Sierra Journal » Cross Country Skiing

California Athlete Featured in Tele-Ski Film

Ryan Grandov — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:46:49 +0000

Ty Dayberry, a South Lake Tahoe local and member of Heavenly Ski Resort’s “High Roller Team,” is featured in the new extreme telemark skiing film, The Freeheel Life. The film documents the travels and descents of some of the world’s best freeheel skiers. Way to go California athletes! The Sierra Nevada serves as a world class training [...]

California State Parks Suffer Drastic Cutbacks

Ryan Grandov — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:00:10 +0000

While Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger promised to keep California State Parks open, he didn't stress how drastic some changes would be to deal with the 14.2 million dollar reduction in the Park budget. A summary of the service reductions in store for

Keeping Tahoe Blue – Kudos to Homewood Ski Resort

Ryan Grandov — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:00:53 +0000

Homewood is doing some simple, but powerful, things to keep Tahoe blue. They've begun an effort to keep sediment from running right down the hill and into the lake. If you haven't been to Homewood, it sits right across the street from Lake Tahoe

Royal Gorge is Fantastic for Cross Country Skiing

Matthew DiPietro — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 14:33:54 +0000

I live in San Francisco, but spend much of my time during the winter at our rental on Donner Lake in North Tahoe. Mostly I ski in the backcountry or at Squaw or Sugar Bowl. Sometimes, though, I'm with people who don't ski, or are not quit