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Global Ski Report: November Brings Early Season Deals and Openings

Méribel (tel.+(4) 79 08 60 01; www.meribel.net), part of France's expansive Trois Vallées (Three Valleys) cluster of interlinked ski resorts, has installed a new high-speed chairlift to replace the slow-moving, fixed-grip Golf lift from Méribel Village ...

From CLAIRE WALTER, Frommers,  4 Nov 2009
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North American Ski Report: Early-Season Packages

Squaw Valley, Calif. (tel. 866/366-7261; www.squaw.com), which is celebrating its 60th anniversary this winter, launches the season an Early Season Ski-N-Stay specials from the Nov. 21 season opening through Dec. 17 at the Village at Squaw Valley USA ...

From CLAIRE WALTER, Frommers,  4 Nov 2009
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Slope Specs: Two-Time Olympic Host Lake Placid Still Shines

In this Winter Olympic season, skiers' thoughts turn to previous Olympic venues. Lake Placid, N.Y. (tel. 800/44-PLACID or 800/447-5224; www.lakeplacid.com) is the only North American two-time Olympic site (1932 and 1980). It was also the last real ...

From CLAIRE WALTER, Frommers,  4 Nov 2009

Books podcast: Robert Harris on Cicero

Robert Harris talks to Claire Armitstead about Lustrum, the second novel in his Cicero trilogy - and explains why he dedicated the book to Peter Mandelson. Plus, our studio panel discusses Eoin Colfer's revisiting of Douglas Adams's Hitchiker's series, ...

From CLAIRE ARMITSTEAD, SCOTT CAWLEY, SARAH CROWN, DAMIEN G WALTER, Guardian Unlimited,  16 Oct 2009
Related Topics: Robert Harris,  Douglas Adams

Slope Specs: Glacial Challenges at Early Season Favorite Les Diablerets

Les Diablerets (pronounced lay dee-AH-blur-ay) is part of a ski region that includes the linked villages of Villars and Gryon in Switzerland. Of the three, which are skiable on a single lift pass, Les Diablerets (tel. +41 (0)24-492 33 58; ...

From CLAIRE WALTER, Frommers,  14 Oct 2009

Home is where the heart heals

sort of decorative item that brings the word 'wow!' to mind. After my parents died, the lamp came my way, making the journey from Connecticut to Colorado. I have placed it by my bedside, so it's the last thing I see before I close my ...

From CLAIRE WALTER, Denver Post,  2 Oct 2009

Global Ski Report: Slopes on Sale from New Zealand to Austria

London-based InTheSnow Magazine (www.inthesnow.com) has released a free application available worldwide for ski and snowboard news from resorts all over the world. Visit an Apple Store to download. News comes from Patrick "Snowhunter" Thorne ...

From CLAIRE WALTER, Frommers,  1 Oct 2009

Slope Spec: In October, a Young Skier's Fancy Lightly Turns to Thoughts of Loveland

With apologies to Alfred, Lord Tennyson, savvy Colorado skiers and snowboarders of both genders and all ages start thinking about Loveland (tel. 800/736-3SKI or 303/569-3203 www.skiloveland.com) as soon as the days grow shorter and the aspens promise ...

From CLAIRE WALTER, Frommers,  30 Sep 2009

Leading Ski Resorts Across North America Introduce Dollar-Stretching Deals

The popular early-season "Ski Free" program is reinstituted at Crested Butte, Colo., from Nov. 25 through Dec. 16 with lodging beginning at $84 per person, per night. The package must be booked by phone through Crested Butte Vacations at tel. 800/810-76 ...

From CLAIRE WALTER, Frommers,  30 Sep 2009
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Tiny Town's big day

"The oldest kid-size village and railroad in the USA." 6249 S. Turkey Creek Road, Tiny Town (a.k.a. Morrison). $5 for adults; $3 for children ages 2 to 12; free for kids under 2. Riding the train is an additional $1. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, Memorial ...

From CLAIRE WALTER, Denver Post,  16 May 2009
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