Aspen Skiing Co. finds being green isn't easy
ASPEN, Colorado — The Aspen Skiing Co. faces a “viciously
difficult” challenge to achieve a goal of reducing carbon emissions by 10
percent by 2012 from its 2000-base line level, Auden Schendler, the
company's executive director of sustainability, said Wednesday.
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Skiing: Daredevils set to defy laws of gravity
The Whakapapa ski field will become a happy valley for the sport's
boundary pushers next week as Mt Ruapehu strives to become a major player
in the world of extreme skiing.The Pinnacles back country will host the
$80,000 Export...
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Should helmets be required for skiing kids?
DENVER - California and New Jersey are poised to adopt the nation's
first-ever laws requiring all kids younger than 18 years old to wear
helmets while skiing. Could Colorado, the nation's ski capital, be next? No
legislation is under consideration here, but helmets already are virtually
ubiquitous on the state's younger skiers. "To me, this is the law catching
up to where people already are ...
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That's heli-awesome, bro: Helicopter skiing operation opening at Lake
Tahoe
A crew from Alaska Backcountry Adventures prepares for a first
descent near Valdez, Alaska. The company is the older sister to Pacific
Crest Heli-Guides, to open Dec. 15 in Tahoe and be based out of the Truckee
Tahoe Airport, with services extending until April 15.
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Work begins on Maine ski resort's expansion
Work is under way to create hundreds of acres of new skiing terrain
at the Sugarloaf ski resort in western Maine. Ski resort - Sports - Skiing
- Sugarloaf - Winter Sports
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