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Article: Tackling the black At Wyoming's Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, diamonds can become a girl's best friend.(Going Places)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
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- February 11, 2007
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Byline: Dan Leeth Daily Herald Correspondent
TETON VILLAGE, Wyo. -I'm not sure De Beers would exactly approve, but I gave my wife, Dianne, the gift of diamonds for Christmas - black diamonds, that is.
North American ski areas use colors and shapes to signify the difficulty of runs. Green circles indicate easy trails suitable for novices. Blue squares grace intermediate slopes steeper in pitch. The most vertical terrain, those gnarly drops that help orthopedic surgeons afford exotic vacation retreats, garner black-diamond designation.
Although an avid skier, Dianne's favorite slope-sign color has always been blue. Diamonds of the black variety ...