Into the great white open

amber | Snow Sports | Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Into the great white open

** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ** ** FILE ** Skiers are shown on their way down the 3,000 meter peak of Piz Nair in St. Moritz, Switzerland in this Dec. 18, 2002 file photo.  (AP Photo/Keystone/Arno Balzarini. File)Last summer, 27 people from Northeast Ohio went skiing together in Valle Nevado, Chile, where the Southern Hemisphere resort was in the throes of winter.


Skiing at Whistler: Perfect powder at a price

** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ** This undated photo provided by Tourism Whistler shows a skier on the slopes in Whistler, British Columbia. (AP Photo/Eric Berger)A dozen years ago, a roommate and I were wasting away another rainy winter night in Seattle when we decided to drive the pickup truck five hours north to Whistler. We left at 10 p.m., pulled into the lot near the lifts and spent a few fitful, freezing hours of semi-sleep in the cab until sunrise.


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