Year 'round skiing? (Skitunnel).(Ahvo Taipale, Jerry Slater and Greg Fangel form Minnesota Ski Tunnel Inc.)(Brief Article)

Do you dream of kicking and gliding down those perfect tracks and of skating and floating up that hill this coming winter? Would you like to see cooler temperatures during the summer?

Three Minnesota men have a vision that could make cross-country skiing a year 'round activity in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. Ahvo Taipale, Jerry Slater and Greg Fangel pooled their ideas and resources to form Minnesota Metro Ski Tunnel, Inc. (MMST) in April of 2000. Their dream is to build North America's first indoor cross country ski facility that will allow cross country skiing, on snow all year.

In April of 2000, they traveled to Vuokatti, Finland to gather information …