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Local skier, Stephen Sell, finishes second in Nt'l meet
April 05, 2008 - Stephen Sell, Palouse, finished second place in the male, 15-16 and Platinum Division at the Nature Valley NASTAR National Championships held at the Steamboat Mountain Resort, CO, March 14-15....
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Snow Sports: Slopes and fairways special
April 05, 2008 - Hidden Valley and Seven Springs are offering snow sports and golf at reduced rates today and tomorrow. ...
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Garrett Cheen/Daily Inter Lake
April 05, 2008 - Overall, west of the Continental Divide, snowpack levels were 113 percent of average. East of the Divide, snowpack was 103 percent of normal. March and April snow benefited both Flathead Valley ski areas.
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Pat ODonnell worries about the ski industrys soul
April 05, 2008 - Former Aspen Skiing Co. CEO Pat ODonnell is concerned about the future of the ski industry. Im worried about the soul and passion to keep this going, he said during a speech at the Hotel Jerome on Thursday night.
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Great riding; Conditions are prime at Bachelor and other resorts, but closing time is soon
April 05, 2008 - It had already been an unforgettable powder day on Mount Bachelor: fresh tracks off the Northwest chairlift, snow spraying into our faces.Eight inches of new snow had fallen overnight in late March and the snow continued all morning. Sometime around noon, the sun started to break through the clouds and we heard dynamite booms, meaning the ski patrol was working on avalanche controls and the ...
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Ski industry might break record
April 05, 2008 - Forget baseball and spring flowers. The nation's ski resorts are all about skiing and snowboarding still.
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Legislators kill one of two toll bills
April 04, 2008 - Plans to charge tolls on Interstate 70 received a split decision at the Capitol on Thursday, with one moving into the fast lane and the other going into the ditch.
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At Killington, winter is still in full force
April 04, 2008 - For decades, Killington Mountain Resort in Vermont carefully groomed and presented itself as the place to be for early and late skiing. In fact, for years they called themselves The King Of Spring and nobody argued.
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Prepping for spring hiking in Los Angeles
April 04, 2008 - While there is still plenty of snow up there thank the snow gods last weekend I decided it was time to get back in the hiking mode for a day.
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Another month bites the dust
April 04, 2008 - While the numbers may not be as staggering as they were after the months of January and February, the closing of March still brought a lot of good news for Incline's lone mountain skiing resort.
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Melbourne gets much-needed drop
April 03, 2008 - City scores good rain with falls spread across southern Victoria hitting dam catchment areas.
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City gets good drop
April 03, 2008 - Melbourne scores solid rain with falls spread across southern Victoria hitting catchments.
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Melbourne scores a good drop
April 03, 2008 - City gets solid rain with falls spread across southern Victoria hitting catchments.
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Chaddy's the downpour capital
April 03, 2008 - Melbourne's east gets the best of recent rain - with more on the way.
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Spring Road Trip: Teton adventures and local trail building
April 03, 2008 - Jackson, Wyoming Spring break is always a great time for a road trip and a good excuse to sample outdoor adventures in other areas. With that in mind, my wife, Molly, and I headed east to Jackson, Wyoming for a week of outdoor adventure. Arriving in Jackson Friday afternoon, we went straight to Teton Village to register for the Randonee Rally Race to be held the next day at the Jackson Hole ...
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Fresh snow, free skiing and sunshine
April 03, 2008 - CHEWELAH Fresh snow, sunshine and free spring break skiing is combining for a great last hurrah to winter at 49 Degrees North this week. Families whose children are out of school for the week are flocking to the mountain to carve up snow that more resembles December than April.
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Still time for a little spring skiing
April 03, 2008 - Every year it's the same story skiers and snowboarders leave the slopes long before the snow.
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Wild at Whistler
April 03, 2008 - Whistler is the winner when it comes to spring festivals. With 50 free concerts over 10 days and nights, the TELUS World Ski & Snowboard Festival is the place to be for apres-ski, all-night parties, major pro competitions, cutting- edge arts events and, of course, great skiing.
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Cooking up fun on Alberta hills
April 03, 2008 - Spring in the Rockies is all about outdoor living. Great open air concerts, al fresco eating, skiing, snowboarding and sun-soaking are the vibe at Alberta's hills this month.
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Slush Cup fun springs to life at Panorama
April 03, 2008 - Slush Cups and Dummy Downhills headline end-of-season parties at B.C. resorts throughout April. Panorama's Sunpit Safari Slush Cup Saturday is notorious for big air and dramatic icy plunges.
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Spring on the slopes?
April 03, 2008 - COEUR d'ALENE -- When North Idaho ski areas shut down Sunday, it will mark the end of what Matt Lamburth considers one of the quirkiest seasons ever.
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Rocky Mountain High and Outback
April 02, 2008 - To say it is cold and snowy in Colorado in the winter is equivalent to claiming Santa Claus is slightly overworked at Christmas. Sometimes, things are just too obvious to ignore. As the saying goes, if it looks like a duck, walks like a duck and sounds like a duck, it must be a duck.
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Taste of Vail: What luxury tastes like
April 02, 2008 - Vail rolls out the red carpet for celebrity chefs, wineries and gourmet cuisine during the 18th annual Taste of Vail
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Ski industry hopes bountiful snow yields record-setting season
April 02, 2008 - Forget baseball and spring flowers. The nation's ski resorts are all about skiing and snowboarding still.
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WANTED: POACHERS
April 02, 2008 - Deer Valley allows monoskiers, but not snowboarders on their lifts and runs. That fact came to mind when Parkite Andrew Braden heard that Burton
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Abundant snowfall, average profits
April 02, 2008 - With this year's plentiful snowfall, Utah ski resorts are on pace to have one of their best snow seasons, but the piles of snow haven't led to higher profits.
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Uphill struggle against Cairngorm commercialism
April 02, 2008 - CAIRNGORM Mountain Ltd's sledging must be some of the most expensive in the world. Five pounds to hire a sledge for half an hour, plus £18 return ticket for adult and child to reach the "sledge park" at the top of the funicular. Sadly typical of commercial skiing.
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Pine Mountain: Free skiing
April 02, 2008 - IRON MOUNTAIN Pine Mountain Resort will offer free lift tickets Thursday as a thank you to all the great customers that have come out and skied thi...
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Caucasus Skiing Idyll the Olympics Forgot
April 01, 2008 - 01 April 2008 By Catrina Stewart / Staff Writer DOMBAI, Karachayevo-Cherkessia -- High up on the slopes of this idyllic mountain retreat, it is easy to forget that the ski resort of Dombai lies at the heart of the volatile North Caucasus.
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Nation's ski industry hoping for record year
April 01, 2008 - Forget baseball and spring flowers. The nation's ski resorts are all about skiing and snowboarding -- still.
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Crested Butte plans to revamp winter flights
April 01, 2008 - CRESTED BUTTE Crested Butte is restructuring its direct flight program in an effort to better appeal to destination skiers.
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Possible Oil Tax Cut Gives Markets a Lift
April 01, 2008 - While TNK-BP's troubles may have been grabbing the wrong sort of headlines, last week's key economic news came from Finance Minister Alexei Kudrin, who proposed a $4.2 billion cut in annual oil taxes from next year, an eagerly awaited move that provided an overdue boost for oil stocks.
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Ski industry could
April 01, 2008 - set record for season
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Holiday Valley skiing death of 62-year-old professor adds to grim toll
April 01, 2008 - The death of a 62-year-old Erie Community College professor who struck a tree while skiing at Holiday Valley on Sunday was the second accident-related death there within six weeks and the fourth in the last six seasons.
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Cheap ski and boot hire causes ructions in Alps
April 01, 2008 - Is ski hire a rip-off? Its a question on many skiers minds this season, following the launch of Ski Republic ( www.ski-republic.com ), a company that has slashed the cost of hiring skis and boots in the French Alps.
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A rival to Idaho's ritzy Sun Valley
April 01, 2008 - Under a moonlit sky, I am snowshoeing along a torch-lit trail in Ponderosa State Park in central Idaho. My fellow travelers and I are on our way to a Mongolian-style yurt where a four-course dinner with spiced wine will be served.
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SPORTS HEADLINES
April 01, 2008 - SPRING LAKE A little over a week ago, Spring Lake Middle School student Mac Ruiter was excited to get one more chance to snowboard before the snow thawed for the season.
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What luxury tastes like in Vail
April 01, 2008 - VAIL, Colorado Taste of Vail is the Rolls-Royce of food festivals.
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Freestyle snowboarders, skiers close out Whitetail season
March 31, 2008 - Before packing up their gear for the season, diehard freestyle snowboarders and skiers were treated to one last hoorah at Whitetail Resort at the 'Tail End event on Saturday.
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Searchmont Resort still a hot spot for skiiers
March 31, 2008 - Thanks to old man winters stubborn refusal to just melt away, hundreds of skiers took to the Searchmont slopes for what was described as a fabulous weekend of spring skiing. More than 700 people skied the runs Saturday at Searchmont Resort, 40 kilometres northwest of Sault Ste. Marie. [...]
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Sunday River fest pairs skiers, Key lime pie
March 31, 2008 - According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, if global warming continues unabated, the only place left in New England good for skiing by the end of the century will be western Maine. Given that the forecasts for next weekend are not quite that dire, conditions should be great for the 21st annual Parrot Head/Bust 'n' Burn Festival at Sunday River ...
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Special friendship inspiration for MU ski club
March 31, 2008 - COLUMBIA The story of Mizzou Freeride, a ski and snowboard club for MU students, started 16 years ago when MU senior Mike Neustedter was in kindergarten in San Jose, ...
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A Passage To... Skiing
March 31, 2008 - GaydarNation member Mark sent us his travel thoughts for our latest holiday column. Its easy to do and makes for fascinating reading as we ask what YOU think. Delve deep and tell us your secrets.
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Alyeska wows racers
March 31, 2008 - GIRDWOOD -- Depending on whom you asked during this weekend's World Telemark Championships in Girdwood, the conditions were "intimidating," "awesome" or -- and this is meant as a compliment -- "sick."
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Whitefish Mountain Resort Surpasses Snow Benchmark
March 31, 2008 - On a weekend when Whitefish Mountain Resort hosted its second Corn Cup, there was no corn snow to be found. Weather systems converged to pelt the resort with two feet of deep powder and conditions more akin to January than the final weekend in March. Late Friday night, snow began to fall catapulting the resort past the 400-inch mark for total snowfall for the year. Weekend Pacific storms ...
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Mark Montanos Big-Ass Style
March 31, 2008 - It was grey and drizzling at 8:00 in the morning when Isabel and Dwayne came walking up to my house. I poked my head out the front door, Be careful, the steps are icy!
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'Fabulous' conditions, great time at Searchmont; More than 700 take to slopes Saturday
March 31, 2008 - Thanks to Old Man Winter's stubborn refusal to just melt away, hundreds of skiers took to the Searchmont slopes for what was described as a "fabulous'' weekend of spring skiing. More than 700 people skied the runs Saturday at Searchmont Resort, 40 kilometres northwest of Sault Ste. [...]
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U.S. Nationals: Cook wins second SG title at Sugarloaf
March 30, 2008 - SUGARLOAF, Maine Stacey Cook pocketed the second national super G title of her career Sunday, charging down a wind-whipped track to edge fellow U.S. Ski Teamer Leanne Smith by five-hundredths at the Nature Valley U.S. Alpine Championships.
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Spring skiing exceeds expectations
March 30, 2008 - The late snow has made it an exceptional spring for area skiers. Mt. Spokane, originally slated to close first, decided to extend their season to accommodate skiers and boarders taking advantage of the fresh powder.
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Crews battle on slopes
March 30, 2008 - BRIAN HEAD- Each skier and snowboarder threw down their best, knowing bragging rights, not to mention cash, was at stake during Brian Head Resort's 3rd Annual Crew Challenge Saturday.
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