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The Joy of Cooking (first edition 1931) uses the word "Cockaigne" to indicate that the recipe was a favorite of the authors' parents. A ski resort in Cherry Creek, New York bore the name Cockaigne until its 2011 closure. [16] New ownership announced the resort would reopen in December 2019. [17]
Comparison table of North American ski resorts Resort name and website Nearest city ... Cockaigne Resort: Cherry Creek: New York: 2.022 1,592 430 100 11 3 175 $50
The local ski resorts primarily offer alpine skiing while the numerous state parks use their hiking trails for cross-country skiing. Overall, the state of New York is the third-most popular skiing destination in the United States, behind Colorado and California , with neighboring Vermont a close fourth.
Of the 503 ski areas, 390 are "public U.S. ski areas that run chairlifts" and "113 either run only surface lifts, or are not open to the general public", says to Storm Skiing. [5] Of the 390 public, chairlift areas, 233 or 60% have joined one or more United States–based, international multi-mountain ski pass , according to Storm Skiing.
Colorado offers many ski resorts. The following table compares their various sizes, runs, lifts, and snowfall: Name Nearest city Skiable area (acres)
Boyne Resorts is an owner and operator of ski and golf resorts in North America. The company employs over 10,000 full-time and seasonal staff. It operates 12 resort properties including 10 ski resorts, an adventure park, and 12 golf courses.
"The Big Rock Candy Mountains", first recorded and copyrighted by Harry McClintock in 1928, [3] is a country folk song about a hobo's idea of paradise, a modern version of the medieval concept of Cockaigne. It is a place where "hens lay soft-boiled eggs" and there are "cigarette trees".
Hesperus Ski Area; Hoedown Hill; Howelsen Hill; Kendall Mountain; Keystone; Lake City Ski Hill [citation needed] [3] Lee's Ski Hill; Loveland; Monarch Mountain; Powderhorn Resort; Purgatory Resort (name changed back from Durango Mountain Resort in 2015) [4] Silverton Mountain; Ski Cooper; Ski Granby Ranch (formerly SolVista Basin and Silver ...