A Heavenly Mountain ski resort employee was involved in a serious skiing accident Saturday (Jan. 18), resulting in his death. This was the second death at a Lake Tahoe ski resort over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend. On Friday morning, one man was killed and another seriously injured following an avalanche at the Alpine […]
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Cole Comstock died ‘doing the thing he loved’
Caitlin Comstock and her husband Cole were in their element Friday morning, enjoying a wonderful powder day at Alpine Meadows ski resort. Before they could even take a break from hopping through the deep powder runs at the Lake Tahoe ski resort, an avalanche took Cole’s life and left stunned and heartbroken Caitlin longing for […]
Look back: Alpine Meadows 1982 avalanche
The death today of skier Cole Comstock brought back memories from 38 years ago when a deadly avalanche at Alpine Meadows on March 31, 1982 killed seven people. It was snowing hard for four straight days and the resort was closed in the spring of 1984, but there were still some people who had to […]
Blairsden skier dies in Alpine avalanche
This is an update from an earlier story today that was posted to Tahoe Ski Resort. One skier was killed and another was seriously injured Friday following an avalanche at the Alpine Meadows ski resort in Lake Tahoe. Within hours on Friday (Jan. 17), Placer County Sheriff’s deputies identified the victim as Cole Comstock, 34, […]
Alpine Meadows avalanche kills skier
One person was killed and at least two others were seriously injured Friday following an avalanche at the Alpine Meadows ski resort in Lake Tahoe. According to the Placer County Sheriff’s Office, the avalanche happened near the Subway Cirque ski run. The sheriff’s office and search and rescue crews responded to the Alpine Meadows incident […]
Storm delivers 2 feet of snow at Tahoe ski resorts
A huge snow storm arrived as predicted, delivering more than 2 feet of snow to Tahoe ski resorts by Friday morning. Storms for the 2019-20 ski season in Lake Tahoe haven’t been prolific, but this week’s one-day storm left behind 20 inches of snow to six Tahoe ski resorts, resulting in a huge powder day […]
Climate, fire forum Jan. 27 in Tahoe
Concerned about the changing climate and the implications of fires in the Lake Tahoe region? If so, this scheduled forum in South Lake Tahoe on Jan. 27 might be one to consider attending. The free event is open to the public and will be held at Harveys Lake Tahoe Cabaret Theater in South Lake Tahoe. […]
Big snow storm hits Tahoe Thursday
Many Tahoe ski resorts have received 6 or more inches of snow this week. However, a larger dumping is expected by Friday morning. Bryan Allegretto, California Snow Forecaster with OpenSnow, is predicting up to 2 feet of snow by Friday morning (Jan. 17), setting up an excellent powder day for Tahoe ski resorts skiers and […]
How to become expert skier
How can you become an advanced skier? Practice! Golfers who regularly hit their driver 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. […]
Tahoe forecast 2 feet of snow
After several recent mild storms dropped slight amounts of snow, Tahoe ski resorts can expect a nice dumping later this week, up to 2 feet of snow. The National Weather Service (NWS) in Reno is forecasting 10 to 14 inches for lower levels of Tahoe ski resorts and 18 to 24 inches on summits from […]