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One star Yelp reviews of our national parks changed my mind about KSL's proposed Mountain Adventure Center. by Treas Manning My nephew Ryan, posted an article from The Onion. The article referred to one star Yelp reviews of our national parks. Ryan warned me, "this will either infuriate you or make you laugh out loud." It did...

blank. The movie trailer from blank the movie ski on Vimeo. We all know where those epic lines and pillows of powder hide at our own ski hill, but not everyone gets to experience what exists beyond. The full ski movie ‘Blank’ comes to iTunes this fall, and it’s one you won’t want to miss. Shot on location in Japan...

Are you headed to the lake today? A freshman computer science major won a competition at UC Davis for the best app proposal with his idea for the new smartphone app, “Citizen Science Tahoe”. The UC Davis Tahoe Environmental Research Center jumped on his proposal and launched the new app which may help scientists collect observational data from Lake Tahoe...

[caption id="attachment_130871" align="aligncenter" width="499"] Photo: Celebrations continue in Beijing after the IOC named the Chinese capital the host of the 2022 Winter Olympic Games[/caption] "The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced this morning that Beijing, China, has been selected as the host city for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, making it the first city to host both the Summer (2008) and...

A winner of the 2015 Sundance Film Festival, Meru, is a new climbing documentary featuring renowned alpinists Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk. Meru is the story of how a planned seven-day trip up the mountain's Shark Fin climbing route quickly devolved into a struggle for survival, battling sub-zero temperatures along with diminishing food rations. Watch it in theaters...

In an effort to better understand the effects the drought is having on the ancient redwoods of Northern California, professional climber Chris Sharma free climbs to the canopies of the giant redwoods using only his hands, his feet, and a rope and harness to protect him from falls. Once reaching the tree tops, Sharma collects branch samples to help two...

Looking for a spot to SUP in the Tahoe-Truckee area? Here are 10 of the best paddleboard trips you can take in the Tahoe-Truckee area, courtesy of the Tahoe Magazine and Sierra Sun. "TAHOE-TRUCKEE, Calif. — Perhaps there’s little coincidence that the Hawaiian phrase for stand-up paddleboarding — “Hoe he’e nalu” — has a little bit of Tahoe in...

Let's hope this next winter is a good one here in the Sierras! If not we might all need to take a trip to Peru and get some turns in SandSkiing!