If there's any agreement in Arizona about the ruling of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals prohibiting Flagstaff's Arizona Snowbowl from making artificial snow, it's that it was a snow job. It just depends on which side of the snow gun you are on. Today, there is no snowmaking on these enticing slopes, which makes for very iffy skiing and lousy economics in good or bad years.
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It may be a while before we see it but it appears there is a serious effort underway to bring the Winter Olympics back to California's Reno-Tahoe area. And it appears they have friends in high places.
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Here's a unique twist on the ski area improvement story. The venerable Cochran Ski Area in Richmond, Vt. has embarked on a $400,000 fund raising drive. The plan is to install snowmaking for the 2007/08 season.
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