It’s a gorgeous day in Lake Tahoe. With many Thanksgiving travelers headed home, the slopes are apt to be less crowded than Saturday. The recent dump has Sierra-at-Tahoe and Kirkwood Mountain Resort looking at Dec. 4 to open. Read the ski report from Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe, to know what conditions are like […]
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Powder is the word of the morning at Lake Tahoe ski resorts. With a few inches falling at lake level Friday afternoon-evening, it means several inches dropped higher up. Wind could be a problem today, but otherwise it’s all about the powder. The highs at the lake will be in the 30s, so it will […]
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The South Tahoe Wrestling Club will have sign ups and a parent meeting Dec. 1 at 6:30pm. Signups and practices continue Dec. 3 from 6:30-8pm. The sign ups and practices will be at South Tahoe Middle School (Activity room attached to Old Gym near the Multipurpose room) on Tuesdays and Thursdays. The wrestling season is […]
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It could be a powder afternoon on the slopes in and around Lake Tahoe. Check out the ski report to find out what the conditions are like this morning. All that information is brought to Lake Tahoe News by Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe. The following is this morning’s report from the Weather Channel: […]
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By Bill O’Driscoll, Reno Gazette-Journal Several ski and snowboard makers scattered around the Truckee Meadows are growing their business on the strength of locals in the market for locally made products. Love for the sport and a lack of corporate roadblocks to experimentation drive them, they said. And, besides, what better backdrop for their business […]
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Thanksgiving Day brings more open terrain at Heavenly. Ski hard — it will mean guilt-free second helpings later today. Here is the ski report for this Thanksgiving Day brought to you by Curtis Fong, the Guy from Tahoe.
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A four passenger sleigh has been added to the fleet at Borges Sleighrides at Stateline. The longtime family-run operation is also going to be offering rides at Squaw Creek for the first time this winter. The smaller sleigh is ideal for families and couples. “We have been getting brides and grooms scheduling weddings on our […]
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Skiers in the greater Lake Tahoe area have another area to choose starting today — Sugar Bowl is open. Read the ski report to find out all the details that Curtis Fong, the Guy From Tahoe, sees fit to print.
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By Matt Weiser, Sacramento Bee If you think it’s interesting to creep through a forest – pistol at the ready – in pursuit of illegal marijuana growers, or to be in an armed, early morning raid of a suspected wildlife shooter’s home, you’re in for some thrills. Producers of the hit reality television series “Deadliest […]
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The Truckee Ranger District has begun burning piles in the Alder Creek drainage. This pile burning project is one more step in the continuing work in the Alder Creek area to reduce fuel loading in the wildland urban interface. Over the past five years the Truckee Ranger District has emphasized fuel reduction in this area […]
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