A black bear that Lake Tahoe locals named "Charlie" made his debut as the first guest on the Shops at Heavenly Village ice rink this year, sliding across the ice shortly after 10 p.m. on Thursday.

To produce lake effect snow, the air temperature 5,000 feet high needs to be at least 23 degrees Fahrenheit colder than the water temperature, and the air temperature 10,000 feet up needs to be at ...

A regular at Tahoe's Heavenly Mountain Resort was just about the best advertisement that the ice rink was open for business. He's hairier and heavier than most, and actually a newbie to figure skating ...

This causes repeated rounds of cold air to spill over the Great Lakes and create bands of heavy lake-effect snow off lakes ...