Spring is going to bring new life to the woodlands at Turkey Mountain, but that’s not the only thing that will emerge as warmer months arrive.

The Turkey Mountain Urban Wilderness trail system is undergoing an upgrade, and some of the new trails are already open.

The River Parks Authority, working with Progressive Trail Designs to implement the Turkey Mountain Master Plan, has already opened 2 miles of new trails.

That stretch of singletrack

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Nevada Sport Net will broadcast 12 of the 20 Mountain West Tournament men’s and women’s basketball games next week.

NSN will air each of the first-round, quarterfinal and semifinal matchups in the women’s tournament and all three of the first-round games on the men’s side. That includes the Wolf Pack women taking on Air Force on Monday at 2:30 p.m. in the quarterfinals and the Nevada men playing New Mexico at 11 a.m. Wednesday in

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Outdoor sports enthusiasts have been told to expect severe weather conditions in Scotland’s hills and mountains over the weekend and into next week.

Mountaineering Scotland said sustained periods of gales, even hurricane-force winds on higher terrain, had been forecast for the next week.

Snow, rain and hail were expected most days, often heavy and sometimes snowing to low levels and drifting significantly in the mountains.

The outdoors group’s mountain safety advisor Ben Gibson said: “With

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Oak Mountain State Park water sports impacted by tornado



SAILING AGAIN SOON. YOU KNOW, THEY SAID TORNADO DOWN, YOU KNOW, IT’S IT’S ON 119 AND YOU KNOW, THEN THE NAIL BITING STARTED ONE WEEK AGO A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN OAK MOUNTAIN STATE PARK JEREMY TALBOT OWNER OF FLIPSIDE WATER SPORTS. HAD A HOLD HIS BREATH AND JUST WATCH THE

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