Some of the top freeride skiers and snowboarders will descend on Sierra-at-Tahoe later this month for the Huck Cup, a 2-Star Freeride World Tour Qualifying event. Presented by Subaru, the Huck Cup is scheduled for Feb. 26-27, 2016. This is a worldwide circuit of freeride skiing and snowboarding event where athletes compete on challenging terrain […]
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Vail Resorts in Lake Tahoe near 300-inch snow total
After several years of very modest snow totals, that’s certainly not the case for the 2015-16 ski season, where Lake Tahoe ski resorts have seen an abundance of snow this season. That includes the three Vail Resorts in Lake Tahoe: Heavenly Mountain, Northstar California and Kirkwood Mountain. The threat of an El Nino year not […]
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 […]
Heavenly offering Forest Service Ski with a Ranger Program
Do you have an interest in the forest and would like some free education? Heavenly Mountain ski resort in Lake Tahoe is offering a U.S. Forest Service Ski with a Ranger program that takes twice each week for the remainder of the ski season. Heavenly Mountain resumed its U.S. Forest Service Ski with a Ranger Program […]
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 […]
Plenty of upside to Mt. Rose ski resort
By Pat McCloskey For many years, I drove up the Mt. Rose Highway out of Reno and passed the Mt. Rose Ski Area on my way to Incline Village, Nevada. It seems like Mt. Rose has been a favorite of the Reno locals for years and when I finally skied it a couple of years ago for […]