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January 23, 2009 - Jim Walker Escape Editor jwalker@the-signal.com 661-259-1234 x524 Posted: Jan. 22, 2009 4:12 p.m.
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Northeast ski deals abound
January 23, 2009 - As predicted, the 2008-09 ski season got off to a good start with early snow. What we didn't see coming was that the economy would hit such a nasty ice patch. And that translates into sweet deals at Northeast ski resorts
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RECREATION REPORT - Jan. 20-23, 2009
January 22, 2009 - A roundup of other winter activities and trail conditions in and around Park City.
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Breaking news: Aspen, ESPN extend X Games two years
January 22, 2009 - ESPN and the Aspen Skiing Co. have announced that the X Games will remain in Aspen through 2012. The current contract, which ESPN and SkiCo executives agreed on in 2006, puts the X Games at Buttermilk through 2010, with an option for an extension through 2012. The two parties agreed to pick up the option after discussions wrapped up Tuesday. read more
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Aspen keeps X Games through 2012
January 22, 2009 - The X Games said today the winter event will stay at Buttermilk Mountain through 2012, just as athletes started to arrive for this year's Winter X Games 13, which begin Thursday and run through Sunday.
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Colorados 'lost ski areas' offer skiers the best beginner backcountry
January 22, 2009 - Ski resorts come and go, but skiing lives on forever. Peter Bronski reached that conclusion in 2006, the first time he pointed his skis down a slope of one of the dozens of out-of-business ski hills that haunt the Rockies.
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ESPN's Winter X Games to stay in Aspen
January 22, 2009 - ESPN's Winter X Games is staying in Aspen until 2012, the longest stint in one city in X Games history. Like its summer version, Winter X originally rotated on a regular basis. The inaugural event was held in Snow Summit Mountain Resort, Calif. (1997), then it moved to Crested Butte, Colo., for two years (1998-1999) before moving east to Mount Snow, Vt. (2000-2001).
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She counts on big wee to bring skiing to a stop
January 22, 2009 - The Internet has changed everything. Say, for example, you decide to go skiing. You arrive at the resort fully clothed, as most skiers do, and you hop aboard the chairlift. Unfortunately, it malfunctions, causing you to slide through a gap between the seat and the chair back. As you slide, your pants are pulled down, while your boot simultaneously becomes lodged in the lift, leaving you ...
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Saved by the snowboard
January 22, 2009 - Photo: University of Arizona students huddle for group pictures before heading back to their bus after a morning of skiing and snowboarding at Taos Ski Valley.
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Biking the slopes
January 22, 2009 - If you think you've done it all on the slopes: snowshoeing, tubing, skiing, snowboarding - think again. You haven't done nearly enough, not unless you've tried the snow bike.
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Snowcat drivers smooth out slopes all night
January 22, 2009 - MONARCH MOUNTAIN, Colo. It's not quite 5 a.m. The wind is howling. The snow is blowing. And atop Monarch Mountain, Vance Burgess cannot get a thousand feet of half-inch-thick steel cable to spool neatly onto the drum on the rear of his Prinoth winch cat.
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Outbound Escapes: Come out for trout
January 22, 2009 - COME OUT FOR TROUT The pond at William Land Park, located on Land Park Drive, will be stocked with rainbow trout in preparation for a free fishing clinic to be held 8:30 a.m.-noon Saturday as part of the California Department of Fish and Game's Fishing in the City program. A loan of rods and tackle will be provided. For more information: (916) 358-2872. Help fund public education ...
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Bridger Bowl working harder to prevent avalanches
January 22, 2009 - BOZEMAN - Peter Carse doesn't like to see his work on the front page.
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InterContinental Mzaar Lebanon Mountain Resort and Spa prides itself on being the only five star Ski Resort in Middle ...
January 22, 2009 - Nestled amid snowy peaks only 53 Km away from Beirut, the Mzaar mountain reaches 2465 meters with direct access to the ski slopes. The day break rush to the lifts infuses the ski resort with early energy.
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New chair lift accesses backcountry-like terrain
January 22, 2009 - BOZEMAN - Even though Brett Potter has been skiing Bridger Bowl ski area since he was 4, it's like a whole new ski hill this winter. "It's a lot different now," said Potter, 32, as he paused atop Bridger's newest chair, Schlasman's Lift. "Basically, t ...
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Arundel Town Column and#8212; Jan. 22
January 22, 2009 - For the first 23 years of my life I experienced every New England winter in its entirety from first flake to last thaw. When I was a kid, the only trips we ever took were even further north, to snowmobile on the Canadian border, where the snow was deeper...
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ESPN Winter X Games in Aspen Through 2012
January 22, 2009 - ESPN WINTER X GAMES TO REMAIN IN ASPEN/SNOWMASS THROUGH 2012 New Agreement to Keep the Premier Winter Action Sports Event in Aspen for Total of 11 Years
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Too old to hit the slopes? Hardly
January 22, 2009 - The ski industry in North Jersey and around the country is responding to a new demographic that's hitting the slopes in increasing numbers senior skiers.
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Colour lends to Star power
January 22, 2009 - All ski resorts are, by nature, beautiful, with the snowy white blanket smoothing out manmade imperfections and fir trees adding dark perspective. But Silver Star near Vernon, B.C., goes one step further: The whole town is gorgeous with bright colours and pretty pastels adorning every building.
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Out-of-bounds rumors produce chilling effect
January 22, 2009 - Oh, that rumor mill. Most of the time, its funny, but at other times, it just makes you shake your head. Take last week, for example.
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Bob Allen has patrolled the slopes since 1975
January 22, 2009 - Bob Allen takes the rescue sled down one of the runs at Mount Crescent. He gets it out every morning and loads it up with a first-aid bag. HONEY CREEK - The rickety ski lift chuckles as it hefts chair after chair up Mount Crescent.
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Canaan Valley Resort to Host Airboarding Race
January 22, 2009 - "In Your Face" Race set for Saturday, February 7.
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What to do in Chamonix when the lifts are shut
January 22, 2009 - What do you do in Chamonix when the lifts are shut? Head to neighbouring Courmayeur, thats what. Both covered on the Mont Blanc Unlimited lift pass, the Italian resort was just what I needed...
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Best ski conditions of the season
January 22, 2009 - This should come as no surprise, but ski conditions throughout the Southeast are the best they've been this year.
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Alpine boys skiers finish first again
January 21, 2009 - Thursday, the Lincoln-Sudbury alpine varsity and junior varsity teams headed to a very cold Nashoba Valley Ski Resort for their second race.
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Sierra Nevada College skiers dominate Stanford, Cal, Davis
January 21, 2009 - INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev.- Get out your brooms, Sierra Nevada College - the Eagles men and women ski teams swept the podium four times Sunday and Monday at Diamond Peak Ski Resort.
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Local Far West youth skiers kick off 2009 season
January 21, 2009 - INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. - Diamond Peak Ski Team races in the J3, J4 and J5 divisions for Far West Skiing recently kicked off the 2009 season in impressive fashion.
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Pebble Creek Celebrations
January 21, 2009 - The resort offered lift tickets for just $6 today. Pebble's 60th anniversary celebration continues Saturday and Sunday
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Snow at its best in Gulmarg; ski lovers await Winter Games
January 21, 2009 - Gulmarg, Jan 20 : With the fresh four-feet of snow on the slopes of world famous ski resort of Gulmarg in North Kashmir during the past few days, a large number of ski lovers are waiting for the commencement of Winter Games in this hill resort.
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Ski industry is holding its own
January 21, 2009 - Like other sectors of the U.
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Long and short of it: These spots are worth the ride
January 21, 2009 - We skiers are spoiled here in New England. Perhaps more than any other region in America, we have multiple ski areas to choose from within easy driving range. Got an itch...
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Simon Dumont always free spirit
January 21, 2009 - From time to time, we feature folks who make New England skiing what it is. This week, we look at a lifelong New England skier who's making a splash on the world competitive...
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Skiers' needs main focus at Powderhorn
January 21, 2009 - On the wall of his office, below the what-might-have-been poster showing a Powderhorn Resort only a developer could love, Steve Bailey has posted a smaller, more-cogent sign.
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Sportsplex looking for umps, scorekeepers
January 21, 2009 - If you are keeping score, the first tournaments for 2009 at the West Tennessee Healthcare Sportsplex are two months away.
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Jackson resident enjoys skiing as hobby all year
January 21, 2009 - Life has not always been downhill for Don Williams, but it has been since he learned how to snow ski in the 1970's.
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Let's do downhill
January 21, 2009 - Even Nostradamus couldn't predict a snow storm more than a week in advance, but that shouldn't stop you from setting your ski calendar for the rest of this season.
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It's snow fun for non-skiers
January 21, 2009 - With Oregons Cascade Mountains cloaked in a bright white cape, as fluffy as an egrets plume, talk of skiing and snowboarding abounds.
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Cheapflights.com Sends Skiers Scurrying to the Slopes with Coast-to-Coast Deals This Winter
January 21, 2009 - Ski season is in full swing and resorts across North America are offering deals too good to give up. Smaller crowds on the mountains mean the hottest ski venues across the country are offering steep last-minute discounts for savvy travelers this winter.
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On the trail of the Alps' four-legged heroes
January 21, 2009 - It is absolutely silent inside the man-made dugout in the snow but gradually the sound of a dog barking becomes more and more audible.
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After Dangerous Early Winter Conditions, Backcountry Beckons
January 21, 2009 - One year and one day after two men died from an avalanche while backcountry skiing in the Canyon Creek area of the Flathead National Forest, people began to file into the U.S. Forest Service headquarters in Kalispell for an avalanche awareness class. More than a hundred people eventually crammed into the room, forcing the stragglers to stand in the back after the last chairs were taken. ...
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Are Sweden: Skiing schnapps and saunas
January 21, 2009 - In a quest to compare the Swedish slopes to the French and Swiss Adrian Bridge is happy to test and taste the difference.
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Geilo Norway: Solitude on the slopes
January 21, 2009 - Norway proves to be an inspired and gloriously sunny choice for James Bedding's skiing holiday.
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Ski park prices drop as snow melts and skies remain blue
January 21, 2009 - Nearly two weeks of springlike temperatures have melted the snowpack at Mt. Shasta Ski Park and persuaded officials to discount lift ticket prices.
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VERMONT ADAPTIVE HOSTS DISABLED SPORTS USA KIDS AND FAMILY CAMP | Transworld Snowboarding
January 21, 2009 - Special weekend created to develop skills while having fun with peers, family and instructors.
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Two killed in 40-vehicle pileup on I-70 in Western Md.
January 20, 2009 - Authorities not immediately sure if weather played a factor Maryland State Police say two people are confirmed dead in a pileup on Interstate 70 west of Myersville, near South Mountain.
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Good Weekend for Pocono Businesses
January 20, 2009 - In the Poconos you couldn't have asked for a better weather for skiing. People aren't traveling as far to hit the slopes this holiday weekend. The slope at Alpine Mountain was filled with skiers, including the Frankfort family from Westfield, New Jersey.
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Cross-country's versatility is a kick
January 20, 2009 - Take one look at cross-country skiing fanatic Nathan Schultz as he flies across the snow and you realize something: This isn't your grandfather's sport.
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Ski areas still going strong
January 20, 2009 - Ski areas in the San Bernardino and San Gabriel mountains are still going strong, despite the recent warm weather and faltering economy, local officials say.
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For ski-BASE jumpers, exhilaration of taking flight worth the danger
January 20, 2009 - BEYOND THE EDGE, second in a four-part series | One moment Max Kuszaj was hurtling down a perilous backcountry line that was too steep to stop on. The next he was skiing off a 400-foot cliff and into a free fall, tumbling past plunging walls and jagged ledges toward a bloody ending. Until he released a parachute.
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Pirates open winter tour
January 20, 2009 - CHAMPION, Pa. A steady afternoon snowfall made it was a perfect day for skiing and snowboarding at Seven Springs Mountain Resort on Sunday. Yet, even on a snowy day, it was also a perfect day for baseball.
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