By Jeffrey Weidel This aging ski resort oozes with charm and history, serving as a museum of sorts. Long before the arrival of quad chairs, shaped skis and terrain parks for snowboarders, Hollywood celebrities and average folks often mingled together on the slopes at Sugar Bowl ski resort near Lake Tahoe. The cozy resort, which […]
What’s new at Alpine Meadows, Squaw Valley for 2014-15 ski season
What’s new at Alpine Meadows and Squaw Valley ski resorts for the 2014-15 season? Quite a bit. Alpine Meadows ski resort is in year four of a five-year, $70 million renaissance, which has brought new chairlifts, an iconic yoga studio and the world’s first ski-in/ski-out Starbucks to the mountains. This ski season, both Squaw Valley ski resort and […]
Heavenly, Northstar, Kirkwood announce opening day of ski season
Three Lake Tahoe ski resorts are already planning for opening day of the 2014-15 ski season. Weather and conditions permitting, both Heavenly and Northstar ski resorts will begin running lifts Friday, Nov. 21 at and one day later Kirkwood opens. The three Vail Resorts in Lake Tahoe can all be accessed regularly with a purchase of […]
Lindsey Vonn set to test her injured knee
Lindsey Vonn vows to be back on skis real soon. How soon? Vonn expects to make a few turns this week in training runs in Austria. Despite coming off two serious knee injuries, the decorated U.S. skier expects to get into training mode soon and be ready for the 2014-15 World Cup season. She plans […]
Dodge Ridge ski resort awards Bobby Rapp Memorial Scholarship to Owen Bartholow
Dodge Ridge ski resort has awarded the 2014 Bobby Rapp Memorial Ski Scholarship to 8-year-old Owen Bartholow, who has been a member of the Dodge Ridge Race Team (DRRT) since age 5. During the 2013-14 competitive season, Owen helped the DRRT secure their fourth consecutive Silver Cup as champions of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard […]
Sugar Bowl ski resort offers close proximity
The closest Lake Tahoe ski resort on Interstate 80 for anyone traveling east, Sugar Bowl ski resort is good mountain for day trippers from both Sacramento and the Bay Area. Sugar Bowl says, skiers and snowboarders can get there earlier, ski more, and experience less travel hassle. And it’s tough to argue against those selling […]
Mammoth Mountain acquires Big Bear Mountain Resorts
Four iconic Southern California ski resorts all are under the same umbrella after Mammoth Mountain Ski Area announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Big Bear Mountain Resorts in Big Bear Lake, California. Big Bear Mountain Resorts includes both Bear Mountain and Snow Summit, the largest and most popular of Southern California’s ski and […]
Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe hosts Foodie weekend Oct. 4-5
This is a weekend event with foodies in mind. The Ritz-Carlton, Lake Tahoe will stage the resort’s first Epicurean Weekend, October 3-5. Foodies will enjoy a weekend full of culinary experiences, all centered around food, and include the opportunity to cook alongside the resort’s culinary team, as well as a special dinner presentation prepared by local […]
Heavenly ski resort in Lake Tahoe reports first snowfall
The start of ski season in Lake Tahoe is hopefully just around the corner, less than two months away. Portions of the Sierra range caught a little glimpse of winter on Thursday evening when a trace of snow appeared on some of the higher peaks. Heavenly Mountain Resort in South Lake Tahoe reported a little […]
Squaw Valley will host World Cup skicross, snowboardcross in March
Squaw Valley will play host to a World Cup event next March when it welcomes in the fast-paced excitement of skicross and snowboardcross. Squaw Valley ski resort in Lake Tahoe welcome athletes March 4-8 from Audi FIS Skicross World Cup and FIS Snowboard World Cup. This will be the first time the International Ski Federation has […]