AMERICA Ski, Snow, Resorts News, Mar 22, 2012

Sierra Snow Spots: Our Picks San Francisco Chronicle (blog) Heavenly's long intermediate runs, often with great views of Tahoe, make it one of the best ski parks for intermediate skiers in America. Double-grooming the runs overnight, at a huge cost, separates their cruisers from anywhere else. See all stories on this topic »

Alpine Meadows Ski Resort Hosts Ability Challenge Starting March 27, 2012 Yahoo! Sports During the challenge, the participants will attempt to ski and snowboard their way down the mountain and through a series of tasks. The money raised during the challenge will go toward the Disabled Sports USA Far West organization (DSUSAFW). See all stories on this topic »

Utah's Ski Butlers named national Small Business of the Year finalist Salt Lake Tribune Founded in 2004, Ski Butlers has about 80 employees serving skiers at more than 30 resorts in Utah, Colorado, California, Wyoming and British Columbia. Taylor Uzzell, assistant manager at the US Chamber, said the selection process for finalists started ... See all stories on this topic »

This spring break a bit of a bust, merchants claim Vancouver Sun The skiing is great, the snow's deep, but businesses say the crowds just aren't there this year. "It's pretty dead. There's hardly anyone around," Ingrid's Village Cafe owner Nancy MacConnachie said Wednesday. "We normally ramp up for spring break. See all stories on this topic »

Lifts tickets for next season on sale PlanetSKI.eu This season still has a long way to go but Vail Resorts has just put on sale lift passes for 2012/13. With the recent purchase of Kirkwood in California another resort is now on the pass. Buying a lift ticket in North America is a complex and costly ... See all stories on this topic » PlanetSKI.eu

Going for the steep runs brings out that inner skier Albuquerque Journal (subscription) 22, 2012 Tweet Cliff walls lined the chute below my skis. Clouds whirled overhead, snow bulleting in big flakes and filling in ski tracks almost as fast as we could make them. It was day two of a clinic at Whistler Blackcomb resort in British Columbia, ... See all stories on this topic »

Utah Skiers Attempt to Ski State's 14 Resorts in One Day | First ... Salt Lake City, UT - Ski Utah has joined with a group of local skiers to attempt to ski all 14 Utah resorts in a single day tomorrow. The group approach... www.firsttracksonline.com/.../utah-skiers-attempt-to-ski-14-res...

Summer in March has New England skiers and resorts bidding ... In the News ... Summer in March has New England skiers and resorts bidding farewell to the slopes ... the 80s had New England skiers dodging dirt patches and exposed rocks as melting snow ... Colorado Ski Country USA estimated that the number of visits at its resorts in the .... Help Barack stand up for working Americans. www.washingtonpost.com/.../gIQAtj0NSS_story.html

Lake Tahoe Deaths: Two Skiers Die On Slopes The owner of China Peak Mountain Resort northeast of Fresno says a 30-year-old snowboarder was killed Sunday after falling head first in an open ski area. ... Get Breaking News by Email ... Tim Cohee said about 5 feet of snowfell in the Sierra National Forest over the .... Americans Elect: The Future ofU.S. Democracy ... www.huffingtonpost.com/.../lake-tahoe-deaths_n_1360568.ht...

VIDEO: The History of USA Ski Resorts | 1960'-68' Skier Visits Went ... The history of ski resorts in North America is little known by most skiers in theUS and Canada. This video, which sounds like it was made in the 1950s, givesus ... unofficialnetworks.com/video-history-usa-ski-resorts-196068-...

Sunny Skies and Plenty of Skis at the OTS 2012/2013 Ski Test ... Find a Resort. Canada. USA. South America. Europe. Oceania ... open up some closed terrain for us on Thursday to test out the fat skis on deeper, softer snow. www.onthesnow.com/.../sunny-skies-and-plenty-of-skis-at-the...

Avalanche near Haines, Alaska leaves one skier dead, one seriously ... From the Anchorage Daily News :-. A heli-skiing guide died Tuesday morning in an avalanche northwest of Haines, according to Alaska State Troopers. ...One of those covered in snow was 35-year-old Telluride, Colo. resident Robert Liberman, who died ... 400+ American Ski Resorts in 4 countries. ... Find Us& Follow Us ... www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/12345.page

Artist helps skiers chart their course - Video on msnbc.com Jim Niehues photographs ski trails to create trail maps as integral to skiing assnow. ... skiers are loving the snow which is making for a great spring break for a lot of lucky families on the slopes. which brings us to the the work of an artist ... he is one of a kind in ski areas across north america . nbc's kevin tibbles has the story ... video.msnbc.msn.com/nightly-news/46753638

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