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Winter explorers unite: The greatest powder stashes in the West have joined forces to create the Powder Alliance where Sierra-at-Tahoe and 11 other signature resorts will offer free skiing benefits to anytime passholders from other participating Powder Alliance areas.

These 12 mountains include Crested Butte, Snowbasin Resort, Sierra-at-Tahoe, Stevens Pass, Timberline, Schweitzer, China Peak, Mountain High, Arizona Snowbowl, Mt Hood Skibowl, Angel Fire Resort, and Bridger Bowl.

It’s not every day Dr. Gregory Eyre, from Barton General Surgery, gets called into Barton Health’s, Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Clint Purvance’s office — especially when he’s in-between surgical cases. But, on Tuesday, March 26, he rounded the corner at Barton Memorial Hospital’s nowflake Lobby and was greeted by Dr. Purvance and quickly surrounded by applause and the faces of smiling Barton staff.

VAIL, Colorado - Shaun White has defended his title at the U.S. Open snowboarding championships, easily winning the event Saturday with a flawless performance through a sun-splashed halfpipe.Whi...

Barton Women’s Health welcomes Kenneth Spielvogel, M.D., obstetrician and gynecologist (OB/GYN), to their care team. Dr. Spielvogel and the entire women’s health team, including, OB/GYN, John Missanelli and long-time, Barton Health, family nurse practitioner, Patience Wenck will host a public open house reception on Tuesday, Feb. 26. Just across from Barton Memorial Hospital, at 2175 South Avenue, South Lake Tahoe, the newly remodeled women’s facility, will open its doors from 4 to 6 p.m.

DENVER (AP) - Caleb Moore, an innovative freestyle snowmobile rider who was hurt in a dramatic crash at the Winter X Games in Colorado, died Thursday morning. He was 25.Moore had been staying at...

EarthScope, the world’s largest earth-science program, has selected University of Nevada, Reno geophysicist and director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory Graham Kent to lecture at several universities this year as part of their annual speaker series.

Kent will lecture in the National Science Foundation-funded EarthScope Speaker Series about underwater paleoseismology techniques he pioneered at Lake Tahoe with colleague Neal Driscoll of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

BROOMFIELD, Colorado - Vail Resorts claims a teenager's own negligence caused his avalanche death on the front of Vail Mountain.Taft Conlin was 13 when an avalanche on Prima Cornice killed him last...

Backpackers scored 50 percent better on a creativity test after spending four days in nature disconnected from electronic devices, according to a study by psychologists from the University of Utah and University of Kansas.

KLS Capital Partners, the owners of ski resorts Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows, has entered into a purchase agreement with Intrawest to acquire 24 percent of shares in Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Inc.
The deal is for $115,929,375, according to UnofficialNetworks.com. As a result of the sale Whistler Blackcomb Holdings CEO, Bill Jensen, has tendered his resignation as well as directors Wes Edens and Jonathan Ashley.

UPDATE 411PM: Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort will open for the 2012-13 season on Thursday, November 22, 2012, offering Easy Rider Express lift, Rock Garden lift, and three surface lifts, giving guests access to four trails including, Broadway, Easy Street, Echo, and Lower Sleighride. Building on the reputation as one of the nation’s top terrain park resorts, Sierra Resort™ will offer a small to medium jib park on Broadway consisting of multiple features including new boxes and rails, giving eager guests a chance to get their park legs back underneath them.

Powerful early-season storms combined with the area’s largest snowmaking operations have allowed Vail Resorts’ Lake Tahoe mountains – Heavenly Mountain Resort, Northstar California Resort and Kirkwood Mountain Resort – to open early with 111 acres. Heavenly and Northstar will open on Wednesday, Nov. 14 with a combined seven lifts and eight trails, totaling 51 acres.

CRYSTAL BAY, Nev. - On the heels of a busy summer on the festival circuit and a third consecutive nod as Best Bluegrass in Colorado from Denver's Westword Magazine, Head for the Hills is Tahoe-b...

Here is this week's fishing report covering rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This report is for the week of Oct. 31 through Nov. 6.

A confession: I recently received my Colorado ballot but, even though my state will play a key role in the presidential election, I still haven't voted. Yes, I'm one of the oft-ridiculed undecideds...

SAN FRANCISCO - Fans labeled Marco Scutaro a super-sub in Oakland for all his fill-in roles. Others called him a Colorado castoff in July, and his new San Francisco Giants teammates nicknamed hi...

DENVER (AP) - It's not all hippies backing November's marijuana legalization votes in Colorado, Oregon and Washington.Appealing to Western individualism and a mistrust of federal government, activi...

A pattern change will take place this upcoming week bringing cooler temperatures, chances for rain and high elevation snow showers above Lake Tahoe as well as lowering snow levels, according to the National Weather Service in Reno.

VAIL, Colorado - Despite a 12.1 percent drop in skier visitation during the 2011-12 ski season, Vail Resorts reported that mountain revenues rose by 1.9 percent during the 2012 fiscal year. The com...

Here is this week's fishing report for rivers, lakes and streams in Nevada, Northern California and the Sierra. This report is for the week of Sept. 26 through Oct. 2.

Sierra-at-Tahoe Resort season passholders will be able to ride at additional resorts during the 2012-2013 season.Unlimited Passholders will be able to ski or ride ten non-holiday days at Mountain H...

At Lake Tahoe, football is underway, the colors are starting to change, the days are getting shorter, and the smell of fireplaces are starting to fill the evening air.

Here is this week's fishing report for Northern California, Nevada, Lake Tahoe and the Sierra-area rivers, lakes and streams. Fall colors are around the corner for the Sierra and Lake Tahoe region. Enjoy the fishing while the weather is still good and don't forget to pack your sunscreen and fishing license. This report is for the week of Sept. 5-11.

ADOBE POND, CALIF:
Tom Loe of Sierra Drifters Fly Fishing Guide Service (760-935-4250) (www.sierradrifters.com) reports:

As Labor Day weekend nears, Vail Resorts now offers season passes for the 2012-13 season. The Lake Tahoe Local Pass offers access to more than 263 trails, 14 terrain parks and 10,270 acres of terrain at Heavenly, Northstar and Kirkwood in California and Nevada. Ski or ride more than four days in one season and, priced at $419, the Tahoe Local Pass pays for itself, then ski or ride for free the rest of the season.