The 23rd annual Barton Foundation Golf Tournament is June 23 at Lake Tahoe Golf Course in Meyers. All proceeds will support the Barton Foundation’s efforts to improve the health and well-being of South Shore residents. It will be a scramble format with teams of four. Golf registration includes continental breakfast, golf and golf cart, drink […]
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Squaw Valley on May 20 will host members of the U.S. and Chinese national freestyle teams, as well as delegates from the resort’s sister mountain in China, Genting Resort Secret Garden, for a trail naming ceremony of Squaw Valley’s competition mogul course under the Red Dog chairlift. U.S. and Chinese national freestyle team members will […]
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By Benjamin Spillman, Reno Gazette-Journal Summer is when Sierra Nevada hikers and bikers transform dreams of warm days and magical mountain vistas into reality. This year an extra helping of snow survival skills might keep those dreamy, high country trips from turning into nightmares. That’s because the many thousands of vacationers who surge onto Sierra […]
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By Tom Stienstra, San Francisco Chronicle From a perch above a boulder-strewn ravine, we peered with binoculars up canyon walls and across a steep jumble of rocks and dirt for endangered Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep. The arrival of spring in the high country is when Sierra bighorns feast on fresh, water-saturated forage in the front […]
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It’s official — Squaw Valley intends to be open all summer for skiing. The ski resort will be open July 1-4 and Saturdays thereafter as long as conditions allow. The resort registered 714 inches of snow this winter, equaling nearly 60 feet. And more moisture is on the way this weekend. Squaw Valley currently has […]
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The West Shore Wildland Urban Interface Fuels Reduction and Forest Health Project will treat approximately 4,875 acres extending from Emerald Bay to Burton Creek State Park. The project includes thinning and fuels reduction treatments intended to reduce the risk of severe wildfire, provide defensible space to adjacent communities, and improve forest health by thinning trees […]
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By Jim Krajewski, Reno Gazette-Journal The mid-summer golf/party at Lake Tahoe got a little more sizzle when Paige Spiranac announced she will be in the field at Edgewood Tahoe. Spiranac, an aspiring professional golfer, model and social media star (with 1 million Instagram followers) will be playing in the American Century Championship celebrity golf tournament […]
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By Michelle Robertson, San Francisco Chronicle More than 331 million people visited a national park in 2016, and they brought with them some serious spending power. The National Park Service just released its 2016 visitor spending effects report, which details the massive economic contributions of the parks and their visitors. In total, national parks generated $34.9 […]
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By Scott Smith, AP California’s mammoth snow drifts, a welcome sight following five years of harsh drought, have killed off dozens of endangered bighorn sheep, lengthened hibernation for bears and should cause some hikers to think twice before seeking high Sierra adventures, officials say. “We’ve gone from flat-out dry conditions to just an overabundance of […]
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By Tony Berendsen As the sun sets, stars begin to emerge in the darkening sky of the southeastern horizon and a peculiar bright star rises. We call it a star because at first it looks like all the other stars in the night sky, but it is different from the rest if you take notice […]
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