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column: the culture stroll Walk, yes, just walk. Ignore the sub- h 0 u r! r a diu s: 1 way, ignore the cabs. Start in Fort Lee, New Jersey, and make your way across the George Washington Bridge. You will enter upper Manhattan in Washington Heights. From here pick and choose your way south to City Hall in Lower Manhattan and the pedestrian walkway that crosses the Brooklyn Bridge. There is no greater human museum in the play war h 0 ra diu s world to wander through. Nor, possibly, a greater con trast in concentrations of wealth and poverty. Start early in the day and try crossing the Brooklyn Bridge as the sun sets on the downtown sky line. cycle the metropolitan area Enjoy a wide variety of one-day bicycling excursions in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania offered by Brooks Country Cycling Tours (21 2-874-5151). BCCT provides car support, professional leaders, rental equipment and detailed maps. radiu � •••••••••• •••••••• •••••• •• •• •• •• , ......................................................... " •.••. " .• .•.•• 5 hou� .•• .•.•.• 3: u rl Don't want to spend time in Riker's? Load your gun with paint instead and take aim at the Kittatinny Painball Field facility and grounds, 800-FLOAT-KC. Get the adrenaline running as you dodge enemies hiding behind boulders, trees and log bunkers atop a mountain. A two-hour drive from New York City. Stop at EI Tio in Portchester on your way home. Best burritos in the state. pick your feet off the ground and fly The Catskills offer some of the finest paragliding and hang gliding in the world. Join Ikaros Sport Aviation (71 8-777-70001 as they fly through the sky. there's still snow in Vermont Killington, Stratton, Stowe, Sugarbush, Mad River. It's a hike to get there but there's still some spring skiing and boarding up in Vermont. Amtrak (888-AMTRAK-1 1 runs trains up the east and west sides of Vermont. Resorts typically remain open until the end of April with some making it all the way to June (Killington and Sugarbushl. Head to Killington or Sugarbush for steepest terrain and biggest bumps. If there's a ton of snow, try Mad River-they don't groom their trails. If you're into pond skimming, you have three ice-cracking options: Burke March 28, Sugarbush April 4, Killington May 2. Other events: March 27 Boardercross Championships; April 6-1 0 Killington Mogul Camp Week and 11-12 the Bear Mountain Mogul Challenge; April 19-20 Killington's Spring Loaded Snowboard Program-the biggest Pro/Am event in the East, 800-621- MTNS. Call 800-VERMONT for snow conditions . . •.•••••.•.• , .•.•. •.•.•.•• . •. •. •.• � • •.••• , •.•.•.•.•.• •.•.•.•.•.•. ••• • •.•• , . • .••••• •• , .•.• . •.• .••• "'�, •.•••.•••• . u . . ........... . ..... .. . . . .. . . .. . . . .... ... .. rk