Category: Winter
Truckee Climber Dies on Mt. Rainier
Written by Matthew Renda Editor’s note: A version of the story will appear in Tahoe Quarterly’s Summer issue, due out later this month. Truckee resident, avid mountaineer and professional alpine guide Matt Hegeman, 38, died last week after he and five other climbers fell an estimated 3,000 feet from near the summit of Washington’s Mt. […]
Indoor Ascent
Written and Photographed by Paul Raymore Attached by harness and 11-millimeter climbing rope to her belay partner, 14-year-old Kristina Goetz of Incline Village steps onto a tiny foothold on the vertical wall and climbs. Over the course of the next five minutes—combining the flexibility of a ballerina with a tightrope walker’s balance—Goetz executes a series […]
Olympics 2014: Is Julia Mancuso the Greatest U.S. Women’s Skier Ever?
Written By Kyle Magin Julia Mancuso is crafting a befuddling legacy. No female U.S. Olympic downhill skier has done what she’s done after winning bronze earlier this week at Sochi in the downhill combined race: Namely, win as many medals as she has (4—a gold, two silvers and the bronze) or win as consistently at […]
Olympics 2014: White Pulls out of Slopestyle, Guldemond, Fellow Snowboarders Take Shots
Written by Kyle Magin Two-time Olympic gold medalist and Northstar California Team Rider Shaun White announced today he withdrewfrom the Sochi Olympics snowboarding slopestyle competition. The move drew criticism from some teammates. White cited a practice-run injury for his decision to pull out, and later questioned the safety of Sochi’s slopestyle course, joining a few teammates […]
Olympics 2014: Moseley’s Golden Moment
Sixteen years after taking the Olympics by storm and winning gold in Nagano, a look back on Jonny Moseley’s iconic run Written by Sylas Wright Jonny Moseley remembers it like it was yesterday—standing atop the sun-drenched Nagano Olympic moguls course, running through his mental checklist, confident, anxious, the pressure of a nation on his shoulders. […]
Olympics 2014: Squaw Valley’s Forgotten Miracle
More than five decades later, the players and head coach from the 1960 U.S. hockey team remember American hockey’s first gold medal Written by Matthew Renda It was Saturday, February 27, 1960—the second to last day of the Squaw Valley Winter Olympics—and the recently built Blyth Arena was packed to the rafters. The seething throng […]
Olympics 2014: Olympic Dreams for Tahoe/Reno Athletes
A plethora of Tahoe athletes hope to represent the United States in Russia (Ed’s Note: This story went to press before the Olympic teams were announced, so any athlete who made the teams will have an * next to their name in this story.) Written by Alison Bender On Friday, the best athletes in the […]
Olympics 2014: Tahoe Docs Sochi Bound
Barton physicians head to Russia with U.S. Skiing Teams By Laney Olson The Olympics are upon us and spectators are engulfed which Tahoe athletes may be headed for a place on the podium. However, behind every successful athlete is a group of men and women who are seldom in the spotlight; the U.S. skiing physicians. […]
Getting the Shot
Four experts walk skiers and riders through getting the best video out of their days at the terrain park Written by Kyle Magin A downhill resort’s terrain parks are bastions of creativity. From immensely talented skiers pushing the limits of their sport to newbies getting a handle on their own skill sets, skiers […]
Of Ice and Snow in Tahoe
Nature uses winter water for warmth, protection Written by Will Richardson The Planet Earth we know could not survive without its most important and unique substance, water. It surrounds us, covering approximately 70 percent of Earth’s surface, locked away for long periods as snow and ice, as vapor in the atmosphere, in the soil, or […]
