By Mike Koshmrl | March 8, 2012 at 11:07 pm | No comments
In 2009, the Aga Khan Foundation came to Afghanistan’s Bamiyan Province with the idea of implanting a ski culture. Ample snow, 16,000-foot mountains and crushing poverty made it an intriguing prospect for economic development purposes.
Although still very much in fledgling...
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By Mike Koshmrl | February 14, 2012 at 6:49 pm | No comments
The 2011-12 ski season marks a half century for Sun Peaks Resort (formerly Tod Mountain), which once offered some of British Columbia's most challenging inbounds skiing. The 3,678-acre ski area, 30 miles to the northeast of Kamloops, B.C., will commemorate the golden anniversary...
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By Mike Koshmrl | December 9, 2011 at 10:12 pm | No comments
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area’s 2011 season opener marked the first time in 64 years that Marjorie Brown “Marnie” Jump wasn’t around to witness the festivities. Jump, of Denver, passed away in June.
Jump came to A-Basin after serving four years in the Navy during World War...
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