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Jamie Anderson uses bronze medal finish to highlight climate change and POW
Submitted by paula on Mon, 02/11/2019 - 11:48pm
PARK CITY, Utah -- Jamie Anderson knew what she had to do. The two-time slopestyle snowboarding Olympic champion considered dropping out of the FIS Snowboard, Freestyle Ski and Freeski World Championships but realized she could use the event for a greater good and get out a message near and dear to her heart.
EBT card system down for 24 hours next weekend
Submitted by paula on Wed, 06/13/2018 - 5:35pm
Those who use Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards, including CalFresh and CalWORKS issued cards, will be unable to use them for a 24-hour period so the State of California can transition to a new EBT vendor.
THe statewide 24-hour EBT outage and black-out period is scheduled from Saturday, June 23, 2018, beginning at 11:00 p.m. and going until Sunday, June 24, 2018 at 11:00 p.m. During this 24-hour period, those using the EBT cards will be unable to access benefits, nor will they be able to access the program's website at www.ebt.ca.gov.
Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows official training site for U.S. Ski & Snowboard team
Submitted by paula on Sat, 12/23/2017 - 10:36pm
Five ski resorts in the United States are official training sites for the U.S. Ski & Snowboard team, and now for the next five years Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows is one of them. They join Mammoth Mountain in California, Deer Valley in Utah, Copper Mountain in Colorado and Timberline Lodge in Oregon. In addition to being an Official Training Site for the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team, Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows is a U.S. Ski & Snowboard High Performance Center and U.S. Ski & Snowboard Development Site.
Lake Tahoe area ski and weather news: The Mountain Resort Report©
Submitted by paula on Sun, 03/12/2017 - 8:56am
Good morning skiers and riders, and if you're visiting, welcome to Lake Tahoe!
Today is Sunday, March 12.
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SPRING LIKE DAY TO ENJOY THE SLOPES… EXPECT BLUE SKIES AND WARMING TEMPS ON THE MOUNTAIN. DRESS IN LIGHT LAYERS SO YOU CAN PEEL DOWN WHEN AFTERNOON TEMPS RISE. MACHINE GROOMED & SKIER RIDER PACKED SNOW… FRIM IN THE MORNING AND SOFTENING BY MID-MORNING. DON’T FORGET THE SUNSCREEN TODAY…
TODAY’S WEATHER (NWS GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA): Expect Sunny Skies. Highs: 52F to 62F. Light winds.
Slide closes SR-89 around Emerald Bay at Lake Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Fri, 03/10/2017 - 3:25pm
9:10 a.m. update March 11: Caltrans has now opened SR89 at Emerald Bay after a snow slide closed it Friday.
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8:15 a.m. update March 11: State Route 89 remains closed at Emerald Bay after Friday's snow slide. One truck was caught in the snow from the slide but it has since been removed.
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SR-89 is closed Friday after a snow slide fell onto both lanes near Emerald Bay on the west shore of Lake Tahoe.
As of 2:15 p.m., Caltrans said there is no estimated time of reopening.
Lake Tahoe area ski and weather news: The Mountain Resort Report©
Submitted by paula on Thu, 03/09/2017 - 8:51am
Good morning skiers and riders, and if you are visiting, welcome to Lake Tahoe!
Today is March 9.
ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SPRING LIKE DAY TO ENJOY THE SLOPES… EXPECT BLUE SKIES AND WARMING TEMPS ON THE MOUNTAIN. DRESS IN LIGHT LAYERS SO YOU CAN PEEL DOWN WHEN AFTERNOON TEMPS RISE. MACHINE GROOMED & SKIER RIDER PACKED SNOW… SOFTENING ON SOUTHERN EXPOSURES… DON’T FORGET THE SUNSCREEN TODAY…
TODAY’S WEATHER (NWS GREATER LAKE TAHOE AREA): Expect Sunny Skies. Highs: 50F to 60F. Light winds.
TONIGHT: Partly Cloudy. Lows: 24F to 34F. Southwest winds around 10 mph.
World Cup skiing and Celebrity Pro-Am events at Squaw Valley this weekend
Submitted by paula on Mon, 03/06/2017 - 1:40pm
With the Audi FIS Ski World Cup women's races at Squaw Valley starting on March 9, several other events will be going on at the North Lake Tahoe resort which include a concert featuring actor Dennis Quaid and his band The Sharks, and a Toyota Celebrity Pro-Am. Skiers participating in the Pro-Am include Quaid, Bret Saberhagen, Ed Begley, Jr., Ben Stiller, Bobby Kennedy, Jr. and Cheryl Hines. They will be joined by former and current U.S.
USFS videos with Julia Mancuso focuses on Tahoe National Forest and World Cup
Submitted by paula on Thu, 02/23/2017 - 1:16pm
The U.S. Forest Service has released two videos created to not only highlight the upcoming World Cup ski events at Squaw Valley, but to celebrate the Tahoe National Forest.
Olympic gold medalist Julia Mancuso is featured in each video showing the beauty and recreational values of the forest where she grew up.
Squaw Valley expands World Cup weekend to include Toyota ProAm
Submitted by paula on Mon, 01/23/2017 - 7:57pm
While the top women’s alpine ski racers in the world prepare to descend on Squaw Valley March 10-11 for the Audi FIS Women’s World Cup Giant Slalom and Slalom races, another group of seasoned competitors will also be setting their sights on the California resort with the addition of the Toyota ProAm Ski Challenge to the weekend’s festivities.
Women's Audi FIS World Cup heading to Squaw Valley in 2017
Submitted by paula on Fri, 06/10/2016 - 10:36pm
The International Ski Federation (FIS) and the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) announced today that Squaw Valley will host an Audi FIS World Cup in March 2017, consisting of a women’s giant slalom on Friday, March 10 and a women’s slalom on Saturday, March 11. The event will mark the return of World Cup ski racing to California for the first time in 19 years.
Squaw Valley proposed for 2017 World Cup
Submitted by paula on Thu, 03/24/2016 - 5:59pm
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) has selected Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows as the proposed site of an Audi FIS Ski World Cup in 2017. U.S. Ski Team officials are supporting the return of World Cup ski racing to the Olympic venue of Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows for the first time since 1969.
Jamie Anderson wins overall 2016 freestyle snowboarding title
Submitted by paula on Sun, 03/20/2016 - 9:14pmThe final snowboard FIS World Cup slopestyle event took place Sunday in Spindleruv Mlyn, Czech Republic, and Jamie Anderson from Meyers won the crystal globe award for women’s snowboard slopestyle despite skipping the final event of the season. Anderson also claimed the crystal globe for overall freestyle snowboarding.
On the men's side, Chris Corning (Arvada, CO) hit the podium with a second-place finish, and secured the overall World Cup Slopestyle title.
South Lake Tahoe sports roundup: On the snow and on the court
Submitted by paula on Thu, 01/21/2016 - 12:51pm
South Tahoe High and Whittell High athletes have seen wins this week, both on the court and on the slopes and South Lake Tahoe's Maddie Bowman is at Mammoth Mountain today for the first stop for the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup 2016.
South Tahoe High's varsity basketball teams won Wednesday night in Sparks. The boys beat the Railroaders 77-63 while the girls handled their opponent, winning the game by a score of 54-34.
Whittell grad aims to be first American woman in Olympic Skicross
Submitted by paula on Wed, 12/02/2015 - 10:23pm
Whitney Gardner realized quickly she was overmatched when she first competed in the Audi FIS Ski Cross World Cup.
The competition was stronger and more experienced. The jumps intimidated her. The features scared her. The courses were too challenging. She was constantly falling. She just wasn’t meeting her own expectations.
Ever since she transitioned into skicross from alpine skiing, Gardner had strove to someday compete on the world cup tour. But now that she was there, she had to admit she wasn’t ready. That was difficult.
Five Tahoe/Reno area skiers named to US Ski Team
Submitted by paula on Thu, 01/29/2015 - 12:43am
World Champions Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO), Ted Ligety (Park City, UT), Bode Miller (Franconia, NH) and Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO) headline a strong group of 26 athletes, 14 men and 12 women, named by the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association to compete in the 2015 FIS Alpine Ski World Championships Feb. 2-15 in Vail/Beaver Creek on home turf. Joining them will be five-time medalist Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, CA) as well as Audi FIS Ski World Cup downhill winners Travis Ganong (Squaw Valley, CA) and Steven Nyman (Sundance, UT).
South Lake Tahoe's Kyle Smaine wins first World Championship
Submitted by paula on Fri, 01/23/2015 - 3:34pm
South Tahoe High graduate, Kyle Smaine made his first appearance at world championships count on Thursday night by winning the gold for men's halfpipe in Austria. The 23-year old won the 2015 FIS Freestyle Ski & Snowboard World Championships with a Left-side 1260 tail; Right-side 1080 tail; Switch 720 opposite safety; Right-side 900 high mute; Right-side 900 truck driver.
He skies for Sierra at Tahoe, just as do Olympians Maddie Bowman, Jamie Anderson and Hannah Teter.
North Lake Tahoe's Travis Ganong Claims Career First Win
Submitted by paula on Sun, 12/28/2014 - 5:08pm
Travis Ganong, of Squaw Valley, CA and 2014 Olympian, took advantage of a new course for the men's Audi FIS Ski World Cup tour and punched through for his career first victory, winning the Santa Caterina downhill. Austria's Matthias Mayer was the only one who got close to Ganong, finishing in second, nine-hundredths back. Italy's Dominick Paris was third.
South Lake Tahoe's Sho Kashima named to 2015 US Freestyle Moguls Team
Submitted by paula on Tue, 12/09/2014 - 11:34pm
Sho Kashima of South Lake Tahoe has spent the off-season recovering from injuries and is preparing for the 2015 US Freestyle Moguls team.
The team was named this week in advance of the Dec. 13 FIS Freestyle World Cup season opener in Ruka, Finland. Kashima, who skis for Heavenly, expects to be able to join the team mid-season. According to his Facebook and Instagram pages he is working hard on rehabilitation.
Lake Tahoe's Hannah Teter and Julia Mancuso earn podium spots
Submitted by paula on Sat, 12/06/2014 - 8:53pm
In two different countries on Saturday, a Lake Tahoe skier and boarder represented the area well as they finished on the podium.
Reno's David Wise wins opening freeskiing event in Colorado
Submitted by paula on Sat, 12/06/2014 - 10:01am
COPPER MOUNTAIN, CO: Olympic Gold Medalist David Wise, who is a Lake Tahoe skier and Reno resident, is bringing home top honors after a heated early season battle that went down today at the first stop of the Sprint U.S Grand Prix tour and opening FIS Freestyle World Cup event of the season in Copper Mountain, CO. The brand new three run, best run counts format gave today’s finalist a lot of opportunity for progression, but David Wise’s consistent skiing and back-to-back double cork prowess set the stage early in the game.
2015 Alpine Ski Team Full of Lake Tahoe Athletes
Submitted by paula on Thu, 05/08/2014 - 9:14pmPARK CITY, UT (May 7) – Olympic gold medalists Ted Ligety (Park City, UT), Mikaela Shiffrin (Eagle-Vail, CO), Bode Miller (Franconia, NH), Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) and Julia Mancuso (Squaw Valley, CA) are among the 40 athletes nominated to the 2015 U.S. Alpine Ski Team. The team will formally named in the fall during Nature Valley First Tracks at Copper Mountain, CO – home of the U.S. Ski Team Speed Center.
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Fourty athletes have been nominated to the 2015 U.S. Alpine Ski Team.
Ty Sprock of South Lake Tahoe to Compete in Junior World Ski Championships
Submitted by paula on Wed, 02/19/2014 - 9:05pm
South Lake Tahoe may just have a future Olympian in its midst. 18 year old Whittell High School graduate Ty Sprock is one of 16 elite U.S. athletes that will be competing in the 2014 FIS Alpine Junior World Championships in Slovakia February 26 through March 6.
North Lake Tahoe's Julia Mancuso Finishes 7th, Gains Momentum for Sochi
Submitted by paula on Thu, 01/23/2014 - 10:01am
CORTINA d'AMPEZZO, Italy – Julia Mancuso from Squaw Valley, CA continued to gain momentum toward Sochi with seventh Thursday in an Audi FIS Alpine World Cup super G in Cortina for her best race of the season. Stacey Cook (Mammoth Mountain, CA) added to the U.S. momentum with ninth, her best super G finish since 2007. Austria’s Elisabeth Goergl won the race, which was a replacement for the canceled super G race last weekend due to a powerful winter storm that sidelined the weekend’s speed events.
Maddie Bowman of South Lake Tahoe Makes U.S. Olympic Freeskiing Team
Submitted by paula on Sun, 01/12/2014 - 3:40pm
Maddie Bowman of South Lake Tahoe clinched a nomination to the first-ever U.S. Freeskiing Olympic team Sunday with a win in the halfpipe final at the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix presented by The North Face at Breckenridge.
Road to Sochi: South Lake Tahoe's Kashima 6th in Deer Valley World Cup
Submitted by paula on Sun, 01/12/2014 - 9:39am
Sho Kashima of South Lake Tahoe finished in 6th place at the Visa Freestyle International FIS World Cup at Deer Valley on Saturday. After advancing to the advanced to the superfinal, but he lost control for just a second before the bottom air.
Road to Sochi: Lake Tahoe's Julia Mancuso13th in Zauchensee Downhill
Submitted by paula on Sat, 01/11/2014 - 9:39am
Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley finished 13th in the Audi FIS Alpine World Cup in Zauchensee, Austria, her best finish in this Olympic season. The race was won by Elisabeth Goergl of Austria who hadn't won a downhill race in two years.
Bowman named to World Champ Team
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/06/2013 - 6:00amSierra-at-Tahoe skier Maddie Bowman was named to the Freestyle and Freeskiing World Champs Team on Monday. Bowman will be among 34 U.S. athletes who compete in the 2013 FIS Freestyle World Ski Cham...
Alpine ski racing: Mancuso third in St. Moritz
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/12/2012 - 6:00amST. MORITZ, Switzerland - Lindsey Vonn skied a tactically perfect weather-shortened super G to capture her 57th Audi FIS Alpine World Cup victory in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Saturday, while J...
Snowboardcross: Nate Holland, Hagen Kearney win World Cup team event
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 12/12/2012 - 6:00amMONTAFON, Austria - Nate Holland of Squaw Valley and teammate Hagen Kearney stuck together for an impressive win at the FIS World Cup team snowboardcross race in Montafon, Austria, on Saturday. ...
FIS rejects Vonn's request to race against men
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 11/05/2012 - 12:53pmLindsey Vonn's request to compete in a men's World Cup downhill race has been rejected by the International Ski Federation.The FIS council met Saturday in Oberhofen, Switzerland, and "confirmed tha...
FIS set to discuss Vonn's wish to race against men
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/29/2012 - 4:08pmSOELDEN, Austria (AP) - The International Ski Federation will discuss Lindsey Vonn's wish to compete in a men's World Cup downhill race during a Nov. 3-4 meeting in Switzerland.FIS communications m...
FIS set to discuss Vonn's wish to race against men
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 10/29/2012 - 4:08pmSOELDEN, Austria (AP) - The International Ski Federation will discuss Lindsey Vonn's wish to compete in a men's World Cup downhill race during a Nov. 3-4 meeting in Switzerland.FIS communications m...
Heavenly to host U.S. Freestyle Championships through 2014
Submitted by Editor on Thu, 04/26/2012 - 2:29pmHeavenly Mountain Resort will host the U.S. Freestyle Championships in 2012-13 and 2013-14. The two-year deal brings the women’s and men’s moguls, aerials and dual moguls back to South Lake Tahoe for the second time. Heavenly also hosted the U.S. Freestyle Championships in 2004, as well as FIS World Cup Freestyle events in 1999 and 2000.
Mancuso posts strongest season since 2008
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 03/20/2012 - 5:58pmSCHLADMING, Austria - Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley capped her best season since 2008 when she fought her way to a fifth-place giant slalom finish in the final Audi FIS Alpine World Cup race Sunday...
Tahoe athletes top podiums at Mammoth
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 12:24pmLake Tahoe was well represented on the podium at Mammoth during the VISA U.S. Grand Prix, FIS World Cup and platinum AFP event his past weekend. South Lake Tahoe's Joanna Dzierzawski, who is spo...
Tahoe athletes top podiums at Mammoth
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 03/07/2012 - 12:24pmLake Tahoe was well represented on the podium at Mammoth during the VISA U.S. Grand Prix, FIS World Cup and platinum AFP event his past weekend. South Lake Tahoe's Joanna Dzierzawski, who is spo...
Julia Mancuso wins parallel slalom in Russia
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 02/24/2012 - 7:21amMOSCOW, Russia - Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley ripped through a head-to-head-style parallel slalom to win under the lights in Russia for her second Audi FIS Alpine World Cup victory the second time...
Kashima doesn't make podium for first time this season
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 11:46amBy USSA. MONT GABRIEL, Quebec — Olympic champion Hannah Kearney of Norwich, Vt., captured her first victory at Mont Gabriel, extending her FIS Freestyle World Cup win streak to 10 consecutive. Jeremy ...
Vonn wins super G, Mancuso 5th
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 01/15/2012 - 11:46amBy USSA. CORTINA d'AMPEZZO, Italy — Lindsey Vonn of Vail dominated the Cortina super G to notch the 47th Audi FIS Alpine World Cup win of her career and launch ahead of Austrian great Renate Goets...
Mancuso places second in downhill
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 01/08/2012 - 3:49pmBy USSA. BAD KLEINKIRCHHEIM, Austria — Julia Mancuso of Squaw Valley stormed to second and led three Americans into the top 10 at the Audi FIS Alpine ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../mancuso-places-second...
Vonn wins before hometown crowd; Mancuso
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 12/08/2011 - 5:53amBy USSA. BEAVER CREEK — Calling it the most memorable of her 46 career Audi FIS Alpine World Cup wins, Lindsey Vonn of Vail fulfilled the dream she had ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../vonn-wins-before-ho...
5 U.S. women in top 30 in downhill; Vonn dominates
Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 12/06/2011 - 4:29pmBy USSA. LAKE LOUISE, Alberta — Lindsey Vonn of Vail rocketed to her second Audi FIS Alpine World Cup downhill win in as many days Saturday to notch the ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../2-u-s-women-in-top...
