By Union Democrat Skiers and snowboarders will have more room to roam when they visit Bear Valley Ski Area this year. Bear Valley has announced that it is opening the 2010-11 ski and snowboard season with 400 acres of new terrain. The new acreage is on the sunny southern slope of the main ski area, […]
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Squaw Valley is giving skiers and snowboarders something to be thankful for Thanksgiving weekend. Nov. 27 is the Thanksjibbin’ rail jam. The base mountain location means lift tickets are not necessary to watch or enter this rail competition. Judges will be dishing out cash prizes as well as Thanksgiving treats including butterball turkeys, smoked hams […]
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee The defeat of Proposition 21 on Nov. 2 means California State Parks will continue to experience partial closures, reduced maintenance and dwindling ranger patrols. The measure failed by a 16-point margin, a spread that surprised many park advocates. It would have imposed a mandatory $18 annual vehicle license fee while […]
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By David Jacobs, Reno Gazette-Journal If the Reno-Lake Tahoe region were to land a bid for the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sparks would play a key role, the leader of the Regional Transportation Commission is telling city leaders. “Clearly, Sparks first off has a significant number of the region’s hotel rooms, and that’s where folks are […]
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By Sharon Sterling Members of Soroptimist International of South Lake Tahoe participated in the Sugar Pine Foundation’s community planting event Nov. 6, helping to plant 750 sugar pine seedlings on U.S. Forest Service land in the Angora Fire burn scar area near Coyote Ridge Circle in South Lake Tahoe. According to the Sugar Pine Foundation, […]
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By Kathryn Reed It doesn’t matter the calendar is closer to the fall equinox than winter’s – white stuff is all over the Lake Tahoe Basin. Rain began turning to snow off and on Sunday afternoon, with just snow coming down in the evening. About an inch fell at lake level in South Lake Tahoe, […]
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By Jeremy Benson, ESPN This winter, Daron Rahlves’ ski-cross-style Silver Belt Banzai Race, previously a one-off event held at California’s Sugar Bowl ski area, will become a three-series tour around Lake Tahoe. Known as the Rahlves Banzai Series, the races will be held at Alpine Meadows (Jan. 22-23), Kirkwood (Feb. 5-6) and Sugar Bowl (March […]
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By Marek Warszawski, McClatchy-Tribune FRESNO – Tim Cohee, the new owner of China Peak, is crossing his ski tips that this winter brings a ton of snow. But not too soon. There’s still too much left to be done during what has been an unusually busy offseason at the 1,300-acre ski resort 65 miles east […]
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By Jeff Delong, Reno Gazette-Journal Millions of acres are charred by wildfire. Millions more covered by invading grass. Elsewhere, pinyon-juniper trees are creeping downhill, overrunning a landscape that should be dominated by sagebrush. Nevada’s rangeland, simply put, is in trouble. “We’ve got some pretty big problems on the range,” said Lee Turner, a habitat specialist […]
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By Kara Lapoint, Reno Gazette-Journal Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe installed its first Windspire vertical wind turbine Wednesday on the north side of its Winters Creek Lodge, and will install two more today. The Windspire renewable energy sources will use wind power to provide electricity, offsetting a portion of the new lodge’s electrical costs. The electricity […]
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