Jackass crew spotted in Truckee filming third feature

Could be a mirac ...Tahoe Donner golf course opens Friday

5/16/12, 7:03 am, Staff Report

• No snow = golf
• ...In early May ...could be a mirac

Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe will break ground on new facility June 4

5/15/12, 7:12 am, Staff Report

• Project currently out to bid through Town of Truckee for build - apps due April 26
• Shelter to open in late '13; click inside to donate

Register here for Tahoe Rim Trail Outdoor Leadership and Guide Training starting Friday

5/15/12, 6:13 am, By Jaime Souza

• May 18-20 at Granlibakken Lodge
• Guides and interested participants can learn more about how to get involved in the TRTA

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Tahoe Rim Trail construction training set for Friday

5/14/12, 7:51 am, By Teresa Crimmens

• Learn how to build trail at Galena Creek Park
• Click in to register

Luna Chix to ride Boca on May 22

5/14/12, 7:50 am, By Wendy Lautner

• Tahoe Luna Chix ride again Tuesday, May 8
• XC MTB clinic with Katerina Nash Tuesday, June 5 - get ready to ride ladies! 

Auburn Ski Club opens registration for Firecracker Mile and Squaw Mountain Run

5/09/12, 8:04 am, Staff Report

• Firecracker Mile 9 a.m. Wednesday, July 4
• Squaw Mountain Run 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 4

Golf passes on sale at Tahoe Donner ...oh so are next year's XC ski passes

4/19/12, 8:10 am, Tahoe Donner

• Four-pack is $316 - includes cart... lessons $99
• Hook up next year's XC/downhill ski pass - uber-cheap... 

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Local ski pressers Moment and Praxis offer spring deals online

4/17/12, 8:15 am, Staff Report

• Both local companies offering at least 10 percent off already discounted skis
• Shop local. Ski local. 

Squaw closes with most snow all year ...Alpine still open and will host golf tourney

4/16/12, 7:53 am, Staff Report

• Alpine Ski Golf wnners get a two-night stay at Mission Hills CC in Palm Springs
• Not bad - clubs provided - 9 a.m. Saturday, April 21 at the top of summit chair ...be there

Well hello winter ...Some Basin resorts extend close dates

4/13/12, 8:18 am, Staff Report

• Squaw, Alpine, Sugar Bowl now staying open through April 29
• Rose to close Sunday, April 15 ...unless.... 

Editorial - TRPA's Unintended Consequences

4/04/12, 8:13 am, Ann Nichols

• Nicols is a 42-year Tahoe Resident, Realtor and president North Tahoe Preservation Alliance

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Olympians Headline First Squaw and Alpine Meadows U.S. Ski Team Day

4/01/12, 9:45 pm, By Kristina Dickson

• Julia, Jonny, Shannon - all at first US Ski Team Day fundraiser
• Pro-am race; sounds of Tea Leaf Green... Saturday, April 7

No Foolin' DP's Dummy Downhill April 1

3/31/12, 7:53 pm, Staff Report

• First dummy jump high noon Sunday, April 1
• awards for most creative, best crash, longest crash ...get that dummy built, grab a cold cruiser and get down to DP

Tahoe Truckee Earth Day Festival set at Squaw on 4-20

3/30/12, 8:02 am, Staff Report

• April 20-21 Squaw welcomes Earth Day
• Wild and Scenic Film Fest highlights at night - click inside for dets/tix

Never too late for winter to start ...Squawpine throws out a spring pass deal and closing date...

3/28/12, 7:47 am, Staff Report

• Shuttin 'er down - Squaw/Alpine to turn for the month of April... Alpine the first couple weekends in May
• Buy next year's pass - ski a month for free...start snowdancing for '12-'13 now... 

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Trailer for McConkey doc released on three-year anniversary of death

3/27/12, 8:17 am, Staff Report

• McConkey doc to focus on athlete's formative years
• Feature-length film set for release in Jan. 2013 will also explore questions of extreme athletes pushing boundaries

Rose and Sugar Bowl roll out spring pass bargains

3/26/12, 8:11 am, Staff Report

• Mt Rose - ski the rest of the season for $99 - put that towards next year
• Sugar Bowl - $379 gets you next season's mid-week plus ...and the remainder of this year... 

Freeride Flow Festival at Kirkwood wraps Suanday

3/18/12, 12:33 pm, Staff Report

• Kreitler, Worster, Hardaway, Edwards, Nevins... all your chill big names at Kirkwood March 16-18
• Miracle March, yoga and backcountry instruction - what more is there?!

Rahlves repeats as Banzai Tour Super Final champ

3/13/12, 7:53 am, Staff Report

• Rahlves repeats as namesake contest winner
• Tour concluded at Sugar Bowl with classic Silver Belt redux

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Truckee Elementary goes green thanks to McConkey Foundation

3/07/12, 8:04 am, Staff Report

• $20k donation from McConkey Foundation matched by TTSD parent teacher organization
• 27-member Truckee Elemnetary 'green team' to help create sustainable school

If you missed the Great Race as much as we did ...fear not

3/06/12, 8:15 am, Staff Report

• Tahoe XC to Northstar race still on (don't need as much snow fer that one) Saturday, April 7
• It's Far West Nordic's youth ski program fundraiser - click inside to register

Lake clarity still a little murky as depth numbers arbitrary once more

3/01/12, 8:00 am, By A. Pridgen

• Editorial: Time to measure the lake's health in a new way...
• Don't get us wrong - we love the dish... but...

Miracle March starts off with a bang ...resorts claiming four feet of fresh

3/01/12, 7:59 am, Staff Report

• March comes in like a lion
• ...and the Facebook/twitter is covered in snowy bench photos; we'll take it...

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Kirkweed part of Empire ...Sugar Bowl lifts pass restrictions

2/23/12, 7:45 am, Staff Report

• Pack a phatty for like the end of an era 30 miles south of SLT
• ...'s ay-ait... Vail stackin' its chips (hint: this won't be their last Basin acquisition)...

Basin Bargain Basement - It's 420 at Squaw

2/23/12, 5:05 am, By A. Pridgen

• Great address, great price
• A Pizza Hut condo ski-in/ski out crashpad ...and parking — of your very own

Basin Bargain Baement - A-frame revloution in KB

2/23/12, 4:08 am, By A. Pridgen

• We know we love plugging KB
• ...And you love reading about it

Mt Rose Chutes open... sorta... snow in the 10 day ...sorta

2/21/12, 8:18 am, Staff Report

• Chutes open but we don't recommend getting after 'em quite yet
• Only snow in 10-day is flurries on Saturday; will weather window open for Miracle March?!

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Kid 'n Play ...Kids' week is what's goin' on at Squaw

2/17/12, 7:27 am, Staff Report

• Squaw's Kid-o-Rama starts Saturday, Feb. 18 and goes all week
• Movies, lessons, family ski racing, s'mores, dance parties... 

Squaw rolls out second web relaunch in 12 months

2/15/12, 8:01 am, Staff Report

• Squaw.com = more 'social' (they encourage tweeting about the park) and one big nav bar
• with a nice bkgd... check it - tell us what you think...

Squaw's Paaso takes first at Chamonix

1/24/12, 8:25 am, Staff Report

• Freeride World Tour's second stop is all Jackie...
• Video inside

Tahoe Bikini Chicks go viral ...their snowdance may have worked

1/19/12, 8:25 am, Staff Report

• When all else fails, show the weather gods a little skin
• Rain in the a.m. - snow through the weekend

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Faithful employee takes helm of Alpenglow Sports

1/16/12, 8:20 am, Staff Report

• Brendan Madigan takes over Tahoe City store from founder Donald Fyfe
• New website coming soon too

Truckee Wine Walk looking to give some money away

1/12/12, 8:19 am, Staff Report

• That's right - someone's GIVING money away...
• Local nonprofits - step up (deadline to apply is Feb. 15)

Hold those pinkies up ...less than an inch of snow the official 'pack' Tahoe's driest December in history

1/04/12, 8:01 am, Staff Report

• Driest December since the '60s causes resorts to scale back and locals to continue that snow dance
• Is there anything in the forecast?!

KidZone Museum and Sugar Bowl co-sponsor Grom comps

12/28/11, 8:29 am, By J. Monson

• Kids museum and terrain park
• YES... Indeed!

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Start training now for TRTA St. Paddy's Day snowshoe search for pot 'o gold

12/28/11, 7:00 am, TRTA Staff

• Luck 'o the Irish (may bring snow) Saturday, March 17
• Start training NOW ...get that resolution going early...

Davis boy ID'd as victim in chair lift fall... incident still under investigation

12/22/11, 7:49 pm, Staff Report

• 7-year-old John Henderson described by family as active and rambunctious ...one who wanted to be an inventor or an astronaut
• Father, Mark, an associate dean of the medical school and mother Helen Chew works for UCD Cancer Center

Real time ski rental possible with Mtn. Mike's new website

12/21/11, 6:58 am, Staff Report

• Hey, no snow ...slow news day
• Get 30% off rentals online - check out all your equipment and have it ready at the store - not bad... 

Sugar Bowl investor and SF philanthropist Warren Hellman passes

12/20/11, 8:05 am, By H. Graziano

• Hellman, 77, lead investor and member of Sugar Bowl's board of directors
• ...He also did Western States and was president of the US Ski Team

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No snow but TRPA staff makes it rain in the Basin with holiday donations

12/19/11, 8:04 am, By K. Boosman

• Six local nonprofits benefit from TRPA staff's generosity
• ...Now get back to work on that regional plan... 

Speedy recovery to Moment's Hakansson ...and lessons learned

12/13/11, 7:58 am, Staff Report

• Moment Skis founder breaks neck at Boreal testing new product
• He's ok, but recent blog entry worth a read...

Celebrate National Winter Trails Day with the Tahoe Rim Trail Association Jan. 7

12/12/11, 7:08 am, TRTA Staff

• Kick off the new year with Tahoe Rim Trail event for winter trails
• 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 7 (weather permitting) get out and hike, learn avy awareness, get prizes ...and warm drinks!

Gapers please don't get any ideas... Squawpine traverse studied

12/04/11, 8:12 pm, By A. Richmond

• You can always plan your own route ...but then there's helicopters, long cold nights and your wet jeans involved
• Best stick to the ice bar for now...

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Optimism Tahoe style... 'Snow-making' temps back in the forecast ...Sugar Bowl to turn on weekends

12/01/11, 8:12 am, Staff Report

• Old Man Winter is hitting snooze in the Sierras
• All Basin resorts set to be open by Dec. 15 ...but will nature cooperate (short answer: pray for Miracle March)

Occupy Squawpine ...Tahoe the new land of the megaresort

11/17/11, 8:05 am, Staff Report

• Ready or not, a private equity frim now owns Squaw and Alpine...
• Just give us cheap tickets

'Ultimate' Squaw day giveaway on Facebook

11/11/11, 6:55 am, Staff Report

• Friend Squaw on Facebook and click on sweepstakes tab - win a day of eating, skiing and ...skiing
• Spread the word - build that database...

Squaw ski team takes it to the hill

11/10/11, 7:58 am, By A. Richmond

• Ages four and up can still sign up for ski team at half price...
• And yes, Masters can register too

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A blowin' snow we will go ...major Basin resorts draining the lake with snowguns

11/05/11, 6:14 pm, Staff Report

• Alpine, Boreal, Diamond Peak, Mt. Rose, Northstar, Squaw...all blowin'
• Week of Thanksgiving targeting for opening

Learn to ski or snowboard with Daron Rahlves at Sugar Bowl

11/03/11, 8:28 am, Staff Report

• Get on skis with D. Rahlves for the first time in January at Sugar Bowl
• It's the source ...it'll change your life

Put down them protest signs and get yourself a job at Tahoe Donner

11/01/11, 8:05 am, Tahoe Donner

• That's right - job fair time
• Hey, it's non-corporate-owned skiing in Tahoe... how bad can it be?!

Earthquake weather in Truckee ...no damages or injuries reported

10/27/11, 7:28 am, Staff Report

• 4.8 magnitude quake rumbles 23 miles from downtown Truckee
• No damage, injuries reported... 

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La Nina Hangover ...weather pundits predict mellow winter

10/20/11, 8:24 am, Staff Report

• After initial October spke, warm weather sets in
• Models portend 'normal' winter ...but meteorologists say 'wait and see'

Squaw donates 3 grand to Humane Society ...McConkey donates 10 times that to enviro causes

10/11/11, 7:54 am, Staff Report

• Shane McConkey foundation announces Monday gift of $20k to TTUSD for environmental programs; $10k to Protect Our Winters (POW)
• Squaw gives $2,600 from an online pass auction to Humane Society of Truckee Tahoe

Truckee KidZone museum secures big federal grant

10/10/11, 7:32 am, Staff Report

• KidZone museum gets $50k federal grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
• ...Grant will help with outreach to Truckee kids/families to educate in ecology and earth sciences

Sugar Bowl continues CORE points system... still not quite sure what it is

10/05/11, 6:27 am, Staff Report

• So, sounds like for $19 you get $15 off day passes
• Ok, not bad... .click inside

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...Because Powder whore keeps it core and even let in Alpine skiers

10/03/11, 9:46 pm, By B. Madigan

• Powderwhore's choice to feature more than knee-droppers a good one ...they also left the Red Bull helicopters behind...
• 'Breaking Trail, A Backcountry Film' gets its Tahoe premiere on at Sawtooth Ridge Cafe Monday, Oct. 17

Why the Squaw-Alpine merger ain't too excitin'

9/27/11, 8:31 am, By A. Pridgen

• ...Both resorts to be bundled and packaged and eventually sold to a hedge fund...yes, that's what's happening
• Remember KSL is a PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM - not your friend, dummy

Squaw grabs Northstar ski team director ...hires VP from Steamboat

9/23/11, 7:59 am, By A. Richmond

• Squaw continues to build its super team...
• All stars from Tahoe to Colorado... in order to complete the resort's 'renaissance'

Nason steps down as director of League to Save Lake Tahoe

9/15/11, 8:10 am, Staff Report

• Largely credited with turning small nonprofit into environmental crusading juggernaut, Rochelle Nason was with The League for more than 18 years
• ...Time for new blood, we say

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Terrain park time at Squaw

9/06/11, 8:20 am, By A. Richmond

• Squaw hires tops in the biz Snow Park Technologies to pump up park
• Squaw prez Andy Wirth did the same in Park City - so time to see if Squaw becomes Tahoe's new jibber Mecca

Truckee-based Praxis skis releases new line with discount code

8/30/11, 7:59 am, Staff Report

• Click inside for discount code on '11-'12 line
• Truckee-born skis... SUPPORT LOCAL BIZ...

TRPA tries to keep Nevada in the mix by getting it together on the Regional Plan

8/28/11, 11:33 am, By Jeff Cowen

• T-minus three years till Nevada pulls the plug on the TRPA and builds homes and piers made of Natty Lite cans and shotgun shells on the east shore
• ...'k, that was lame...

Squaw gets its geochache on...

8/27/11, 8:04 am, By A. Richmond

• Geocaching at Squaw - 10 spots, 10 treasures...
• Click inside for dets; take that cable car up... 

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Squaw opens up coffers for Tahoe Fund

8/24/11, 7:30 am, By A. Richmond

• Founded in 2010 - the Tahoe Fund is the less ...errrr... radical enviro-project nonprofit alternative to that Bumper Sticker group
• $25k check from Squaw - well, that's a start

Murky Tahoe portends another great wine year

8/17/11, 8:56 pm, Staff Report

• Last time lake was this murky was in '97 and that was a BONUS year for big cabs
• Report on Secchi depth released Tuesday at Tahoe Summit more than clear about lack of clairty... 

Squaw rolls out five-year plan ...yes it includes s'mores

7/27/11, 7:50 am, By A. Richmond

• New terrain parks, groomers, maps (for the first time ...hmm, Squaw with maps - dunno about that one) and even an iPhone app
• Oh, coffee at the top of the Funi too...

South Korea awarded 2018 Winter Games ...Fake Reno-Tahoe bid over

7/07/11, 7:17 am, Staff Report

• So NOW can we stop talking Reno/Tahoe games
• Or gear up for 2026 ...by actually planning to build Olympic-ready infrastructure... (hint: Pyeongchang has a new $1.5 billion resort, all venues within 30 minutes of each other and a high-speed rail link from Seoul)

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Clock's ticking on TRPA

6/08/11, 7:54 am, Staff Report

• Nevada's passage of SB 271 means Silver State will bounce from bi-state compact in 2015 if regional plan not adopted
• ...You know, the 'plan' that's 20-plus years in the making and still not close to being codified...

Diamond Peak is top of the social media heap

5/11/11, 9:10 pm, By B. Archer

• Tweet it - DP loves the social media
• ...And yeah, that meant more peeps on the hill

HSTT gets anonymous quarter-million dollar donation from local couple

4/15/11, 10:29 am, M. Raymore

• Way to step up!
• Half of three million needed to replace old shelter in the bank... keep it going Truckee

Sugar Bowl one of seven new 'green' businesses in the basin

4/13/11, 10:08 am, Staff Report

• Check out keepthesierragreen.org
• See how your business can join and ...get in there

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Nevada is going Nevada-crazy ...lawmakers want to secede from TRPA

4/01/11, 2:15 pm, Staff Report

• Dissolve the TRPA!? Really... that'll help ...nice work John Lee - we don't come to where you live (Vegas) and tell you how to run a (in all ways) bankrupt city
• ...Go build another quarter-billion-dollar bridge over the Hoover Dam and leave us alone, prick ...

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