ski season

More than 3,400 seasonal employees are needed by Vail Resorts for the upcoming ski season at their Lake Tahoe resorts Heavenly, Kirkwood and Northstar.

Three job fairs will be held in October where perspective employees can meet with resort personnel and have interviews.

This first job fair will be held on Saturday, October 11, from 9:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m. at the Red Cliffs Lodge at Kirkwood Mountain Resort. There will be a free shuttle for job fair attendees that will leave the South Lake Tahoe Transit Center at the Y at 9 a.m., returning at 1 p.m.

This season, skiers and snowboarders can travel to a top-rated ski resorts and have space to work. The Tahoe Mountain Lab opened on Ski Run Blvd last year and gives locals and travelers the opportunity to have a dedicated workspace when they need it and now members can travel to other ski resort towns and use other locations.

Other mountain communities that offer the same workspace opportunities are located in Frisco, Avon, Basalt and Durango, Colorado, Jackson Hole, Wyoming as well as in both North and South Lake Tahoe.

As the chairlifts at Kirkwood Mountain Resort came to a halt this past spring, the Snow Park Technologies (SPT) snowcats were powering up. For twenty days, an SPT crew of seven logged 1,200 hours building the slopestyle course of Bobby Brown’s dreams. Three years ago the professional skier, who is based in Denver, CO, was asking friends, “What’s next for slopestyle skiing?” The result is Red Bull Megaslope, a 2,750-foot long course that flawlessly incorporates six epic features winding across the natural terrain of the mountain.

From start to finish, the course featured:

Some Lake Tahoe ski resorts say their revenues improved this past ski season because of new, automated snow machines.

With all Lake Tahoe ski resorts now closed for the season, operators are reporting record profits, despite a lack of snow after the early season.

The ski runs above Lake Tahoe are quiet and ski resorts operators are counting the season's cash and customers. Vail Resorts reports a 10 percent rise in sales at its 7 properties nation-wide, but it said growth at its Tahoe resorts was slower. The problem was a dry January through April.

The Rahlves’ Banzai Tour hosted this winter at several Lake Tahoe resorts has a new sponsor. Bank of the West has signed on as the presenting sponsor of the downhill ski and snowboard event created by Daron Rahlves, considered among the most decorated American downhill and Super G skier in U.S. history. The tour spans four weekends from Feb. 2 – March 10 at four of Lake Tahoe resorts.

The Vikings and Warriors hit the slopes with top times to kick off the high school ski season. The South Tahoe boys and girls teams both claimed first place overall at the Alpine Meadows opener ...

The Vikings ski team is stacked with veterans and depth, meaning this year's podium places are hard to predict.South Tahoe graduated five seniors last year. The Vikings enter this season with 12...

The anticipation is building for the upcoming ski season and it's time for Winter Ignite - Heavenly's season kickoff festivities. Dust off your skis and give your party legs a stretch, it’s time to celebrate new snow, new experiences and new friends. This year's Winter Ignite takes us through a wild week of parties, concerts, giveaways, and concludes on Dec. 9.

The ski season at Lake Tahoe's South Shore is getting started earlier than initially thought.Heavenly and Northstar will open Wednesday rather than Friday, according to a Monday statement from Vail...

Following a late start to the 2011-12 ski season, early snowfall at the start of this winter has Lake Tahoe area ski resorts ready to open well ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.As of late Frida...

Sierra Avalanche Center and SheJumps present Winter Stoke Throwback, a retro ski party fundraiser on Nov. 10 at the American Legion, 2748 Lake Tahoe Blvd. Dress in your favorite throwback ski gear, dance to your favorite DJs, play some winter games, win killer raffle prizes and more. It's time to get excited for ski season and support avalanche safety and awareness. The cost is $5. Go to www.sierraavalanchecenter.org for more information.

Imagine working at the place where you normally play. Heavenly Mountain Resort and Kirkwood Mountain Resort in Lake Tahoe are giving candidates that opportunity by hiring 1,500 employees and 750 employees, respectively, for the 2012-13 winter season. On Saturday, October 20, the annual job fair will be held jointly for Heavenly and Kirkwood at the California Main Lodge at Heavenly from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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...

Heavenly Mountain Resort is planning on opening for winter operations Nov. 16, according to a Wednesday statement from the ski area.The 2012-2013 ski season is expected to include the return of a h...

Vail Resorts, Inc. which has three ski resorts in the Lake Tahoe area, announced Thursday an unprecedented partnership with Verbier, Switzerland, that will enhance the already incredible value of Vail Resorts’ Epic Season Pass, providing three days of free access to the Verbier ski resort, including Les 4 Vallées, the largest ski area in Switzerland, for new and renewing 2012-2013 Epic Season Pass holders.

There is no shortage of gloom in June Lake.
When Mammoth Mountain Ski Area announced last week (June 21) that it would close down the June Mountain ski area at least until the end of the 2012-13 ski season, the reaction was swift and tense.
"I think it’s been pretty clear the entire eight years since I was elected that this is exactly what I have been working to avoid,” said June Lake’s county supervisor, Vikki Bauer.

The Lake Tahoe Basin may suffer from a snow hangover in the upcoming 2012-13 ski season.This season's poor snow conditions could curb travel to the region, especially from international clientel...

Copyright 2012 Tahoe Daily Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, -One last hurrah: Alpine Meadows to close its ski season this weekendMay, 9 2012 2:03 pm M...

With the California sun shining down on one of North America’s deepest snowpacks, Heavenly Mountain Resort is gearing up for its 16th annual Spring Loaded festival. The two-week event is a non-stop party, full of concerts, competitions and some of the best spring ski and snowboard conditions at Lake Tahoe.

OK, so it hasn't been the best snowsport season so far, but hold on, more snow is coming with storms over this weekend and we'll be able to ski off-piste without worrying about slightly hidden rock and logs. And on top of that, it's spring skiing, always the best of the year. Forget those crowds of December and January, don't recall those icy January days when the wind howled. It's spring skiing, lightly clad with plenty of sun for sitting on the lodge deck.

BROOMFIELD, Colorado - Given Mother Nature's stubborn refusal to provide snow during the first months of the ski season, it would be easy to assume Vail Resorts' CEO is tuning to the blues station ...

At Lake Tahoe where many have more than one job to make ends meet, two women have tied their local businesses and passion for creativity together to build one dynamic company — Forest Furniture Tahoe.
The art of creativity and a belief and respect in what each brings to the table brought Marianne Rosenfeld and Julianne Kohn together six years ago.
These two are a duo of hard work and tenacity, where one complements the other.