10 km and 15 km Combined Skiing

Skating on a frozen lake was fun. So was taking a dogsled ride, trekking to an ice-encrusted gorge and learning how to cross-country ski beneath snowcapped evergreens. The sheer variety of winter activities in the upstate Lake Placid area, combined...

Until the day a U.S. athlete can claim supremacy in nordic combined -- or even claim an Olympic medal -- Todd Lodwick will have to be satisfied with Americans' expertise in other sports. Finland won the event this year. "Do you watch a lot of the...

Amusement Parks Apple Blossom Village, 690 Allegheny Rd., Mt. Bethel, 570-897-9050, www.appleblossomvillage.com Bushkill Amusement Park, 2100 Bushkill Center Rd., Easton, 610-258-6941. Rides, food, 18-hole miniature golf course, Carousel Candy Factory...

A battalion of concierges, masseuses, chefs, sommeliers and valets has secured another frontier outpost, establishing a stronghold of luxury here in the midst of the Rocky Mountain wilderness. The weekend before Thanksgiving, I was lucky enough to come...

Near the end of Friday night's Opening Ceremony for the 19th Winter Olympics, in a protocol-mandated segment called "Symbol of Peace," the cellist Yo-Yo Ma and the singer Sting performed a song he had popularized titled, "Fragile." The evocative sound of...

To the thunderous explosion of a massive fireworks display that dappled the colors of the rainbow on the snow-capped mountains of the Wasatch Range, the XIXth Olympic Winter Games drew to a close Sunday night, an Olympics notable for judging controversies...

Straddling the Farmington River in Barkhamsted are two forests donated to the state more than 70 years ago. The people of Connecticut express their appreciation for these gifts every day in the most demonstrative way: They use them. On the west bank is...