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Cuomo to open up slopes with expanded 'I SKI NY' bus service
The state is expanding the “I SKI NY" bus service to make it easier for New Yorkers to hit 13 upstate ski slopes, Gov. Cuomo announced Sunday. Only two ski...
Forget about Canada -- these New Yorkers earn hockey gold
Julia O’Brien stood in the freezing cold by Wollman Rink in snow-covered Central Park one night last week, watching her two daughters slide around on the ice. The girls were...
Women ski-jumpers take the leap for first time in 90 years
Gliding through the air, Sarah Hendrickson clears the equivalent distance of a New York City street block in less than four seconds, her reed-thin figure thrust unnaturally forward. Her nose...
10 ways to host your own winter games
Put down that dopey souvenir besom and back away from the HDTV — you're not spending the remainder of winter vicariously living through the US Olympic curling team (again)! Drought-plagued...
Snow Bus takes New Yorkers to the mountain -- beer included
It's 8 a.m. on a Saturday in Brooklyn, and a school bus idling outside the Barclays Center is filling with bleary-eyed 20- and 30-somethings. The radio is already blasting Britney...
Head for the hills! The Post rates NYC's slippery sled slopes
Snowfall brings New Yorkers out of their apartments and onto their sleds for some downhill action that makes everyone feel like a kid again. Here’s a roundup of some of...
Strap on snowshoes and tackle these four winter hikes
"If you can walk, you can snowshoe.” That’s the motto Kevin Rosenberg lives by. As the owner of Gear To Go Outfitters in Park Slope, the avid outdoorsman has been...
Best ponds and lakes for ice skating
Lots of lakes and ponds dot the outskirts of the city, and when temperatures drop below freezing — and stay there — these spots afford quieter skating with tree-lined views...
Glide into these new rinks for a New York skate of mind
The Rink at Brookfield Place 250 Vesey St. at North End Avenue Watch the Statue of Liberty spin by as you twirl around this 7,350-square-foot Battery Park rink. Sandwiched between...