Tahoe’s smaller ski resorts find success among industry giants   Ruben Kimmelman scrolls down a list of season pass options on his iMac. Kimmelman, a snowboarder who recently moved to the Reno–Tahoe area from Washington, is torn between Squaw Valley and Mt. Rose. He snowboards a few...

Tahoe’s early generations of snowboarders were instrumental to the sport’s progression long before it hit the mainstream   Snowboarding had a rough childhood. Overshadowed by its older, two-planked cousin, the nascent sport struggled for acceptance in its early years, shunned by a resort industry that wanted nothing...

Squaw Valley’s Bryce Bennett stands tall in the world of ski racing   Bryce Bennett doesn’t care. He doesn’t care about speeds. He doesn’t care about times. He doesn’t care about results. The 6-foot-7-inch U.S. Ski Team member doesn’t seem concerned about the bacon-and-egg burrito that’s getting...

Lassen Volcanic National Park celebrates its 100th birthday this year—but the area has been a geologic treasure for millennia   One hundred fifty miles north of Lake Tahoe lies a scenic alpine landscape that is being tortured from below. Pools of scalding mud gurgle and churn in...

Chris Ault invented football’s hottest offense at the end of a Hall of Fame career   Chris Ault doesn’t mind if people credit him solely for his creation of the pistol offense—the hottest new trend in football—and little else. But the Hall of Fame coach can’t help...

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