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THE MICHIGAN DAILY
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1967
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1967
THE MICHIGAN DAILY
FOR CHRISTMAS:
New Books Make Popular, Personal Gifts=
By SIIARON FITZHENRY concentrating especially on the illustrated with photographs and rapher" (Bry, $6) A very fine col- Children's Books
activities in France. prints. lection."
Christmas books are personal "The Windsor Years" (Lord "Ports of Call" (Carse, 344 pp, OrsA Wreath of Christmas Leg-
presents, easy to send and easy Kinross, $16) A study of the Duke $7.95) Histories of American sea- 1 rends"' (McGinley, $3.95) 15 Medie-
to buy. Here are some suggestions of Windsor, his life and times, ports, includes stories of Ports-, "The Big Ten" (Wilson and val legends retold in poems by
as to what looks good for this written by a close friend and 11- mouth, Boston and Philadelphia. I Bronfield, $14.95) Historical re- the Pulitzer Prize winning poet.
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H "Pulitzer" (Swanberg $8.95) A $14.95) Fascinating account of sports from the 1890's to the pre- How the Groober finds a new hole,
History and Biography revealing portrait of one of, codes and ciphers . . . . a 3000 sent.;delightfully illustrated by the
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($15) The final volume in Will the author of 'Citizen Hearst'. "Crime and Science" (Thorwald, Story of the Mercedes Benz, ac- "Higglety, Pigglety Pop!" (Sen-
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on a trip through Italy, Germany the nursery queen.
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Students Seek Snowy Slopes in Eas
By MARY LOU SMITH
snow day in the East would be
If "powder" to you means a merely typical at Aspen, Andy
magic kind of snow-or even if says. The area is vast, the heightst
your first skis are this year's fantastic. A s p e n ' s mountains 1
Christmas present - miles of range from Ajax, a huge meccaI
mountains of fresh snow are wait- for experts, to Buttermilk, a wholet
ing for you. mountain for beginners.Z
The varieties of snow are be- Go in a group to Aspen and ski
wildering, so know what you're Ruthie's Run, where everyoner
looking for. The exeprts dream of from beginner to expert can en-f
the driest, most powdery snow. ; joy different parts of the same
But for others, packed snow skis slope and meet at the bottom. OrI
easier, and many areas pack their start at Star Basin and ski 20t
slopes if the snow comes down miles to Aspen, downhill all thet
powdery. way, says Andy. Snowmass, ac
For the most swinging after- mountain bigger than the rest of
ski life, go East. But if you want Aspen's combined, will open this
the best -skiing-the perfect snow year.;
-vast bowls and spaces to soar If you want lessons, an interna-
in-real mountains-the West is tional group of instructors teach'
the area. And Colorado is the all styles of skiing at low prices.'
state, according to Andy Snively This year renowned Stein Erik-
of the Ski Club, who - has just son is directing the school at
about skied them all. Snowmass.!
Aspen the Best Aspen is also the number one
Colorado, says Andy, boasts place for night life, says Murray
"THE place in the United States. Yoffee of the Ski Club, except for
rivaling anything in Europe." Of Lake Tahoe at the California bor-
course that place is Aspen, the' der. Not teenybopper or honkey-
favorite spot of the Ski Club, tonk, but a range from fast-action ;
according to president Fritz Wil- jeans-and- tee-shirt places to!
liams. very dress-up. A little expensive,!
Aspen has it all. The very best but worth it.!
Vail Area take advantage of it. Originally Son
Colorado boasts another spec- an Indian town, it now has an off
tacular ski area: a town, built in authentic Indian-Mexican-Span-
1962 and designed just to serve ish atmosphere. With good dry1T
skiers. A forest fire burned out snow and a high elevation, it of- Ver
the trees on the back of Vail; fers some of the most dependable all
Mountain, so it now offers vast snow in the United States. mos
unbroken terrain where skiers' California the
make their own paths and can California is not to be outdone, boa
even get lost in parts. Most of the however. Heavenly Valley, Squaw, an
slope is gentle enough for inter- the Alpine Meadows, all on Lake and
mediate skiers. But the back of Tahoe near the Nevada border, ter
the mountain has two huge na- offer cheap food and lodging on and
tural bowls: Sun-up and Sun- the California side plus gambling bac
down, named for the best time to and a spectacular night life on
ski them. ~n pcaua ih ieo
If yo watogotothe Nevada side, with free drinks has
If, you want to go to Colorado, for everybody in the casinos.-;sks
don't let short funds stop you.ski
There are many small weekend For spring skiing college stu- mor
places-much cheaper, beautiful, dents congregate at Mammoth legi
with excellent skiing, such as Mountain in California. One of ern
Winter Park. Arapahoe and Crest- the favorite features is Hot Creek, the
ed Butte. where you float in 110-degree
Utah
But Colorado doesn't have all
the snow. In Utah a place called
Alta has powder snow that is
world-renowed, deep and light, the
kind the experts yearn for. The
snow can be so light and feathery
you sometimes ski through, not on
it. Even when it hasn't snowed for
weeks, you can go off to a side
and be the first to make a trail.
But there are few trails for be-
ginners.
New Mexico
The southern Rockies have
some of the best snow, and Taos
in New Mexico is a good place to
water, drinking beer and wine and
listening to music. ski
Idaho is
Idaho boasts one of the oldest Hai
ski areas in the United States and sta
the world, Sun Valley. Beautiful, no
with large bowls to ski in, it is dor
nevertheless not recommended for to
students because of the formal, ma
expensive after-ski life. ste
The West offers the most open, fee
friendly after-ski and the best ,
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