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Palisades to open with gondola, upgrades

Palisades Tahoe is scheduled to open on Nov. 22 with new and improved amenities, planned events and more transportation options, including the opening of The Base to Base Gondola to connect Olympic Valley and Alpine Meadows, according to a press …

Sierra-at-Tahoe to fully reopen

Sierra-at-Tahoe has announced that it plans to full reopen its 46-trail network for the 2022-23 season, the resort posted on its blog on Sept. 13. The ski resort in Twin Bridges was severely damaged by the August 2021 Caldor Fire, …

Electric mountain bike access: Tahoe National Forest leading the way

Electric mountain bikes are opening the door to increased access to public lands, a key takeaway from the E-Mountain Bike Summit held in Olympic Valley in mid-September. As the use of e-bikes continues to grow in popularity, the positive attributes …

Tahoe City skatepark opens

The Pop-Up Scotty Lapp Memorial Skatepark is open in Tahoe City. Located behind the old Blue Agave building, the 4,000 square-foot temporary skatepark is open to the public every Friday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to sunset until the snow …

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Golden State All-Stars

Ten of the greatest athletes born or raised in California.

Palisades gondola name released

Palisades Tahoe’s new gondola debuting for the 2022-23 season will be known as the Palisades Tahoe Base to Base Gondola, the resort announced on Aug. 22. The ski resort will open for the season on Nov. 22. Vail has also …

“Buried” film released nationwide

Greenwich Entertainment has acquired U.S. and Canadian rights to the documentary “Buried: The 1982 Alpine Meadows Avalanche,” a gripping account of the deadliest avalanche in U.S. ski resort history. Greenwich plans to release the documentary — winner of the Audience …

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Bill Russell and Vin Scully: Two California Sports Icons

Basketball legend Bill Russell and iconic baseball play-by-play broadcaster Vin Scully will be remembered as two of the most monumental figures in California sports history.

New lift, trail for Mt. Rose

Mt. Rose Ski Tahoe’s new Lakeview zone, a $7.5-million, on-mountain expansion, will offer the new Lakeview Express lift catering to low-level and intermediate skiers and snowboarders. The new Lakeside trail will feature views of Lake Tahoe and provide the preferred …

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Will Voters Approve Sports Betting?

Four ballot measures to legalize sports wagering in California were proposed, but now it's down to two and only one might face voters this year.

12th Annual Tahoe Sierra Golf Guide | 2022

Inside North Lake Tahoe | North Lake Tahoe | Northstar | Olympic Valley | South Lake Tahoe | Truckee | Lost Sierra North Lake Tahoe Incline Village Championship Course — Opens May 13 In the 1960s, Robert Trent Jones and …

Mountain biking trail tips

The Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association (TAMBA) is asking all riders to practice good trail etiquette as local trails have seen increased usage over the last two years. Alert users when approaching, slow down and say hello. Let other users …

Red Dog lift upgrade

Palisades Tahoe has announced that Red Dog lift will be replaced with a high-speed, detachable, six-person lift this summer. The base terminal will be moved east to a new location giving skiers direct access to the lift from the parking …

Tahoe Backcountry Ski Patrol: Your friendly, neighborhood back-country ski patroller

Next time you’re exploring the Tahoe Sierra back country, don’t be surprised if you cross paths with a person wearing a signature red jacket adorned with white crosses. Nope, you didn’t just accidentally ski inside the resort boundary. You’ve met …

Incline golf course honored

Incline Village Championship Course recently received three prestigious rankings on golfpass.com’s Golfers’ Choice 2022 lists. More than 320,000 golfers submitted feedback to rank the Top 50 out of more than 3,000 public courses in the country and the Championship Course …

Sierra-At-Tahoe celebrates 75th anniversary: Roots Steeped in Legend

Sierra-at-Tahoe is a legacy resort, one that has deep roots in the origins of downhill skiing in the Tahoe Sierra. Organically it descends from a gaggle of pioneering mom-and-pop-owned ski areas that were strung like white pearls along Highway 50’s …

Help Save Our Snow: Tahoe’s snowpack threatened by climate change

STORY BY UC DAVIS TERC The UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center (TERC) has partnered with Palisades Tahoe and Protect Our Winters on an educational campaign to increase public awareness and understanding of the negative effects of climate change to …

Help fund ski, housing documentary

A group of North Lake Tahoe filmmakers – Elizabeth Cameron, Alex Van Raalte and Amina Hughes – are making a short documentary that will feature skiers and snowboarders discussing the local housing situation and the impacts of the worker shortage …

Tahoe athletes join Team USA

Three more Tahoe athletes – A.J. Hurt, Maureen “Mo” Lebel and Alix Wilkinson – have been named to Team USA to compete in the XXIV Winter Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Hurt, Lebel and Wilkinson join nine other Tahoe athletes …

Homewood celebrates 60th anniversary

By Jenn Sheridan | Courtesy Homewood Mountain Resort Lake Tahoe, including the West Shore, was the summer and fall home to the Washoe for many centuries before non-Native Americans even knew it existed. However, things changed quickly during the mid-1800s. …

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