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Dozens injured in Spanish ski lift collapse
Published on 18/01/2025
» MADRID - A ski lift collapsed at a resort in the Spanish region of Aragon on Saturday, injuring dozens of people, nine of them very seriously and eight seriously, the regional government said.
Backhoe rivalry, robbing granny, thief caught on job
News, Mae Moo, Published on 31/03/2024
» He's all thumbs
Piaget is perfect in party season
Life, Kanokporn Chanasongkram, Published on 29/12/2023
» Redefined as the Maison of Extraleganza, Piaget is ready for the New Year countdown with its holiday campaign featuring illustrations by Yukiko Noritake.
Kingdom ready to host 2025 edition
Sports, Published on 17/05/2023
» Three Thai cities are ready to organise the next SEA Games in 2025, officials said on Tuesday.
'Forget the war': Ukraine ski slope offers respite from conflict
AFP, Published on 06/03/2023
» BUKOVEL (UKRAINE) - Far from the Ukraine war's frontlines, only the whirring of generator-powered ski lifts disturbs the calm at Bukovel in the country's west, a winter resort nestled in the pine-forested Carpathian Mountains.
Rich developer vs the local paper
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 28/08/2022
» Summers in Aspen are usually a breezy idyll of sunny hikes and ice-cream socials, a season when rich tourists fly in to attend jazz festivals and soak up mountain views from their US$1,000 (35,000 baht)-a-night hotel rooms.
Oh, snow! Is This the End of the Trail Map?
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 20/03/2022
» At the end of this month, artist James Niehues will be inducted into the US Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame, in recognition of the almost 200 trail maps he has painted over his 34-year career. Skiers from M Bachelor, Oregon, to Sunday River, Maine, and many points in between, have held his work in their hands as they try to find the easiest -- or hardest -- way down.
Ski town rallies after resort closes
Sunday Spotlight, Published on 13/02/2022
» Jim Lyall briskly skied up Mount Ascutney, eagerly pointing out the view. We were skinning up a ski area in southern Vermont, but the chairlifts are long gone. At the top of the mountain, we arrived at an abandoned ski patrol cabin and lift station. A cold breeze whipped through the deserted structures. It had a ghostly, post-apocalyptic feel.
Mountain biking rivals skiing in Austria as Alps warm
AFP, Published on 26/08/2021
» SANKT CORONA (AUSTRIA) - A village in the Austrian Alps known for its family-friendly ski resort has been forced to adapt to waning snow due to climate change, turning to a new downhill sport -- mountain biking.
Swiss to keep skiing through pandemic, even as EU eyes ban
AFP, Published on 27/11/2020
» GENEVA: As EU countries debate a bloc-wide ban on ski holidays to curb coronavirus infections, downhill enthusiasts may be tempted to head to non-member Switzerland, where the winter season is well underway.