Ski Club Dual Slalom – another great success
With the race wrapped up, the crowds headed to Le Coffee bar in Val Claret for the prize giving where the winners were presented with some fantastic prizes ranging from a heli-ski trip with Tignes Heli Ski, equipment and ski wear to private ski …
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AK Chronicles: Waiting game
… pro skier in Alaska, what you'd see instead looks more like this: the athlete looking at forecasts on his or her laptop, drinking bad coffee in an even worse hotel room, or pacing around a heli-deck, anxiously waiting to see if the weather pops.
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Skip the Slopes: What to Do If You Don't Ski In Colorado
Now non-skiers can drink in the view by taking an hour-long Mountain Top SnowCat Tour at Keystone Resort. Normally used to groom the trails, these specially outfitted, heated cats can carry several people to the top of Dercum Mountain into Erickson and …
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Calling all foodies, from Eagle County and beyond
Colorado Lamb Cook-Off and Apres Ski Tasting, 3:30-6:30 pm, Vail Village. $ 75 and $ 4 individual tasting tickets available. Included in Festival Pass. Representatives from Davidoff Cigars will be on hand to demonstrate pairings of their products with …
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Actor Bruce Willis giving away Idaho ski area, local group bites
The group has ideas that include future expansions into forest service lands and increased snow activities like backcountry skiing and snow cat operations. “We are hoping that people love Soldier Mountain and this area enough that they want to be …
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Nordic Ski Club of Fairbanks gets new PistenBully for trail grooming
“This is the sweetest thing,” a beaming Helmers said, guiding the tracked snowcat down the trail. But it was snow, not air, that Helmers was floating on. A thick carpet of freshly churned-up, compacted and corduroyed ivory, unlike any seen before on …
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Heavenly, Kirkwood extend their seasons
Usually, resorts turn off the lifts and put the snowcats in storage around the middle of April. But with more snow on the way this week and next, Heavenly and Kirkwood have decided to extend their seasons for a couple of more weekends, …
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