<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Skiing</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/travel/archive/subject/skiing?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><description>Skiing</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Raising Canaan]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27634-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27634-2005Feb15.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[High-in-the-sky valleys and numerous cross-country trails make West Virginia's Canaan Valley a prime Mid-Atlantic ski destination.]]></description><author> Steve Hendrix</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Can Ski . . . There?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26692-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26692-2005Jan21.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ <em>  Had enough of the sooty fireside lodges, slathered-on Chapstick and frozen noses of a ski vacation? Nearly every state in the United States has ski destinations, including those in these warmer-weather climes. Stuff your ski jacket in your luggage next to your shorts and T-shirts and head for one of these </em><em>locales, </em><em> which are seeing more snow so </em><em>far</em><em> this year than in recent winters.</em>    -- Elissa Leibowitz Poma ]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[No Longer Downhill for Small Ski Areas]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12321-2004Dec19.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12321-2004Dec19.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It would be easy to drive past this pint-size ski hill along a windy, two-lane highway without even noticing it is there.]]></description><author> Jonathan Finer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Little N.H. Cog That Could . . . Ski]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7790-2004Dec17.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7790-2004Dec17.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Quad chairs and T-bars and rope tows, ho hum. For the upwardly mobile skier, just so much pedestrian transport.]]></description><author> M.J. McAteer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Go Telemark Skiing]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30180-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30180-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Bored with snowboarding?  Done with downhill? You're not alone: Earlier this year, the trade group Snowsports Industries America released a study showing that sales of alpine skis and snowboards were flat nationwide. So what was hot? Fat skis, twin tips -- and telemark skis, for a once-thought-dead technique that's being revitalized across the country.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snow Play, Without the Skis]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32049-2004Dec3.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32049-2004Dec3.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It could be tacit acknowledgement from the snow sports industry that global warming is for real and may soon threaten their main draw -- the white stuff on the hill. Or, more likely, mountain resorts, which have seen essentially flat visitor numbers over the past decade, are seeking new revenue streams.]]></description><author> John Briley  Andrea Sachs</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Ski Issue: The Back Story]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32031-2004Dec3.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32031-2004Dec3.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA["Dress to be buried,"  A.J. Sanders says, standing before an easel in a conference room at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, the western Wyoming ski area renowned for its scenery and challenging terrain. Behind him, a window reveals lightly falling snow and a steady blur of brightly clad skiers and snowboarders zipping down the bottom few yards of the resort.]]></description><author> John Briley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vermont in Your Back Yard?]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32047-2004Dec3.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32047-2004Dec3.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Stop. Put down the keys and back away from the car. Suppose I told you that you could get to one of the best ski areas in the eastern United States in about the same time it takes to drive to some vertically challenged hill in the mid-Atlantic? On a budget, no less?]]></description><author> Ben Abramson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snow Days]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13483-2004Nov25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13483-2004Nov25.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As the region's ski resorts prepare for the carving season  (slopes, not turkey), winter is already in the air on a recent Saturday morning in Chantilly.  Resorts and manufacturers have set up booths at the Dulles Expo Center to provide enthusiasts with a taste of what's to come on the mountains. And one exhibit goes a step further, allowing attendees to strap equipment to their feet and take a spin beneath a cascade of snowflakes.]]></description><author> Dallas Hudgens</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Die-Hard Skiers Flock to N.H.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3071-2004May30.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3071-2004May30.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[As hordes of vacationers hit beachfront hot spots for the unofficial start of summer, a few dozen die-hards made a pilgrimage to New Hampshire's White Mountains, in search of the last, melting traces of winter and a rare opportunity to ski and be seen.]]></description><author> Jonathan Finer</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Slovenian Lift]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63743-2004Jan30.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63743-2004Jan30.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Okay, so I didn't really train with the Slovenian National Ski Team.]]></description><author> Robert V. Camuto</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simply Snowbasin]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39132-2003Dec5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39132-2003Dec5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[It's the classic traveler's dilemma: You enjoy a place so much you want to share it with anyone who'll listen, but if everyone you told actually went there, it could ruin the experience for you. That's how I feel about Snowbasin.]]></description><author> Ben Abramson</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Flurry of Ski Clinics]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39128-2003Dec5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39128-2003Dec5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Many major winter resorts in North America offer multi-day specialty ski clinics or camps. Some hold basic clinics based on gender or age, while others present an extensive menu of specialty clinics, ranging from conquering moguls to snowboarding the steeps and deeps. Some offer their own camps, while others hire outside experts.]]></description><author> Carol Sottili</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Killington]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39156-2003Dec5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39156-2003Dec5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Fifteen hours of ski instruction over three days in the company of other women. I figure at the end of that I'm either going to be a better skier or admit that it's time to trade in the skis for snowshoes.]]></description><author> Carol Sottili</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Winter Ski Issue]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39157-2003Dec5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39157-2003Dec5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Almost any ski mountain is fun when it's buried in fresh snow. But the mountains that keep you heading back onto the lift until closing even in times of thin snow and stubborn weather deserve special esteem.]]></description><author> John Briley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trends On/Off The Mountain]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39130-2003Dec5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39130-2003Dec5.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[You'd think the ski and snowboard industries would take time to catch their breath after a five-year period in which they moved almost every skier onto parabolic skis, almost every snowboarder into a grunge-star mountain outfit (and then herded them all into terrain parks), and almost every ticket holder under age 25 into a helmet. You'd be wrong. Innovation continues in the gear-intensive world of winter sports, and some of it will actually add comfort and performance to your skiing or boarding experience.]]></description><author> John Briley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hop on the Bunny Slope]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36298-2003Nov13.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36298-2003Nov13.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[There is no better antidote to that restless, stuck-inside tedium of the winter months than a brisk day going downhill fast.]]></description><author> Caroline Kettlewell</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Endless Summer of Skiing? In Chile, Yes.]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41373-2003Jun27.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41373-2003Jun27.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tumbling through the Chilean air like a pine cone in a tornado, I was a little worried: I was farther from the ground than I had planned, without the skis that seconds earlier had been clamped to my boots, and was upside down, a position that often leads others to remark, "Look at <em>that </em>idiot," and later, "Dearly beloved . . ."]]></description><author> John Briley</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Anti-Aspen]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17147-2003Feb28.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17147-2003Feb28.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[When skiing through the trees in nearly a foot of fresh powder, the violent release of one's ski bindings can sound a bit ominous. This was recently pointed out by one of my ski partners, who heard me torpedo head-first into the fluffy white stuff during one of the many days when it absolutely dumps snow at Colorado's Wolf Creek Ski Area.]]></description><author> Ben Brazil</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Knife, Fork and Skis]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8966-2003Feb14.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8966-2003Feb14.html?nav=rss_travel/archive/subject/skiing</guid><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:09:28 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In Italy's Piedmont region, site of the 2006 Winter Olympics, superb skiing meets stellar food and wine.]]></description><author>Robert V. Camuto</author></item></channel></rss>