Ski report: Searching for powder stashes
Fat Tuesday has so many meanings today. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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Leipheimer confident team can win another Amgen Tour of California
By Kirsten Frattini, Cycling News Levi Leipheimer’s (RadioShack) recent the third place finisher at the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista Del Sol is an indication that he is on schedule to target a fourth win at the Amgen Tour of California held from May 15-22. The California resident believes that the RadioShack team that will […]
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Tahoe Derby Dames scrimmage in Stateline
Tahoe Derby Dames will show off their derby skills at the first Winter Wonderslam on March 25 at Kahle Community Center in Stateline. This family-friendly event will blend the full-contact roller derby action the Dames are known for with their love of philanthropy. A portion of the event’s proceeds will benefit Steven Rose, a friend […]
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Friendship dominates competition for Tahoe riders
By Jessie Marchesseau KIRKWOOD — Of the 41 competitors hailing from Lake Tahoe resorts at last weekend’s The North Face Masters of Snowboarding competition, 14 claim Kirkwood as their home turf. “Kirkwood’s an incredible mountain, and as you can see, we have some of the world’s best riders in Tahoe and Kirkwood, right here,” said […]
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Ski report: Lifts may be on wind hold
Windy and cold on slopes today. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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Alpine to host Lake Triple Jump Line event
Alpine Meadows Ski Resort’s Take the Lake Triple Jump Line Competition is March 18-20. Take the Lake hosts some of the country’s top amateur and pro-am skiers and snowboarders –- and this year’s competitors can expect a triple jump line judged by some of the industry’s most sought-after judges. A $15,000 purse is on the […]
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Blister rust threatens to destroy Tahoe’s sugar pines
By Kathryn Reed Orange tinged pine needles signal a tree that is likely to be a skeleton of itself in a couple years. If standing, it will be a dead gray stick of sorts. White pine blister rust is killing three species of pines found in the Sierra – sugar pine, Western white pine and […]
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Weather system to descend on basin through Monday
A winter weather advisory is in effect from 10pm Sunday to 10am Monday in the Lake Tahoe Basin. The heaviest snow will occur between 10 tonight and 4am Monday. Expect 3 to 6 inches at the lake, with 5 to 10 inches above 7,000 feet. The Monday commute over the mountain passes is expected to […]
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Mammoth snowboarders do well in halfpipe on home terrain
By Lindsey Sine, U.S. Snowboarding MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN -– Kelly Clark of Mt. Snow, Vt., was back at it again Saturday as she, joined by first-time Grand Prix winner U.S. Snowboarding Rookie Matt Ladley of Steamboat Springs, Colo., took to the top of the halfpipe podium at the Sprint U.S. Snowboarding Grand Prix at Mammoth Mountain. […]
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Teller just misses skicross podium
By Freddy Perryman, U.S. Ski Team MEIRINGEN-HASLIBERG, Switzerland -– X Games champion John Teller of Mammoth Lakes raced to fifth Sunday at Meiringen-Hasliberg, Switzerland. The result moved Teller into fourth in the FIS World Cup skicross standings. Finland’s Jouni Pellinen topped the men’s podium with Anna Holmlund of Sweden the women’s winner. Teller, who has […]
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