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<title>Bring on the Lift but Hold the Groomers in Washington</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Ms. Le Blanc and others also appreciated that the resort hadn


t turned the trail map into a treasure map that revealed all the choicest ski lines in the North Country, or installed a high-speed lift. (Mr. Kircher said his company purposefully installed a slower, $3 million double chair instead of a high-speed quad to limit the number of people who skied the area each hour.)]]></description>
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<title>Avalanche researcher dies at 80 skiing fresh powder</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A former University of Washington professor and a Tacoma native, Mr. LaChapelle was skiing in fresh powder at Monarch Mountain in Colorado when he suffered a heart attack and died Feb. 1. He was 80.
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<title>Outdoors: Which is easier? Learning to ski or snowboard? Get on board and find out</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Burton has come out with special LTR boards and boots that feature innovations such as beveled snowboard edges that are more forgiving and reduce the likelihood of taking those dreaded surprise butt- and face-plants.]]></description>
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<title>The Races Will Go On (With Imported Snow)</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/The_Races_Will_Go_On_With_Imported_Snow</link>
<description><![CDATA[Where does snow come from? The helicopters honey. If this isn't the poster-story for global warming, then I must be a drowning polar bear.]]></description>
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<title>Top ski resorts head for oblivion by 2025 as Alpine snow vanishes | World | The Observer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[May be steep discounts on lifetime passes: "The report, by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, will predict the disappearance of 75 per cent of Alpine glaciers within 45 years, a surge in avalanches and floods and the closure of all but the highest ski resorts."]]></description>
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<title>Tree Wells: Hidden danger on the slopes</title>
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<description><![CDATA["But when you go in, you go in with a lot of snow that follows you from snow-laden branches," Baugher said. "As you move around and start to compact that snow, it's not very long before you're immobilized."

And when a skier or snowboarder disappears from sight, skiing buddies sometimes ski down to the lift and wait.

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<title>Mount Baker: All Terrain and No Hype</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Washington State's Mount Baker was featured in the New York Times' Escape column this week. It was written up with the sort of Mad River Glen-esque - all terrain no frills angle. To be honest, I've only boarded there once. It's far enough from Seattle that I typically prefer to drive a bit further to go to Whistler.]]></description>
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<title>Schwarzenegger breaks leg skiing</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Schwarzenegger_breaks_leg_skiing</link>
<description><![CDATA[Schwarzenegger, 59, was taken to a hospital for X-rays and was discharged with a fracture to his right femur, said Adam Mendelsohn, the governor


s Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications.]]></description>
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<title>No Snow in the Alps: Skiers Wondering When Winter Will Come</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Unseasonably warm weather in Europe's Alps has left skiers and snowboarders unable to scratch their winter itch. Meanwhile, the winter tourism industry is suffering, and the Swiss ski team has left for Canada in search of whiter pastures.]]></description>
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<title>Deep Snow at Whistler Blackcomb</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Deep_Snow_at_Whistler_Blackcomb</link>
<description><![CDATA[Much to the delight of Whistler locals, the snow continues to fall in the village as well on the mountain with the Environment Canada alpine forecast calling for up to 110 centimetres or 43 inches of snow over the next five days.

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<title>Whistler resort owner agrees to buyout</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Whistler_resort_owner_agrees_to_buyout</link>
<description><![CDATA[Intrawest to be run by a privately held investment firm. How will this affect the resort?]]></description>
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<title>A Crash, and a Hard Look at Racecourses for Women</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/A_Crash_and_a_Hard_Look_at_Racecourses_for_Women</link>
<description><![CDATA[Picabo Street's comments on the physics of women and ski-jumps are interesting.]]></description>
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<title>Snowboarder suffers critical head injury</title>
<link>http://www.newscloud.com/read/Snowboarder_suffers_critical_head_injury</link>
<description><![CDATA[The second time this season - a rider/skier goes off the international cliffs and gets critically hurt or killed. You have to wonder if they should recheck the ropes.]]></description>
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<title>Skiers delight at another dose of snowy weather</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Yeah, local snowboarding season begins.]]></description>
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<title>Skier dies in fall at Mount Baker</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Gotta pay attention to those two sets of rope lines.]]></description>
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