Homewood Mountain Resort is scheduled to open its first chair lifts of the 2012-13 season on Thursday, Dec. 20, offering peak to shore skiing and riding with scheduled operations of the Madden Triple Chair and Old Homewood Express higCopyright 2012 Continue Reading
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TAHOE/TRUCKEE - A winter storm watch was issued Tuesday afternoon for the greater Lake Tahoe area, effective Thursday evening through Saturday night, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.Periods of moderate to heaCopyright 2012 Sierra Continue Reading
COURCHEVEL, France - Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley and U.S. teammate Mikaela Shiffrin combined for top-10 finishes in an Audi FIS Alpine World Cup giant slalom in Courchevel, France, on Sunday.Mancuso was sixth and Shiffrin niCopyright 2012 Sierra Continue Reading
VAL GARDENA, Italy - After missing all of the 2011-12 season with a torn Achilles, American Steven Nyman stormed out of the 39th start position to steal a victory on a foggy, snowy Saslong Classic after hours of delays Saturday.Copyright 2012 Sierra Continue Reading
TAHOE CITY, Calif. - Two Tahoe locals have recently combined forces to create the newest ski and snowboard shop in the basin, with 100 percent handmade hard goods.Tahoe Snow Lab, a manufacturing space for Slant Skis and ActualCopyright 2012 Sierra Continue Reading
TAHOE/TRUCKEE - More wet weather is headed to the Lake Tahoe region following storms that dropped up to 2 feet of snow in areas of the Sierra Nevada this week.A series of low-pressure systems is expected to move into the area Copyright 2012 Sierra Continue Reading
TAHOE/TRUCKEE - There's fresh powder in the backcountry, but that doesn't mean you should leave your rock boards - or your avalanche beacon - at home.Recreational conditions on Thursday were good, SierrCopyright 2012 Sierra Sun. All rights reserved. Continue Reading
TAHOE/TRUCKEE - Our thoughts are with all of those affected by yesterday's incomprehensible and horrific act of school violence that occurred in Newtown, Connecticut. Although this tragedy occurred on the East Coast, it is deeplCopyright 2012 Sierra Continue Reading
TRUCKEE, Calif. - A Nevada City-based homeless service provider is expanding service out of western Nevada County into Truckee.The Truckee Donner Recreation and Park District's board of directors this week granted DivineCopyright 2012 Sierra Sun. All Continue Reading
