuperTour Finals 30k classic technique race in Sun Valley. It marks Randall’s 16th U.S. Championship. A hard, fast track coupled with rays of sun shining down on the course made for a […]
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A wind advisory is in effect through 8pm. Upper lifts will operate weather permitting. Check out the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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U.S. Ski Team Devin Logan (West Dover, VT) sailed above the competition to take her first U.S. title, winning the Sprint U.S. Freestyle Championships women’s halfpipe skiing event. David Wise (Reno, NV) earned his third U.S. crown in four years with a win Saturday at Stratton Mountain. With back-to-back podium finishes in last weekend’s halfpipe […]
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By Kathryn Reed Frustration isn’t the emotion one should have while cross country skiing. But this particular day it was my word of choice – at least initially. So I took the skis off, stuck them in the snow hoping no one would walk off with them, and decided to walk the golf course. Sue […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Awesome. Stunning. Wild. Superlatives described the Sierra’s snowy situation Friday after a powerful spring storm layered the mountains in feet of fresh snow, building on amounts already deposited during what many are calling the heaviest winter season in years. “It’s so crazy,” said Penny Pritchard as she and her roommate […]
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A winter weather advisory is in effect through 5pm. Snow and wind are already impacting upper lifts. See today’s ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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U.S. Snowboarding News AROSA, Switzerland – U.S. Snowboarding landed two athletes on the final snowboardcross World Cup podium of the season Friday in Arosa with Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton, VT) second and Nick Baumgartner (Iron River, MI) third. After missing the podium on Thursday, SBX star Jacobellis wasn’t going to let another podium spot go by […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal The road over a dam at a popular Sierra reservoir will be closed next week because of security concerns, blocking access for many Reno-area boaters come summer. With Boca Reservoir expected to fill to the brim for the first time in years, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is forced to […]
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By Gretchen Weber, Climate Watch Environmental groups are criticizing the Obama Administration’s new proposed rules for managing the country’s nearly 200 million acres of national forest, arguing that they weaken current standards for protecting wildlife and watersheds. More than 100 organizations, including the Natural Resources Defense Council and Defenders of Wildlife, signed on to a […]
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