CONWAY — Being outside ... Feeling the brisk air and sunshine on a bluebird day ... Seeing the beauty of the mountains as you cruise down a slope, experiencing what late, great Cranmore Austrian skimeister Hannes Schneider called “flight without wings.”
What’s not to like? And during COVID, it’s a way to have some fun, out of the house, right?
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