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Article: Resorts taking aim at the 'slower' set
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- The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
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- January 9, 2005
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ALEXANDER DAVIS, CBS MarketWatch
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
01-09-2005
Resorts taking aim at the 'slower' set
By ALEXANDER DAVIS, CBS MarketWatch
Date: 01-09-2005, Sunday
Section: TRAVEL
Edtion: All Editions.=.Sunday
Last winter, roughly 57 million visitors descended on the nation's ski resorts. More and more of them went with little or no interest in actually riding a chairlift up the slopes and schussing down the mountain.
While alpine skiing and snowboarding remain two of the most popular choices for wintertime travel, a growing number of Americans believe that other snowy pursuits like snowshoeing and cross-country skiing are more their speed.
And that they are also more affordable. After ...