Ski destinations top magazine list
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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Published: November 8, 2009
NEW YORK — The November issue of National Geographic Adventure magazine is recommending 11 ski destinations from Oregon to Maine. They are:
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Snowmass in Colorado: Described as an alternative to the "hustle and bustle of downtown Aspen.”
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Sun Valley in Idaho: The magazine says the resort is launching its first gondola this winter for the ride 2,000 vertical feet up Bald Mountain.
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Park City Mountain Resort in Utah: You can reach the High West Distillery and Saloon’s bar and tapas restaurant on skis via the Quittin’ Time run.
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Rossland in British Columbia: It is described as a "no-stoplights, no-
Starbucks former mining town” with incredible backcountry.
→Northstar-at-Tahoe in California: It has a new
Ritz Carlton and a new gondola to complement the deep Sierra snows and tall ponderosa pines.
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Mount Bachelor in Oregon: Daily lift tickets this season will be priced $49, $59 or $69, depending on lift-serviced available terrain and weather factors such as visibility, wind, precipitation and temperature.
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Whistler Blackcomb in British Columbia: Only 10 percent of the mountain will be closed to the public during the Olympics.
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Sugar Bowl in the Lake Tahoe-Truckee area: A new Olympic sport, skicross, will be featured on a new course in a pre-Olympics show Feb. 1-17. The sport involves four skiers at a time down a course with banked turns and jumps — think
Moto Cross on skis.
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Jay Peak Resort in Vermont: A new luxury hotel, the Tram Haus Lodge, is opening this season.
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Cannon Mountain in New Hampshire: This season, it will provide shuttle transportation to Mittersill, an abandoned ski area that can now offer backcountry skiers access to ungroomed terrain.
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Saddleback in Maine: The owners have been increasing skiable terrain and improving facilities.
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