Word: skis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dartmouth men's ski team Coach John Morton was enthusiastic about the facilities. "It's a significant contribution to our program. We're looking forward to our own place to train," he said...
Harvard's ski team could not help but be jealous...
Captain of the Harvard alpine ski team Per A. Weiner '88 said, "Of course, I'm envious, but snow-making wouldn't make our situation any easier since we don't have any mountains...
During term-time the downhill ski team travels to Nashoba Valley, Mass., thirty minutes away, to practice. "Unfortunatley it is a very small mountain," Weiner said. "They have no expert trails...
...Skiing conjures up images of fresh mountain air and cool, clean white slopes. In Vermont, however, these crystalline visions have been replaced by a less refreshing proposition: several of the state's ski resorts, hard pressed by a chronic lack of water at high altitudes, want to pump treated sewage through their snowmaking equipment. So far Vermont's environmental conservation agency has not approved the innovation. The proposal has set off a battle between environmentalists and resort owners. One bumper sticker reads, KILLINGTON: WHERE THE AFFLUENT MEET THE EFFLUENT. Killington officials and local developers are not amused. C.E. ("Cowboy") Snodgrass...