Word: snow
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Soviet tanks pulled stranded motorists out of six-foot snowdrifts along the Vienna-Budapest highway. Daredevil Parisians skied down the snow-blanketed steps of Montmartre's Sacre-Coeur Basilica. Big Ben's famous chime was reduced to a dull thud as its bell hammer froze. Packs of hungry wolves emerged from the mountains to roam through isolated Czechoslovak villages in search of food. Across Europe last week, wind-whipped masses of frigid Siberian air, often accompanied by heavy snowstorms, sent thermometers plunging to some of the lowest levels of the past quarter of a century, paralyzing transportation, closing schools, businesses...
...Britain, where at least 37 people perished in record low temperatures, snow drifts up to ten feet high cut off towns and villages in the counties of Kent and Surrey. A rare heavy snowfall forced the closing of major highway and rail links to Scotland and the Lake District. British Rail was forced to cancel all but 3% of its commuter trains to and from the capital. Warned a blunt notice at London's Charing Cross station: "There is very little chance of anyone reaching their intended destination and even less chance of them getting back again...
Heading home we decided not to rate the best or worst of the day. The snow was the best in years, the skiing was exciting and varied; and the people who guided us around the various mountains were a lot of fun. Some of the areas offer more trails for experts, some have better bars and others offer special deals. In general, the college ski festivals have ended, but call around to see if any are still happening...
...Mount Snow (802 464-3333) take Route 2 West to Interstate 91 North. Get off at Exit 2, Brattleboro, Vermont, and then follow Route 9 West 20 miles to Wilmington. At the stoplight turn right onto Route 100 North. From there it's nine miles to the slopes...
Comparison shopping Mt. Snow Stratton Okemo Killington Sug arbush Weekend ticket cost $30 $30 $30 $30 $30 Best nightspot Snow Barn Haigs Pot Belly Pub Wobbly Barn The Blue Tooth Price of a hamburger $2.75 $2.50 $2.65 $2.60$2.50 Driving time 3 hours 3 1/2 hours 3 1/2 hours 3 3/4 hours 4 hours Number of trails/lifts 75/16 86/10 60/8 100/ 17 68/16 Hardest trail Ripcord World Cup Double Diamond Outer Limits Upper...