http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Skiing 60 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:55:19 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/story/917564.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/story/917564.html Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:31 EST More than a few of the 20 or so folks in this small room at the Utah Olympic Park have thrown out the phrase ''bucket list,'' and the air is charged with the kind of nervous energy that can only come from the giddy sense that we're all about to do something that could kill us, but likely won't. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/story/908888.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/story/908888.html Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:01 EST A gloomy pall caps the valley as the lift rattles at the bottom of the mountain. Slowly, it passes into the clouds, a frosty mist hitting passengers in the face as an eerie yellow light envelops the chair. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/story/909581.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/story/909581.html Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:01 EST The Top 10 North American ski resorts as determined by Ski.com: 1. Snowmass, Utah 2. Breckenridge, Colo. 3. Beaver Creek, Colo. 4. Aspen, Colo. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/story/908897.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/story/908897.html Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:01 EST I love it when resorts really listen to us. When families told Park City Mountain Resort (www.pcmr.com) they didn't like leaving their little skiers and snowboarders in big ski school classes (how could the instructors teach the kids anything if they were constantly counting heads?), the Utah resort initiated a Signature Five Program, which guarantees no more than five kids in a class (the 3 ½-year-old to 5 crowd has one instructor for every three kids). Even better, no more soggy hotdogs... http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/story/909633.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/story/909633.html Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:01 EST Ski resorts throughout the West have spruced up for the 2008-2009 season. Here is a sampling of what's new. UTAH Alta: ''Ski With the Girls,'' a new noncompetitive program designed for early intermediate through accomplished skiers, meets at 10 a.m. Tuesdays at Baldy Brews on the snow level of Watson Shelter. The only cost is your lift ticket. www.alta.com http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/story/909634.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/story/909634.html Sun, 22 Feb 2009 03:01 EST Bargain-hunters got a break recently when Vail Resorts dropped multiday lift-ticket prices to last ski season's prices and offered discounts through early February on ski and snowboard lessons. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/story/815537.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/story/815537.html Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:48 EST You used to be a cheap date, a weekend fling who didn't care that my budget was tight and my wallet thin. In the old days, you would welcome me with open arms, even if I showed up on your doorstep with a brown bag lunch and blue jeans sticking out of my ski boots. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/story/767076.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/story/767076.html Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:01 EST Aspen's Buttermilk Mountain assumed two distinct personalities over a weekend in January 2008. It was almost like different ski mountains coexisting -- somewhat incredulously and barely aware of one another -- on the same hill at the same time. http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/story/767097.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/story/767097.html Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:01 EST The economy may be sputtering, but there's a silver lining in mountain country: better bargains for skiers. ''There are so many deals now, more than we normally see,'' said Dan Sherman of www.ski.com, one of the largest sellers of ski packages. ``It's a great opportunity for travelers.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/story/767079.html http://www.miamiherald.com/living/travel/skiing/story/767079.html Sun, 16 Nov 2008 03:01 EST ''Skiing isn't quite the same,'' sighed Rob Baker, spreading sun screen on an already-burned nose and pausing to reminisce about life before Emily.