Squaw gets its geochache on...

TRPA hosts its own Oscars Wednesday

Today, 8:13 am, By A. Pridgen

• ...And the 'Tirpiae goes to...'
• Who won best of the Basin (and yes, our commentary... yeah!) 

...Great Race organizers keep fee down and say it may be short course ...or just a big party in Truckee... we vote for the latter

Today, 7:25 am, Staff Report

• Great race organizers will announce course changes (or possible party in Truckee) Feb. 27
• Till then EARLY REGISTRATION FEES are still heppenin' - click inside to register on the cheap!

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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...Last Tracks features Treasury and Beringer Saturday

2/21/12, 7:29 am, Staff Report

• Next Last Tracks is Treasury Wine Estates and Beringer e at DP 2 p.m. Saturdday, Feb. 23
• Snow be damned - tix avail inside - drink/ski... what's not to like...

Rahlves Banzai tour stop at Alpine relocated to Wolverine Bowl

2/20/12, 7:47 am, Staff Report

• Aww ...no Beaver Bowl this year...
• We'll make due - qualifying Feb. 23 and 24

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... 

Discounted tix at Sugar Bowl for Pres' Day weekend

2/16/12, 7:54 am, Staff Report

• Blacked-out riders can get $39 tix....
• Passholders from other resorts get $15 off

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Leap Year deal for Diamond Peak shredders

2/16/12, 6:54 am, Staff Report

• $29 passes at Diamond Peak Wednesday, Feb. 29
• Leapers (peeps born on Leap Year) ski free that day...

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...

Ticker favorite Wendy Lautner one of the luminaries of Freeride Flow Festival at Kirkwood

1/26/12, 7:58 am, 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?!

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

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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

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?!

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No snow ...no scrilla ...no problem at Mt. Rose

1/01/12, 10:00 pm, Staff Report

• Kids ski for $10 all week (Jan. 2-8)
• Check out Monday-Friday and Sunday specials as well... rock skiing made cheap

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!

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

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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

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...

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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...

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

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'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

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

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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... 

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'

West Shore house fire that killed two under investigation

10/19/11, 8:14 am, Staff Report

• Housefire early Tuesday morning took the lives of  Peter Maktenieks and Amy Pass
• Cause under investigation though not treated as criminal

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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

...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

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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

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

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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... 

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

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Holy crap ...Woman comes out of Crystal Bay Club with 3.5 million big ones

8/19/11, 8:01 am, By Bill Wood

• Kentucky woman walks into CBC with $40, walks out with $174k a year for the next 20 ....
• ...But says she won't use it to buy the Cal-Neva... bummer

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... 

New State Law requires Whooping Cough boosters for all students grades 7-12

8/11/11, 6:16 am, TTUSD

• Back-to-school vaccine time
• Students w/out shot docs won't start school... locations inside

Squaw offers ridiculously bad Whislter Squaw lift ticket package deal

8/09/11, 7:20 am, By A. Pridgen

• Ski at Squaw/Whistler seven days for like 10 percent off ($479)
• Or get a combo Alpine/Homewood pass... you make the call

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Another TRTA building camp in September ...sign up here

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

• Help preserve the 165-mile TRTA ...make friends and DRINK MARGARITAS at the end of the day...
• Two work weekends scheduled (Sept. 3&4) click inside to register

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)

LAX coaches and volunteers needed in the Basin

7/06/11, 7:40 am, By Jenny Kendrick

• Lacrosse leagues in Tahoe looking for coaches, volunteers, refs and players
• Find out more and sign up today...

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No warchest to fight Boulder Bay

6/30/11, 7:48 am, Staff Report

• $250 million project gets no protest from local groups
• ...But when will dystopian recession-buster it break ground?!

Bored kids no more... Truckee's KidZone Museum offers full slate of daycamps

6/14/11, 7:57 am, Staff Report

• Farm Camp, Junior Entomologists Camp, Sierra Watershed Science Camp
• ...Are you ready for the summer?! ...Click inside to register

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...

You can officially turn the page on winter Tahoe... defensible space work to begin

5/23/11, 7:23 am, By Tia Rancourt

• Defensible space to start next week - permits available now online; click inside
• ...But you can't have snow on the ground (sorry higher-ups)

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Tahoe Donner grabs 160 acres from PUD ...may become additional rec space

5/19/11, 7:10 am, By Amanda Birchenough

• Possible connectoin to the Donner Rim Trail now possible from rec area
• Defensible space work... then possible new trails

Never mind the snow ...Incline's open for boating

5/17/11, 7:27 am, Staff Report

• Put that boat in ...today
• Yes, you can - snow be damned

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

Basin Bargain Baement - A-frame revloution in KB

5/11/11, 7:28 am, By A. Pridgen

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

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Have another season pass... ski Squaw cheap

5/09/11, 10:40 pm, By A. Richmond

• Yep, Squaw's still turning ($49 tix for passholders of any Tahoe resort)
• ...Go make those final turns through Memorial Day

Alpine Meadows and Kirkwood partner to offer passes valid at 5 mountains next winter

5/06/11, 9:33 pm, Rachael Woods

• Hells yeah... is Tahoe finally learning how to market?!
• hmmm ...maybe

Still time to get hurt this season as Squaw fires up halfpipe

5/03/11, 10:21 pm, By A. Richmond

• Ski and ride where Bobby Brown threw the first triple cork 1440
• Now through Monday... last pipe standing in North America

Jackie Greene playing for Tour of California kickoff

5/03/11, 8:25 am, Staff Report

• Three free shows ToC weekend
• Don't miss JG Friday, May 13

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Garrard third in 'breakthrough' race

5/01/11, 9:42 pm, Staff Report

• Garrard grabs a bronze at ITU's inaugural Cross Triathlon World Championships
• ...Bests crowd of sport's elite to finish less than a minute behind Shonny Vanlandingham and winner Melanie McQuaid

Praxis giving away a pair of skis May 1

4/28/11, 8:59 pm, Staff Report

• Sigh up for Praxis' enews - win next years' skis (your choice)
• All '11 models on sale too

TRPA says A-OK to Boulder Bay

4/28/11, 8:16 am, By Jeff Cowen

• $250 million Crystal Bay redevelopment project, after four years of community and agency tweaks ...gets approved by 12-2 margin
• Now, will it be built?

Decision day for Boulder Bay

4/26/11, 9:59 pm, By A. Pridgen

• $250 million proposed project scaled back almost 10k square feet from its original plan on Biltmore footprint
• TRPA approval can be postponed no longer; Wednesday's a.m. meeting could spell approval

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Death Star Condo-hell units up for auction April 30

4/26/11, 8:03 pm, By A. Pridgen

• $130k for a piece of the Resort at Squaw Creek.. not bad
• Um, so what does this say about two major (pending) developments (Homewood, Boulder Bay) who're using the same concept?! ...hmmmm

Squaw hosts Ski Patrol Olympics through Thursday

4/26/11, 5:04 pm, By A. Richmond

• No Gaper-day contest!? Boo.
• Come see how the people who serve you do... 

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 ...

Drought dunzo ...Jerry Brown made it happen

3/30/11, 5:08 pm, By A. Pridgen

• Brown repeals drought, because maybe he is a god (not THE God ...a god)
• Biggest snowpack since 1950-'51

Kings Beach commercial core facelift planned ...by community

3/02/11, 10:57 am, By A. Pridgen

• Thank the (horrible) economy for bringing the community together
• Look for a pedestrian-friendly KB to be complete in the summer of '14

Basin Bargain Basement - It's 420 at Squaw

2/15/11, 10:40 am, By A. Pridgen

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

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