Conservation groups eye plans for winter ski huts in Northern Sierra Strap on skis, a splitboard or snowshoes and head out into a snowy wilderness, and the reward is a transformed landscape, quiet and peaceful, almost magical. Familiar terrain is made new each winter, somehow different, and...
With the use of drones, Reno–Tahoe area is on the front line of cloud-seeding technology As winter storms approach the Sierra, experts with an eye toward squeezing every possible snowflake from those churning clouds will be watching closely. For the first time, those engaged in the practice...
New nonstop flights bolster the region’s air service Don’t be surprised to hear a few more Southern accents—from both Southern California and the Southern United States—on the ski slopes this season. Dallas, Atlanta and several locations in Southern California are among the latest additions to the slate...
Everything about Mammoth Mountain is big—and only three hours from Tahoe Mammoth. The word conjures forth and sums up so very well all that is the sprawling 3,500-acre ski resort perched on a lava dome complex in Inyo National Forest, which tops out at 11,053 feet,...
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Two of Tahoe’s elite winter athletes share insight about how they stay fit in the off-season As Tahoe’s long summer days fade to chilly fall nights, Tahoe’s residents and visitors can’t help but dream of the snow-laden adventures that await. But before hitting the slopes, it’s...
Classic Truckee diner is big on portions and people The folks at JAX at the Tracks have figured out that mountains make us hungry. Really, really hungry, at all hours of the day. The classic American diner along an Old Town Truckee stretch of the Transcontinental...
Born and raised in a fishing and hunting family in a small town surrounded by strawberry farms near Portland, Oregon’s Columbia River, Tiffany Swan, the newly elevated executive chef of Squaw Valley Alpine Meadows, oversees all food outlets and experiences at both resorts. What’s your earliest...
The Pacific Ocean can be temperamental. One year the waters along the equator warm rapidly, bringing trade winds to a halt, and the next year waters in the western Pacific warm so disproportionately that a massive difference in pressure sets up between its eastern and...
When most people think of Antarctica, they think of a pristine, untouched landscape of snow and ice. But those who have passed through King George Island know a starkly different reality exists—a landscape littered with rusting vehicles, deteriorating fuel tanks and heaps of scrap metal. ...
In the winter of 2001–02, Anthony Cupaiuolo spent days in Tahoe’s snowy backcountry with a video camera locked in his frozen fingers. He was gathering grainy footage for his first snowboarding film, Sick Day, which featured highlights of his friends’ riding talents. The movie, released...