Skiing

Person skiing down a mountain wearing a red coat and helmet and golden skis. Their ski gear is covered in expensive gemstones and there are $100 bills all around them.
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Can’t ski, too broke

Yasmin Hassan January 15, 2025

So, uh, I’ve been invited to go skiing. Skiing? In this economy? Right, right, I forgot that not everyone has to choose between ski boots or textbooks every time the temperature drops and it snows all the way yonder on yee old mountains. The saying among us peasants is that you cannot have both unless you learn how to ski on financial aid papers. However, others in . . . another tax bracket may not see it this way.  You can tell someone grew up skiing when their idea of “saving money” is skipping apres-ski cocktails, not the $300 lift…

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Cypress Mountain announces plans to reopen with slate of dirt-centred activities

EIC February 23, 2015

[caption id="attachment_523" align="alignright" width="230"] Illustration by Anosha Ashfaq[/caption] After experiencing disappointing levels of snowfall since opening in November, local ski destination Cypress Mountain has reportedly halted regular attractions and will, for the rest of the “season,” be offering a new…

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