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SKI AREA NEWS
Find out what's going on, who has snow and what events are scheduled. Read about what will be happening. We update the ski area news every month during the ski season and MORE



EARLY SKIING AT SNOWSHOE
The drive from Washington, D.C. to Snowshoe is always interesting. It's superhighway for 1/2 the trip and winding secondary roads through the mountains of Virginia and West Virginia for the rest. On this trip I noticed that the state of West Virginia has improved the road MORE



U.S. SNOWBOARD TEAM NEWS
Bleiler on Fire, White Wins No. 3 at Bachelor
MT. BACHELOR, Ore. (Jan. 8) - The face of the 2006 U.S. Snowboard Olympic Team is taking shape and distinctly resembles riders Gretchen Bleiler (Snowmass Village, CO) and Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA). Bleiler won her second Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix MORE



ENDING THE YEAR AT OKEMO
Okemo Mountain Resort was offering skiers and riders a way to end the year with style and win some great prizes at the same time, so I decided to pay them a visit and check out the SoBe Superpipe Competition and get in some skiing at this great Vermont ski area. MORE

U.S. ALPINE SKI TEAM NEWS
McBride Describes Bormio's "Wild Ride" Downhill BORMIO, Italy (Dec. 27) - The last time U.S. men raced the Stelvio downhill at Bormio was during the 2005 World Championships last February. Bode Miller (Bretton Woods, NH) was the gold medalist and MORE
GORE'S GREAT
Last spring, when I was driving back from New England, I could see this interesting mountain with ski trails in the distance as I approached Lake George. I knew that it had to be Gore, so I made a mental note to put this ski area on my "short list". MORE

U.S. FREESTYLE TEAM NEWS
Preseason focus on sticking backflips helped make this back Iron Cross land Kearney on the top of the podium. Selection Events Have Broad Impact PARK CITY, Utah (Dec.23) - There are three more athletes on the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team at Christmas than there were at Thanksgiving. That's three more who'll compete Dec. 30 in the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team Olympic Trials in Steamboat Springs, Colo. MORE



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