(ARA) - Family vacations offer a perfect opportunity to get away from it all; a chance to escape from work, school and the rigors and stress of everyday life. One thing that is difficult to escape, however, is the crowds.
DENVER - With "Monday Night Football" bringing its cameras to Denver next week for a Broncos game, Colorado ski resorts are praying for a little snow - nothing big, just enough to remind a national audience that the ski season is just around the corner.
Salt Lake City could join the growing ranks of cities in Utah and across the nation that have banned smoking in parks. Today, City Council will discuss a proposal by Mayor Rocky Anderson's office to forbid smoking in the capital's 75 parks - including Library Square and the grounds around City Hall - and within 50 feet of gatherings that draw at least 500 people, such as the city's July jazz
Former Olympic and World Cup moguls champion Jonny Moseley, ex-aerials and combined world and World Cup champion Trace Worthington and World Championships medalist Julie Parisien have been elected to the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2006.
"You can't buy exposure like that," said John Sellers, director of communications for Loveland Ski Area. "It gets everyone thinking about the ski season."
BRIAN HEAD, Utah -- Community leaders will decide Tuesday whether to spend $900,000 to help Brian Head Ski Resort link two mountains with a bridge over a state highway. The resort is pledging to spend $8 million in new lifts, snowmaking machines and other improvements in southwestern Utah, northeast of Cedar City.
BRIAN HEAD - Community leaders will decide Tuesday whether to spend $900,000 to help Brian Head Ski Resort link two mountains with a bridge over a state highway. The resort is pledging to spend $8 million in new lifts, snowmaking machines and other improvements in southwestern Utah, northeast of Cedar City. The investment is projected to draw more skiers and snowboarders to the mountain
Following in the boot prints of the legendary ski-film guru Warren Miller, Freeheellife.com has teamed up with Falling Forward Films to create a telemark ski film, 'Smoke and Mirrors.' It's a documentary-style film that follows a group of Telemark skiers, doing what they do best and enjoy most.
