Ski Resort and Snow News - October 2011
Aspen Snowmass Spends on Dining
Published : 31-Oct-2011 10:58
The Aspen Skiing Company (ASC) which runs four ski areas around Aspen says it has been spending over $26 million [around £16.5 million] on on-mountain improvements ahead of the coming season.
It's the latest in a $164 million [£102 million] spend over the past eight years.
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Ski Areas Open On East and West Coast USA
Published : 30-Oct-2011 05:54
Killington Open Now
At least four more ski areas have opened in the US over the past 48 hours on both Atlasntic and pacific coasts.
On Friday Boreal became the first ski area in California too open for Winter 2011-12, joining Timberline in Oregon, Arapahoe Basin, Loveland and Wolf Creek in Colorado and the opened-but-closed again-since Las Vegas Ski resort in Nevada.
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Get Ski Fit in Hyde Park This November
Published : 29-Oct-2011 11:04
Pre-ski-holiday fitness training is something often encouraged and increasingly advised not just so that we're all in shape to hit the slopes, but in this era of fast turnaround lifts with few natural breaks in the downhill ski day, so that we can actually keep going all day.
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Northstar Gets Bigger
Published : 28-Oct-2011 06:49
Northstar Resort (www.northstarattahoe.com) by Lake Tahoe in California has announced that it will expand the resort boundaries in two areas of the mountain, adding 170 acres of new side-country terrain to the resort's skiable acreage this winter. Guided side-country tours and snow cat accessed skiing and riding will also be offered for the first time to advanced skiers and riders who want to explore the resort's new terrain offering.
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Snow Forecast Summary - 27th October 2011
Published : 27-Oct-2011 05:20
The start of this week brought fresh snow to parts of the Eastern and Northern Alps, with temperatures briefly dipping as the snow fell. Localized accumulations of up to 30cm were reported. Fresh snows also blessed some of the North American ski areas.
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Antoine Montant - 1981 - 2011
Published : 27-Oct-2011 09:31
Damn.
From Chamonet - Antoine Montant RIP
Antoine was renowned not only for his daredevil base jumping stunts but also for being one of the best speed riding pilots in the world, winning many competitions and starring in numerous videos like this one shot earlier in Chamonix this year where he swoops down from the top of the Aiguille du Midi, riding the cable-car cables like a rail.
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More Resorts Opening This Weekend
Published : 27-Oct-2011 09:18
Laax
This Saturday, 29 October 2011, the winter season will kick off in Cervinia, Italy; Laax in Switzerland and Nakiska in Alberta, Canada.
The Cervinia opening was scheduled but the other two are earlier than expected and follow recent snowfalls.
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Val d’Isère For Foodies
Published : 26-Oct-2011 09:15
Val d'Isère is building on its culinary credentials with the return of its Pistes Gourmandes food festival from 19th – 22nd March, a gourmet event devoted to discovering authentic, ethical products and the art of great food, Pistes Gourmandes brings leading chefs and food writers to theAalpine resort for a series of fun demonstrations, cookery lessons and tastings.
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Whistler Keen To Stress It’s Still World Number 1
Published : 25-Oct-2011 07:29
Having lost is annual rating of World Number 1 in the US Ski Magazine ratings to Deer Valley, Utah, some years ago, Whistler Blackcomb has been keen to point out that it is ranked as number one in a number of other surveys, and is still number two, or highly placed, in other publications online and in print worldwide.
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Free Skiing at Crested Butte
Published : 24-Oct-2011 09:18
It's the big 5-0 For Crested Butte (www.skicb.com) in Colorado this winter and the resort kicks off a year long celebration with free skiing for all on its 50th birthday and season opening day - November 23rd, 2011.
As an added bonus, they are also offering a free lift ticket for your birthday whenever it may fall during the winter season. To get your free day you must be over 18 and bring proof like a passport.
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Ski-Scotland All Area Season Pass On Sale
Published : 23-Oct-2011 09:18
A season pass valid at all five Scottish ski areas is currently on sale, allowing skiers ad boarders to get around a common problem at Scottish ski areas – good conditions at several ski areas, less good or no skiing at the others.
"The All Area Season Pass has been really popular over the last couple of winters," said Chair of ski-scotland Heather Negus, "so we're delighted that the five mountain ski areas and SNO!zone, Scotland's other real snow ski area, have agreed to co-operate to offer the pass again."
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World Cup Boarding and Freeskiing Events Set For Saas Fee
Published : 20-Oct-2011 11:24
The 2011-12 ski season snowboarding World Cup may already have got underway in the southern hemisphere and even indoors in the Netherlands earlier this month, but some of the first events to be held outdoors, north of the equator are coming up in Saas Fee.
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Like There's No Tomorrow - Warren Miller Film Tour - Discount for J2Skiers
Published : 17-Oct-2011 01:36
Warren Miller's . . . Like There's no Tomorrow
The world's largest action sports film announces its 62nd annual global tour.
And J2Skiers can get 20% off the door price for tickets - just go here - http://warrenmiller.co.uk/tickets to buy your tickets and enter j2ski2011 at the checkout... and enjoy the film!
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Nassfeld Claims Lowest Priced Ski Service in The Alps
Published : 17-Oct-2011 09:50
Nassfeld in Carinthia which has snuck in to a few UK tour operator brochures following heavy investment by the resort claims a number of unlikely 'best in Europe' titles.
Along with offering the fastest language courses in the continent in Carinthian German during a cable car ascent complete with certificate awards at the top, Nassfeld says its ski servicing in among the fastest and definitely the cheapest in the Alps.
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Crans-Montana Takes A Third Off
Published : 15-Oct-2011 10:35
Following on from the discovery of what's believed to be the largest ever gold nugget found in the Alps in Crans Montana (www.crans-montana.ch) last month, the resort has craftily decided to capitalise on the publicity by offering a '33 CARAT' offer which, means 33% off list prices for accommodation, ski pass, ski hire and skiing lessons during low season periods.
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Deer Valley ranked Number One (again) by Ski Magazine
Published : 15-Oct-2011 10:04
Deer Valley Resort has been named the #1 ski resort in North America by the readers of SKI Magazine for an astonishing fifth year in a row.
"No other ski resort has accomplished anything close to this," says Bob Wheaton, Deer Valley Resort president and general manager. "And I think the reason is that no other ski resort comes close to matching Deer Valley's amazing vacation experience. It's all because of our staff. The culture here is to put the guest first at all times, and our employees not only accomplish this every day, but enjoy it, whether working our chairlifts, in our Children's Center, our Ski School, our Deer Valley Resort Lodging and Reservations department, in our restaurants, offices, maintenance facilities, anywhere in our organization. My hat is off to our incredibly dedicated crew. This honor goes to them and I thank and congratulate the entire Deer Valley Resort team."
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Innsbruck to host its Third Olympics in 2012
Published : 14-Oct-2011 09:52
The first ever Winter Youth Olympic Games will take place from 13th – 22nd January 2012 in Innsbruck and Seefeld (www.innsbruck2012.com).
It will be the third Olympics staged by Innsbruck, making it the first city in the world to host the Olympic Games on three occassions, having previously hosted the 1964 and 1976 Winter Games.
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Snow Forecast Summary - 13th October 2011
Published : 13-Oct-2011 11:59
Following some respectable snow last weekend, winter has opted to tease us further - most of the Alpine region has seen clear skies and settled weather over the past few days. Although mild temperatures have returned to the Western Alps it has remained cool to the East.
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The Total Heliski Show returns to London
Published : 13-Oct-2011 11:32
London's Most Prestigious HeliSki Information Event
Thursday 3rd November 2011 - Andaz Hyatt Hotel, Liverpool Street
Following the success in 2010 of the world's first consumer HeliSki Show, the team at Total HeliSki will host the 2011 event at the 5-Star Andaz Hyatt Hotel near Liverpool Street Station from 6.00pm on Thursday, 3rd November.
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Resorts Opening On Both Sides of the Pond
Published : 13-Oct-2011 08:05
Arapahoe Basin in Colorado, one of the world's 10 highest ski resorts, opened for the 2011-12 skio season today, just over three months since the last day of winter 2010-11 there in July.
The resort has won the annual battle to be "first in North America" which it usually wages against neighbouring Loveland, which plans to open tomorrow (October 14th).
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Two New Six-Seater Chairlifts in the Portes du Soleil
Published : 11-Oct-2011 05:01
Resorts on the French and Swiss sides of the giant Portes du Soleil region which straddles the two country's borders with 650km of largely lift linked pistes are installing new lifts top improve the on-mountain experience for skiers and boarders this winter.
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Comedy Festival Goes It Alone In Mayrhofen
Published : 10-Oct-2011 11:47
The Altitude Comedy Festival (www.altitudefestival.com) which ran for three years in Meribel before moving to Mayrhofen last spring as part of the Snowbombing event will go it alone this ski season.
Running from the 26th – 31st March 2012 and bringing with it some of the top names in comedy such as Jimmy Carr, Frankie Boyle and Al Murray, Altitude is the brainchild of commedian Marcus Brigstocke.
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Rocking the Pistes of the Portes du Soleil
Published : 09-Oct-2011 07:15
Les Gets - Ready To Rock
After its successful launch last winter, the series of music concerts in the Portes Du Soleil are back this March with a better name Rock the Pistes (it was previously the 'Festival des Concerts Sauvages).
Taking place from the 24th to 28th of March 2012 the idea is that the concerts are staged on the piste at locations around the vast Portes du Soleil area and guests who have registered up front receive texts telling them where the concerts will take place the day before the gig.
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Engelberg Re-Opening
Published : 08-Oct-2011 01:43
Engelberg was due to re-open today but is currently closed due to heavy snow – 15cm has fallen in the past 24 hours and temperatures are currently minus nine. It should open is soon as the bad weather passes, becoming a third Swiss snowsports option along side Saas Fee and Zermatt which have been open all summer.
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Ski Resort Webcam of the Day - Contenders Ready
Published : 07-Oct-2011 06:57
And so it begins...
Mayrhofen this morning...
And Leukerbad...
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Snow Forecast Summary - 6th October 2011
Published : 06-Oct-2011 10:14
Well folks, here we go again... :D
This, the first of our Weekly Snow round-ups for the Northern Hemisphere's ski season, opens with good news...
A period of unusually warm weather in The Alps is about to come to an abrupt end. Winter has already teased us with early snows in the mountains of Europe and North America, and tomorrow she looks set to really make her presence felt!
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Fresh Snow In Europe and North America
Published : 06-Oct-2011 02:35
Squaw - Not Quite This White Yet
Snow has been reported in the past 24 hours in both North America and northern Europe, including the peaks of the Scottish Highland hills and mountains.
Are, Scandinavia's leading resort reported a few centimetres of the white stuff, its first for 2011-12, yesterday.
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New Quad And Hi Tec Ticket System For Mammoth
Published : 05-Oct-2011 09:54
Mammoth Mountain is installing a new Doppelmayr high-speed quad chairlift to replace Chair 5, a fixed-grip triple. The new High-Five Express will whisk 2,400 people uphill per hour (600 more people per hour than the old chair) and will cut ride time in half. The new lift's terminals will be positioned to provide improved access.
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Big 4-0 For Val Thorens
Published : 03-Oct-2011 07:42
Europe's highest, and one of its youngest resorts, Val Thorens, is 40 years old this winter.
Back in 1971 an enthusiastic, pioneering team began the project of creating an all new resort at a staggering altitude of 2300 metres at the top of what was shortly to become the world's largest ski area, the 3 Valleys. Critics at the time argued "too high and too much snow!" But keen developers countered, "that gives us carte blanche to do as we please and overcome challenges!"
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