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...steep costs have been worsened by the low daily average of 125 patients in the 294-bed hospital. A Roberts aide says the hospital (excluding the research center and clinic) operated in the black for the first time last month. To cut costs, 140 of the 1,000 medical-center staffers were laid off, the dental school was closed, and the law school was given to Evangelist Pat Robertson's CBN University...
...With a steep pitch and a view that looked far to the north, Liftline is one of the best trails in Vermont. It's not too steep...
...summit lifts were closed because of high winds, so we took an easy run from the mid-station. The trail "One More Time," an intermediate trail without any serious pitch, was fine for a first run but lacked the excitement of a more challenging and steep slope...
...whole, Mount Snow is a great mountain for intermediate skiers. Only 13 of their 75 trails are rated expert. But those 13 have fairly steep pitches, and the "Ripcord" trail can hold its own against any other area's expert slopes...
Arriving only a half-hour before the lifts closed, we quickly got on Sugarbush North's Mountain double chair and then descended the "Cliffs," a reasonably steep trail with the only real powder we'd seen all day. It was a run that doesn't happen every day; surrounded by the few other skiers who had gotten one of the last chairs up, we took our time, appreciating the scenery, the powder and how tired our legs were getting...