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Timberline Lodge - MT Hood
Temperature: 29º
Sky: Overcast
Wind: 5-15 MPH NW
New Snow: 1"

UPCOMING EVENTS AT TIMBERLINE

Timberline / Signal Sports Women's Demo
December 10th Timberline and Signal Sports have teamed up to bring you a great day of skiing and snowboarding on December 10th. We'll have the following top winter brands on the hill, ready to let you try out their newest products: Volkl, K2, Salomon, Head, Nordica, Rossignol, Dynastar, Roxy and Burton.
www.timberlinelodge.com

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Jessica Kelley Wins Aspen Start
KEYSTONE, Colo. (Nov. 17) - Jessica Kelley (Starksboro, VT), who led a giant slalom time trial in Austria last month to fill a World Cup start spot, did it again Friday to earn a start in the Sirius Satellite Radio Aspen Winternational GS Nov. 25 while NorAm overall champion Jake Zamansky (Aspen, CO) clinched a slalom start at Beaver Creek in two weeks.


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KEYSTONE, Colo. (Nov. 17) - Jessica Kelley (Starksboro, VT), who led a giant slalom time trial in Austria last month to fill a World Cup start spot, did it again Friday to earn a start in the Sirius Satellite Radio Aspen Winternational GS Nov. 25 while NorAm overall champion Jake Zamansky (Aspen, CO) clinched a slalom start at Beaver Creek in two weeks.

"Just like Soelden last month, Jess led all three runs; she's been skiing awesome," Head Coach Patrick Riml said. "In fact, the same three girls who earned starts in Soelden did it again at Keystone - Katie Hitchcock (Sacramento, CA) and Caitlin Ciccone (Bethlehem, NH) will start in Aspen, too." Veteran Kirsten Clark (Raymond, ME) and Keeley Kelleher (Big Sky, MT) also competed for the start spot. The race will be the World Cup debut for Ciccone, the defending U.S. giant slalom champion.

While the women were running their time trial on the lower part of North Peak's Starfire run, three men competed for one place in the VISA Birds of Prey slalom Dec. 3 at Beaver Creek. Zamansky had the fastest time over two runs to edge Warner Nickerson (Gilford, NH) and Tim Kelley (Starksboro, VT), Jessica's brother and a Development Team racer. "It went well. Keystone's done such a great job with preparing the conditions - really, outstanding snowmaking for us," Head Coach Phil McNichol said, "and it was pretty cool. We ran the time trials simultaneously, guys up top with a little overlap on courses, and the women at the bottom of the course...definitely pretty cool."
In addition, McNichol said the final slalom start was awarded to T.J. Lanning (Park City, UT). Originally, U.S. coaches planned to fill the seventh SL start based on results from the Chevrolet Super Series slaloms Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at Keystone. However, since Lanning already had skied so well in training to earn a super combined berth, and that would give him familiarity with the World Cup slalom hill, coached decided to have Lanning be the final U.S. skier in the VISA race.
www.usskiteam.com

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Eastern Mountain Sports
Squaw Valley Institute
Sierra Winter Sports Presentation: From Longboards to Olympics February 8, 2007 - Olympic Bar One 6:30 - 7:00 No Host Bar. Program Begins at 7:00
Historian Mark McLaughlin , will present a slide show and stories chronicling the days of Snowshoe Thompson and longboard ski racing, leading up to the development of organized skiing in the Lake Tahoe region and culminating in the 1960 Winter Olympic Games at Squaw Valley .

Tickets for this program are $10.00 each and can be purchased at the door. Children under 12 and students with ID are Free

www.squawvalleyinstitute.org

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Innsbruck and six neighbouring villages ( Patscherkofel and Muttereralm ) Olympic event sites from teh past.

You can quite safely say that the Patscherkofel and Muttereralm mountains are the Innsbruckers’ home terrain, both being excellent ski areas located within just a few kilometres from town. In both 1964 and 1976 Patscherkofel came into the international spotlight as the location for the Olympic downhill races. The Muttereralm ski lifts have recently undergone a total makeover, with brand new cabin cable cars and chair lifts providing swift access to a variety of pistes. With its beginner’s slopes, runs for ad-vanced skiers and ski touring potential, the area is the ideal spot for all the family

Innsbruck and six villages in the vicinity of Patscherkofel and Muttereralm have now put together a variety of attractive ski packages, providing a choice of five different types of accommodation, which range from basic local inns to spa resort hotels, to luxury 5 star hotels in the city. Starting from 69 Euros per person, the basic package includes one night’s bed and breakfast accommodation, a 2-day ski pass for Patscherkofel and Muttereralm as well as ski-bus transfers. All packages are available for Innsbruck, Igls, Patsch, Rinn, Mutters, Natters and Götzens.

If you are staying more than four nights, you may wish to opt for greater skiing variety and go for the Glacier Skipass, which – for a small supplement – enables you to dis-cover seven additional neighbouring ski areas. This special ski package is available from December 9th until April 7th for you to enjoy maximum skiing fun at minimum cost in Innsbruck and six surrounding holiday villages. Apart from the Christmas pe-riod (December 26th - January 6th), when a minimum stay of three nights is required, the packages are available for between one and seven nights.

Information: Innsbruck Tourismus, tel. +43-512-59850, office@innsbruck.info, www.innsbruck.info,