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It's been a weird ski and riding season, for sure. One indication is that Heavenly Mountain Resort is only operating the Boulder base lodge and the Boulder and North Bowl lifts on weekends. In all the years I taught at Boulder never has had a shutdown like this. Too bad because lots of locals liked Boulder as out-of-towners didn't go there very often. Thus, parking was close and runs not crowded.

U.S. Forest Service officers cited four local men for riding snowmobiles at night in the Freel Peak/High Meadows closure area on the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.
While on patrol, officers observed fresh snowmobile tracks passing directly underneath closure signs and subsequently encountered the riders. One rider fled the scene, abandoning his snowmobile, which was towed and impounded.

ALPINE MEADOWS, Calif. - In the past two and a half weeks, Daron Rahlves has gone from apprehensive event organizer to emboldened promoter of his second annual Rahlves Banzai Tour."That was awesome...

New Lake Tahoe license plates are appearing on the vehicle fleets of major ski resorts and businesses in the Tahoe Basin, as support for the Tahoe plate program in California and Nevada continues this winter.

Heavenly Ski Resort helped launch the program in 1996 and has 140 vehicles plated for Tahoe. Northstar Resort, Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows, and Tahoe Dave’s Skis and Boards have ordered new Tahoe plates.

Last week the Western Winter Sports Representative Association held their annual demonstration of next year's products at Alpine Meadows ski resort. Large and small companies from both North Americ...

With the anticipation of more snow, Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows have launched the new Tahoe Super 2 which offers two unrestricted days of skiing and riding at either resort for $49 per day.
Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows offers 4,000 acres of open terrain, 31 lifts, 6 terrain parks and a jib pipe with 54 terrain park features. With snow predicted in the next week, both resorts are expected to add to their 3-to-4-foot bases.

ALPINE MEADOWS, Calif. - Results continue to be a bit wonky in the Tahoe Basin Ski League, as South Tahoe's boys' and girls' team both finished second, but the Vikins finished third as a team. T...

Extreme snow sports legend and Transformers film wingsuit stuntman JT Holmes has finished shooting promotional TV spots for the Tahoe Fund’s Plate for Powder program, which gives purchasers of California and Nevada

California State Parks is gearing up for a legal battle with the South Shore's Washoe Meadows Community over the reclassification of Washoe Meadows State Park into a “state recreation area.”
The classification change is a critical component of a proposal to move up to nine holes of Lake Tahoe Golf Course onto undeveloped land as part of a project to restore that section of the Upper Truckee River.

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The U.S. Forest Service is mediating meetings between snowmobilers and cross-country skiers who use Tahoe Meadows recreation area near Mt. Rose. In the past, there has...

The snow forecast to hit the Lake Tahoe region during the next few days is expected to give the Tahoe Fund's Plate for Powder program a boost along with Sierra ski resorts and businesses. Drivers who purchase a California or Nevada Tahoe vehicle license plate will receive two free ski lift or Nordic tickets to the resort of their choice. New Tahoe plates cost $50 in California and $61 in Nevada.

Andy Wirth, president and CEO of Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows resorts, and Vail Resorts co-president Blaise T. Carrig have been elected to the Reno Tahoe Winter Games Coalition's Board of Direct...

The issue of moving nine holes of the Lake Tahoe Golf course into Washoe Meadows State Park has been debated for years. It has gotten to the point where a lawsuit has been filed and it has become a...

So Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows are engaging in a friendly little competition to raise money for Project MANA, Truckee/North Lake Tahoe's hunger relief organization. To kick things off I will d...

Alpenglow Sports has partnered with Alpine Meadows Ski Resort to put on the 5th annual Alpine Touring and Telemark Demo on Jan. 7 form 9am-3pm. ...www.laketahoenews.net/.../alpine-telemark-skiing-demo...

Posted by admin in Ski Conditions on December 10th, 2011 | no responses. Alpine Meadows and Diamond Peak start the 2011-12 ski-snowboard season today. Here is the ski report for Dec. 10. – Curtis Fong...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Squaw Valley USA and Alpine Meadows topped the list for California resorts in the Ski Area Citizens Coalition's 11th Annual Ski Area Environmental Report Card. The report...

The Tahoe Fund announced today that 12 major Lake Tahoe-area ski resorts are offering two free Alpine or Nordic tickets for every purchase of a California or Nevada Lake Tahoe license plate between December 12 and April 15.

RENO, Nev. - Companies that provide holiday lighting services expect December to be both merry and bright.Although budget cutbacks at some large businesses in the Truckee Meadows have impacted ligh...

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - Opponents of a restoration project that would see some of Lake Tahoe Golf Course moved into Washoe Meadows State Park have taken their arguments to court, while a vand...

The Tahoe Regional Planning Agency will hear plans on the Homewood project on the west shore but has scrapped plans to discuss the Upper Truckee River Restoration project during a two-day meeting of the Governing Board.
According to a news release, the Dec. 14 agenda remains unchanged and includes a proposed adoption of the Final Environmental Impact Review and Environmental Impact Statement for Homewood Mountain Resort. The meetings are on Wednesday, Dec. 14 at Granlibakken, and Thursday, Dec. 15 at the TRPA offices.

Zimride, the largest online ride-sharing service in North America, today announced that a new route between San Francisco and Lake Tahoe will open to the public beginning Thanksgiving day, bringing Bay Area residents convenient, inexpensive access to one of the country’s top winter destinations. To celebrate the route’s launch, Zimride is giving away $20,000 worth of free gas to riders on the route.

The previously announced transaction between KSL Capital Partners and JMA Ventures which joins Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows under one operating company has officially closed. This announcement affirms that skiers and riders can access Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows’ 6,000 acres, 44 lifts and over 270 trails on one lift ticket or season pass. The two resorts will be connected by convenient, complimentary shuttles that will provide transportation between the two resorts.

“Since announcing the merger, the Alpine Meadows and Squaw Valley joint pass products –the Tahoe Super Pass and Tahoe Super Six, and Squaw Valley’s $50 million Renaissance, the response from our guests has been overwhelmingly positive” said Andy Wirth, Squaw Valley’s president and CEO.“The opportunity to experience these two incredible mountains, each with their own unique spirit and character, through one pass and one ticket has resonated deeply with our guests,” said Wirth. Wirth will take the helm as the president and CEO of Squaw Valley Ski Holdings, LLC, the newly formed parent company of both Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows.

By John Heil
California is expected to see a boost in its local mountain economies as a result of a new legislation that now permits year-long recreation opportunities on U.S. Forest Service ski areas. The Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2011, which was signed by President Barack Obama on Nov. 7, is estimated to create and annually sustain up to 600 extra jobs nationwide.