Itâs Downhill for Sleds, Lamentably
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Toy retailers across the country have largely pushed sleds and toboggans off their shelves and out of their catalog pages, victims of warmer weather and the changing taste of children.
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Deep mountain snow usually drives moose to seek lower ground in Anchorage, but the snow piling up in town this winter is a bit much even for the stilt-legged animals.
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By Tara Tuckwiller  tara@wvgazette.com  On a freezing day, the little vacant lot by the railroad tracks looked dreary under its patchy snow.
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It looks like it's Lance Mackey's race to lose. Mackey was leading the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race and closing in on the finish line in Nome, perhaps reaching the end of the Iditarod trail sometime late Tuesday.
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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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From the ruins of a failed logging venture in Chile's Tierra del Fuego, an effort to manage and preserve the world's southernmost old-forest wilderness is about to begin.
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The number of visitors to nature-oriented national parks has been on the decline.
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Looks like the Way Forward will be a low-frills ride.
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Mushers' tales of toughness, of outlasting furious snowstorms, of guiding dog teams down serpentine mountain switchbacks and over rivers of cracking ice are the meat and potatoes of Iditarod lore.
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With the Republican National Convention kicking off on Monday and a slew of economic reports due out in the week ahead, investors could be in for some rough sledding.
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This year is shaping up to be a dud for amusement parks and other hangouts.
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The last thing I saw before plunging down the bobsled track at the Olympic Sports Complex outside Lake Placid, N.Y., was an eerie orange light.
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Warmer-than-usual winters are stoking fears for the survival of New Englandâs maple forests.
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ON THE ICE ROAD, Northwest Territories -- Elden Pashovitz eased his big truck and 28 tons of aviation fuel onto the ice of Tibbitt Lake and set out in low gear for his destination, dozens of ponds and lakes away.
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Thousands of low-budget films of skating, skiing and surfing have become a world unto themselves.
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Areas of the Sierra Nevada, famous for paralyzing amounts of snowfall, have been hit with a dumping like they haven't seen in generations, with steep drifts stranding an Amtrak train, knocking out the Reno airport and shutting down major highways across the mountains.
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From soaring heights to missed opportunities, the feel-good ride of the United States track and field team hit a couple of potholes last night even