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In this photo taken Aug. 26, 2010, Mike Goar, managing director of The Canyons in Park City, Utah, tries one of the ski resort's new chairs, which can warm up to 55 degrees and have a bubble that swings over passengers like a pair of goggles in Park City, Utah. The Canyons is among Utah ski resorts making big investments for the future. (AP Photo/Paul Foy)

Utah ski areas add bubble chair, amenities

The Canadian Press - Wed Sep 1, 2:48 PM

PARK CITY, Utah - Utah's fastest growing ski area is spending millions of dollars to reconfigure the mountain and add North America's first heated chair lift with a bubble shield that swings over passengers like a pair of orange goggles.

  • Shown is the di Rosa art preserve in Napa, Calif., Wednesday, July 14, 2010. The preserve features groundbreaking artworks from the San Francisco Bay area set in 217 acres of vineyard, gardens, and natural landscape at the southern end of the Napa Valley. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
    Five vine values in the Napa Valley The Canadian Press - Tue Aug 31, 4:26 PM

    NAPA, Calif. - No doubt about it, the Napa Valley can be expensive. Hundred-dollar bottle of wine? They've got it. Thousand-a-night hotel suite? Right this way. But there are vine values to be found if you know where to look.

  • Five-day Corvette tour will lap Kentucky The Canadian Press - Tue Aug 31, 1:29 PM

    BOWLING GREEN, Ky. - A "One Lap of Kentucky" tour sponsored by the National Corvette Museum will take riders on a five-day tour of some of the state's top attractions.

  • Water, wind build Great Sand Dunes The Canadian Press - Tue Aug 31, 12:11 PM

    MOSCA, Colo. - Driving up to Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, the view seems almost silly: Across from shallow creeks at the base of the 4,260-metre Sangre de Cristo Mountains sit the largest sand piles in North America, kept in place by wind and water.

  • Backpacking website wins travel blog award The Canadian Press - Tue Aug 31, 9:47 AM

    TORONTO - A website dedicated to backpacking in Canada was named best travel blog at the Canadian Tourism Commission's GoMedia 2010 awards.

  • Snakes, whales on Manitoba video site The Canadian Press - Tue Aug 31, 9:45 AM

    WINNIPEG - Need an idea on what to see during a visit to Manitoba? A new online campaign by Travel Manitoba offers video clips from around the province, ranging from whale watching at Churchill to snake handling near Narcisse.


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