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Snow Reports:

Arapahoe Basin closed H 77° L 40° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 8 Base Lower/Upper /

Ashcroft Ski Touring closed H 70° L 38° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of Base Lower/Upper /

Aspen Highlands closed H 70° L 38° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 5 Base Lower/Upper /

Aspen Mountain closed H 70° L 38° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 8 Base Lower/Upper /

Aspen/Snowmass Nordic Trail System closed H 70° L 38° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of Base Lower/Upper /

Beaver Creek closed H 69° L 39° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 25 Base Lower/Upper /

Breckenridge closed H 66° L 41° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 31 Base Lower/Upper /

Buttermilk closed H 70° L 38° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 8 Base Lower/Upper /

Copper Mountain Resort closed H 67° L 40° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 22 Base Lower/Upper /

Crested Butte Mountain Resort closed H 69° L 39° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 16 Base Lower/Upper /

Crested Butte Nordic Center closed H 69° L 39° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of Base Lower/Upper /

Devil's Thumb Ranch closed H 69° L 37° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of Base Lower/Upper /

Durango closed H 64° L 34° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open 9 of 10 Base Lower/Upper 47/51

Eldora Mountain Resort closed H 71° L 40° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 11 Base Lower/Upper /

Gold Run Nordic Center closed H 66° L 41° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of Base Lower/Upper /

Grand Lake Touring Center closed H 68° L 40° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of Base Lower/Upper /

Irwin closed H 58° L 32° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 1 Base Lower/Upper /

Kendall Mountain Ski Area closed H 60° L 38° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 1 Base Lower/Upper /

Keystone closed H 65° L 38° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 20 Base Lower/Upper /

Loveland Ski Area closed H 68° L 39° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 9 Base Lower/Upper /

Monarch Mountain closed H 75° L 45° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 6 Base Lower/Upper /

Powderhorn Resort closed H 79° L 47° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 4 Base Lower/Upper /

Purgatory at Durango Mountain Resort closed H 80° L 39° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 10 Base Lower/Upper /

Silverton Mountain closed H 60° L 38° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 1 Base Lower/Upper /

Ski Cooper closed H 59° L 32° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 5 Base Lower/Upper /

Ski Granby Ranch closed H 69° L 38° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 5 Base Lower/Upper /

Ski Hesperus closed H 77° L 44° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 1 Base Lower/Upper /

Snow Mountain Ranch closed H 69° L 38° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of Base Lower/Upper /

Snowmass closed H 67° L 38° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 21 Base Lower/Upper /

SolVista Basin closed H 50° L 28° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open 0 of 5 Base Lower/Upper 24/25

Steamboat closed H 76° L 49° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 18 Base Lower/Upper /

Steamboat Ski Touring Center closed H 73° L 50° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of Base Lower/Upper /

Sunlight Mountain Resort closed H 74° L 42° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 3 Base Lower/Upper /

Telluride Ski Resort closed H 60° L 38° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 18 Base Lower/Upper /

Tennessee Pass Nordic Center closed H 59° L 32° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of Base Lower/Upper /

Vail closed H 67° L 40° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 31 Base Lower/Upper /

Vail Resorts Nordic School closed H 68° L 40° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of Base Lower/Upper /

Vista Verde Ranch closed H 69° L 38° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of Base Lower/Upper /

Winter Park closed H 68° L 39° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 26 Base Lower/Upper /

Wolf Creek Ski Area closed H 79° L 38° 24 hour snow " 48 hours snow " Lifts Open of 7 Base Lower/Upper /

Women's Giant Slalom Results

Val D'Isere, France Dec. 10 (AP)--Results Thursday from a women's giant slalom race (first and second runs in parentheses):

1. Michaela Dorfmeister, Austria, 2:17.10 (1:08.67-1:08.43).

2. Silvia Berger, Austria, 2:17.92 (1:08.76-1:09.16).

3. Regine Cavagnoud, France, 2:18.62 (1:08.65-1:09.97).

4. Sonja Nef, Switzerland, 2:18.99 (1:08.98-1:10.01).

5. Anita Wachter, Austria, 2:19.03 (1:09.23-1:09.80).

6. Sylviane Berthod, Switzerland, 2:19.21 (1:10.37-1:08.84).

7. Anja Paerson, Sweden, 2:19.40 (1:09.85-1:09.55).

8. Silke Bachmann, Italy, 2:19.43 (1:09.53-1:09.90).

9. Birgit Heeb, Liechtenstein, 2:19.59 (1:09.39-1:10.20).

10. Corinne Rey Bellet, Switzerland, 2:19.89 (1:09.67-1:10.22).

11. Karen Putzer, Italy, 2:19.92 (1:09.71-1:10.21).

12. Allison Forsyth, Canada, 2:19.94 (1:09.46-1:10.48).

13. Anna Ottosson, Sweden, 2:20.16 (1:10.05-1:10.11).

14. Janica Kostelic, Croatia, 2:20.17 (1:10.07-1:10.10).

15. Melanie Lenoir, France, 2:20.20 (1:10.59-1:09.61).

16. Kristina Duvillard, France, 2:20.27 (1:10.44-1:09.83).

17. Sarah Schleper, Vail, Colo., 2:20.42 (1:10.22-1:10.20).

18. Andrine Flemmen, Norway, 2:20.58 (1:09.79-1:10.79).

19. Maria Jose Rienda Contreras, Spain, 2:20.73 (1:10.16-1:10.57).

20. Stefanie Schuster, Austria, 2:20.81 (1:10.61-1:10.20).

21. Denise Karbon, Italy, 2:20.88 (1:10.74-1:10.14).

22. Sabina Panzanini, Italy, 2:20.90 (1:10.96-1:09.94).

(tie) Isolde Kostner, Italy, 2:20.90 (1:10.74-1:10.16).

24. Spela Pretnar, Slovenia, 2:20.93 (1:10.18-1:10.75).

25. Christiane Mitterwallner, Austria, 2:21.23 (1:10.26-1:10.97).

26. Eveline Rohregger, Austria, 2:21.27 (1:10.20-1:11.07).

27. Brigitte Obermoser, Austria, 2:21.33 (1:10.35-1:10.98).

28. Leila Piccard, France, 2:21.41 (1:10.52-1:10.89).

29. Martina Ertl, Germany, 2:21.81 (1:10.54-1:11.27).

Did Not Qualify for Second Run

Urska Hrovat, Slovenia; Lilian Kummer, Switzerland; Martina Fortkord, Sweden; Tanja Schneider, Austria; Karin Koellerer, Austria; Ylva Nowen, Sweden; Ana Galindo Santolaria, Spain; Hilde Gerg, Germany; Sonia Vierin, Italy; Caroline Lalive, Steamboat Springs, Colo.; Petra Haltmayer, Germany; Natasa Bokal, Slovenia; Maddalena Planatscher, Italy; Susanne Ekman, Sweden; Ruth Kuendig, Switzerland; Janette Hargin, Sweden; Lucie Hrstkova, Czech Republic; Malin Hultdin, Sweden; Gro Kvinlog, Norway; Daniela Ceccarelli, Italy; Marianna Salchinger, Austria; Nicole Gius, Italy; Ingrid Jacquemod, France; Merete Fjeldavlie, Norway.

Did Not Finish Second Run

Pernilla Wiberg, Sweden.

Did Not Start First Run

Tiziana De Martin Tropanin, Italy.

Did Not Finish First Run

Renate Goetschl, Austria; Fujiko Sekino, France; Mojca Suhadolc, Slovenia; Alenka Dovzan, Slovenia; Simone Behringer, Germany; Karin Huttary, Sweden; Kjersti Bjorn-Roli, Anchorage, Alaska; Tina Maze, Slovenia; Carolina Ruiz Castillo, Spain; Kristina Koznick, Burnsville, Minn.; Sofia Akjmeteli, Georgia.

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Overall Standings (After Nine Events)

1. Michaela Dorfmeister, Austria, 342 points.

2, Janica Kostelic, Croatia, 320.

3. Isolde Kostner, Italy, 319.

4. Renate Goetschl, Austria, 287.

5. Regine Cavagnoud, France, 280.

6. Hilde Gerg, Germany, 256.

7. Sonja Nef, Switzerland, 222.

8. Mojca Suhadolc, Slovenia, 221.

9. Anita Wachter, Austria, 203.

10. Pernilla Wiberg, Sweden, 192.

11. Silvia Berger, Austria, 191.

12. Anja Paerson, Sweden, 166.

13. Sylviane Berthod, Switzerland, 155.

(tie) Corinne Rey Bellet, Switzerland, 155.

15. Anna Ottosson, Sweden, 148.

16. Karen Putzer, Italy, 143.

17. Trine Bakke, Norway, 140.

18. Christel Saioni, France, 136.

19. Brigitte Obermoser, Austria, 126.

20. Allison Forsyth, Canada, 121.

21. Silke Bachmann, Italy, 118.

22. Spela Pretnar, Slovenia, 113.

23. Martina Ertl, Germany, 101.

24. Andrine Flemmen, Norway, 99.

25. Tanjja Schneider, Austria, 96.

26. Melanie Turgeon, Canada, 83.

27. Sabine Egger, Austria, 82.

28. Christiane Mitterwallner, Austria, 80.

29. Eveline Rohregger, Austria, 79.

30. Maria Jose Rienda Contreras, Spain, 67.

Other North Americans

40. Kristina Koznick, Burnsville, Minn., 42.

44. Sarah Schleper, Vail, Colo., 38.

64. Emily Brydon, Canada, 16.

72. Jonna Mendes, South Lake Tahoe, Calif., 12.

76. Kirsten L. Clark, Raymond, Maine, 9.

78. Caroline Lalive, Steamboat Springs, Colo., 8.

Giant Slalom

(After Four Events)

1. Michaela Dorfmeister, Austria, 292.

2. Sonja Nef, Switzerland, 196.

3. Regine Cavagnoud, France, 190.

4. Anita Wachter, Austria, 185.

5. Silvia Berger, Austria, 173.

6. Anna Ottosson, Sweden, 140.

7. Karen Putzer, Italy, 118.

(tie) Silke Bachmann, Italy, 118.

9. Renate Goetschl, Austria, 117.

10. Allison Forsyth, Canada, 96.

Other North Americans

28. Sarah Schleper, Vail, Colo., 27.

32. Kristina Koznick, Burnsville, Minn., 24.

42. Caroline Lalive, Steamboat Springs, Colo., 8.

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