The popularity of sport utility vehicles has definitely made an impact on the upper echelon of auto manufacturers. Try to name one that doesn’t offer an SUV? Bentley, Rolls-Royce and Lamborghini all sell SUVs. So does Maserati, which added the luxury midsize Levante to its stable of vehicles four years ago. The upscale SUV certainly […]
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$99 lift tickets at Sugar Bowl
Sugar Bowl ski resort in the Lake Tahoe region will offer $99 lift tickets in December. In a press release, Sugar Bowl noted “in an effort to make skiing and snowboarding more accessible to skiing families and winter sports enthusiasts this season, Sugar Bowl is introducing new lift ticket and equipment rental specials in advance […]
Vail Resorts in Tahoe begin snowmakiing
The Vail Resorts in Lake Tahoe – Heavenly, Northstar, Kirkwood – are expected to all be making snow this week and preparing for their late November opening. Thanks to the recent cold temperatures and dry air in Lake Tahoe, Heavenly Mountain began making snow Sunday (Oct. 27) in preparation for a planned opening Nov. 22 […]
Land Rover Discovery a classy SUV
Launched in the late 1940s and once considered a British icon, the Land Rover has a proud past. A longstanding four-wheel drive vehicle, the Land Rover developed quite the reputation for its off-road capabilities. Three years after its debut, King George VI granted the Land Rover a Royal Warrant in 1951. Although the typically box-shaped […]
Ski season begins in Lake Tahoe
Skiing in Lake Tahoe was officially launched today (Oct. 25) with the opening of Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe. This was the fourth straight season that Mt. Rose was the first Tahoe-area ski resort to open for the season. Mt. Rose says it’s the earliest the resort has ever opened for skiing and snowboarding. The earliest […]
Mt. Rose ski resort opening Oct. 25
Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe has announced it will open Friday (Oct. 25), once again becoming the first Tahoe-area ski resort to open this season. Located off Mt. Rose Highway, 25 minutes from Reno, Mt. Rose is expected to be the first Tahoe-area resort to open for skiing and snowboarding for the fourth year in a […]
Jaguar F-Pace offers diesel engine options
The Jaguar 2019 Jaguar F-Pace has some unique qualities, but there’s one quality most people would not expect. It’s a sport utility vehicle that has two fuel-efficient diesel engines – that’s right, diesel engines. The base model four-cylinder offers a diesel option and so does the S model trim that features a supercharged 3.0-liter, V6. […]
Squaw Valley begins snowmaking
Cold evenings have returned to the Lake Tahoe region. And Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows is taking advantage of it, announcing late last week it had begun snowmaking operations. “Temperatures have dropped low enough for us to officially kick off snowmaking at Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows,” spokesperson Liesl Hepburn wrote in an email. “We made […]
Ford Edge a SUV trendsetter
The Ford Edge was one of the initial crossover sport utility vehicle leaders and a dozen years later it’s still going strong. When first introduced in 2007, the Edge was indeed on the cutting edge. It was a competent midsize crossover that became one of the industry’s trailblazers as SUVs veered away from being truck-based […]
Sugar Bowl, Mt. Rose hiring for ski season
Sugar Bowl and Mt. Rose ski resorts are currently hiring for the 2019-20 ski season. Located on Donner Summit, Sugar Bowl offers the closest skiing and snowboarding to Sacramento and the Bay Area, and is easily accessible from Interstate-80 at the Norden exit. Just 25 minutes from Reno, Mt. Rose is located in Nevada near […]