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 […]
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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, […]
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 […]
How to become an advanced 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 […]
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 […]