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Indoor Skiing Tries Again: Toronto Next

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Experts And Beginners Can Ski All Year On Faux Snow. Many years ago, we remember when the town of Etobicoke, ONT, a suburb of Toronto, used its municipal trash collection to build a ski hill. That's a clue to how geographically feature-less the terrain…
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SeniorsSkiing Guide: SilverStar—BC’s Uncrowded And “Happy” Ski Resort

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Great Skiing And Social Life Makes SilverStar A Lively Scene For Seniors. [Editor Note:  This review was written by Melbourne, Australia-based Marg Malkin, a retired ski industry veteran who spends February and March at SilverStar.  She's also…
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Candide Thovex Hops Down The Alps

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Folly Or Finesse? Hold my beer while a take a run, will ya?  Actually, it's Candide Thovex, professional athlete, making a spectacular run off-piste somewhere in the Alps.  Some might say this kind of extreme skiing is irresponsible; others might…
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“Waste” Deep Skiing Due Soon In Copenhagen

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Incinerator With Skiable Roof to Open in 2017. For reasons I can't fully explain, Denmark ranks at the top of the 2016 edition of the United Nations "World Happiness Report." I've been to Copenhagen a few times and enjoyed the people and the food.…
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From The Tippy Top Of The Matterhorn

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When You Run Out Of Challenges, There's Always The Matterhorn. Nicolas Falquet, a 37 year old athlete from Switzerland, starts his run from the top of the world's most impressive mountain.  He has a GoPro camera attached to a wand device from the top…
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Way, Way Out West, There’s Another Jackson Hole. Know Where?

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A few miles north of Beijing, there's a town that is named Jackson Hole.  No skiing, but...seriously? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRSenQu2GWw&feature=youtu.be
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SeniorsSkiing Guide: Italy’s Dolomiti Superski

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­Winter wonderland in one of the largest ski areas in the world. Although I was born and raised in Italy, I did not do much skiing until I moved to Colorado for college. So I jumped at the occasion to join some old friends for a week of skiing in the…
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Ski At Home: Faux Mountain Condos In The City

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Vail, Are You Paying Attention? Remember Borat, the hilarious Kazakhstanian character created by British comic, Sasha Baron Cohen? His spoof helped define Kazakhstan in a way that has it trying to get respect ever since. The country has five…
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Skiing On Pluto?: Never Say Never

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Perhaps One Of These Days. NASA spaceship New Horizon's zoomed past Pluto in June. It's the closest we've gotten to the dwarf planet. At 3,670,050,000 miles, Pluto is almost 40 times the distance from the Sun as Earth. This spectacular image shows…
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Ted Ligety Flying Down Ohau In En-Zed

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Here's A Dose of Inspiration For The Coming Season. This summer, the US Ski Team worked out in New Zealand where the skiing was great and the views were magnificent.  Here's a short video of Ted making his famous elbow turns down Ohau, one of the mountains…
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Mont Blanc Panorama Leaves You Breathless

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Highest Mountain in Europe in 360 High-Res Photography We discovered a post from In2White, a team of extraordinary high-tech Alpine photographers that is definitely worth a diversionary look.  Featured is the fabled Mont Blanc, the highest peak in Europe,…
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Force Majeure: Skiing Is Back In The Cinema

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SeniorsSkiing's First Movie Review A "Runaway" Hit From The Alps We remember the New Wave of French cinema in the late-50s to mid-70s when going to a “Foreign Film” was an intellectual exercise. That’s when you and your date went to those black…
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More Ice Canoe Racing On The St. Lawrence

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Looking Back At A Cool, Cold Sport In Quebec. In February, we traveled to Quebec to visit the Winter Carnavale and the legendary ski resorts on the St. Lawrence, Mount Saint Anne and Le Massif de Charlevoix.  The city was alive with thousands of people…
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If You Like Mountains…

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Take An Aerial Tour Of The Himalayas. Teton Gravity Research, one of our favorite action sports movie makers, has captured the spirit of the mighty giants of the Himalayas.  Using an advanced camera stablizer, this short, ultra HD video takes you up…
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Ski Japan: Looking For Snow? Head West. All The Way.

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Combine lots of snow with an exotic destination for an incredible skiing experience. O.K., you adventurous senior powder-hounds: How far will you fly to find an awesome stash in this odd winter of snow conditions?  If you don't fly east to New England…
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Le Massif de Charlevoix: Views, Trails, and Chic

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Where else can you ski into a major river (almost) and take a ski train to a charming village? About an hour north of Quebec City, we find Le Massif de Charlevoix, a magnificent and major North American ski area that offers several exceptional features: Most…
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Au Quebec Pays des Merveilles d’Hiver

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Au Quebec Pays des Merveilles d’Hiver Messieurs et Mesdammes, nous aimons le Quebec en hiver! With apologies to Madame Haydu, my high school French teacher, our recent journée au Quebec was trés intéressant, and nous were heureuse to tell you…
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Quebec Winter Carnival: Canoe Racing On The Frozen St. Lawrence

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A New Extreme Sport Emerges For Those Who Really Love The Cold Hearty, are we?  Well, these lads surely are.  These garcons are one of a dozen or so teams, some of them professionals, who are canoe racing on the St. Lawrence during Quebec's Winter…
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