/ Ski Slopes Content for �������� en /news/download-preventing-ski-injuries <p>With the recent snowfall, many are heading to the Sierra to start their ski or snowboard seasons. There are things you can and should do first, however, to help avoid injury on the slopes.&nbsp;</p> <p>“The chances of getting hurt are higher at first, because these aren’t year-round sports and you probably haven’t worked the important muscle groups very hard in a while,” said surgeon Cassandra Lee, chief of orthopaedic sports medicine at �������� Health.&nbsp;</p> January 07, 2020 - 12:00pm Cody Kitaura /news/download-preventing-ski-injuries /news/making-grade-certain-abandoned-ski-runs-recover-better-others <p>What happens to the land when a ski run is abandoned? Not much, if the run was previously graded, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.</p> <p>The study, published online Dec. 16 in the Journal of Applied Ecology, evaluated six abandoned ski areas in the Northern Sierra region of California and Nevada. It found that runs that were graded showed no predictable recovery even 40 years after abandonment. With graded runs, heavy machinery is used to remove vegetation, boulders and, consequently, much of the topsoil and seed bank during construction.</p> December 17, 2015 - 8:00am Katherine E Kerlin /news/making-grade-certain-abandoned-ski-runs-recover-better-others