One hundred and sixty-three years ago this week, in late January, 1847, nearly 60 remaining members of the Donner Party were still trapped near Donner Lake and the Mexican-American War in northern California was winding down.
I was happily skating along on a perfect course at the Alpenglow 20K race at Tahoe Cross-Country on a fine day in February. I was surrounded by skiers with familiar faces who always beat me in "The Great Ski Race," and I was feeling good to be right in the pack.
The mountain and its base Village are now one. Palisades Tahoe Ski Corporation announced today that it has completed the acquisition of the Village at Palisades Tahoe, a four-season mountain resort village at the base of the legendary ski resort, site of the VIII Winter Olympic Games in fifty years ago in 1960.
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) announced the 2010 Olympic Alpine Ski Team Monday. Lake Tahoe veteran Olympians Julia Mancuso and Marco Sullivan will be among those who carry the flag for the Alpine Team.
The Palisades Tahoe Ski Museum Foundation has announced the auction of two unique Vancouver vacation packages during the upcoming Winter Olympics with proceeds benefiting the museum's capital campaign.
Sugar Bowl Resort, which pioneered California skiing in 1939 with Tahoe's first chairlift, will celebrate its 70th season with three days of events this weekend.
One hundred and sixty-three years ago this week, the members of the Donner Party were desperately low on food supplies, and were beginning to eat nearly anything.
A business and financial saga of Olympic proportion is unfolding this week including the planned auction of Whistler-Blackcomb ski resort during its hosting of events for the 2010 Winter Games.
As Robert Earl Keen said on more than one occasion, “The road goes on forever and the party never ends.” The Crystal Bay Casino, well known and respected as the epicenter of entertainment on Lake Tahoe's North Shore, holds true to that credo, and this season's Rail Jam Thursday's will be better than ever.
The Back Country's Adventure Slide Show series provides a true Tahoe local experience and a chance to share in the adventures of friends, neighbors and world-class adventurers.
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