Word: skiing
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Hoping to benefit from the deep, dry snow on the north face of Montana's Lone Mountain, America's first new destination ski resort in 20 years plans to open there Thanksgiving weekend. Moonlight Basin, right around the mountain from the east-facing, 30-year-old Big Sky Resort, will charge only $39 for its all-day adult lift ticket (its rival asks $59). A six-person express lift will take skiers from the base to above Timberline. Moonlight's 3,050 ft. of vertical descent, including 1,200 ft. of inbound hike-up terrain, is on a par with...
...Kremlin persecution of Russia’s powerful oligarchs has become routine: An obscenely rich Russian criticizes the president, often on his own TV station; Putin sends ski-masked officers from the Federal Security Service—the successor organization to the KGB—to confiscate assets and arrest the upstart; and the oligarch either escapes abroad—usually to London—or languishes in prison until he accedes to the president’s demands. Khodorkovsky hasn’t gotten past the languishing-in-prison stage, and, unlike his predecessors, it looks as though...
...star-studded birthday bash for the wife of a Hollywood producer at a ski resort in Vermont last week, Vito Giuliani Mussolini ’04, Eldrick Tiger Patel ’04 and Bailey C. Gonzalez ’04 chatted up Brooke Shields and her infant child. Shields pointed out her baby’s uncanny lack of facial given expressions — due perhaps to the underdeveloped musculature of her 10-month old face — speculating that “it must be due to the baby botox.” The polite giggle...
...United States: The Lodge at Vail Aspen might have the glitz, but with its recent expansion into Blue Sky Basin?a mountain face with intermediate and advanced tree skiing?Vail secured its position as the largest ski mountain in North America. The Lodge is Vail's landmark hotel, with prices to match: luxury room, lift tickets and airport shuttle will ring in over $7,000 for two people...
...Chile: Hotel Portillo Chile's premier mountain offers all-inclusive weeklong packages. The flagship Hotel Portillo has double rooms with breathtaking views for $1,860 per person. But you'll have to wait until June, when the South American ski season starts again...