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- New gondola at Whistler-Blackcomb takes ski lifts to new heights
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
  Tracing the cables' path through the clouds and sky with my eyes, I imagine the experience will be like crossing the valley in a hot-air balloon. Albeit one enjoying a tailwind. Peak 2 Peak makes the 2.73-mile crossing - a crossing longer than 2 1/2 Tacoma Narrows Bridges - in 11 minutes, at a speed of about 15 mph.
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- Bring on the Lift but Hold the Groomers in Washington
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  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.)
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- Avalanche researcher dies at 80 skiing fresh powder
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
  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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- Outdoors: Which is easier? Learning to ski or snowboard? Get on board and find out
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
  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.
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- The Races Will Go On (With Imported Snow)
  Posted by Jeff from New York Times
  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.
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- Top ski resorts head for oblivion by 2025 as Alpine snow vanishes | World | The Observer
  Posted by Jeff from Guardian UK
  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."
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- Tree Wells: Hidden danger on the slopes
  Posted by Jeff from Seattle Times
  "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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