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Sierra Nevada, CA Surf Report: Shredding The Lazy River At High Flow

Report from May 24, 2023 Brought to you by Mono County Tourism Yesterday morning, we skied through a lava tube cave. Yesterday afternoon, we surfed killer river wave. It’s been an amazing week so far in only the first three days of the week: Monday: Mammoth, CA Report: D-Spin 720ºs, Backflips, 360ºs, Wall-Rides, Box Spins, & A Vicious Crash Tuesday:  Trip […]

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Miles Clark | May 25, 2023
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Toddler in Australia Found After Being Lost in Woods For 3-Days

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On Monday, a missing three-year-old boy named Anthony “AJ” Elfalak was found in Canberra, Australia. This was three days after he was initially lost in the woods of Australia. Elfalak, who is non-verbal and has autism, was found drinking water from his hands while sitting in a creek by a police helicopter crew. According to ABC News, he originally went […]

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Kirkwood Mountain Resort Fined $750k for Contaminating Nearby Creek and Wetland

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Kirkwood Mountain Resort was fined $754,732 this July for contamination to a nearby creek reported last spring, reports the Tahoe Daily Tribune. During routine snow removal on an unpaved parking lot during the 2015/16 ski season, asphalt grindings found their way into the snow and then made their way to the sensitive wetlands around nearby Kirkwood Creek. The investigation began […]

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Steven Agar | September 25, 2017
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Recent Drownings In Colorado Are Making Us Question Tubing Regulations

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Colorado’s water related fatalities garnered national attention this summer, after three people died within a single week while tubing. The most recent incident occurred last week when a Denver mother died while trying to save her 11 year old son from drowning. Both mother and son were out tubing on Clear Creek in Golden, Colorado when the boy’s tube capsized. The […]

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Avatar photo Lindsay Hayden | August 15, 2017
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Last Frontier Heliskiing Conditions Report:

If it’s been dry where you’re living and you want some motivation to keep your head high when you tell your friends, “winter is coming back, I promise.” – check out these photos of heli-skiing in British Columbia at Last Frontier Heli-Ski.  These photos were taken at Ripley Creek (Last Frontier’s second lodge) in Stewart BC, near the Alaskan border. […]

Keenan Grady | March 11, 2016
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