21.   As a ski area, Crested Butte cannot match the size or glitz of the larger ski resorts in Colorado, like Aspen, Vail and Breckenridge.

22.   As long as ski resorts have attracted fun-seekers, there has been more than one way of getting down the mountain.

23.   Aspen is a real town, with Victorian buildings and Western charm, as well as a ski resort.

24.   Assemble them in a secluded Swiss ski resort, and then surround them with gun-toting police.

25.   At The Boardinghouse, a store owned by Heavenly ski resort that sells snowboarding clothes and accessories, employees were busy cleaning up.

26.   At the nearby Utah ski resorts, where loads of condo rooms are going begging during the Games and some lodges are offering free skiing.

27.   At some ski resorts, the wearer of an Access watch can purchase and download ski lift passes into the watch.

28.   At the Moscow General Store, in humble Moscow, an old mill town near the ski resort of Stowe, Alex and Sarah LeVeille have introduced flavored coffees.

29.   Avalanche fatalities are exceedingly rare for skiers schussing in-bounds and obeying posted warning signs at North American ski resorts.

30.   Because the company has no mortgages, it is financially healthier than most other ski resorts.