The boat launch facility at Cave Rock will be open from 6-11am on Christmas Day. The hours are because of holiday staff reductions in the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency’s watercraft inspection program. Watercraft inspectors are provided by the Tahoe Resource Conservation District and are important in protecting Lake Tahoe from the threat of aquatic invasive […]
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Wendy Stueck, Globe and Mail In the end, they couldn’t fly far enough. A group of determined female ski jumpers that launched a landmark legal battle for the right to compete in the 2010 Olympic Games yesterday landed short, their dreams ended by the Supreme Court of Canada’s refusal to hear an appeal of lower-court […]
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Bundle up because the morning is starting off with single digits. Here is the ski report brought to you by Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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Tom Kelly, USSA STEAMBOAT SPRINGS — There was a nervous air at the top of Voo Doo on Tuesday as some of the best moguls skiers in the world came to the start to try their stuff on the bump run that could determine the fate of the U.S. Olympic Team 24 hours later. It […]
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Lake Tahoe has one less Olympic hopeful. Joanie Anderson, who skis for Sierra-at-Tahoe, will not be competing in the next three World Cup races, which are qualifiers for the Vancouver Winter Games. “I’ll be racing in X Games at the end of January, and that’s about it for boardercross,” Anderson said in an email to […]
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Sugar Bowl Resort, with the 4 feet of snow it got in early December and the 10 additional inches from the current storm, is opening the Summit Chair today. Skiers and riders can access the new chairlift by riding the Mt. Judah Express lift, then skiing a short distance to the new lift’s bottom terminal. […]
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Lindsey Sine, USSA INNICHEN, Italy — Switzerland’s Michael Schmid and Sweden’s Anna Holmlund went two for two as they won their second skiercross World Cup in as many days on Tuesday in Italy. Casey Puckett (Aspen, CO) led the U.S., finishing 18th. “It didn’t start out as good as yesterday. We only had average qualifying […]
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It started to snow again about 7:30 this morning on the South Shore, just after 4 inches of white stuff got cleared from the driveway. This means it’s a powder day on the slopes. Roads are apt to be slippery around the basin because it was raining a bit before the snow came. Here is […]
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Jeffrey Weidel, Roseville Press-Tribune The original idea emerged from a simple, very basic need: How could a college student on a modest budget afford ski lift tickets? The goal of obtaining discounts was accomplished for this University of Colorado student and that pursuit eventually led to the rudiments of a business plan that took shape […]
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By Tom Kelly, USSA INNICHEN/SAN CANDIDO, Italy — Casey Puckett (Aspen, CO) kicked off the ski cross World Cup season in a big way Monday, taking third to mark the fourth skiercross podium of his career in northern Italy. Daron Rahlves (Sugar Bowl, CA) was 13th and newcomer Caitlin Ciccone (Littleton, NH) 28th in her […]
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