By Elizabeth Karam, U.S. Snowboarding LA MOLINA, Spain – Lindsey Jacobellis of Stratton Mountain, Vt., led the U.S. charge winning her third career World Championship gold as the U.S. landed three of six snowboardcross medals Tuesday. Seth Wescott of Sugarloaf, Maine, and Nate Holland of Squaw Valley also landed on the podium with silver and […]
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It’s National Ski Safety Week. Resorts throughout Lake Tahoe are having special events related to this all week. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – It’s not just a bike ride. It’s not just a one-day gig for the South Shore. Carol Chaplin, executive director of Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority, last week made this extremely evident about the Amgen Tour de California during her presentation to the South Lake Tahoe Lodging Association. The plan is […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Major change is coming to what is arguably the Sierra’s most famous ski resort. Squaw Valley USA, acquired in November by the Colorado-based investment firm KSL Capital Partners, is planning a $50 million upgrade to the resort made famous by hosting the 1960 Winter Olympics. It’s doing so, CEO Andy […]
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By Elizabeth Karam, U.S. Snowboarding Five riders hailing from the United States qualified Monday for the snowboardcross World Championship finals scheduled for Tuesday in Spain. Olympic silver medalist Lindsey Jacobellis of Stratton Mountain, Vt., qualified second, while two-time Olympic champion Seth Wescott of Sugarloaf, Maine, and six-time X Games gold medalist Nate Holland of Squaw […]
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Sun is the word for the day. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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By Kathryn Reed Lake Tahoe Community College is creating a different kind of educational environment – a rail jam and more next month. The nearly all-day event on Feb. 12 is being called the LTCC Winter Expo. It is the brainchild of Kurt Green, interim dean of Instruction and Social Sciences. Sierra, Kirkwood and Heavenly […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Nevada wildlife officials have finalized plans to plant more than 1.2 million trout across Nevada over the next two years — a program profoundly challenged by an invasion of exotic mussels at Lake Mead. Closure of the Nevada Department of Wildlife’s Lake Mead fish hatchery, forced in 2007 due to […]
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By Freddy Perryman, U.S. Ski Team MONT GABRIEL, Quebec City – Olympians Ryan St. Onge of Winter Park, Colo., and Emily Cook of Bosto were the top Americans, both finishing just off the podium in fourth, in Sunday’s aerials World Cup at Mont Gabriel. St. Onge and Cook led a U.S. surge totaling five Americans […]
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Skies will be mostly gray today, but the temps could hit 50. It might be time to find an Adirondack chair and sip a cocktail. Here is the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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