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 […]
Skiing
5 Squaw-Alpine skiers, riders on U.S. Junior Freeride team
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows Big Mountain Skiers and Snowboarders will represent the USA in the 2016 Freeride Junior World Championships in Grandvilara, Andorra this week. Skiers Ross Tester, Bennet Drummond, Mia Winans and snowboarders Sam Shinkle and Dylan Zellers are five of the 15 skiers and snowboarders representing the USA. In total, there are 57 […]
Sierra-at-Tahoe sending 3 athletes to Winter X Games
The annual Winter X Games will be taking place this week in Aspen, Colorado, and among the athletes are two skiers and on snowboarder from Sierra-at-Tahoe. Competing this week are South Lake Tahoe locals, Jamie Anderson, Maddie Bowman and Kyle Smaine. The X Games, which start Thursday and concludes Sunday, is an annual extreme sporting […]
Steve Hemphill returns to Sierra-at-Tahoe
After a few years away from the popular Lake Tahoe ski resort, Steven Hemphill is back at Sierra-at-Tahoe in a new role. Earlier this month, Sierra-at-Tahoe announced that Hemphill was returning as the new Director of Marketing and Sales. He was previously employed at Sierra-at-Tahoe as the Communication Manager before leaving to work at K2 […]
Homewood Snowcat Adventures at Tahoe ski resort
Homewood Mountain ski resort has some fun terrain for both skiing and snowboarding. The Lake Tahoe ski resort is also now featuring some major advanced terrain through its Homewood Snowcat Adventures for skiing and riding. Homewood Snowcat Adventures accesses over 750 acres of backcountry terrain on the flanks of Ellis Peak, above the resort’s traditional ski […]
Sugar Bowl ski resort snowboarder causes avalanche
Sugar Bowl ski resort near Lake Tahoe is serving notice that it won’t tolerate a ski or snowboarder venturing into closed areas, where their adventures in the out-of-bounds area could cause an avalanche. An avalanche triggered by a snowboarder in a closed area of Sugar Bowl Resort on Friday, Jan. 15 has been fully investigated […]
Search suspended for missing Sugar Bowl skier
After searching the past five days, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office announced this afternoon that they have suspended its search indefinitely for Sugar Bowl ski instructor Carson May, who was reported missing last Friday morning. Citing high avalanche risks and frequent heavy snow after five days of rescue efforts, the sheriff’s office said they have […]
Track sightings discovered in case of missing Sugar Bowl skier
The search for missing skier Carson May resumed this morning (Jan. 17) at dawn following a sighting of tracks leading into a recent snow-slide area near Sugar Bowl ski resort. A group of searchers returned to the spot this morning. May, who is from Davis, Calif., was last seen Thursday wearing a blue Columbia jacket, […]
Search called off today for missing Sugar Bowl skier
The search was unsuccessful today (Jan. 16) for 23-year-old Carson May, a skiing instructor from Sugar Bowl ski resort near Lake Tahoe. May remains missing as the search had to be called off following a diligent effort at the resort near Lake Tahoe, Calif. May, who is from Davis, Calif., was last seen Thursday wearing […]
Search continues for missing Sugar Bowl skier
The search continues today (Jan. 16) for 23-year-old Carson May, a skiing instructor from Sugar Bowl ski resort near Lake Tahoe. May was reported missing Friday morning. There are a reported 43 people involved in the search today for May, who is from Davis. The Placer County Search and Rescue has been looking for May […]