High Sierra A.S.A softball sign ups for girls and boys ages 5-16 are March 2 from 5:30-7pm at the South Lake Tahoe Recreation Center, March 8 from 5:30-7pm at Kahle Community Park in Stateline, and March 24 from 5:30-7pm at the South Lake Tahoe Rec Center. The cost is $100 for the first child, $175 […]
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Winter storm watch starts at 4 this afternoon, with the high wind warning for the Lake Tahoe Basin lasting until 4pm. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By Amy Alonzo Rozak, Union Democrat Tucked away in Yosemite Valley is a granite pocket known as the “Coiler cave.” Hidden by a jumble of large boulders, it remains dry throughout the year. Despite Yosemite’s 30-day per year camping limit, for eight years Bryan Kay called it home. “I was a criminal for living in […]
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By Kathryn Reed RENO — It’s one of those days when the slopes are as enticing as relaxing in the lodge. At 8,260, Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe has bragging rights for having the highest base elevation of any Tahoe area ski resort. The summit is 9,700 feet. Being located on the Mt. Rose Highway between […]
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By U.S. Ski Racing GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany — In the end Aksel Lund Svindal made the Italians — silver medal winner Christof Innerhofer and bronze medalist Peter Fill — look like pretenders, claiming the gold medal of the World Championship super combined by an outstanding 1.01 seconds. But the Italians weren’t complaining. It was the second […]
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This just in from Curtis Fong at 8am: Heavenly’s upper mountain closed, Squaw’s upper mountain closed, Alpine’s upper mountain and back side closed, and Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe is closed. Love and snow are blowing in the air this Valentine’s Day. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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Winter is expected to return with a vengeance to the Lake Tahoe Basin this week. A winter storm watch is in effect from Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday afternoon. The National Weather Service in Reno is calling for possible snow accumulations of 12 to 18 inches at lake level, 1 to 2 feet above 7,000 feet […]
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By Colin Bane, ESPN Action Sports Nobody was more surprised than 34-year-old Janna Meyen-Weatherby when she won the Women’s Slopestyle contest at Snowbasin Sunday, beating out South Lake Tahoe’s Jamie Anderson and Spencer O’Brien for the win at the last stop of the Winter Dew Tour. Weatherby blazed through the top section of the course […]
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By Lindsey Sine, U.S. Snowboarding OGDEN, Utah — It was Kelly Clark’s world, and we were all just observers Saturday night as the two-time Olympic medalist from Vermont threw down her newly patented 1080 to take the win and overall title in halfpipe at the Winter Dew Tour at Snowbasin in Utah. Luke Mitrani of […]
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By U.S. Ski Racing GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany — There is great joy in Austria today. Elisabeth Goergl picked up her second World Championship of the week, bringing Austria her 22nd global downhill title (men and women) and first since 2003 with a beautifully executed run that set the tone for a Murder’s Row of top competitors […]
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