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Skier was everybodys friend
December 29, 2008 - Friends and family on Sunday described David Nodine, the victim of an in-bounds avalanche Saturday at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, as a joyous outdoorsman.
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National briefs: Avalanche kills skier at Wyoming resort
December 29, 2008 - Avalanche kills skier at resort WYOMING An avalanche has killed a skier at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. David Nodine, 31, of Wilson, Wyo., was skiing down an expert trail with a companion Saturday when the avalanche buried him under 8 feet of snow. The companion was not injured. Ski patrollers found Nodine within six minutes but could not revive him. At least six people have died ...
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Nation/World Briefs
December 29, 2008 - HALF MOON BAY, Calif. -- An unusually weak Dungeness crab harvest is compounding the financial woes of West Coast fishermen who were already struggling with depressed consumer demand and the unprecedented collapse of the Pacific chinook salmon fishery. Commercial fishermen in California, Oregon and Washington are struggling to stay afloat financially. This season's California catch is expected ...
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Snow sells - Skiers, snowboarders hit region's slopes in force as winter arrives
December 29, 2008 - A good time seems to have been had by all Sunday at Snowbowl ski resort in Missoula. With several inches of new snow overnight and more in the forecast, Snowbowl and the rest of western Montana's ski areas have rebounded from a slow start to the season.
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Hit the slopes for the holiday
December 29, 2008 - Why go to New York City to welcome in the New Year and watch the ball drop in Times Square, when revelers can have the same experience in Franklin County, plus some.
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Respect nature's fury
December 29, 2008 - Recently, a 27-year-old Utah woman died at an area hospital after an inbounds avalanche at Snowbird ski resort had buried her for nearly an hour.
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Himachal hotels ready for New Year tourist rush
December 29, 2008 - The Himachal Pradesh tourism industry, which saw a drop in bookings post 26/11, has once again geared up for tourists who have started arriving across the state to ring in the New Year on a high note.
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Millers ploy fails at downhill
December 29, 2008 - BORMIO, Italy Bode Millers ploy to gain a better starting position backfired when he slammed into a gate and finished fourth Sunday in a World Cup downhill won by Italys Christof Innerhofer.
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Pitkin County leads country in fatal avalanches
December 29, 2008 - When it comes to fatal avalanches in the United States, Pitkin County has the distinction of being the deadliest county in the deadliest state. So when avalanche forecasters at Colorado Avalanche Information Center report, as they did on Sunday, that dangerous avalanche conditions will persist for several days in the Aspen backcountry, it is worth listening to. read more
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No special skills required for tubing at resorts across the country
December 29, 2008 - BARRIE, Ont. - Tubing offers the chance to enjoy the slopes but - unlike skiing or snowboarding - no special skills are required.
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Slow day on the slopes
December 29, 2008 - Blustery breezes couldn't keep Sharan Sankaranarayanan off the ski slopes, yesterday. The ferocious winds mixed with unseasonably mild temperatures and drizzly skies made many skiers [...]
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Snow 'crunchy,' but trails good to go
December 29, 2008 - LANESBORO -- After nearly record-breaking snowfalls this December, most trails across southeastern Minnesota are in perfect condition for cross country skiing
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Avalanche kills man who grew up in Greensboro
December 29, 2008 - JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - An avalanche has killed a skier at a Wyoming ski resort. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort spokeswoman Anna Olson says David Nodine was skiing down an expert trail with a companion Saturday when the avalanche buried him under 8 feet of snow. The companion was not injured. Olson says ski patrollers found Nodine within six minutes but could not revive him. The 31-year-old was ...
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Man Who Died In Wyoming Avalanche Grew Up In Greensboro
December 29, 2008 - JACKSON, Wyo. -- An avalanche has killed a skier at a Wyoming ski resort. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort spokeswoman Anna Olson said David Nodine was skiing down an expert trail with a companion Saturday when the avalanche buried him under 8 feet of snow. The companion was not injured.
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Colorado mountain resorts see weekend boost in business
December 29, 2008 - SUMMIT COUNTY - This week looked to be the busiest so far this season for ski areas and resort towns as Christmas and New Year holiday travelers took advantage of some time off and great snow conditions.
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Inexperienced British skier helped save man with a broken back by taking on tough slope
December 29, 2008 - A student on a skiing holiday has been hailed a hero after a dramatic helicopter mountain rescue.
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Sports News 12.29.2008
December 29, 2008 - In Sports News: ahead of the Tour de Skis arrival in Prague, last years winner Luká Bauer gets off to a less-than-ideal start in the first stage in Germany; the Czech Republic are demolished by hosts Canada in their first game at ice hockeys World Under 20 Championship, before bouncing back to beat the US; goaltender Stanislav Neruda makes a splash in the Extraliga at the age of 34; and ...
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Avalanche Kills Skier at Wyoming Ski Resort
December 29, 2008 - An avalanche has killed a skier at a Wyoming ski resort. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort spokeswoman Anna Olson says David Nodine, of Wilson, was skiing down an expert trail with a companion Saturday when the avalanche buried him under 8 feet of snow. The companion was not injured.
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Police hunt hit-and-run skier
December 28, 2008 - Police in the Italian Alps are checking ski passes, viewing security videos and questioning holidaymakers in the hunt for a mystery skier who came down the slopes too fast on Christmas morning and collided with a man, 51, leaving him dying from a head injury in front of his 12-year-old daughter.
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Take a view from Peak to Peak
December 28, 2008 - The Peak 2 Peak gondola, linking Whistler and Blackcomb mountains, is an awesome feat of engineering. Minty Clinch reports
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Andermatt: the other side of the mountain
December 28, 2008 - It's shortly after 9am on the kind of morning skiers dream about cold, cloudless, still and with fresh snow yet the only sound we can hear is the hypnotic swish-clack-swish of our own touring skis cutting tracks, gripping the mountainside with skins. Up ahead, the sky is blocked only by our target the pyramid-like Winterhorn.
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On Course: Dispatches from the travel desk
December 28, 2008 - A six-story Ferris wheel, multilevel go-cart track, carousel and laser tag are all part of a $20 million, 110,000-square-foot addition at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells, Wis. The Indoor Theme Park expansion comes as Kalahari says it is experiencing an uptick in regional travel.
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Heavy snowfall in Colorado brings out skiers
December 28, 2008 - A white Christmas in the mountains has been a boon to the states ski areas, giving them a much-needed holiday boost during an economic slide. After touting freebies and discounts to jump-start business, Colorados mountain resorts said heavy snowfall in recent days has gone a long way to entice visitors to the slopes.
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Tourism forecast may be brighter
December 28, 2008 - Local business owners and Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association officials have relied on a couple of assumptions while trying to remain optimistic about the ski season: People are booking closer to the time of their trip, and people will come when the snow does.
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Warren Miller: What if Vail got 99 feet of snow?
December 28, 2008 - The itch to turn your skis begins in earnest at about the same time that the leaves start turning in the fall.
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Breckenridge to protect saplings with barrier
December 28, 2008 - Experimental fences set up to divert skier, snowboarder traffic
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Avalanches: Backcountry snow looks a bit dicey
December 28, 2008 - KALISPELL - An upside-down snowpack is creating dangerous avalanche conditions for western Montana, as a heavy warm snow falls atop a cold and sugary base - with a weak, icy crust at the bottom.
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Deals, choices for Midwestern skiers
December 28, 2008 - BOYNE FALLS, Mich. -- For most of his 66 years, Tom Fanning has been an avid skier, relishing the challenge of steep mountainside runs in Colorado, Montana and Wyoming.
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Whistler has it all for the 2010 Winter Olympics
December 28, 2008 - WHISTLER, British Columbia About 50 years ago, four Vancouver businessmen had what could be considered a dream of Olympian proportions. They envisioned the sleepy summer resort region that is now Whistler as the site for a future Winter Olympic Games.
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Downhill is up
December 28, 2008 - Denizens of New England ski country know that Maine is home to Sugarloaf, New Hampshire has Loon Mountain, and Vermont boasts Killington. But they shouldn't forget that Greater Boston has slopes of its own, too: Blue Hills Ski Area.
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Galena has a ski resort to flip for
December 28, 2008 - GALENA, Ill. -- I like skiing at Chestnut Mountain because, in my slightly offbeat way of looking at the world, it's upside down. Let me explain. Most ski and snowboard resorts have hotels and base facilities at the bottom of their slopes.
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Riding in style on the Chondola
December 28, 2008 - Last Saturday, a crowd made up of mostly young skiers and snowboarders, with a smaller group of invited guests and press, gathered in near-zero temperatures to be among the first to ride the new Chondola.
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Montana Outdoors: Some Christmas walleyes at Hell Creek
December 28, 2008 - It must be nice to live right at the lake as the first safe ice is forming. You get to go out and enjoy a little ice fishing almost right out your door. For Clint and Deb Thomas' children at Hell Creek Marina on Fort Peck Reservoir, that's exactly wha ...
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Bulgaria's Pamporovo Welcomes British, Irish Tourists for Ski Training
December 28, 2008 - About 800 tourists form the United Kingdom and Ireland have arrived to Bulgaria's winter resort of Pamporovo for a ski training. Half of the ski tracks in the resort are already opened in spite of the thin snow blanket.
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WMass offers good skiing buy
December 28, 2008 - If Roy A. Schaefer could have one wish come true, it would be to ensure everyone could spend time having fun in the snow. That is why the owner of Berkshire East Ski Area does his best to make his Franklin County ski area accessible and affordable to everyone.
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Bode Miller's skipping of bib draw to be reviewed (AP)
December 28, 2008 - Skiing's governing body plans to review whether Bode Miller intentionally skipped a compulsory bib draw in an attempt to receive a more favorable starting position for Sunday's downhill. "It's a mockery," International Ski Federation president Gian Franco Kasper told The Associated Press at the race, in which Miller finished fourth.
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WCup-Miller Penalized, SKI
December 28, 2008 - WCup-Miller Penalized,0635
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Skiing: Bode Miller's skipping of bib draw to be reviewed
December 28, 2008 - BORMIO, Italy Skiing's governing body plans to review whether Bode Miller intentionally skipped a compulsory bib draw in an attempt to receive a more favorable starting position for today's downhill.
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Avalanche kills skier at Jackson resort
December 28, 2008 - Associated Press - December 28, 2008 12:55 PM ET JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) - An avalanche killed a skier at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. The avalanche around 1:25 p.m.
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Bode Miller's skipping of bib draw to be reviewed
December 28, 2008 - Skiing's governing body plans to review whether Bode Miller intentionally skipped a compulsory bib draw in an attempt to receive a more favorable starting position for Sunday's downhill.
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Avalanche kills skier at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort Posted on Dec. 28
December 28, 2008 - JACKSON, Wyo. - An avalanche killed a skier at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. The avalanche around 1:25 p.m. Saturday carried 31-year-old David Nodine, of Wilson, about 200 yards downhill and buried him under 8 feet of snow.
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Sierra resorts step up avalanche control efforts
December 27, 2008 - Fri, Dec 26, 2008 (12:42 p.m.) Sierra ski resorts are stepping up avalanche control efforts after a California man died in a slide and a string of storms dropped as much as 12 feet of snow over the last two weeks.
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Film lovers and stargazers flock to Sundance
December 27, 2008 - Why hunker down in a dark theater in the middle of the day when ski slopes call in Park City, Utah? Because you might be watching next year's Oscar winner or sitting next to one.
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Resorts Step Up Avalanche Control Efforts
December 27, 2008 - Sierra ski resorts are stepping up avalanche control efforts after a man died in a slide and a string of storms dropped as much as 12 feet of snow over the last two weeks.
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Blizzard buries Silverton
December 27, 2008 - The storm that whipped winds and heavy snow into blinding blizzards across parts of the San Juan Mountains on Christmas Day and today really had its sights set on one high-mountain town.
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Whiteface Weathering Economic Storm
December 27, 2008 - The economic downturn left ski resorts on edge. But a trip to Whiteface found things may not be as gloomy as some feared.
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Sierra Resorts Step Up Avalanche Controls
December 27, 2008 - Sierra ski resorts are stepping up avalanche control efforts after a man died in a slide Thursday.
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Skiers, boarders headed for IE mountains
December 27, 2008 - After Thursday's storm, the local mountains are perfect for skiing.
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Warmer weather increases avalanche danger
December 27, 2008 - The avalanche danger is expected to rapidly ramp up over the weekend, experts say. Already, two skiers have died at ski resorts in the Western United States due to avalanches.
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Deadly ski resort avalanche
December 27, 2008 - 21-year-old skier was overtaken and killed by a Christmas Day avalanche at the Squaw Valley ski resort. Tahoe City resident Randall Davis had been skiing in heavily wooded expert terrain when he was buried in snow. Search dogs and electronic tracking devices led the rescue team to Davis.
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