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With only 100 acres of skiing, Bears Town, South Korea, did 400,000 skier visits last year. A high-density, high-tech resort, Bears Town has an eye-popping array of lifts and 46 Turbocristal snow guns (sidebar). The resort offers night skiing and sledding, as well as an array of apres-ski facilities for a total vacation experience, summer or winter.

Ske-Cology was developed at Vail to teach young skiers about the environment. Children learn about wildlife while they ski, and they just may pass the word to their parents.

Snow Country asked skiers, townees, environmentalists and area executives their opinions and knowledge of environmental issues. The survey reveals that their opinions are not necessarily contrary. Here's how they agreed, disagreed and didn't know.

A speak out against ski discount cards.

An open letter to Ed Pitoniak, Editor of Ski Magazine.

A spirited editorial on the effects of large ski conglomerates on their smaller siblings.

King Ridge, N.H., went tragically out of existence. Was it necessary? This article tells the story of the failure of yet another ski area.

A review of the highly successful snowmobile race held at Spirit Mountain, Minn. The event was voted "Snowmobiling event of the year".

A summary of construction at ski areas across the U.S. from the summer of 1995.