By Ruth Anne Kocour Roads to K2: There are none — no flight-seeing tours either. Located in the heart of the Karakoram mountain range, K2 is surrounded by glaciers, wild rivers and many of the world’s highest peaks, 19 more than 25,000 feet tall. K2 straddles the border between Pakistan and the Xingjian Uygur Autonomous […]
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By Felicity Barringer, New York Times For fly fishers who pride themselves on a conservationist ethic, it hurts to discover that they may be trampling on that ethic every time they wade into a trout stream. Blame their boots — or, more precisely, their felt soles. Growing scientific evidence suggests that felt, which helps anglers […]
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By Kathryn Reed POLLOCK PINES – Advantages to leaving the basin with a canoe include avoiding a wicked downpour and knowing you have something to float in if it’s really bad when you get back. Luckily the canoe could stay on the truck as we returned to South Tahoe on this particular Sunday. As clouds […]
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The 10-day Kirkwood Mountain Bike Festival starts Aug. 20. The first of its kind in Tahoe provides an action packed calendar the entire family can enjoy through Aug. 29. There are races and events for mountain bikers of all ages and abilities, clinics for those looking to improve their skills, rec rides, and crazy events […]
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By Dan Walters, Sacramento Bee Ted Gaines and Roger Niello, two Republican assemblymen who are special election rivals for the late Sen. Dave Cox’s seat, clashed on the Assembly floor Thursday over a bill that would require kids to wear helmets while skiing or snowboarding. The 1st Senate District in which they are running contains […]
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By Mark Grossi, Fresno Bee Yosemite Valley visitors don’t generally gaze at El Capitan from the spot where Carleton E. Watkins took an 1868 photograph of the soaring cliff — you can’t see much now through a tangle of trees. It’s one of many iconic vistas in Yosemite National Park blocked by trees and brush. […]
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The Great Tahoe Flume Race is sanctioned by USA Cycling and is the final race in the Nevada Cup State Championship Series, a four-race points series that will determine the Nevada State Mountain Bike Champion, which carries a $1,000 prize. The Reno Wheelman are putting on the Sept. 12 9am event. The race is 18 […]
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The South Lake Tahoe Ice Arena is offering more curling events to prepare people for our upcoming leagues this fall. These clinics are offered this Saturday and select Saturdays in September and October. Curling is a sport similar to shuffleboard played on ice. Although it is often played with significant strategy and skill, it can […]
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By Stephen Ward For those who anticipated “getting on Tahoe” and sailing the shores by means of the much touted Blue Warrior water shuttle this summer, start sending out SOS signals. The water shuttle service conducted by Get On Tahoe has come to an abrupt and erratic end, with the boat being sold Friday for […]
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By Sean Collins, Reno Gazette-Journal The 14th annual Vegas to Reno race, the longest off-road vehicle competition in the United States, will kick off Friday despite safety concerns after a crash at a similar event in California caused eight deaths last week, officials said. “If you look at the videos of that race, it’s not […]
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