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SKI, Resorts, Gear, Apr 12, 2011

Stolen property recovered; owners sought
The Union Leader
DANBURY – State police are asking for the public's help in identifying the owners of property seized in a case involving thefts at Ragged Mountain Ski Resort. On April 3, state police, along with officers from Alexandria and Bristol, went to the ski ...
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Deep Snowpack Prompts Ski Resorts to Extend Season
First Tracks
Salt Lake City, UT - While April showers are already prompting flowers to bloom around many parts of the US, many ski resorts in the West are blanketed with their deepest snow bases of the season. Some are already planning to keep the lifts turning ...
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Bet's blog: 3 Vallees Enduro
Ski Club of Great Britain
Exactly what April skiing is all about. I've just returned from a stint in the Three Valleys (and before that Tignes in the Espace Killy for the Ski Club Dual Slalom), but before I go on to tell you why April is a great time to ski, everyone has been ...
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Ski Club of Great Britain
With 6 feet in April Snowbird is closing in on record year
Ski Channel
Snowbird is half way to matching the 144 inches that fell last April, the snowiest month of the 2009/10 season. “This past weekend was unquestionably some of the best skiing and snowboarding of the season,” said Snowbird Vice President Dave Fields. ...
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Ski Channel
Skier dies after collision at Winter Park Resort
Sky Hi Daily News
By Reid Armstrong WINTER PARK — An 11-year-old from Johnscreek, Ga., died at Winter Park Resort on Friday, April 8, after colliding with two other skiers. Tyler Safarriyeh was skiing on the last day of a five-day ski trip with three families from ...
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Grouse Mountain and much more will be open at Beaver Creek through closing
Examiner.com
Closing weekend at Beaver Creek features the Vintage Ski Fest and The Jimmie Heuga Vintage Ski Race on Saturday, April 16 in honor and memory of ski racing legend Jimmie Heuga. The event is a throwback to the 1940s featuring a lineup of competitions on ...
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COMMUNITY SPORTS NOTEBOOK: Ski to Sea organizers urge teams to pay to ...
Bellingham Herald
The Chuckanut Bay boys' U-19 rugby team rolled to a 79-0 home win over Wenatchee on Saturday, April 9, at the Bellingham Polo Field, to stay undefeated in eight games this season. Riley Locker and Jamaree Tannehill each scored two tries to lead ...
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Snow arrives two months early
Sydney Morning Herald
"Early snow is always exciting to see and it gets everyone into thinking about the season ahead," said Laurie Blampied, general manager of Buller Ski Lifts. He said that, although snow was not unusual for April, 10 centimetres was a "significant amount ...
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Crews to remove hazardous trees on Mt. Baker Highway
Bellingham Herald
Highway maintenance crews and the US Forest Service will remove some trees along the highway that are a hazard. The work will not disrupt ski area traffic because the ski area is only open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through April 24.
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Banff Springs Ski and Mountain Sports Announces That All Ski Rentals Are Now ...
PR.com (press release)
Banff, Canada, April 11, 2011 --(PR.com)-- The equipment rental company, Banff Springs Ski and Mountain Sports have just announced a huge clearance sale on many ex-demo and ex-rental skis on site. This is an opportunity for skiing enthusiasts to find ...
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Two Americans are attempting a first ski descent of Lhotse this month
ESPN
If all goes as planned, Laidlaw and Erickson will depart Kathmandu for the Khumbu Valley on Tuesday, April 12, and could make a push for the summit about a month later, Laidlaw said, after trekking to base camp, acclimatizing and evaluating conditions. ...
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ESPN
Steamboat, Eldora, Durango ski resorts closing for the season
The Republic
The Steamboat Pilot & Today reported that skiers at Steamboat ended the season with a splash across an icy pond. Keystone hosted a free concert by Robert Earl Keen on its closing weekend. Durango stopped daily ski operations April 3 but reopened over ...
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EASTERN SLOPES: Winter turns to spring
Taunton Daily Gazette
The only fools on April Fools Day were the people who weren't out skiing and riding. We'd slipped over to Whiteface (518-946-2223; www.whiteface.com) in Wilmington, NY, a place that's on our "must-ski" list every year. It was supposed to snow heavily, ...
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Vail concerts part of 'calendar management'
Vail Daily News
“It's a good thing from a retail, spa and restaurant perspective to have skiing until (April) 24,” Johnson said. But, he added, people coming to concerts aren't a traditional customer base for the lodge he runs. At the Bag & Pack Shop in Vail Village, ...
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Community Sports Calendar
Bend Bulletin
YOUTH ICE Hockey: Sundays through April; 5:30-7 pm; Sunriver Village Ice Rink; all youth players ages 6-14 are welcome for skating, drills and scrimmaging; bring own equipment; Scott Wallace; 541.480.6721. Nordic ski lessons: Central Oregon Nordic Club ...
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Best Day of the Season?
Boston Globe (blog)
What's been your best ski day of the season? Hopefully this question brings a mountain of great ski memories. For your skiing sake it should be difficult to dial in one just one day, because there have been so many outstanding ones. ...
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Today in Stoke: Copper Mountain, freeskiing capital of the world?
Westword (blog)
Actually, make that June or July: The resort is planning on keeping its superpipe and some of its terrain parks going long after its April 24 closing date to host the Woodward at Copper summer ski and snowboard camps, where the next generation of ...
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Get Out And Go Night Set For April 21
The Chattanoogan
Clubs planning to participate include: Chattanooga Flying Disc Club, Chattanooga Bocce Club, Chattanooga Ski Club, Chattanooga Premier Cricket League, Chattanooga Area Soapbox Derby, Geocaching Club of Southeast TN and the Greater East Tennessee ...
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Sewage pumped into more waterways
Herald Sun
Falls Creek is currently experiencing decent falls of snow ahead of which looks to be an exceptional ski season. Flooding at Windsor train station. Rail workers tackle the deluge with a single sump pump. Picture: Trevor Pinder Source: HWT Image Library ...
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Breakfast: Monday April 11
TVNZ
Also, the latest iPhone app designed to help with the grocery shopping. Breakfast catches up with online expert Peter Griffin. Mt Hutt's Ski Area Manager David Wilson looks ahead to the coming ski season, and the effects the quake may have on tourist ...
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Good summer news: Olympic snowpack nearly double from normal; best in state
Peninsula Daily
Ben Thompson, foreground, and Frances Headley of Port Hadlock ski along the snow-covered Hurricane Hill Road toward the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center during winter. By Rob Ollikainen OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A soggy, lingering winter on the North ...
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Preview the April 13 paper
Brown County Democrat
PULSE CHECK: You've seen piles of rubble come off the old Ski World site, but nothing go onto it so far. Is the Schooner Valley Village project still alive? DRUG TESTING: The Brown County Board of Schools Trustees voted 4-0 (with one absent) last week ...
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Stratton Mountain Schoolers find success on a world stage
Ski Channel
Often considered the "mini winter Olympics" for J3 racers (ages 13 - 14), Hudson competed in Slalom (SL), and took 14th place against nearly 80 of the best junior alpine ski racers in the world. She competed in Giant Slalom (GS) and placed 27th. April ...
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Ski Channel
3rd Annual Miles for Mutts: April 16, 2011
WXII The Triad
Benefit Ride/Poker Run Registration begins Saturday, April 16th, 2011 @ 9:30 am at Davis Harley-Davidson with Kickstands up @ Noon. $10.00 per bike, $5.00 per passenger. 1st stop The Outer Limits. 2nd Stop CUZ's Tavern, then to Old Ski Lodge for Door ...
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Southern Idaho catcher Morin lifting his game
Twin Falls Times-News
Parker Morin paused, choosing the right words to describe the day he had to pack up his entire life and take it from sports-mad Texas to Park City, Utah, a city known for its ski slopes and its part in hosting the 2002 Winter Olympics. ...
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Can Beaver Creek Outdo Deer Valley?
Salt Lake Magazine (blog)
I was starved as we barely had time to get Sage off to ski school before Ralston's speech. The fajita wrap lunch was better than the “Epic Burger” the day before but it still doesn't match the quality and selection at the cafeterias in Deer Valley. ...
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World Freeriding Championships Crown Champions
Transworld Business
By Mackenzie Chernow Valdez, Alaska - April 10, 2011 - A new tradition has been born on Thompson Pass in the legendary Chugach Mountains of Alaska. The Recco World Freeriding Championships went off - combining the ski field from the scheduled but ...
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Transworld Business
Posted On Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 05:22:00 AM
Mumbai Mirror
Exceptions include crash helmets and ski masks. Though only a very small minority of France's 5 million Muslims wear the veil, many see the ban as a stigma against the country's No 2 religion. Also, while officials can slap fines on those who refuse to ...
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Mumbai Mirror
For Chardon's George Roudebush, 86, winning never gets old
News-Herald.com
It's nice territory, and I also had a chance to ski in between. There's nice skiing all around Albuquerque." A well-rounded athletic résumé — track and field, skiing, swimming, even canoe paddling — is no surprise to anyone who knows Roudebush's ...
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April 12: What's on in the UAE
Sport 360
A surf-ski club with around 40 members taking part in daily and weekly paddles. Web: www.adow.ae, Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Marina Mall Sailing Club, Corniche Road, Ras Al Akhdar ...
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Coast Guard to offer boating safety classes in Bellevue
Bellevue Reporter
... jet skis, and motorized skiffs) to have the card when using a boat with 15 or more horsepower. To qualify for a card the operator must pass an examination. The one-day course and exam will be offered in Bellevue in April, May and June. ...
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First Ski Lessons at Whistler, BC » Travel Insights 100
By Debbie Dubrow
The fact that we made the trip so late in the season (luckily the Whistler ski season lasts until the end of April, and Glacier skiing is available into July) is a sign of our own confusion. Both my husband and I had muddled our way ...
Travel Insights 100 - http://www.uptake.com/travelinsights100/
Adventure Films Works | Hustle and Snow | Backcountry Ski Blog
By UnofficialNetworks
More April Powder at Snowbird Plus JFT Championships. April 11, 2011 · No comments. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/22260611[/vimeo] April is officially powder month. I have been saying all year that we ski in December, January and February so ...
Unofficial Networks - http://unofficialnetworks.com/
Deep Snowpack Prompts Ski Resorts to Extend Season :: First Tracks ...
Salt Lake City, UT - While April showers are already prompting flowers to bloom around many parts of the U.S., many ski resorts in the West are blanketed with their deepest snow bases of the season. Some are already planning to keep the ...
First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine - http://www.firsttracksonline.com/
Tahoe ski condos will be auctioned April 30 - Sacramento Business ...
Read Sacramento business stories, Sacramento housing market news, CalPERS and CalSTRS news at The Sacramento Bee.
www.sacbee.com/.../tahoe-ski-condos-will-be-auctioned.html
Nordic Ski Racer - An April XC Ski at Huron Meadows Metropark
Take a pile of snow, protect it, then groom it out...and you have cross country skiing in April in southeast Michigan!
www.nordicskiracer.com/news.asp?NewsID=5590
Vintage Ski Fest set for April 16 - Skiing - Blog - Skiing - Buzz ...
Among the hundreds of events held each winter in high country, Beaver Creek's Vintage Ski Fest ranks among the most unusual.
buzz.snow.com/skiing/.../vintage-ski-fest-set-for-april-16.aspx
Snowbasin Blog » Blog Archive » April 9th BBQ & Ski/Snowboard Down
Snowbasin is scheduling another evening barbecue and twilight ski/snowboard down on Saturday, April 9th from 4 – 7 p.m at the Needles Lodge. ...
blog.snowbasin.com/2011/.../april-9th-bbq-skisnowboard-dow...
Door County Cross Country Ski Report: April 1, 2011
Wow! It is April 1st and we bring you the 16th weekly ski report of the season!
www.ppulse.com/Articles-c-2011-04-01-97306.114136-Door...
Adelsman's Cross-Country Ski Page: Trails
April skiing may sound unusual, but historical is not as uncommon as you might think. Here is a historical look at skiing in the second weekend of April. ...
www.skinnyski.com/trails/display.asp?Id=22530
Saturday Weekend Report, April 2 - SkiTiger.com - Ski Report Blog
Top Regions with New Snow #1 BritishColumbia, 5.0" avg new, 16 Resorts #2 Wyoming, 5.0" avg new, 2 Resorts #3 Washington, 3.3" avg new, 6 Resorts #4 Idaho , ...
www.skireportblog.com/.../saturday-weekend-report-april-2.ht...
Lake Tahoe Ski & Snow Report for April 7th, 2011 | Lake Tahoe News ...
1 Comment for “Lake Tahoe Ski & Snow Report for April 7th, 2011”. Debbie. April 7, 2011 - 10:58 am. Glad to hear the snow conditions are still good. ...
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Ski Powder in April Mt Hood? yup | kgw.com | Portland News, Local ...
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www.kgw.com/your-pics/119358164.html
Rochester Nordic Ski Club Meeting, April 7 (& Newsletter) « New ...
Rochester Nordic Ski Club Meeting, April 7 (& Newsletter). April 4, 2011 by newyorkoutdoors. Rochester Nordic Ski Club Meeting (Visitors are welcome!) ...
newyorkoutdoors.wordpress.com/.../rochester-nordic-ski-club-...
Mammoth Mountain Ski Report April 7, 2011 for Mammoth Ski Club ...
Mammoth Mountain Ski Report April 7, 2011 for Mammoth Ski Club. Posted on April 7, 2011 by larry. Mammoth Mountain's Paranoids and Philippe's offer ...
www.mammothskiclub.com/.../mammoth-mountain-ski-report...
April Fools non-snowstorm does no favors for Western Massachusetts ...
April Fools non-snowstorm does no favors for Western Massachusetts ski slopes. Published: Saturday, April 02, 2011, 11:52 AM Updated: Saturday, April 02, ...
www.masslive.com/.../april_fools_non-snowstorm_does.html
Vitosha ski currently in april - Bulgaria - Ski Chat
Vitosha ski currently in april, discussing Vitosha in the Bulgaria Forum.
www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/10278.page
Current Ski Conditions April 5, 2011 Adirondack Backcountry Skiing
Current Ski Conditions April 5, 2011. Posted on April 5, 2011 by adkbcski. Please send in trail condition reports to adkbcski@gmail.com ...
adkbcski.com/2011/04/05/111/
Idaho Mountain Express: Why We Ski - April 1, 2011
Friday, April 1, 2011. Why We Ski. Where everybody knows your name ... Then there is my good friend and erstwhile ski buddy, Bob, who mans ski storage. ...
www.mtexpress.com/index2.php?ID=2005136015
Bristol Mountain » Events » Bonus Ski Weekend: April 9-10
Bonus Ski Weekend: April 9-10. We will reopen from 9am-4pm on April 9th and 10th , for a bonus spring ski and ride weekend. Lift ticket price will be $28 per ...
www.bristolmountain.com/events/details.aspx?e=305&d...
Your guide to skiing and snowboarding in Les Menuires
By TRAVEL_AGENT
If you come with friends, points travel with family or looking for a romantic ski destination range and other activities and facilities available guarantee a completely satisfactory winter break. You have more than 600 km ski area in the ski ... The resort is well-equipped, supermarkets, cinemas, bars, clubs and a range of accommodation including chalets, gîtes. With more winter garden world checker is directly on your door of one of the best ski destinations in Europe. ...
SLOVENIA HOTELS BOOKING - http://www.sloveniahotelsbooking.com/
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