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Connie Lawn: Ski Butlers Were a Hit in Washington, D.C.

2012-05-23T16:22:46Z

The two young founders of Ski Butlers, Bryn Carey and Riley Tippet, were the Western Region winners of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business of the Year Award.

Read more: Snowboarding, US Chamber of Commerce, Skiing, Skis, Ski Butlers, Ski Butler Business, Denver News

Liftopia: Ski Season Weather Wrap Up

2012-05-14T07:00:00Z

The most popular phrase used by meteorologists this season was, "The weather pattern looks like it will change in the next week or two." Not so much.

Read more: Snowfall, Stowe, Crystal Mountain, Seven Springs, Tahoe, Snowboarding, Mt Bachelor, Taos, Killington, Skiing, Travel News

Liftopia: PHOTOS: Best Cars For Ski Towns

2012-04-25T07:00:00Z

You need to get to the hill in style, right? So Team Liftopia threw their opinions into the mixer, and I've assembled a list of the best ski cars.

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Conde Nast Traveler: PHOTOS: 8 Surprising 'Inside-Out' Attractions

2012-04-24T07:00:00Z

Ray Bradbury once wrote about an indoor dreamworld, the sun dome -- a giant spa and cafeteria centered around one giant, burning star. These attractions are similar -- and actually exist.

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Connie Lawn: Interview with Jennifer Rudolph, Colorado Ski Country

2012-04-19T12:06:38Z

Being a weather dependent industry, we're bound to have dry years such as the one we are just finishing. Not every season can be a record season.

Read more: Colorado Ski Resorts, Colorado Ski Country USA, Skiing, Apres-Ski, Best-Family-Ski-Resorts, Spring Skiing, Apres Ski, Skiing in Colorado, Colorado Skiing, Family-Skiing, Denver News

Connie Lawn: Spring Skiing at A-Basin

2012-04-17T10:43:17Z

Though it may not seem like it from the 70-degree weather in Denver, there is still some fun spring skiing to be had nearby and resorts are offering spring deals.

Read more: Arapahoe Basin, Colorado Skiing, Skiing, Vail Skiing, A-Basin, Spring Skiing, Skiing a-Basin, Skiing Vail, Skiing Colorado, A Basin, Vail, Denver News

Bruce Willis Wants To Give His Ski Resort To Charity

2012-04-05T11:15:27Z

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS

KETCHUM, Idaho -- Bruce Willis says he's willing to give away his central Idaho ski resort to a nonprofit.

The action star h...

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Connie Lawn: Vail -- Where to Stay and How to Rent

2012-03-31T22:58:03Z

Vail is always glorious, and I have had some of the best times of my life here (and some of the worse, when I broke my hip just standing around last y...

Read more: Vail-Colorado, Travel Tips, Skiing, Denver News

James M. Clash: Skiing To The South Pole

2012-04-04T07:00:00Z

There are crazies that climb into a steaming sauna, then head outside to run around the ceremonial pole marker naked as soon as the temperature dips beneath 100 below.

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Connie Lawn: Springtime in the Rockies 2012

2012-04-02T11:30:31Z

We are now in Vail, Colorado, and it is as glorious as it was the many times I have been here before. I am grateful to live to ski another day.

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Todd Hartley: I'm With Stupid: Skiing Teletubbies and the Death of Spontaneity

2012-03-27T15:14:18Z

Nowadays kids can hardly do anything without a parent or friend insisting they wait a few minutes while the cameras come out. It's ridiculous.

Read more: Video Cameras, Helmet Cams, Jerry Falwell, Teletubbies, Gaper Spirit Animal, Snowboarding, Gapers, Skiing, Comedy News

Liftopia: Top 5 Night Skiing Spots

2012-03-22T07:00:00Z

Why stop shredding the slopes when the sun goes down? At many resorts around the globe you can ski for more than 12 hours a day and well into evening ...

Read more: Snowboarding, Spring Skiing, Night Skiing, Spring Travel, Skiing, Travel News

Todd Hartley: I'm With Stupid: Middle-Aged Fat Guy Finally Conquers Corbet's

2012-03-19T18:49:57Z

I first looked over the edge and chickened out at Corbet's in 1984. The next two years, I blamed chickening out on the poor conditions, which were also to blame when I chickened out in 1991, 1992, 2000 and 2005.

Read more: Easter Bunny, Jackson Hole, St. Patrick's Day, Corbet's Couloir, Wyoming, Bucket Lists, Slayer, Skiing, Comedy News

Cheapest Ski Destinations Ranked

2012-03-14T12:09:01Z

We've taken a look at the best budget ski destinations before. Then, there are the best ski and snowboard resorts, the best apres ski spots, the best ...

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Lindsey Vonn Dominates Final World Cup Race

2012-03-14T07:47:51Z

SCHLADMING, Austria — Lindsey Vonn won a downhill by nearly a second Wednesday for her 12th victory of the season, the second-highest total in W...

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Heli-Ski Guide Killed In Alaska Avalanche

2012-03-14T09:53:00Z

By Yereth Rosen ANCHORAGE, Alaska, March 13 (Reuters) - A back country ski guide from Colorado was killed on Tuesday in an avalanche ...

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Meg Hemphill: A Guide To Central Oregon

2012-03-12T07:00:00Z

Driving through this Western-themed town, you wouldn't think you'd find one of the state's best restaurants, but nestled on a side street in an old house is Jen's Garden.

Read more: The Bachelor, Local Food, Snow-Shoeing, Spa, Sisters, Food, Travel, Five Pine Lodge, Bend, Oregon, Skiing, Travel News

Liftopia: Ski Colleges Above And Below the Radar

2012-03-10T07:00:00Z

Here's a handful of additional schools ideal for skiers, snowboarders, mountaineers and winter outdoor enthusiasts attempting to spend a lot of time on the slopes.

Read more: College Ski Teams, Winter Travel, Snowboarding, College, Skiing, Travel News

Skiers Killed In Shocking Accident

2012-03-09T14:53:00Z

By Ruffin Prevost CODY, Wyo., March 8 (Reuters) - The bodies of two well-known local skiers who died in a back country avalanche in t...

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Travelzoo: PHOTOS: Late-Season Ski Deals

2012-03-06T07:00:00Z

March and early April often offer up some stellar late-season ski deals at popular resorts, especially in light of recent snows in northern Utah and across Colorado.

Read more: Quebec, Winter Travel, Beaver Creek, Spring Break, New Hampshire, Alberta, Travelzoo, Vermont, Ski Deals, Travel, Travel Deals, Canada, Travel Blogs, Colorado, Skiing, Slidewide, Slidepollajax, Travel News

Lisa McElroy: A Family Ski Weekend, Even Without The Snow

2012-03-05T08:30:00Z

The trip was a bit of a last minute plan -- spring had arrived early in the Philadelphia area, and it felt like we all had a bit of spring fever. Our biggest fear? That it would get so warm that we'd never get a chance to hit the slopes

Read more: Winter Travel, Ski Resorts, Snowboarding, Ski Travel, Pennsylvania Skiing, Skiing, Destinations, US Destinations, Travel Blogs, Travel News

Jeanine Barone: PHOTOS: Skiing Washington's Pristine Valley

2012-03-04T07:00:00Z

Just another afternoon on my solo four-day lodge-to-lodge cross country ski trek in Washington's Methow Valley, almost four hours from Seattle but a world's away.

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PHOTOS: An Odd New Ski Resort In...Poland

2012-03-03T09:45:40Z

BIALKA TATRZANSKA, Poland -- Just years ago, winter was a dead season for the Kotelnica Mountain, quiet under a quilt of snow.

Today Kotelnica vibrat...

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Rebecca Anderson: Where's All My Snow?

2012-02-29T14:45:26Z

I live in Truckee, CA, at about 6000 feet in the Sierras, a part of the country known for getting hit with a lot of snow. As I write, however, the snowpack depth in my backyard is precisely 0 feet 0 inches.

Read more: Climate Change, Extreme Weather, Snow, Global Warming, Skiing, Green News

Todd Hartley: Kirkwood to Vail in Latest Round of Ski Resort Consolidation

2012-02-29T11:07:27Z

There's no real reason to fear the corporatization of the ski industry in general. Yes, much of the sport's old-time charm has vanished, but the experience of sliding on snow -- regardless of other resort trappings -- just keeps getting better.

Read more: Lake Tahoe, Ski Industry, Alpine Meadows, Kirkwood, Heavenly, Colorado Ski Resorts, Squaw Valley, Vail, South Lake Tahoe, Skiing, Kirkwood Sale, Vail Kirkwood Purchase, Denver News