That's heli-awesome, bro: Helicopter skiing operation opening at Lake Tahoe
- A crew from Alaska Backcountry Adventures prepares for a first descent near Valdez, Alaska. The company is the older sister to Pacific Crest Heli-Guides, to open Dec. 15 in Tahoe and be based out of the Truckee Tahoe Airport, with services extending until April 15.
Skiing: 30,000 Oslo championship tickets sold
- The sale of tickets to next year's Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo began on Wednesday, and more than 30,000 of a total of 200,000 tickets were sold already on the fiirst day.