With eleven feet (or so) of snow, the Snowbird resort in Utah is both aptly named--and not about to shut down in spring 2008.
Working people in mountain towns that cater to the richest of the rich have a hell of a time finding an affordable place to live. In Park City, that problem is exacerbated by developers in no hurry to comply with City Council requirements. " "I don't think 'dragging their feet' is the right terminology," Councilman Jim Hier said of the developer Talisker. "But they need to know we're serious about the affordable-housing schedule. Hier told reporter Christopher Smart the Council wants to "put some teeth" in a Talisker promise in 1999 to "build 118 so-called work-force units to go along with 914 upscale dwellings in Empire Pass."
Concierge.com has been kind enough to put together some of the best apres-ski places in the world, all under one roof.
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DEER VALLEY, UTAH (Post Time News)--Sports nuts associate the name Jim Nantz, 47, with The Masters or the National Football League (NFL) but the premier sports host of his time is all too happy to do a little skiing in his down time.
How else to explain the $6 million ponied up by the CBS sportstcaster and his wife, Laurie for a four bedroom condominium at the St. Regis Resort & Residences at Deer Crest, a mondo hotel opening at the Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah, in 2008.
Continue Reading October 22nd, 2006
If you go to where there’s sun and snow, life will inevitably be good on the slopes. By that criteria, it goes without saying that Utah rules. Consider the 2006 reader survey rankings just issued from SKI Magazine based on a survey of its readers. In the bookend categories of snow and weather—the things that really count on God’s green (white) earth, the old debate about Utah and Colorado is over and done with.
Utah wins hands-down.
Continue Reading October 1st, 2006
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Continue Reading October 1st, 2006
BOULDER, COLORADO (Post Time News) — Was there ever any doubt about it?
Well, maybe. Sometimes Whistler Blackcomb wins or Deer Valley gets number one. But this time around SKI Magazines’ annual "Top 50 Resort Guide" again anointed Vail, Colorado, as the fairest resort of them all. The resort achieved top ten rankings in 13 of the magazine’s 18 categories, with particular attention paid to the resort’s renowned back bowls and its one-size-fits-all philosophy. Vail was ranked second a year ago.
Continue Reading September 18th, 2006
ASPEN, COLORADO (Post Time News)—Aspen Skiing Company raised the curtain on skiing and snowboarding movies for The Meeting presented by Nissan featuring a schedule clogged with action sport films from October 5-8, 2006. The lineup for the second annual event includes producers Poor Boyz Productions, Teton Gravity Research, Mack Dawg Productions, and Volcom Entertainment. And a full slate of parties is also promised for the four-day confab.
Continue Reading August 21st, 2006
Before the hegira to retrieve the relative at the hospital, after the interstate and the tabernacles, there was the work of play to be done. His ticker had the good sense to go bad in Salt Lake City, and so for his elder sibling in Colorado that produced the perfect excuse to do a good deed while doing very well indeed at the Stein Eriksen Lodge at Deer Valley Resort in Park City, Utah.
Continue Reading July 13th, 2006
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