First Tracks!! Update - Wolf Creek's 60" natural base, more Ski News
Marc Guido
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Hello friends!
The openings continue: Sugarbush, VT; Killington, VT (reopen); Vail,
CO; Sunday River, ME; Okemo, VT; Wolf Creek, CO; etc., etc. The
season is off and running now.
So are the No-Bull Ski Reports. Now that mountains are opening,
people are posting trip reports already. Stop in to see what others
have posted, and post your trip report while you're there.
With regard to Wolf Creek, can you imagine opening with 60" of natural
base??!! Contributing Writer Troy Dodgion has provided an in-depth
report, complete with photos to make your mouth water and your ski wax
melt with envy. It's in "Features".
The last photo of "When Skiing Was" from Mt. Mansfield has been
archived, and a new one has been rotated to the forefront: skiing at
Dickinson's Farm in Lisbon, NH (near Franconia) in the late 1930's.
The latest "Ski News":
- Weather, not sabotage delays Vail opening until today - from the
Nando Times - November 9, 1998
- Picabo battling back after surgery - from Yahoo! News - November 9,
1998
- Buy bread, save bread on your ski vacation - from Best Fares
Magazine - November 9, 1998
- Avalanche victim's body unrecovered - from the Bergen (NJ) Record -
November 9, 1998
- NH man dies in Utah avalanche, 4 survive - from the Boston (MA)
Globe - November 9, 1998
- One snowboarder dead, one injured after avalanche in Utah
backcountry - from the Nando Times - November
8, 1998 (also from Fox News and MSNBC)
- Berthoud to open Tuesday - from the Glenwood (CO) Post - November 8,
1998
- West meets east - from the Washington (DC) Post - December 8, 1998
- Need a lift? Trends this ski season - from the Washington (DC) Post
- December 8, 1998
- More tips for a ski vacation - from the Washington (DC) Post -
December 8, 1998
- Beanie babies are hitting the slopes - from the Boston (MA) Globe -
November 8, 1998
- At 90, skier is happy about life on the downhill slope - from the
Bergen (NJ) Record - December 8, 1998
- The Canyons opens today - from the Salt Lake (UT) Deseret News -
November 7, 1998
- Copper, Winter Park, Vail delay openings - from the Denver (CO)
Rocky Mountain News - November 7, 1998 (a companion story
is available from the Denver Post)
- $6.2M skiing accident verdict reinstated - from the Richmond (VA)
Times-Dispatch - November 7, 1998
- Time to make the snow at Whitetail - from MSNBC - November 7, 1998
- Shumaker Mt. bankrupt, for sale - from MSNBC - November 7, 1998
- Housing prospects uphill for Vail resort workers - from the Contra
Costa Times - November 7, 1998
- Colorado Avalanche Information Center opens - from the Denver (CO)
Post - November 7, 1998
- Forest Service supports building ski area in old growth reserve -
from Oregon Live - November 7, 1998
- Skiing in the extreme with Warren Miller's Freeriders - from the
Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review - November 6, 1998
- Sunlight job fair Saturday, Nov. 7 - from the Glenwood (CO) Post -
November 6, 1998
- Mt. Snow announces $5.2M capital expansion - from the PR Newswire -
November 6, 1998
- Mercer County, NJ closes Belle Mt. - from Yahoo! News Briefs -
November 6, 1998
- US Ski Team preparing for home race - from the Salt Lake (UT)
Deseret News - November 6, 1998
- Three Colorado areas delay openings - from the Denver (CO) Post -
November 6, 1998
- Busy summer follows a booming winter at Sierra ski resorts - from
the San Jose (CA) Mercury News - November 5, 1998
- Sierra opening dates, calendars and ticket prices - from the San
Jose (CA) Mercury News - November 5, 1998
- Sierra ski resorts chart - from the San Jose (CA) Mercury News -
November 5, 1998
- Royal Gorge takes title to leased trails - from the San Jose (CA)
Mercury News - November 5, 1998
- Squaw Valley's new Funitel seen as the solution to wind holds - from
the San Jose (CA) Mercury News - November 5, 1998
- Racing seasons to start next month - from the San Jose (CA) Mercury
News - November 5, 1998
- "Fad" of ski-area tubing continues - from the San Jose (CA) Mercury
News - November 5, 1998
- Rifle/Sunlight ski bus to begin service - from the Glenwood (CO)
Post - November 5, 1998
- More on the Pakistani ski resort - from CNN and Fox News - November
5, 1998
- Pakistan opens its first ski resort - from the BBC World Service -
November 5, 1998
- Ski areas, government eye detente - from the Denver (CO) Post -
November 5, 1998
- Worker injured at Snow Valley, CA - from Yahoo! News Briefs -
November 5, 1998
- Apache chief who founded Ski Apache dies - from Yahoo! News -
November 5, 1998
- London non-stops to Denver attract skiers - from the Glenwood (CO)
Post - November 4, 1998
- First sale of Schweitzer assets approved - from the Spokane (WA)
Spokesman-Review - November 4, 1998
- Bomb squad detonates suspicious package at Killington - from the
Boston (MA) Globe - November 4, 1998
- It's the new Chad Fleischer - from the Denver (CO) Rocky Mountain
News - November 4, 1998
- Vail still putting out publicity fires - from the Denver (CO) Post -
November 4, 1998
- Unsupported Antarctic ski trek begins - from the San Jose (CA)
Mercury News or the Las Vegas (NV) Sun - November 4, 1998
- Claudia Riegler primed for return to top ranks - from The Press of
New Zealand - November 4, 1998
- Frommer's finds a deal to France - from Arthur Frommer's Budget
Travel Newsletters - November 3, 1998
- Tremblant resort snowballs - from the Montreal (Canada) Gazette -
November 3, 1998
- Memo supports ski resort development in old growth areas - from
Oregon Live - November 3, 1998
- Gold card lets skiers hit slopes frequently - from the Detroit (MI)
News - November 3, 1998
- 49 Degrees North, Lookout Pass, Mt. Spokane, Schweitzer and Silver
Mountain form the Inland Northwest Ski Association - from
the Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review - November 3, 1998
- New Idaho plates show skiers, not potatoes - from the Spokane (WA)
Spokesman-Review - November 3, 1998
- Denver staff of United Express plans labor action - from Yahoo! News
Briefs - November 3, 1998
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Marc Guido Hunter 34 s/v "Drive South"
Sarasota, Florida
marc.gui...@usa.net (remove NOSPAM when replying)
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Dennis R. Moore
>this site sucks raw eggs
>endless cookies
>and never mind java
>
>blatant spamming advertiser
AND... I'd reccomend strongly against subscribing. The opt out address
is bogus and you may have an extremely difficult time unsubscribing.
Dennis R. Moore
drm...@silvernet.net
This e-mail address belongs to a Washington State resident.
Violators of Washington's commercial e-mail statutes are brought
to the attention of the Attorney General's office.
Dennis R. Moore
several more turds in my mail box. This guy and his site are to be
avoided at all cost. BTW, I asked to be removed from his list because
his java script routinely crashes my system.
Marc Guido
1) "Dennis R. Moore" today wrote my service provider to accuse me of
sending unsolicited e-mail. How can that be when *he* opted to
subscribe, *he* confirmed the subscription notice, then *he* never
unsubscribed? No class. Get a clue. Simply follow the
instructions, go to www.listbot.com, and unsubscribe or use
FirstTracks...@listbot.com. Seems to be simple to me.
Apparently, not to everyone. <g> Apparently it's not geared to he
lowest common denominator.
2) There's one - count 'em, *one* - cookie on the entire site, one
which only asks your name to personalize the greeting and tell you
what's changed since the last update. How does this translate into
"tons of cookies"?
3) I have no advertisers. How can I be a "blatant spamming
advertiser"??!!
4) If java script is crashing your system - and no one else's - why do
you return??!! Sorry, but I don't have a gun to your head forcing you
to visit the web site.
5) If anyone has trouble unsubscribing, they've never written to me
about it. Geez, my e-mail address is all over the site, plus I post
to Usenet 1x/week - how hard can it be to find me to ask?
Get a life, people. There are too many compliments that we receive
from the service to be dragged down by you two. Folks, don't believe
everything that you read.
On Thu, 12 Nov 1998 13:49:08 GMT, drm...@silvernet.net (Dennis R.
Moore) wrote:
>Mark must have taken offence at my post because he's since dropped
>several more turds in my mail box. This guy and his site are to be
>avoided at all cost. BTW, I asked to be removed from his list because
>his java script routinely crashes my system.
>
>On Tue, 10 Nov 1998 14:23:54 GMT, drm...@silvernet.net (Dennis R.
>Moore) wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 09 Nov 1998 20:48:51 +0000, Jonathan <*jr...@trail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>this site sucks raw eggs
>>>endless cookies
>>>and never mind java
>>>
>>>blatant spamming advertiser
>>
>>AND... I'd reccomend strongly against subscribing. The opt out address
>>is bogus and you may have an extremely difficult time unsubscribing.
>>
>>
>>Dennis R. Moore
>>drm...@silvernet.net
>>This e-mail address belongs to a Washington State resident.
>>Violators of Washington's commercial e-mail statutes are brought
>>to the attention of the Attorney General's office.
>
>
>Dennis R. Moore
>drm...@silvernet.net
>This e-mail address belongs to a Washington State resident.
>Violators of Washington's commercial e-mail statutes are brought
>to the attention of the Attorney General's office.
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Marc Guido Hunter 34 s/v "Drive South"
Sarasota, FL
marc.gui...@usa.net (remove NOSPAM when replying by mail)
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/8131/gallery.htm
First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine: http://www.FirstTracksOnline.com
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Tigger
Marc Guido wrote in message <364b54a7...@news-s01.ny.us.ibm.net>...
>2) There's one - count 'em, *one* - cookie on the entire site, one
>which only asks your name to personalize the greeting and tell you
>what's changed since the last update. How does this translate into
>"tons of cookies"?
Woops, one java request for my name followed by 5 cookie requests
cookie requests (declined of course) repeated every time i change pages.
>
>3) I have no advertisers. How can I be a "blatant spamming
>advertiser"??!!
Saw plenty of banner adds just now
>
>Get a life, people. There are too many compliments that we receive
>from the service to be dragged down by you two. Folks, don't believe
>everything that you read.
>
all that said, the content looks pretty interesting - I just hate repeatedly
clicking no on all the cookie alerts.
Marc Guido
wrote:
>>3) I have no advertisers. How can I be a "blatant spamming
>>advertiser"??!!
>
>
>Saw plenty of banner adds just now
As Mike Naughton pointed out, those banners are placed there by
FortuneCity, the web service provider in exchange for providing free
web hosting services. A buddy of mine is setting me up on his own
server, at which time all of that goes the way off the dinosaur. That
said, it seems to be taking a bit longer than exxpected.
>all that said, the content looks pretty interesting - I just hate repeatedly
>clicking no on all the cookie alerts.
I'm surprised that it asks you more than once, because it only exists
in the main welcome frame. Maybe it's time to rethink that strategy,
I'll grant you. However, given the fact that the data isn't collected
and all that it does is give you a reference point for the last time
that you were there, I'm wondering what harm does it cause?
Marc Guido
>uh great PR Mark,
>even if I was lying about the number of cookies on your site,
Well, if you're going to have a valid complaint, the least that you
could do is be honest about it. To exaggerate in this instance isn't
employing hyperbole, it's flat-out lying. What was the point in lying
about it? To make yourself look better, or to make the site appear
worse than you really think it is?
>dont you think a more conciliatory attitude would make you look better
>in the eyes of those customers you are seeking to attract
Well, I'll tell you this: when Dennis writes to me today (as well as
my ISP) complaining that I'm sending him unsolicited e-mail (I'm not,
he not only specifically requested it, but did so *twice*), then has
the balls to write to me calling me an "ASSHOLE" (his choice of words,
and choice of capitals - not mine) because he hasn't got the gray
matter to simply unsubscribe as the e-mail itself instructed him to
do, well....my feathers get rustled, not to mention when "Jonathan"
writes:
>this site sucks raw eggs
Such a way with words...
>endless cookies
lies...
>and never mind java
Show me a web page that doesn't...
>blatant spamming advertiser
More lies....
Tell me, you wouldn't be defensive and pissed??!!
How many times do I have to go through this? I do this because I love
to. I don't make a friggin' dime off of it. I *spend* money on it.
I do it because I love promoting the sport, and it's the "thank-you"
e-mails that I get that make it all worthwhile. Period. If you want
to stomp on a guy for doing that, be my guest - that seems pretty low
to me. Seems to me that if you're not interested, simply don't visit.
Period.
Marc Guido
wrote:
>>all that said, the content looks pretty interesting - I just hate repeatedly
>>clicking no on all the cookie alerts.
>
>I'm surprised that it asks you more than once, because it only exists
>in the main welcome frame. Maybe it's time to rethink that strategy,
>I'll grant you.
OK, the cookies are gone. So is all of the java, save for the Beatnik
plug-in and the drop-down Table of Contents list. That stuff that was
removed was experimental, anyway. 'Tis gone.
Marc Guido
>misquouting me out of context does not mean I am admitting I lied about
>that. I did not lie, nor will I indulge in exchanging accusations with
>you after this post.
Uh, Jonathan, this is what you wrote in an earlier post:
>uh great PR Mark,
>even if I was lying about the number of cookies on your site
Then you wrote:
>Even worse, I do not like being
>called a liar.
Uh, Jonathan: you called yourself one.
I'm not into having a flame war, other than defending myself against
childish rants. Like you, I too don't like my comments taken out of
context, which is why I responded as I did, above. As pointed out in
an earlier, separate posting, the one cookie and most of the java is
gone. If it was bugging people that much, who am I to argue with
that?
What set me off this morning was having some joker accuse me of
sending unsolicited e-mail then ranting here about it, when nothing is
further from the truth. To me, that's the epitome of poor Netiquette,
and to have those accusations broadcast throughout Usenet really
frosts me.
Marc Guido
wrote:
>OK, the cookies are gone. So is all of the java, save for the Beatnik
>plug-in and the drop-down Table of Contents list. That stuff that was
>removed was experimental, anyway. 'Tis gone.
Sorry for the fifty milllion postings on this subject tonight, but I
wanted to add one more thing for the naysayers - the audio tracks are
gone, too. I just spent 4 hours finding them all...
Steamin' Turd
>
> On Fri, 13 Nov 1998 03:50:00 GMT, marc....@usa.net (Marc Guido)
> wrote:
>
> >OK, the cookies are gone. So is all of the java, save for the Beatnik
> >plug-in and the drop-down Table of Contents list. That stuff that was
> >removed was experimental, anyway. 'Tis gone.
>
> Sorry for the fifty milllion postings on this subject tonight, but I
> wanted to add one more thing for the naysayers - the audio tracks are
> gone, too. I just spent 4 hours finding them all...
>
> Marc Guido Hunter 34 s/v "Drive South"
> Sarasota, Florida
>
> marc.gui...@usa.net (remove NOSPAM when replying)
> http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Prairie/8131/gallery.htm
>
> First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine: http://www.FirstTracksOnline.com
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FUCKING SHUT UP THE PAIR OF YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tigger
Marc,
I say again, nice site - lots of content that I will explore at my leisure.
Your responsiveness to complaints is also an example to others.
That said, there are still 2 cookie requests per page. Not heinous but
thought you would want to know. Given what you've done, I assume your page
host is the
source. In regards to your question: "what's the harm", my answer is,
none.
No harm - no foul. However, I dislike cookies as a matter of policy - don't
like
anyone writing to my computator. Don't like having liddle bits of info
about me
scattered all over the net. I'm no techie, and I don't really understand it
all,
but since I've turned on options to alert me of all cookie requests - and
turn them
down always; I've been receiving less spam.
Dennis R. Moore
Guido) wrote:
>1) "Dennis R. Moore" today wrote my service provider to accuse me of
>sending unsolicited e-mail. How can that be when *he* opted to
>subscribe, *he* confirmed the subscription notice, then *he* never
>unsubscribed? No class. Get a clue. Simply follow the
>instructions, go to www.listbot.com, and unsubscribe or use
>FirstTracks...@listbot.com. Seems to be simple to me.
>Apparently, not to everyone. <g> Apparently it's not geared to he
>lowest common denominator.
I made two attempts at unsubscribing via the listbot address given in
Marc's e-mail. Both unsubscribe messages bounced. 3 messages were sent
to Marc's address, asking to be removed from his list. All were
ignored (they did not bounce so I assume they were received). The
complaint to marc's isp was borne of frustration. Now comes Marc to
insult my intelligence, claim that I am clueless and lacking class.
Draw your own conclusions.
terry morse
> OK, the cookies are gone. So is all of the java, save for the Beatnik
> plug-in and the drop-down Table of Contents list. That stuff that was
> removed was experimental, anyway. 'Tis gone.
>
Thank you for listening. Crashing is not much fun. Now please post the
non-java URL along with the home URL.
terry
--
Palo Alto, CA
Park City, UT
http://www.terrymorse.com/ski/
Stan Schweitzer
>
> Marc,
>
> I say again, nice site - lots of content that I will explore at my leisure.
>
hurry. Keep up the good work. If they don't like it, they don't need to
view it! Run your site anyway you like! It is after all your site!
--
Stan "Team Hankey" Schweitzer
stanley.r.s...@usa.dupont.com
Marc Guido
Moore) wrote:
>I made two attempts at unsubscribing via the listbot address given in
>Marc's e-mail. Both unsubscribe messages bounced.
First of all, chill out. I've gone in and manually removed you.
Believe me, not only am I happy to get you out of my hair, but I'm
more than happy to do that for anyone who, for one reason or another,
can't unsubscribe. You, by the way, are the first one who hasn't.
>3 messages were sent
>to Marc's address, asking to be removed from his list.
Let's set the record straight from my end. I got 2 messages from you,
both received nearly concurrently (and both read by me at the same
time). The first was whining that you've begged me on numerous
occasions to stop sending you unsolicited e-mail. I fall back on my
earlier explanation that it was hardly unsolicited as you registered
to receive it, and I had never - I repeat, *never* - heard from you
before.
The second message was the one where you referred to me as "you
asshole", and said that you were contacting my ISP (which you did, you
pain) and said that next was to contact my "advertisers" (which I
don't have).
>All were
>ignored (they did not bounce so I assume they were received).
When you assume....
>Draw your own conclusions.
That's the only place where we agree, Dennis. Draw your own
conclusions.
>This e-mail address belongs to a Washington State resident.
>Violators of Washington's commercial e-mail statutes are brought
>to the attention of the Attorney General's office.
Geez, a little anal about that, aren't you?!
Marc Guido
morse) wrote:
>Thank you for listening. Crashing is not much fun. Now please post the
>non-java URL along with the home URL.
Actually, there is no "true" non-java URL. The only trouble that
turning off java will cause you is due to the primary mode of
navigation being java-based. If you click on the "No java? No sweat."
link, it takes you to a conventional Table of Contents list, to allow
you to navigate the site without using java.
It's difficult for me to make a non-java mirror of the site. For one,
as was pointed out earlier FortuneCity automatically puts banner ads
on every HTML document that I upload, and it has java controls. For
another, the site is over 9 Mb of material - to make a duplicate, even
if I could prevent FC from putting their banners, it would nearly max
out my server allowance. Again, I haven't been paying for the site
because it's not designed to make me money, it's just a hobby - and
one which is taking much too much of my time. Much more, and my
wife'll be dragging me into divorce court by my hair (and I'm not
saying if it's by the long ones or the short ones!).
Bruce
> Dennis R. Moore wrote:
> >
> > Mark must have taken offence at my post because he's since dropped
> > several more turds in my mail box. This guy and his site are to be
> > avoided at all cost. BTW, I asked to be removed from his list because
> > his java script routinely crashes my system.
>
> I surf all web sites with Java off. If I really need something from a
> Java site, I might turn it on, but, going to the First Tracks site with
> Java off still exposed me to at least 6! cookie requests, all of which I
> refuse to accept. Then I could not find the article on Wolf Creek.
>
> Suggestion to web designers, and their customers. Give me a page with no
> Java and No Cookies. Then make it easy to use. And, if you are promoting
> your site to a newsgroup, put the word Advertisement in the subject
> line. Then you won't be perceived as a spammer. Just admit it is a plug
> for your site/product up front. If I choose to read the post under those
> conditions, it was fair warning.
>
> best
> Jonathan
>
Man, all this makes me wonder- "Got Milk"? Too many cookies! Jeeze!! How
can you guys carry out a fight like this in the News?? Ever hear of
E-mail? Instant chat? THE PHONE?!?!
SOOO,
for great info on Skiing New England please visit:
SkiEast.com-
I won't give you any cookies, but we have plenty of Vermont milk!!
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For 9 Mb of ski content, be sure to visit First Tracks!! Online Ski
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- Ski Resorts and Experiences, Ski Conditions, No-Bull Ski Reports, a
Discussion Board, tips on technique, equipment, etc.
This week, everything added has been to "Ski News". Watch for a new
feature on skiing in Bulgaria, coming really soon.
Bargain prices on the slopes - from U.S. News - November 23, 1998
issue
Dodging trees off the beaten trail - from U.S. News - November
23, 1998 issue
Stowe opens for the season - from Yahoo! News Briefs - November
16, 1998
Breckenridge plan draws fire - from the Denver (CO) Post -
November 16, 1998
Calgary student dies in Yoho avalanche - from the Calgary
(Canada) Herald - November 16, 1998
Intrawest announces vision for Copper Mt. - from the company's
own press release on PR Newswire - November 16, 1998
Weather delays search for Trudeau - from the Spokane (WA)
Spokesman-Review - November 16, 1998
Son of ex-Canadian PM Trudeau missing, presumed dead in avalanche
- from ABC News - November 15, 1998
Trudeau's son in ski accident - from the San Jose (CA) Mercury
News - November 15, 1998
Skier dies in accident at Keystone - from the Denver (CO) Rocky
Mountain News - November 14, 1998
Ski resorts fear global warming meltdown - from BBC Online -
November 14, 1998
Timberline Resort receives special snowmaking permit - from
Yahoo! News Briefs - November 13, 1998
Boston's Snow Sport Expo opens - from the Boston (MA) Globe -
November 13, 1998
Mt. Snow held liable for actions of ski shop foreman - from the
Boston (MA) Globe - November 13, 1998
Ski season officially underway as Utah resorts open - from the
Salt Lake (UT) Deseret News - November 13, 1998
Family package offerred at Brian Head - from Best Fares Magazine
- November 13, 1998
Steamboat reservations down - from Yahoo! News Briefs - November
13, 1998
Lynx returning to Colorado - from ABC News - November 13, 1998
Cochran ski area goes non-profit - from Yahoo! News Briefs
-November 12, 1998
Tentative deal reached for Bolton - from Yahoo! News Briefs
-November 12, 1998
Steamboat to offer tubing - from Yahoo! News Briefs -November 12,
1998
Tentative deal reached for Bolton Valley Resort - from the Boston
(MA) Globe - November 12, 1998
More on Craigmeur's closing - from the New Jersey Record -
November 12, 1998
Utah's ski resorts are raring to go - from the Salt Lake (UT)
Tribune - November 12, 1998
Steadman to netscast ACL surgery - from the Glenwood (CO) Post -
November 11, 1998
Skiers keep watching the skies - from the San Francisco (CA)
Examiner - November 11, 1998
Season opens at Timberline - from Oregon Live - November 11, 1998
New Hampshire inn offers coed naked skiing - from the Boston (MA)
Globe - November 11, 1998
The nation's oldest continuously-running ski area, Craigmeur, NJ
calling it quits - from the Boston (MA) Globe - November 11, 1998
Motion filed in Seven Springs case - from the Pittsburgh (PA)
Tribune-Review - November 11, 1998
Canadian ski team on the road back - from the Toronto (Canada)
Globe and Mail - November 11, 1998
Rebuilding Canadian ski team anxious for World Cup results - from
the Ottawa (Canada) Citizen - November 11, 1998
Building a future on snow: the Black Youth Ski Foundation - from
the Washington (DC) Post - November 11, 1998
Two skiers escape injury in Telluride avalanche - from Yahoo!
News Briefs - November 10, 1998
Opening status of Colorado resorts - from the Denver (CO) Post -
November 10, 1998
Picabo street fears her fear - from CNN/SI - November 10, 1998
(also available from the Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review)
Bidding deadline has passed; future of Bolton Valley unknown -
from the Boston (MA) Globe - November 10, 1998
Snow, tight security greet Vail's reopening - from the Washington
(DC) Times - November 10, 1998
Anchorage delays approval of Hilltop Ski Area plan - from the
Anchorage (AK) Daily News - November 10, 1998
No snow slows business in Alaska - from MSNBC - November 10, 1998
Breckenridge offers conveyor belt to chair - from the Associated
Press - November 10, 1998
Mt. Spokane ready for a long season - from MSNBC - November 10,
1998
La Nina could effect the Colorado ski season - from the Denver
(CO) Rocky Mountain News - November 10, 1998
Inquiry findings pave way for Perisher growth - from the Sydney
(Australia) Morning Herald - November 10, 1998
Green light for more beds at Perisher Blue - from the Australian
Financial Review - November 10, 1998
Sierra ski areas see early opening - from the Modesto (CA) Bee -
November 10, 1998
Another "next year" for Laurel Mountain - from the Pittsburgh
(PA) Tribune-Review - November 10, 1998
Sun Valley offers 4-night Thanksgiving package from $235/pp -
from Best Fares Magazine - November 10, 1998
Ski New Hampshire for $70/day, including lodging, lifts, & 2
meals a day - from Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel Online - November 9,
1998
Picabo to have new focus after recovery - from Fox Sports -
November 9, 1998
Sore skier sells comfy boots - from CNNfn - November 9, 1998
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Marc Guido Hunter 34 s/v "Drive South"
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Marc Guido
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following has been added just in the past week:
Washington ski areas reopen - from Yahoo! News Briefs - February 25,
1999
European avalanches hit again - from Yahoo! News/Reuters -February 25,
1999
At least 27 now dead in Austrian avalanches - from Yahoo! News/Reuters
- February 25, 1999
Alpine death toll climbs - from the BBC - February 25, 1999
Britons stuck in Alps - from the BBC - February 25, 1999
Three skiers trapped for 9 days in French Alps rescued - from Yahoo!
Ireland & UK News - February 25, 1999
Ski holidays continue despite avalanche deaths - from Yahoo! Ireland &
UK News - February 25, 1999
Britons queue to leave avalanche ski resort - from Yahoo! Ireland & UK
News - February 25, 1999
Finland leads team Nordic combined event - from Infoseek/Reuters -
February 25, 1999
Nordic skiing: World Championship results - from Infoseek/Reuters -
February 25, 1999
Meissnitzer's streak ends - from Yahoo! News/Associated Press -
February 25, 1999
Meissi's miss gives teammate Wachter another nice memory - from Fox
News - February 25, 1999
Wachter wins third giant slalom - from MSNBC - February 25, 1999
Haakonsen to skip 2002 Winter Games - from ESPN - February 25, 1999
Court allows suit by skier crippled by safety sign - from the
Sacramento (CA) Bee - February 25, 1999
Northstar's Snow Bikes makes for a "Place to Go" - from MSNBC -
February 25, 1999
Picabo Street finds a positive side to scandal - from Yahoo! Ireland &
UK News - February 25, 1999
Skiing: Taking the first step...again - from the Providence (RI)
Journal - February 25, 1999
Winter Carnival lights up Vernon - from the Bergen (NJ) Record -
February 25, 1999
New snowfall in western North Carolina - from Yahoo! News Briefs -
February 25, 1999
Two students testify about Vail fires - from Yahoo! News Briefs -
February 25, 1999
Snow closes Washington passes - from Yahoo! News Briefs - February 24,
1999
Some tips on renting the right ski boots - from the Houston (TX)
Chronicle - February 24, 1999
Anthony Lakes popular for what it doesn't have - from Oregon Live -
February 24, 1999
Avalanches: A fatal attraction - from the BBC - February 24, 1999
Pictures from the avalanche disaster zone - from the BBC - February
24, 1999
Austria avalanche toll now 16 dead, 29 missing - from Yahoo!
News/Reuters - February 24, 1999
Rescuers reach Alpine resort - from the BBC - February 24, 1999
Helicopters head for Austrian avalanche zone - from Infoseek/Reuters -
February 24, 1999
Bavarian villagers evacuated after avalanches - from Infoseek/Reuters
- February 24, 1999
Freestyler Moran remains unconscious following head injury in fall -
from the Salt Lake (UT) Tribune - February 24, 1999
Snowbikes, Zorbs and SnoScoots? - from the St. Louis (MO) Post -
February 24, 1999
Women eye downhill in Are; Men debut in Ofterschwang - from MSNBC -
February 24, 1999
No plans to cease ski operations - from The Journal - UK - February
24, 1999
"Carry on skiing," says UK tour firms - from the BBC - February 24,
1999
Ski Britons trapped in snow chaos - from Yahoo! Ireland & UK News -
February 24, 1999
Stamp features Montana snowboarder - from MSNBC - February 24, 1999
1999 Winter Special Olympics begin at Diamond Peak - from MSNBC -
February 24, 1999
Nothing Ragged about Ragged Mt., New Hampshire - from the Boston (MA)
Herald - February 24, 1999
Festival takes a look back - from the Boston (MA) Herald - February
24, 1999
Mt. Baker to re-open tomorrow after record snowfall - from Yahoo! News
Briefs - February 24, 1999
Blizzard cancels Nordic Combined - from Yahoo! News/Associated Press -
February 24, 1999
No opposition to Sherburne name change to Killington - from Yahoo!
News Briefs - February 24, 1999
After heartbreaker in Worlds, Pretnar wins gold in World Cup slalom -
from Fox News - February 24, 1999
Slovenia's Pretnar wins slalom event - from Yahoo! News/Associated
Press - February 24, 1999
Moran's condition improves - from Yahoo! News/Associated Press -
February 23, 1999
Snowboarding reaches critical mass at slopes - from American
Demographics - February 23, 1999
Ski resorts target beginners to get off growth plateau - from CNN -
February 23, 1999
Search for skier is halted: Doctor disappeared Friday at Bear Valley -
from the Sacramento (CA) Bee - February 23, 1999
Churchill captures gold, hearts of Newfoundlanders - from the Calgary
(Canada) Herald - February 23, 1999
Newfoundland skier wins second gold - from the Ottawa (Canada) Citizen
- February 23, 1999
Vail Resorts moves into the Tetons - from the Denver (CO) Post -
February 23, 1999
Alsgaard, Belmondo win pursuit titles - from Oregon Live - February
23, 1999
Belmondo wins pursuit for second gold medal - from Fox News - February
23, 1999
Clintons returning to Park City for some family time on the slopes -
from Fox News - February 23, 1999
Snow closes Mt. Baker as wind rakes region - from Oregon Live -
February 23, 1999
Young Oregon skiers land in hospital - from Yahoo! News Briefs -
February 23, 1999
Ski instructor on disability? - from Yahoo! News Briefs - February 23,
1999
Heading off injuries on the slopes - from the Washington (DC) Post -
February 23, 1999
Two killed as snowstorms strike Alpine ski resorts - 13 missing in
fresh avalanches - from The Journal UK - February 23, 1999
Austrian avalanche hits restaurant, kills 2 - from Infoseek/Reuters -
February 23, 1999
Schmitt leads Germany to ski jumping gold - from Infoseek/Reuters -
February 23, 1999
Thousands remain stranded in Austria resorts - from Infoseek/Reuters
- February 23, 1999
Six missing in blizzards in French Alps, Pyrenees - from
Infoseek/Reuters - February 23, 1999
Still no trace found of doctor on ski slopes - from the Contra Costa
Times - February 23, 1999
Kenyan skier gets by with a little help from his Finns - from the
Toronto (Canada) National Post - February 23, 1999
Skiers found in good shape near their destination - from the Fresno
(CA) Bee - February 23, 1999
Intrawest earning slip, outlook brighter for year - from Sympatico
Canada - February 23, 1999
Walhalla ski trip takes some planning - from the Grand Forks (ND)
Herald - February 23, 1999
Meissnitzer locks up women's GS title - from Fox News - February 22,
1999
Myllylae claims his second gold in a snowstorm - from Alabama Live -
February 22, 1999
Freestyle skier Jim Moran in critical condition following crash - from
Fox News - February 22, 1999
Snowstorm havoc in Europe's Alps - from Fox News - February 22, 1999
Boit back for more at Nordic World Championships - from
Infoseek/Reuters - February 22, 1999
20,000 skiers stuck in Austria, Army flies in - from Infoseek/Reuters
- February 22, 1999
Go!Winter, Sandia offers discounts to skiers - from the Albuquerque
(NM) Journal - February 22, 1999
Skiers deny danger charges - from the BBC Online - February 22, 1999
Snowboarders break new rules - from Yahoo! News Briefs - February 22,
1999
Search for California skier halted - from Yahoo! News Briefs -
February 22, 1999
Skier critically injured at Vail - from Yahoo! News Briefs - February
22, 1999
Seven Springs to hold annual Super G - from the PR Newswire - February
22, 1999
Skiers, boarders flock to Mt. Hood - from Yahoo! News Briefs -
February 22, 1999
New Mexico ski area still waiting to open - from Yahoo! News Briefs -
February 22, 1999
Sherburne, Vermont to vote on name change to Killington - from Yahoo!
News Briefs - February 22, 1999
Super-G cancellation stalls World Cup chase - from the Washington (DC)
Post - February 22, 1999
Ski benefit held in Skandia - from MSNBC - February 22, 1999
Martinsen wins women's 5k classical, Myllylae gets second gold - from
Fox News - February 22, 1999
Avalanche! - from CBS News - February 22, 1999
Local families open hopes to foreign ski jumpers - from the
Minneapolis (MN) Star Tribune - February 21, 1999
Mt. Baker updates ski rules - from the Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review -
February 21, 1999
Maier issues a warning to Kjus - from MSNBC - February 21, 1999
Super G canceled leaving Maier in the cold - from CNN/SI - February
21, 1999
Schmitt soars through the fog to take gold - from Yahoo! Ireland & UK
News - February 21, 1999
Schmitt scores double in Nordic jumping championship - from CNN/SI -
February 21, 1999
Temperamental temps hurt this year's ski season - from Foster's Online
- February 21, 1999
Ski resorts declare slope truce - from the Detroit (MI) News -
February 21, 1999
Aside from the weather, Alaska's winter scene is hot - from the
Seattle (WA) Times - February 21, 1999
US Ski Team has much work to do - from the Salt Lake (UT) Deseret News
- February 21, 1999
Utah trails Denver entering final day of ski invitational - from the
Salt Lake (UT) Deseret News - February 21, 1999
It's Powers again in halfpipe - from the Washington (DC) Post -
February 21, 1999
Pennsylvania museum features older ski gear - from the Pittsburgh (PA)
Post-Gazette - February 21, 1999
Skiing in bounds of high tempers - from MSNBC - February 20, 1999
For 1999 "Birkie", it's happy trails - from the Milwaukee (WI) Journal
Sentinel - February 20, 1999
New rules for backcountry trekkers - from Oregon Live - February 20,
1999
World Cup skiing postponed by rain - from Yahoo! News/Associated Press
- February 20, 1999
Myllylae wins Nordic freestyle - from Yahoo! News/Associated Press -
February 20, 1999
Skiing gains momentum - from the Spokane (WA) Spokesman-Review -
February 20, 1999
Harbor Properties plans changes at Schweitzer - from the Spokane (WA)
Spokesman-Review - February 20, 1999
Skiers get hotel service at condo rates at Val des Neiges - from the
Montreal (Canada) Gazette - February 20, 1999
Skiers ever more affluent - from the Denver (CO) Post - February 20,
1999
Vik wins Nordic Combined - from CNN/SI - February 20, 1999
Mt. Baker changes out-of-bounds rules - from Yahoo! News Briefs -
February 19, 1999
Chains needed on Oregon's Santiam Pass - from Yahoo! News Briefs -
February 19, 1999
Snow cuts off Swiss resorts - from Yahoo! News/Associated Press -
February 19, 1999
French appeals court clears avalanche snowboarders - from
Infoseek/Reuters - February 19, 1999
Myllylae wins 30k in opening event of Nordic Worlds - from the St.
Louis (MO) Post - February 19, 1999
Ski accidents have parents thinking safety - from the Albany (NY)
Times-Union - February 19, 1999
Power hike could snow under ski hills - from the Edmonton (Canada)
Journal - February 19, 1999
Fake snow whips up a storm - from the BBC - February 19, 1999
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