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Most people you know can’t believe that you don’t need to live near snow to be able to ski.
The Jamaican bobsled team proved in 1988 that a country needn’t be covered in snow to participate in the Winter Olympic Games. Although the Jamaican bobsledders failed to qualify for the… Read the rest

Remember when Olympic organizers in Vancouver, British Columbia closed Cypress Mountain early this year in order to preserve snow for the 2010 Winter games? Well it looks like that might not have been enough.
Skinet.com is reporting that conditions at the resort are now so grim that dump trucks have… Read the rest

Whistler Ski Resort, the home of the 2010 Winter Olympic downhill races, has been seized by lenders. While the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC) has said that the events will go as planned, the resort is to be auctioned off on February 19 — one week after the opening ceremony.
Meanwhile,… Read the rest