By Lindsey Sine, U.S. Snowboarding ASPEN, CO — Lindsey Jacobellis of Stratton Mountain, Vt., nailed her fourth gold in a row Saturday, making her the first woman to four-peat in X Games history. Callan Chythlook-Sifsof of Gordwood, Alaska, finished right behind her teammate to take the silver in snowboardcross. “This is my second go at […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee After spending a century building the nation’s largest and most majestic state park system, Californians are poised to do something unprecedented: Retreat from that legacy and start closing parks. Years of budget cuts in the California State Parks system have resulted in widespread reductions in park hours, crumbling facilities and […]
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Finally, snow is in the forecast later tonight. Light to moderate winds are in the forecast, so don’t forget your windbreaker. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By Kade Krichko, U.S. Ski Team ASPEN — The Frenchman Kevin Rolland relied on some last run heroics to edge out Americans Torin Yater-Wallace of Aspen and Simon Dumont of Bethel, Maine, Friday night in Aspen to win Winter X Games gold in halfpipe skiing. On the final run of the entire competition, Rolland threw […]
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North Lake Tahoe celebrates its long winter season with SnowFest, a 10-day carnival. SnowFest is scheduled for March 4-13 and will beat a variety of venues throughout North Lake Tahoe. In its 30th year, SnowFest is expected to draw thousands of attendees, with the majority of events free to spectators. The annual favorites are back, […]
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By Katharine Greider, AARP Bulletin Well, folks, it’s happening. The baby boomers, popularizers of tennis and skiing in the 1970s, inventors of jogging and step aerobics in the 1980s, are advancing through middle age to the very threshold of senior citizenship: The oldest boomers turn 65 this year. And if their parents’ generation inaugurated the […]
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South Lake Tahoe’s Joanie Anderson and Trevor Ricioli are going for the podium, as both made the finals in their respective sports, boardercross and skiercross. Anderson is a veteran of the X Games, while this is Ricioli’s first trip. Anderson has the added twist of having her sister, Jamie, competing at the games. ESPN Action […]
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By ESPN Sarah Burke won her fourth Winter X SuperPipe gold medal Thursday night under the lights at Winter X 15 at Buttermilk, Colo. Winter X rookie Brita Sigourney of Squaw placed second, and Roz Groenewoud rounded out the podium. Burke, who qualified in the last position for Thursday night’s final, earned the highest score […]
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Afternoon on the slopes means the sun has had more time to soften things up. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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Plumas-Eureka State Park, located in the Sierra near Graeagle, will be partially closed this summer to allow for a cleanup of hazardous materials. Parts of the park will remain open, but the campground, museum area, and other selected sites throughout the park will temporarily be closed for clean-up. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has initiated […]
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