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January 23, 2006

Winter Games Face Many Hurdles, Organizers Forge Ahead

Olympic flame arrives in Venice. Credit: TOROC

Eighteen days to go before the Winter Olympics and Valentine "Val" Morgan, an independent ticket broker based in San Francisco, has tickets.

What he doesn't have, he says, are any takers. ...continue reading »

Bad Bode Is Good For Snowsports, Torino Ink

By now everyone knows about the Time and Newsweek covers featuring the latest bad boy of sports, Bode Miller. Although the Olympic hopeful apologized for his remarks on "60 Minutes" about skiing while hung over, the publicity he unwittingly drummed up for the Torino games and for the sport itself was huge. ...continue reading »

Luggage Services Partner With Clubs, Resorts, Airlines To Handle Gear Hassles

The field of luxury sports-gear luggage service is getting crowded.

In 1999 Sports Express of Durango, Colo. became the first company to specialize in transporting skis, boots and other sports equipment for travelers from their homes to a destination. ...continue reading »

Suspect In Vail Arsons Kills Himself In Jail

One of several suspects in the 1998 arson attacks that caused $12 million in damage to several mountaintop structures in Vail apparently killed himself in a Flagstaff, Arizona jail cell, authorities said. ...continue reading »

January 09, 2006

On your mark...get set....go?

Real estate agents at mountain resort communities in the Rockies are looking to keep riding the winning streak of climbing prices and sales that kicked into a gallop in 2005, according to a spot check of representative resort professionals. ...continue reading »

"Snow Strike" Ends, Tremblant Back But Season Still Rocky

The strike Mont-Tremblant Mayor Pierre Pilon called "a tragedy" is over but the resort and the local businesses in its shadow are still tabulating the fiscal impact of the 18-day walkout. ...continue reading »