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Now that the leaves are turning, we are hearing more and more from ski resorts out West.

Through the end of the day, season passes are reduced at Taos Ski Valley and the great state of Utah (whose largest city is featured in our Travel section this week) is touting upgrades to eight different resorts (details here

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and should be at skiutah.com next week). Among them: North America’s first heated chair lift. Sounds toasty.

We’ll pass along more ski tips, info and links as we get them.

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