Friends who hit the tahoe.com ski day at Kirkwood report that the powder was in the vicinity of a yard deep, and Heavenly is reporting something like 160 percent of normal snowpack...
No two ways about it, it's a powderhound paradise in the Sierra this season.
But the same snow that makes for great winter rec opportunities also makes for some hazardous driving conditions. This past weekend saw an avalanche that closed ...
It has been brought to my attention that I've been leaving the fun facts off of some of my more recent posts, so....
Here's a fun fact about the Freakers Ball at Montbleu-
Fun Fact:
Most memorable/clever Halloween costume- The Halloween costume that most sticks in my mind from Freakers Balls of the past has to be one that was brought to my attention by Howie Nave, the host and manager of ...
"Montbleu Resort presents the 29th Annual Freakers Ball on Saturday, October 27. Doors open up at 8 p.m. and the party goes as long as the partiers can.
The Freakers Ball is being held in the 14,000 sq. ft. Convention Center as well as Blu Nightclub. Drink specials all night and morning long, live band and costume contest with over $10,000.00 in cash and prizes, with celebrity judge, boxing champion "Joey ...
Kirkwood. Kirk wood, if he could. It's a play on words, you know. Granted, not a very good one. On par with that Kim Basinger and Brad Pitt movie from 1992, where she is a cartoon character, Holli Would, who breaks through to our real, non-animated world. Tag line on the movie posters, "Holli Would, if she could."
Anyway, on to the ski report, and another ...
Yesterday, I promised that I'd let you in on some of the cool stuff at Heavenly that was there before the upgrades and additions for the 2007-08 season.
Well, one of the coolest of the cool is the gondola that takes off right from the Heavenly Village, just off the main strip at the state line between Nevada and California.
In December of 2000, the gondola took its maiden voyage as the ...
The summer may have just only given way to fall, but at this elevation, that means that winter is on its way. Snow dusted the mountaintops on Thursday night, and the South Tahoe morning started off crisp and clear enough. But the calm weather quickly gave way to a storm of sideways blowing snow, accompanied by thunder and lightning, if you can believe it.
As the South Shore's premiere ...
On Sept 22 the Tahoe Big Blue Adventure Race finale will commence when hundreds of athletes will grab their maps and paddles for eight-plus miles of kayaking, more than 24 miles of mountain biking with a 5,000 foot elevation gain and 5-8 miles of running & hiking on beautiful Lake Tahoe. All the competitors will be using maps and compasses to follow the race course. There will be a long-distance race ...
July certainly seems to be the month to celebrate the arts in this part of the country, and South Lake Tahoe is no exception. On July 7 and 8, the 6th annual Lake Tahoe Festival of Fine Arts takes place at South Tahoe Middle School.
This festival is an outdoor, juried fine arts show, featuring work in a wide variety of arts, both two- and three-dimensional. There will also be food ...
Despite the recent Angora Fire that has burned parts of the Tahoe Basin near South Lake Tahoe, the South Shore's annual Independence Day celebratory fireworks show and music simulcast is still planned to take place as scheduled.
The Fourth of July show will take place on Wednesday, beginning at about 9:30 p.m. and lasting for about a half an hour. The fireworks are launched from a barge out on the water, so the ...
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