Sierra County holds annual races that started during California's mining era. The pandemic suspended the fun for two years, but this winter it has returned.
If Scandinavia comes to mind, consider this: Years before there were organized races in Europe, miners were competitively hurtling down mountains in a part of California known as the Lost Sierra, a mother lode of forests, lakes and small, remote towns in Sierra and Plumas counties about an hour north of Truckee.. But COVID-19 halted the festivities for two years and during that time, the Dixie fire devastated the surrounding areas.
“When I first got here, there was one stoplight in the whole county,” he said. “Now there’s four or five.“ The CEO of the event was drinking his second Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. If the race ended up with an odd number of contestants, he said, he would be forced to race, and that required libations. She learned how to ski on this hill when she was four years old. Later, she and her husband — who also grew up in the area — left to find their futures.
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