For many ski resorts, a last-minute lift
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GILFORD, N.H. -- Like farmers and postal workers, ski resort operators take a fatalistic attitude toward the weather. And late last week, when several inches of rain was dumped on New England, it wasn't looking so good for what many resorts say is their largest grossing weekend.
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Firefighters racing the weather for control of a turbulent wildfire near this popular resort got a bit of a break Wednesday as high winds forecast to arrive by early afternoon held off, giving crews time to shore up their defenses.
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On a heli-hiking trip in Canada, you can explore remote mountain passages by day and then be whisked back to your luxury lodgings in time for cocktail hour.
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Most of the resorts hit by the tsunami are back in business. Now all they need is for tourists to return
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Bears in Slovakia are awakening early from hibernation. So are barmaids in Bavaria, unseasonably busy in outdoor beer gardens. Bushes are blooming in Austria, and skiers at snowless Bosnian resorts are chilling out in hotel pools.
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Courchevel 1850 might claim to be the most charismatic ski resort - it's where Posh and Becks went in their prime, last season, along with many a diva and divo - but there is another faraway place which, ...
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Last evacuation flight from Thailand arrives in Helsinki The airlift of Finnish travellers from the Thai tourist resorts affected by the recent earthwquake-driven giant waveswas concluded on Sunday, when the ...
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Travel: Itching to get on the slopes already? Chris Madigan recommends 10 of the best resorts for some pre-Christmas skiing.
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By Martin Merzer, The Miami Herald  Dec. 8--CAPE CANAVERAL -- A cliffhanger countdown ended without a shuttle liftoff Thursday night as a stubborn layer of clouds forced NASA to scrub -- at the last minute -- its attempt to launch Discovery and its astronauts.
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Missed comps may be short-term noise for the soaring retailer.
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When it was more difficult, skiing was definitely more elegant. The simple act of staying upright on two long boards as one shot down over a frozen surface was wonder enough, but then making turns along the way, actually steering the darn things. It was amazing.
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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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The Pope is planning to spend his final days in a provincial Polish mountain resort that boasts clean air and some of the best skiing facilities in eastern Europe, at least according to a sell-out play at ...
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Aviation executives are sharing a list of steps they can take to make passengersâ lives a easier the next time a blizzard or another event strands planes on the ground.
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At Boston's Ski Ball at the Ritz-Carlton last Friday night, a marvelous thing happened: Outside the window, snow swirled out of a black sky into streetlights below.
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Drive a car? Ride a bike? The message is the same on the slopes: Be aware.
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Search teams scoured snow-covered slopes on Sunday for two missing skiers who were last seen at a Lake Tahoe resort during a storm that dumped up to 2 feet of snow.