The 2016 Rahlves’ Banzai Tour makes two stops this year, starting at Kirkwood Mountain (Feb. 27-28) and concluding one week later at Sugar Bowl ski resort on March 5-6. Daron Rahlves, a USA Olympic ski racer and Winter X-Games Skier-X champion, is the event organizer and also a participant in the Super Finals at Sugar […]
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Lake Tahoe ski resorts receive more than 2 feet of new snow
After more than a week of unseasonably warm weather, winter returned with a vengeance to the Lake Tahoe region, dumping up to 2½ feet of fresh snow Wednesday night and continuing into today. The weather had turned rather balmy for February, climbing into the upper 50s with regularity and making skiers and snowboarders wonder what […]
Avalanche shuts down Alpine Meadows
Too much snow is rarely a bad thing. But that was the case today at Alpine Meadows in Lake Tahoe, where several avalanches shut down the ski resort for the entire day. There were no injuries reported. Alpine ski resort issued a statement that said the Alpine Meadows Road area experienced three natural avalanches this […]
Rewind: Sonny Bono dies in ski accident at Heavenly ski resort
Skiing deaths are not uncommon. A Wisconsin woman died Tuesday at Heavenly Mountain Resort in Lake Tahoe, the site of one of the most famous ski deaths that took place 18 years ago when Sonny Bono died at Heavenly. Bono, a California congressman at the time and previously an entertainer, died on a Monday afternoon […]
Skier dies at Heavenly ski resort
A 77-year-old Wisconsin woman died Tuesday morning at Heavenly Mountain Resort in Lake Tahoe after sustaining injuries when she hit a tree. The Douglas County Sheriff’s office responded to the accident. According to a Sheriff’s department release, Kathryn Strangman, 77, of Madison, Wisconsin, died from injuries after hitting a tree at Heavenly’s Boulder Lodge area, […]
Visitor booking rates up at western ski regions
If you were having a little trouble booking a Lake Tahoe room in January, it’s not surprising. According to Denver-based DestiMetrics, overall business at mountain destinations in the Rocky Mountain and Far West regions received a boost for winter bookings. As of Jan. 31, actual aggregated occupancy from November through April is up 3.4 percent […]
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows earn top resort honors
Both pro skiers and snowboarders are pretty impressed with Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows. USA Today recently announced that the two Lake Tahoe ski resorts were the winner of the 2016 Readers’ Choice Poll for Best Ski Resort. Owned by the same company and less than a mile apart, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows is an internationally […]
How to become an expert skier
Golfers who regularly hit their drive long and straight don’t do it by accident. Basketball players who methodically make free throw after free throw aren’t lucky. And tennis players with perfect ground strokes that can be repeated over and over again didn’t come by the skill naturally. What the big hitter in golf, the high […]
All-new Scion iA offers great gas mileage
Originally a brand that was looking to capture youth-oriented car buyers that parent company Toyota was unable to reach, Scion has drifted from the game plan of late. The concept of offering vehicles with a certain edgy, unique appearance has not reached the level of success that was first expected. So the shift toward more […]
Plenty of February activities at Diamond Peak ski resort
Diamond Peak Ski Resort in Lake Tahoe has lined up a variety of events for skiers and snowboarders to enjoy in February. Below are the upcoming events at Diamond Peak: Community Snowshoe Hikes, February 12 & March 6: The 1.5 mile (3 miles round trip) hike hikes to Diamond Peak’s Snowflake Lodge includes guides, […]