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Right now the Zugspitz is open (with a decent amount of snow up top) but the rest of the area is waiting for the snow.

It's certainly going to get very cold there between now and the 19th but for snow you need to cross your fingers and do lots of dancing. :D

The forecast has got a bit of a tease on at the moment - it's hinting at good things but too far out to be relied upon yet.

SCGB appears to match the Tourist Office... I shall go and whip our snow report hamsters...

Wow. Just wow. :shock: Fantastic pictures and incredible lines. :shock:

It's boot-to-knee deep on a smooth, steep base under a blue sky, with no-one but your ski buddies around.

That's been Les Arcs, La Clusaz, Lech, Antagnod, Le Chinaillon, St.Anton... who knows where next time? 8) Can't wait.

moopy wrote:I'm flying to Vienna December 5th for a week.

Either you missed your flight or you're off next week... :wink:

A week is a long time in a snow forecast - you'll probably find the predictions converge as the time approaches.

It's a little way out yet but looks like getting pretty cold around Vienna next week; no major dumps in the offing right now but a good chance of some light snow between now and then.

Looks like Solden has a little more snow right now but that will change - hold fire and decide the day before! 8)

Stewart Dowling wrote:Cheers MFC, you are the first person to answer the question.

End of thread.

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Châtel in the giant French-Swiss Portes dui Soleil ski region has replaced its Linga 2 chairlift ready for the new season, which began in the resort this weekend.

The old Linga 2 chairlift which takes skiers up to Col du Linga at 2050m has been replaced by a new six-searer detachable chairlift, ascending from 1550m, at a departure point next to the Leiche ski lift, and it's name will be Echo Alpin lift.

The 1580m long lift with a vertical rise 525m can carry 2400 people per hour initially, but this capacity is due to be increased to 2700 people per hour after a trial period.

The new chair is one of the fastest lifts of the Portes du Soleil area as it can carry skiers at a speed of 5.5 metres per second taking them to the top in just five minutes.

Châtel is also increasing the area it can cover with machine made snow thanks to the addition of a new reservoir. For winter 2009-2010 the resort has 180 snow guns and the Combes and Linga 2 runs now have snowmaking.

Finally the resort has launched a new 'any 4 hours' hands-free Liberty ski pass.
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Italy's Cervinia ski resort, which is connected by piste and lifts to Zermatt in Switzerland, has made a major investment of 11.5 million Euros in a state-of-the-art new chairlift.

The new Pancheron six-seat lift, which has all the latest safety features, departs from the top of Cretaz (close to the arrival station of the chairlift of the same name), and has an hourly uplift capacity of 3,000 people/hour.

The lift rises 512 vertical metres from 2,438m above-sea-level to 2,950m above-sea-level providing access to an expanded Cretaz sector and creates a new, even faster and more convenient, way to access the higher pistes of the ski area from the resort centre. In addition the ski area accessed by the new "Pancheron" chairlift allows off-piste skiers to access multiple lines throgh the powder snow in areas like Val Furggen.

The new lift gives great access to the Pancheron piste, regarded as one of the resort's most spectacular with multiple changes in terrain as it descends in Cervinia, and makes a 1000m vertical descent possible.

As well as improving uplift on the mountain the new lift, which has been largely funded by the area's local government which is the major shareholder in the ski resort, is expected to lead to a decrease in vehicle traffic in resort by making uplift more efficient.
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