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Skippress - US Vol. 7 No. 2 - Index

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departments
EDITORIAL
06 Cars, Planes and Helicopters
to Heaven
Want to star in your own ski movie? Peter Kray says
the fi lm starts rolling when you walk out the door.
SNOLIFE
08 Scot’s van, Crystal’s chair, Steep or Cheap and
Curious Pete’s burning question: what mountains
make the locals dream?
SNODIVA
14 Style
When you’re on the run, Diva, you need gizmos to
make your trip divalicious. You need ‘em, we’ve got
‘em. Got diamonds, too.
16 Jetset
Diva goes to Utah, where she meets a cutie in the
woods, eats with Robert Redford — well, eats at
Bob’s restaurant — and imbibes one (or perhaps
more than one) blueberry mojito.
PARK HITS
18 Road Trip
Gas up the jalopy. Graham Gephart rocks out a ski
tour, hill by snowy hill.
BOARDROOM
20 Style
Denim’s back, and so is the sweet simplicity of cool
new gear that lets you focus on the snow.
ALPINE TIP
22 Get the Upper Hand
Nick Herrin helps you fi nd the balance — and the
move — you need to get a hand up on the steeps
this year.
4 THE TRAVEL ISSUE 2008
MOUNTAIN GIRL
24 Avoid the Danger Zones
Tempted to teach your honey to ski? Mountain Girl
has some stern advice. Better read it before you lead
that honey to the hill.
ICON
62 The Ski Train
Love is a train, and it’s rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ with a
mountain of happy memories.
features
COVER STORY
34 Is This Skitopia?
The 2002 Olympic Winter Games helped launch
Utah into skiing’s stratosphere. From powder to
pros to plane-to-slope access, here’s a look at just
what Ski America’s new Cover State is up to.
TRAVEL
35 The World’s Best Ski Vacations
From the Classic to La Crème to the absolute
Cutting Edge, we pick the places you should ski and
be this year.
FASHION
50 A Week in Whistler
Fashionista Jenn Weede sends postcards home from
the BC Coast. Photographed by Kevin Arnold.
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regional sections
YOUR TOWN, USA
Oh, exotic travel is grand. But in the words of
Dorothy, “There’s no place like home.” After you’ve
been to Oz, you need to know what’s going down
in Kansas. This is where you read all about it.
But what if you wanna know what cousin Bob’s
skiing in Jersey? Logon our online magazine,
skipressworld.com, and read all about that, too.
EAST
04 Vermont: Winter’s Title State
What’s wild and wonderful in the Green Mountains.
08 Great Vacations in the East
Inns you’ll love in snow country.
10 Eastern Calendar
What’s happening in the East.
MIDWEST
04 What’s new in the Midwest
Mike Terrell brings you up to speed.
08 Great Vacations in the Midwest
Three places for three very different skiers.
10 Mad River Mountain
Oh, that Mad River! Mike likes this one, too.
13 Midwestern Calendar
What’s happening in the Heartland
WEST
04 Great Vacations in the West
Graham Gephart uncovers the undiscovered.
06 Western Calendar
What’s happening in the Wild West.
On the cover: Brian Beck, deep under the endless blue ocean at Alta, Utah. Photo by Scott Markewitz
This page: Lyndsey Dyer photographed by Tony Harrington/harroart.com in the backcountry of Treble Cone, New Zealand.