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SKI, Snow, Resorts News, Nov 08, 2011


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Timberline Ski Area begins celebration of 75th winter on Mount Hood
OregonLive.com (blog)
Go info: 60 miles east of Portland, six miles northeast of Government Camp; Timberline Ski Area, Timberline Lodge, OR 97028; 503-272-3311 (ski area), 503-222-2211 (snow conditions). TR . Timberline18709051 . JPG.
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Vt ski season just around the corner
WCAX
It was the resort's earliest start since 2005. Vermont Ski Areas Association President Parker Riehle says early openings are better for the industry because they generate excitement. He also said the snow in other New England states can draw ski ...
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Rediscover Whistler
Vancouver Sun
By Steven Hill, Vancouver Sun November 8, 2011 It isn't surprising that - over the years - Whistler has developed a reputation as one of the best ski resorts in North America. Every year, ski and travel publications and web sites validate that ...
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Cypress Mountain opens today
Vancouver Sun
The first to open is Cypress Mountain, which, banking on some early snowfall and 30 centimetres of manmade snow, is opening its ski runs today. According to its website, this is the earliest the resort has ever opened. Early snowfall means that Grouse ...
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Brighton, Solitude open for skiing/snowboarding on Thursday
Salt Lake Tribune
By brett prettyman The 2011-12 ski and snowboard season gets under way on Thursday, Nov. 10, with the openings of Brighton Ski Resort and Solitude MountainResort, both in Big Cottonwood Canyon. Both resorts have been making snow to be ready for the ...
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Book those ski vacations now
Kitsap Sun
Other winter sports areas are nearby, but unlike Whistler, are shielded from the typically wetter weather and heavier snow by the Coast and Cascade mountains. They, too, offer ski-in, slide-out lodging in a variety of packages. ...
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Lake Louise Opens to Cheers from Skiers & Riders
OnTheSnow.com
“But this year, there's more due to the La NiƱa forecast and such an incredible season of snow last year. People are generally excited to go skiing.” The resort opened two lifts and four runs. Three features on Easy Street included a 40-foot box, ...
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20 Questions with Pro Skier Jen Hudak [Part Two]
OnTheSnow.com
Since then, Hudak has won five X Games medals and has taken home gold at the X Games, US Open, US Nationals, Dew Tour and World SkiInvitational. OnTheSnow: What's a run you have to do twice? Jen Hudak: High Boy at Alta. It's got tons of snow and ...
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OnTheSnow.com
New York's Most Visited Ski Resort Village – Ellicottville, NY – Makes ...
PR Web (press release)
17 – A slope-side opportunity to 'try before you buy' with all major brands represented Not only do Ellicottville shops represent every top brand ofsnow sport equipment and apparel, but they're also nestled in a fun little village at the base of the ...
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PR Web (press release)
Sirloin Slopes
Valley Advocate
They continued to release at least one feature-length ski film each year, while also creating six promotional videos for their home base ski area, Stowe. This year's Prime Cut offering features urban footage from Burlington, Boston (off Route 1 in ...
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Valley Advocate
Cross-Country Skiing to Glacier Point in Yosemite National Park
Yahoo! Sports
To ski Glacier Point Road, you will start at the Badger Pass Ski area. The first mile of the road will be crowded with beginning skiers and snowshoers. There are several loops and side trips along Glacier Point Road, including a trip to Dewey Point, ...
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Travel: Villars, Switzerland
Scotsman (blog)
The ski pass covers a large area and it is possible to ring the changes every day, perhaps by skiing to the Glacier 3000 above Les Diablerets which always offers excellent snow, a variety of mostly blue runs, a couple of good long reds and a black, ...
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Scotsman (blog)
Ski area prmotion bill signed by Obama
StandardNet
Rob Bishop, R-Utah, amends the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986, which allowed only nordic and alpine skiing. Under the new legislation, other snow sports may be permitted on National Forest System lands, as well as year-round activities. ...
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Attitash and Wildcat Mountain Head to Boston Globe Ski & Snowboard Expo Nov ...
AlpineZone News
Both resorts are excited to continue messaging the value, variety, and vertical offered with season passes, discount cards, lift tickets, and gift cards valid for use at the two nearby ski areas in the Mount Washington Valley. At the Boston Globe Ski ...
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Boston's ski and snowboard sherpas show the way to value in this season's ...
The Phoenix
FISCHER SKIS THE MOTIVE 76 ALL-MOUNTAIN SKIS| $599.99 |fischersports.com |Fischer made the Motive 76 as a diverse all-mountainski for strong intermediate to advanced skiers. Because of a 76mm waist, the Motive 76 can hold the ice and snow underneath ...
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The Phoenix
DoubleTree by Hilton Breckenridge Arrives in Time to Celebrate Legendary Ski ...
PR Newswire (press release)
The Vail Resorts company website is www.vailresorts.com and consumer website is www.snow.com With a fast-growing global collection of contemporary, upscale hotels in more than 250 gateway cities, metropolitan areas and vacation destinations across five ...
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Ski Resort Review: Heavenly in Lake Tahoe, California
Yahoo! Sports
The mountain straddles California and Nevada, so you can ski in two states in the same day. I found the Nevada side to be less crowded than the California side, and it even had better snow. This is definitely a skier's mountain, though; there are far ...
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Banff - Lake Louise opens for the season
World Snowboard Guide
The Lake Louise Ski Area and Mt Norquay are once again some of the first resorts to open in North America, both opened on Saturday November 5th. expecting another great snow filled season,” says Dan Markham, Director of Marketing and Sales at Ski Banff ...
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World Snowboard Guide
Meyer: Vail Valley's Garnsey earns high honors for contributions to skiing
Denver Post
A Vail Resorts co-president, Garnsey was a key figure in making the Vail Valley America's home of ski racing, with annual World Cup stops and world championships in 1989 and 1999. Another is coming in 2015. His induction was richly deserved, ...
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Looking a lot like winter
The Durango Herald
While travelers faced frustrations, ski areas operators were ecstatic. Rosanne Pitcher, director of marketing at Wolf Creek Ski Area, said the resort had received 22 inches ofsnow since Saturday, bringing its year-to-date total to 96 inches. ...
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New Warren Miller Ski Film to Play at Broome County Forum Nov. 16
WBNG-TV
Warren Miller ticketholders will receive a free lift ticket at participating mountain resortsand a discount at Berger's Ski & Snowboard Shops. Details can be found at www.skinet.com/warrenmiller/events/broome-county-forum.
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Cross-Country Skiing with Your Dog
Yahoo! Sports
Be sure to check the area where you are planning to cross-country ski. If you are going to a paid resort area, then pets might not be welcome. If you are traveling in the backcountry, or on snow covered roads that are closed, then it's likely you can ...
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Ruapehu springs into summer
Stuff.co.nz
Mt Ruapehu's Whakapapa ski area is a well-known recreational refuge during the winter months but few realise it can also turn it on after thesnow melts and the skis have been packed away. Ruapehu Alpine Lifts interim marketing manager Scott Lee has ...
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Stuff.co.nz
Escape to One of the Largest Natural Preserves in North America
MarketWatch (press release)
Following the route of section 5 of the Canadian Ski Marathon, the trail will end at the entrance to Fairmont Kenauk, where a magnificent, 270-square-kilometre private preserve gives guests ample opportunity to enjoy snow shoeing or back-country skiing...
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Get Strong for Ski Season
Patch.com
Ski season sneaked up on us with an October snow storm. Here are some tips for getting into skiing shape -- fast! Maybe Wayland's not ready for snow. And a snowday in October? We'll never be ready for that. But for some Waylanders, the real question ...
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Snow Club prepares to hit the slopes this season
Sonoma State Star
The short three hour drive allows the members to escape their daily routine for a quick trip to enjoy the snow. With its world-class ski resorts, majestic mountains, endlessski-runs and spectacular views, many members believe Tahoe provides the ...
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Senate funds ski program
UND The Dakota Student
Overall Ski UND, highly supported by both President and First Lady Kelley, has been a success in encouraging exercise in the winter months and appreciating the snow. Last year skis were used 270 times and survey results showed many students planned to ...
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Do more than hit the slopes with the kids
msnbc.com
That's why I'm in favor of anything that makes a ski trip easier for families, from a center like TreeHouse to Park City Mountain Resort to Door 2 Door by Christy Sports, which serves most of the major ski resorts and will deliver rental gear to any ...
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msnbc.com
Dillon: Freeskier presents avy talk, freeride film at Dam brewery
Summit Daily News
The new skis feature proprietary “Lay-Down Technology” — a “unique hybrid combination of powder and carving design that eliminates chatter and allows the ski to confidently track in all conditions from powder to hard snow,” according to a press ...
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Olympian opens Croydon ski store
Croydon Guardian
Olympic skier Chemmy Alcott was the guest of honour as a new ski store opened in Croydon. The triple Olympian cut the ribbon to mark the opening of the largest Snowand Rock store in the country. She said she bought her first skis from the chain 22 ...
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Timberline Ski Area begins celebration of 75th winter on Mount ...
By Terry Richard, The Oregonian
The musem is bringing a weeklong event, the 2012 Skiing Heritage Week, to the Northwest in April to celebrate the rich snow sports history in Oregon and Washington. It begins at Timberline Ski Area on April 8-9 and concludes the next ...
Clackamas County News
Snow good news for ski resorts - BostonHerald.com
It's no trick – three major New England ski resorts are opening today thanks to a pre-Halloween cold snap that has dumped natural snow on some slopes – with ...
www.bostonherald.com/.../20111029snow_good_news_for_s...
Early snowfall good news for Sierra ski resorts | abc7news.com
The National Weather Service says three to six inches of snow fell above 7000 feet. It's good news for ski resorts. Boreal says the resort will open Friday and stay ...
abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=weather&id=8419180
Early snow helps ski resorts build base | Albuquerque, N.M. | KRQE ...
Check out updated reports on snow conditions at ski areas in … KRQE.com local and regional forecasts. Local and regional forecasts from ...
www.krqe.com/.../Early-snow-helps-ski-resorts-build-base-dr
Ski resorts' projected opening dates - Snow Zone - Connecticut News
Look for Connecticut ski areas to open in early December. Catamount and Butternut in Massachusettsm about a week earlier. It's a good bet that Jiminy Peak in ...
blog.ctnews.com/.../2011/.../ski-resorts-projected-opening-date...
Five Snow-Loving Ski Resorts in the U.S. to Spa Hop, Party and Ski ...
The best ski resorts in the United States offer wonderful resorts with amenities, like hot tubs and fine dining, with a rich set of winter activities to please every taste ...
sports.yahoo.com/ski/news?slug=ycn-10298317
Photo Gallery: Vermont Ski Resorts See First Snow of Season ...
Snow has begun to blanket Vermont for the 2011/2012 season. - OnTheSnow.
www.onthesnow.com/news/a/92786
Snow Talk Has Skiers, Ski Resorts Eager for Season - Local News ...
Pocono Township, Monroe County -- About four-weeks before Thanksgiving, you' ll find wild turkeys but no snow on the slopes of Camelback Mountain Resort.
www.msnbc.msn.com/.../snow-talk-has-skiers-ski-resorts-eager...
Sierra ski resorts ready for half foot of snow - My News 3 - KSNV ...
Winds gusting in excess of 50 mph downed power lines in Reno ahead of an early winter storm expected to bring up to a half foot of snow in the Sierra Nevada ...
www.mynews3.com/.../BEP96JBm2U-j4EbpU5sYzw.cspx
Let it snow: Vermont ski resorts celebrate forecast | Green Mountain ...
The weather forecast for the last few days of October include high elevation snow . Thenews was shouted far and wide by Vermont ski resort P.R. agents as the ...
www.gmoutlook.com/.../let-it-snow-vermont-ski-resorts-celebr...
Killington Resort Snow, Ski Report and Forecast Killington, Vermont
Get the latest Killington Resort snow and ski report and Killington Resort forecast. ...Killington Resort, VT. in partnership with Mountain News Corporation ...
wap.weather.com/life/ski/snowreport/198:11
In the Shadow of Grand Resorts, a Town Hill Struggles
The Snow King ski area rises from downtown Jackson, Wyo. The owners of the town hill, as it is called, have quietly put the resort and its nearby hotel up ...
www.nytimes.com/.../snow-king-in-jackson-wyo-struggles-in-...
Winter sports catch some air
It's all about snow and money this coming winter at Tahoe's ski and snowboardresorts. Unlike many years, the supply of both might actually meet the demand. ...
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/11/06/...
Vt Ski Resort Killington To Open Thanks To Snow - News Story ...
KILLINGTON, Vt. -- Vermont's 2011-2012 ski season is getting under way. Friday, October 28, 2011.
www.wptz.com/news/29615597/detail.html
Snow and ski news from Colorado | Outdoors
It's already snow skiing season in Colorado. A few Colorado ski resorts are now open and were greeted with fresh snowfall ... Snow and ski news from Colorado ...
blog.newsok.com/.../2011/.../snow-and-ski-news-from-colorad...
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