Lake Tahoe’s most popular racing series – the Rahlves’ Banzai Tour – is back, with ski and snowboard racing in its purest form. The Banzai Tour begins this weekend (Feb. 22-23) at Kirkwood Mountain Resort. Due to low snow totals, the Banzai was delayed this year. Kirkwood has 9 feet of fresh snow But Kirkwood has […]
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Two Lake Tahoe skiers die after reportedly crashing into trees
Two people died last week in accidents at Lake Tahoe ski resorts. The two ski deaths are reportedly the first of the 2013-14 ski season in Lake Tahoe. The ski deaths were a Sugar Bowl ski resort employee from Brazil and a 43-year-old Bay Area man from Belmont who was skiing at skiing Northstar California […]
Kirkwood ski resort in Lake Tahoe reporting 9 feet of new snow in past 12 days
Historically, there have been many years when Kirkwood Mountain has received the most snow of any Lake Tahoe ski resort. This may again be one of those years. Kirkwood gets dumped on During the recent snow storms in the Lake Tahoe region, Kirkwood ski resort got seriously dumped on. The resort, located off Highway 88, received […]
Many Lake Tahoe ski resorts opening new terrain for Presidents’ Day weekend
Thanks to last week’s sizable snow storm, Lake Tahoe ski resorts are running more lifts and opening more terrain for skiing and snowboarding. It comes at a good time as well, since this is Presidents’ Day weekend and the Lake Tahoe ski resorts are hoping for a huge turnout of excited skiers and riders who […]
Meet the Winter Olympic skiers, riders from Lake Tahoe
Not only is Lake Tahoe one of the finest ski and snowboarding regions in the country, it also produces some of the nation’s top skiers and riders. That’s evident as the 2014 Winter Olympics near. There will be nine skiers and riders from Lake Tahoe ski resorts competing in the Winter Games in Sochi, which run […]
David Wise, Chas Guldemond will represent Northstar at Winter Olympics
The cheering will grow a little more intense around the Village at Northstar in February when a couple of local athletes compete. Earlier this week, both freeskier David Wise and slopestyle snowboarder Chas Guldemond were named to the U.S. Winter Olympics team. It’s the first Olympic berth for both Wise and Guldemond, who call Northstar California their home mountain. The Winter Olympics […]