Skating on a frozen lake was fun. So was taking a dogsled ride, trekking to an ice-encrusted gorge and learning how to cross-country ski beneath snowcapped evergreens. The sheer variety of winter activities in the upstate Lake Placid area, combined ...

Zermatt: where better skiing is child's play - Daily Telegraph

Crash! At six o'clock on a Tuesday evening in March, a large man is leaping about in the crèche of the Hotel Schweizerhof in Zermatt. He hauls a boy to his feet and grabs him by the shoulders. "Come on, Tom, get twisting! Imagine there's a word ...

Man and granddaughter found alive after being stranded on jet skiing ... - New Orleans Times-Picayune

A Chalmette man and his granddaughter who failed to return home Sunday from a jet skiing trip in Chalmette were found alive and in relatively good shape Monday morning after spending a cold night under a piece of tarp in Bayou Bienvenue, according to ...

Wind, heavy snow create Avalanche danger - KUSA-TV

KUSA - The weekend storm that brought as much as 4 feet of snow to the northern mountains coupled with 100 mph winds has created extreme avalanche danger. The northern and central mountains of Colorado are under an AVALANCHE WARNING through 10 a.m ...

Rescuers locate missing jet skiers - United Press International

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A Louisiana man and his granddaughter who failed to return from a jet skiing trip were located by rescuers Monday morning. Michael Nohrenberg, 54, of Chalmette, La., and his granddaughter, Kalie, 11, of Houston, were ...