The three-day Western Lights Festival is set for downtown Reno during a rainy, snowy week. Here's what else is happening Feb.

At 7:55 a.m. on Sunday, the National Weather Service reported an avalanche watch in effect until Monday Feb. 16, at 8 a.m. for the Greater Lake Tahoe Area.

The panorama from Diamond Peak’s Snowflake Lodge, a midcentury chalet holdover dating back to the 60-year-old resort’s origins, never gets old, he said. “I’ve skied every resort,” Marek, who lives ...