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Sledding was a huge part of my swiss upbringing, so it comes to no surprise that this Sled Coffee Table and Rug made me smile.

The EPIC sledding hill was getting its usual winter-storm workout Wednesday morning as parents and children began sledding.

With more than a foot of snow already on the ground in many parts of metropolitan Denver, the snow just kept falling Thursday morning.

The EPIC sledding hill was getting its usual winter-storm workout Wednesday morning as parents and children began sledding.

Pierre Lueders and Lascelles Brown cross the finish line in fifth during a 2007 race in Calgary.

Edmonton bobsled star Pierre Lueders poses with a group of school kids at Canada Olympic Park yesterday.

Mention the sport of dog sledding and most people think of the Iditarod. No musher can enter the Iditarod without undergoing intensive training.

Miami entered the weekend No. 8 nationally. It emerged No. 5 in its league's divisional standings.

Getting across snow-covered terrain at a rate equal to or better than the venerable dogsled has been an interesting challenge tackled by inventors for over a century.

When you attend this year's show, there's going to be a dizzying array of sleds to look at and be seduced by, but how do you know which one will work for your particular needs? Knowing what your needs are is the obvious, but so is knowing that not all snowmobiles are the same, and that it goes beyond what tweaks the manufacturers have done.

Helen Upperton hates fourth place. Loathes it. It brought her disappointment and regret in 2006.

Travelers can be whisked up the mountain by cable car for hiking and return using a winding metal toboggan track.

Trains, planes and motorised sled manufacturer Bombardier on Tuesday unveiled the torch it has created to be used for Canada's upcoming Olympic Winter Games.

Searchers have found a snowmobile at the bottom of Sandy Lake believed to belong to Shane Verbeek, 30, who went missing after he rode out onto the lake following an Oct 11 freeze.

It is easily an overused expression to describe someone as being 'a breed apart,' but how about a guy who rides a sled pulled by a pack of dogs across the Bering Sea in minus-85 wind chill? And can't wait to do it again.

Sledding at Indiana Dunes State Park will be banned this winter, but an engineering project to repair storm damage to the pavilion parking lot will be complete by 2010, the Indiana Department of Natural Resources says.

The cold air has been settling in lately and my thoughts have been turning to winter and snow.

Allegheny County is appealing a $500,000 judgment a Turtle Creek woman won in a lawsuit claiming the county negligently allowed hay bales at the bottom of a sled-riding hill to freeze solid, but she won "a good victory," her attorney said.

Olympic silver medalist Lascelles Brown, brakeman on the Canadian national bobsled team, goes through his weight training regimen in this Sept.

There's no snow on the ground yet but dog mushers are busy gearing up for the upcoming season.

Organisers of a traditional criterium in Valencia obviously didn't see the irony of pitting Messrs Valverde and Basso against a six-dog sled team last weekend.

A question as to who will plow the Riverfront Park parking lot this winter has evolved into a question regarding park accessibility in the winter, something that may be necessary because of a grant stipulation that the park be four seasons.

It's a tradition to be first to taste the first summer ice cream. The Beaverdale institution opens sometime in April and closes in September.

Published: Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 8:58 p.m. Every kid knows how exhilarating it is to race downhill in the snow, but for grown-ups a sled can be as practical as it is fun.

"Bugger off, and take your stupid TV series with you." So said Alan Marshall, my choleric London producing partner of many years, to David De Silva his New York co-producer on Fame .

Workers finished hanging the Olympic murals outside of the Hudson's Bay Company in downtown Vancouver Tuesday September 29, 2009.