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In the ski town of Breckenridge, the holiday rush is for the slopes, not the shops. Residents can buy a Christmas tree, upscale clothing, boots or trendy cookware but will be hard-pressed to find an iPod along Main Street. Thing is, residents in the quaint Victorian-style resort about 100 miles west of Denver like it that way.
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SNOQUALMIE, Wash. -- The forested view from Snoqualmie Falls, one of the state&#39;s top tourist destinations and an area sacred to the Snoqualmie Indians, has been preserved in a complex deal.
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By Allen Pierleoni, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Jun. 7--Two more products arrived in the marketplace recently, more of the gear that attends outdoor recreation to the point that the gear becomes an industry in itself.
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ARE, Sweden  - Weather gone mad may not be the reason why the world Alpine skiing championships are struggling to get started but it certainly is a hot topic threatening the very existence of the showcase winter sport.
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Swiss ski resorts try to plan a future where less snow through climate change threatens business.
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A study of the ski industry underscores the idea that corporations need encouragement to do what's best for the environment.
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Bretton Woods, one of the fine snow producers in New Hampshire, can now lay claim to being the largest -- by trail count -- ski area in the state.
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SOCHI, Russia  - It takes more than a little imagination to see this Russian ski resort in the same bracket as St. Moritz or Aspen.
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A sprawling resort rises up in the middle of the Nevada desert, replete with lush golf courses, a man-made lake and gondolas â-ut don&#39;t bother looking for this oasis on the Las Vegas Strip.
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BANSKO, Bulgaria  - The citizens of Bansko, a ski resort in Bulgaria's Pirin mountains, are selling their land with gusto to buy fancy cars and replace communist-era furniture.
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Travel: Mat Smith finds there's more than one way to hurtle down a Slovenian mountain at speed. But whatever method you choose it'll be a lot cheaper than in many neighbouring European resorts.
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DENVER -- Jack Boettcher loves to cruise the blues. For 50 years, Boettcher has skied the slopes from Snowmass to Vail to Steamboat Springs. These days, he counts among his favorite haunts some smaller resorts that offer plenty of well-groomed intermediate runs -- the &quot;blues.&quot;
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Travel: Night skiing in Niseko is the best in the world. The aprÃ¨s in volcanic pools is merely a bonus, says Tom Collinson
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Thomas Grandi of Canada kisses his ski after winning a men&#39;s World Cup Giant Slalom in the Austrian ski resort of Flachau, December 21, 2004.
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The sedate Swiss ski resort of Crans Montana is transformed by the Caprices music festival and headline act Iggy Pop.
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By Erica Meltzer, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 6--Pima County will not oppose a Canadian company's efforts to mine copper at Rosemont Ranch in the Santa Rita Mountains.   At least for now.
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Among the resort areas in Lapland with an abundance of cross-country trails are Saariselka and Levi.