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Skiing season’s last hurrah

This year’s race was saved at the last minute by a new, heavy snowfall and spectacular sunny weather that replaced much stormier conditions in the days leading up to the event. Organizers and participants alike called the day &ldquo [...]

Posted On : Apr, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Tollefson's a cool coach for skiing

In fact, Tollefson is so busy, it is hard to find him on regular level ground. He is usually coaching his skiers on Mount Hood or flying with them to competitions in Montana, Idaho, Washington or Colorado, as well as Oregon. Sometimes, [...]

Posted On : Apr, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Skiing the Hurricane Ridge: Part III

After spending a glorious morning surfing at Hobuck Beach I headed out to the Hurricane Ridge ski area. Though I visited Hurricane Ridge a couple years ago, I didn’t have a chance to do anything other than just taking a few pictures [...]

Posted On : Apr, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

SKIING: Snow trumps tables at Lake Tahoe

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE - Did you ever wonder whether the south shore of Lake Tahoe was a gambling attraction that happened to offer skiing in the winter, or the reverse? Consider the natural beauty of the setting, with the snow-capped High S [...]

Posted On : Apr, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Brundage Offers Free Skiing

The ski season is quickly coming to an end. Bogus Basin's lifts will stop turning on Saturday, April 7, while its Nordic trails will close on Sunday, April1. Tamarack will end its season on April 1 as well, while both Sun Valley and B [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

As skiing world mourns loss of Nik Zoricic, a legend lashes ...

For a March Break Saturday, the members-only Craigleith Ski Club was eerily quiet. Ski cross racer Nik Zoricic, a favourite son of the Craigleith family, had died during a race in Switzerland, and as the news spread, members were dumbstru [...]

Posted On : Mar, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

Skiing: Encouraging results for Canada-based Pohl

Dunedin's Andy Pohl was New Zealand's sole representative at last week's under-23 cross-country world championships in Erzurum, Turkey. He obtained a creditable FIS ranking of fewer than 100 points in the 15km individual class [...]

Posted On : Mar, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Nordic skiing: Warrior boys, Flyer girls and three others he...

DETROIT LAKES — The Brainerd Warriors boys snapped a six-year drought, while the Little Falls Flyers girls made it seven straight Tuesday. The Warrior boys and Flyer girls advanced to the state Nordic ski meet by winning the Section [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Freestyle skiing: Hannah Kearney earns record 13th straight ...

Deer Valley • Hannah Kearney did not lose the women’s moguls competition at the Visa Freestyle International at Deer Valley Resort on Thursday night. But she trailed. And that counted as big news, considering the defending [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Skiing the Spanish Pyrenees

It was 9:30 on a Sunday morning in the heart of ski season, yet not a single person waited at the ticket booth to buy a lift pass. The rental shop might as well have had a cartoon tumbleweed blowing through it. Outside, nobody was queued [...]

Posted On : Jan, 21 2012 | Comments : 0

Prep skiing: Northmen girls third, boys fourth in Big North ...

The Petoskey girls were third and the boys fourth Tuesday in a Big North Conference ski meet at Caberfae Peaks. Traverse City Central edged T.C. West, 45-46, to win the girls meet. The Northmen finished with 69, followed by Cadillac, 154; [...]

Posted On : Jan, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

Alpine skiing: Pinedale team faces challenges

Once a week, members of the Pinedale alpine skiing team pile into a bus to begin a 75-mile drive to Jackson. The Wranglers are a ski team without a hill. “It’s just been dry land and weight-training,” Pinedale senior Jep [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Skiing Column: Suzanne Anderson ramps it up

cThe valley-raised strawberry blonde moved to Park City, Utah in 2010 for a job that never materialized. Scrambling for work she landed at RAMP Sports, a fledgling ski and snowboard manufacturer, hired to build office furniture for CEO Mi [...]

Posted On : Dec, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Cheap skiing: 10 affordable Alpine resorts

The belated onset of snow across the Alps has brought a flurry of bookings, encouraged by tour operators. When you add to your basic package price the cost of essential extras such as a lift pass, ski hire and so on, however, ski holidays [...]