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• Gogolen 'wraps' WCup tele week
  
  

  The knee passed the test.
  That was the primary objective last week, as Tommy Gogolen returned to competition at the Telemark World Cup in Steamboat. But as it turned out, the Breckenridge tele racer also skied to his career-best Worl

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• Mancuso, Pinturault win parallel slalom WCup races
  
  MOSCOW - Julia Mancuso of the United States and Alexis Pinturault of France dominated the parallel slalom World Cup races on a giant ramp in Moscow on Tuesday.
  Mancuso dominated Michaela Kirchgasser of Austria in both runs in t

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• Some Vail Resorts passes blacked out this weekend
  
  The last pass restrictions of the 2011-12 season will be in effect at Vail and Beaver Creek during Presidents Day weekend on Saturday and Sunday. The following passes are restricted on those two days. They are valid on Presidents Day,

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• Be careful in the backcountry, experts warn
  
  
  Officials with the Colorado Avalanche Information Center warn backcountry users to be extra cautious this weekend, as avalanche danger remains elevated, and backcountry travels are likely to increase.
  The center's special av

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• Snowboarding's Beginnings: The struggle to allow snowboarding
  
  

  After the first few snowboarding competitions began to pop up around the country in the early- and mid-1980s, the struggle to allow snowboarders onto ski resorts began. Although Ski Cooper opened its slopes to snowboarders after hosti

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