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Raffle to Win a Ski Holiday to Canada - and help the British Alpine Ski Team
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DOUGIE CRAWFORD AND TJ BALDWIN LAUNCH BRITISH ALPINE SPEED TEAM RAFFLE
Top British Skiers, and team mates, Dougie Crawford and TJ Baldwin have launched an innovative way of raising money to help fund their race season, as they begin qualification season for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. 
Image courtesy of http://www.racer-ready.co.uk/ The pair, who are two of Britain's top ranking Alpine skiers, are running a raffle to help pay the costs of skiing for the British Ski Team after funding was cut. With the Olympic qualification period beginning and the World Championships in the New Year, 2012/2013 is shaping up to be big season for the boys and will pave the way for their end goal of Sochi, 2014. The raffle will help pay for the pair to join the US Ski Team to train, providing them with world class coaching and a competitive training group. They are planning to do the early season world cups in Canada and America as well as the Nor-am cup races before coming back to Europe for World Cup races, the Europa cup season and the World Championships in February 2013. Top Prize - One Week for Two People in Banff, Canada Dougie and TJ have paired up with travel company Canadian Affair, which has provided a top prize of a week skiing for two people in Banff, Canada, including flights, accommodation, lift passes and transfers. Other prizes to be won in the raffle include a week's summer accommodation in Zell am See and pair of skis from Head and Atomic. For more information or to take part in the raffle visit www.dougiecrawford.com/raffle-2/. Tickets are priced at just £10 each and all money will go to supporting The British Alpine Speed Team achieve their goal of competing in the Olympics. The draw will take place on 22nd December 2012. This year British Ski and Snowboard have opted to fund only slalom. TJ and Dougie have to pay for their own coach as well as their own travel, lift passes and accommodation. Dougie Crawford – For more information on Dougie Crawford including a biography and news on his latest activities please visit www.dougiecrawford.com. |
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Ah, that'd be why... the best links are always from here... 8) |
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:?: We've worked with SkiSet for the past five or six seasons and, as ski businesses go, they don't come much more solid. http://www.skiset.co.uk/partner/j2ski/ What problems did you have with the link? |
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Stansted to Geneva or maybe Innsbruck to give you plenty of choice.
If you've not found them, our airport pages will tell you which ski resorts are nearest to Geneva, Innsbruck and (as of this week) almost 100 other ski airports in Europe! :D Book with an independent chalet who can do the transfer (most have their own minibuses now, or know a man who can!), which will save you loads of time (i.e. more ski time). If you're thinking about anything other than New Year then leave the booking until the snow starts to arrive. January was epic last year but some of the traditionally "snow sure" resorts had so much snow at times they were cut-off (or closed due to avalanche risk being through the roof), whilst lower resorts enjoyed powder everywhere... high is not always best. Also consider London City if that's easy for you to get to; mid-week flights can be very well-priced and check-in times and queues generally much shorter than the bigger airports. HTH 8) |
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There's little to report in the forecasts for this week, with much of The Alps currently enjoying clear and relatively settled weather.
Our favorite forecast models are indicating the possibility of a distinct cooling next week, possibly with some precipitation... but we'll have more on that for you next week. This Week's Headlines Fresh snow in the Alps – 10cm reported in past 48 hours on glaciers. Tignes has opened for the 2012-13 ski season. Trysil in Norway opened a fun snow run on Saturday, September 29th, using snow saved from the previous year. Timberline at Mt Hood in Oregon expects to be first North American ski area to open, on October 5th Last weekend of 2012 ski season in Australia (should have been last weekend but three resorts extended seasons). Snow reported in New Hampshire – snowman built on top of Mount Washington. Planned start to snowmaking at Loveland in Colorado delayed by 'Indian Summer.' Already Open – 12 Glacier Ski Areas Austria Year round Tux has the most piste (22km) open and some of the deepest snow (65cm) of anywhere right now. At Solden 3.1km of slopes remain open served by three lifts, snow depth not published and Stubai reports three runs open but only 5cm snow depth. Pitztal closed again but plans to re-open on Friday 5th October, it currently has a 22cm snow depth. The Molltal glacier has been closed during the week with 'marginal' conditions and a 20cm base but aims to be open daily. The Kaunertal glacier reports 10cm fresh snow but is yet to open, the Dachstein and Kitzsteinhorn glaciers are also waiting for more new snow before opening . France Tignes re-opened on Saturday, 29th September, after a few weeks' closure since the end of its summer ski season. There was reported to be 20km of slopes open with snow depth of 20cm and temperatures around -1C . It will be open until May 2013 and apart from Les 2 Alpes opening for 10 days in late October, the only French resort open until late November. Italy Passo Stelvio and Val Senales are both reporting they're open for autumn glacier skiing. At Val Senales 8km of slopes are open with snow depths of 30cm and at Passo Stelvio, one of several claimants to being "Europe's biggest glacier" 20km of runs are open. Norway The Galdhøpiggen summer ski area on Norway's highest mountain says it will stay open to October 14th but may be open longer subject to demand. There's a 1.5km long trail served y a T bar lift. Trysil opened a fun snow run on Saturday, September 29th, using snow saved under a layer of bark chippings from the previous year. There's a conveyor lift to access the snow. It says it will keep it open and free to use for as long as it lasts. Switzerland Saas Fee and Zermatt both have their glaciers open for snow sports, although there have been closures due to bad weather (rain) on some days. Saas Fee has a 122cm base of what it describes as 'hard snow' with five runs open along with its terrain park and half pipe. Southern Hemisphere – Still Open Most ski areas have now closed for the 2012 season, including all major centres in South America, season but some are still open in Australia and New Zealand and have reported fresh snow in the past few days... Australia Mt Buller, Perisher and Thredbo will stay open to this Sunday, October 7th (extended season). Mt Buller reported 15cm of fresh snow last Sunday, September 30th and said it would offer free skiing to skiers and boarders arriving in soccer team colours on Monday, 1st October. New Zealand Mt Hutt open to October 14th (extended season) Mt Ruapehu has announced it will stay open in to 4th November for 'Snovember.' Opening Soon (subject to conditions) Both the Kaunertal and Kitzsteinhorn glaciers in Austria expect to open any day. Kauntertal is waiting more snow, currently 20cm, Kitzsteinhorn has 30cm. The Dachstein glacier also says they need more snow to open downhill runs. Loveland, Colorado, USA expects to begin snowmaking around soon and hopes to open early October. However a planned snowmaking start date at the end of September has been delayed due to an 'Indian Summr.' Cervinia will open the weekends of 13th-14th and 20th-21st October then every day from 27th October to 5th May 2013. Ski slopes at Engelberg are expected to open on October 13th but will close for maintenance work from 5 - 16 November. Ruka, Finland is expected to open on Thursday, 18th October and remain open until 9th of June 2013 – the first non-glacier ski area in Europe to open. The Diavolezza Glacier near St Moritz expects to open on 20th October. Les Deux Alpes glacier will also be open for 9 days from the 27th October to 4th November 2012. Killington in Vermont and Sunday River in Maine both aim to open 29th October. Copper Mountain, Colorado, plans to open Friday, November 2nd, 2012. Glacier 3000 above les Diablerets and Gstaad in Switzerland expects to open on 3rd November. |
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I refer Sir to Posts #92 and #93, made almost 9 years ago - :shock: - in this very forum... Brief reports from Champoluc and Antagnod. You'll like it a lot... so long as the lifts stay open. If they do shut in Champoluc and there's good snow, hop on the bus to Antagnod; 1 big chair, 2 pistes of reasonable length... but a great area of interesting off-piste between the two. I think there were 4 other people the day we went there and we had fresh tracks all day long while the bars of Champoluc were packed with miserable skiers not skiing... The links across to Alagna and Gressoney are exposed so if the weather is, er, un-settled, get there and back early or be prepared to stop the night in a different valley! :lol: |
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Shocking news...
Someone still makes T-Bars? Really? Who knew? :shock: |
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Far enough away to be able to disown you, but without placing you out of range of the sniper's rifle I imagine. 8) |
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