The areas are close enough, just nine miles apart, so that some people ski both in one day on a single ticket.

Because fewer people ski the runs, the snow stays fresh longer.

At the same time, with the gas prices and economic problems, people are skiing closer to home, which means they are on smaller hills.

And since the 1930s, that is how people have skied it.

Obviously, she was a merit selection, because few people can ski with their head inside a big fur fishbowl.

Before tows, only people willing to walk uphill could ski.

"So many people ski it now that the landing gets very rutted with hard snow," he said.

"And we are planning the housing so that people can ski to and from the slopes."

Whereas most people don't ski because they don't have the money.

As for me, I just feel better watching people ski on the Web cams.