Talk About Slippery Slopes
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âSteepâ is an undeniably impressive visual spectacle that follows the sport of extreme skiing.
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The family that stays together, skis together. "What is interesting, for the first time ever we have a three-generation sport," said National Ski Areas Association president Michael Berry . "We're hanging on to the Baby Boomers, we've got their kids, and now their grandkids."
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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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Junior skier participation is healthy in the United States, according to a story this week in Ski Racing Magazine by Hilary Lund , but there is a "disturbing trend" in the sport: After the age of 12, between J2 and J3 skiers, there appears a sharp dropoff in the number of racers.
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No matter where you are in ski country, the early-season snowfall has been pretty decent. The Pacific Northwest, the Rockies, and the Northeast have all received at least one good wallop from Mother Nature.
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At the Winter X Games this year there will be a massive jump for a new event in skiing and snowboarding called big air, where new tricks are bound to be attempted.
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I've been dreaming of soft Utah powder ever since summer, when my mom's beau -- a 70-something ski instructor at Park City -- gave a detailed dissertation over dinner about why the snow was simply better in Utah. It had something to do with jet streams and deserts and mountain passes, I can't rem...
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Recent avalanche related deaths in Utah have stirred the debate among backcountry skiers as to where to draw the line between free will and recklessness.
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While the classic ski trip may bring to mind moving people and equipment many hours north to higher elevations, there is a simpler and less expensive approach.
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Q I think the MisFits Trail Challenge is a great idea. This is without a doubt the best time to be outside in D.C. My question/request is for Metro/public transportation-accessible hikes. Any ideas?
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Poach it if you can. That's the message from Burton Snowboards during a campaign designed to entice riders to document their experiences trying to ride at four North American resorts where snowboarding is banned.
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If the ski season has a focal point -- sort of like Fourth of July weekend in summer -- it is Presidents' Week vacation. It's the week when snow meets family-free-from-school, when the weather has softened and ski areas are competing like crazy for your buck.
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By David Usborne in New York  There is something doleful about the whispering of the white- barked aspen trees that carpet the slopes of the Rocky Mountains. It is a sound of sickness and death.
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A scientific scramble is under way to clarify whether the erosion of the worldâs most vulnerable ice sheets can continue to accelerate.
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Global warming threatens to cause violent weather conditions worldwide. Mount Qomolangma is no exception. Environmentalists say Mount Qomolangma, also known as Everest, should
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PARIS -- Children in Norway plead for snow. Polar researchers describe melting glaciers. Some experts say that within this century, the Arctic may no longer be ice-locked.
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For many able-bodied people, facing life after losing one or more limbs is hard to imagine. Facing ski slopes can be unimaginable. Yet Jessica Harney knows from experience how liberating and therapeutic the passion and freedom found in skiing can be for humans of all abilities.