Word: aspens
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Kelley opposed the plan, arguing that it would destroy tourism and agriculture and would "decimate the wildlife population," she explains. With two major ski resorts in her district, Aspen and Vail, the public shared her fears about the plan's effects on the skiing industry...
...Accommodations range from the rustic to the comfortable, complete with cocktails and elaborate meals. Though hut-to-hut skiing can be found throughout the northern U.S., it is most popular in the West. "The huts are really in vogue," says Dick Jackson, head of a ski-tour company in Aspen, Colo. "You get the tough uphill climb and then the downhill reward, plus a comfortable place to stay...
Jackson should know, since he leads trips along one of the busiest routes in the country. Named after a U.S. Army ski troop that trained in Colorado during World War II, the Tenth Mountain Division Trail stretches 40 miles from Aspen toward Vail. Begun in 1982, the path winds past three high-altitude huts (the largest sleeps 20), with another six on the way if the U.S. Forest Service approves extending the course the full 79 miles to Vail. Stoves, cooking gear and mattresses are provided in the huts, but skiers must lug their own food and sleeping bags...
...Cantabs won't play another regular season game until the new year. But in the meantime, the Crimson travels to Aspen, Colo., for a series of exhibition games...
...NOTEBOOK: Neilson and Bailliere won't be making the Aspen trip...Injured freshmen Brita Lind and Julie Trotman should be ready to play Jan. 5, when Harvard battles Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H. Crimson, 7-1 at Bright Center Vermont 0-0-1--1 Harvard...