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Settle down, settle down, don't all talk at once. Ok, this isn't looking too bad...



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Paradiski, one of the world's largest ski areas with 425km of piste in the French Alps that incorporates 20 resorts including La Plagne, Les Arcs and Peisey Vallandry via the giant Vanoise Express cable car is actively promoting greener skiing in its resorts.

One of only a few dozen ski areas where the lift operators all hold international standard certification ISO 9001 - Quality, OHSAS 18001 - Safety and ISO 14001 –Environment, the list of initiatives include recycling, rail access and car sharing.

Passengers are advised to travel by train or coach as a first choice. Arriving by plane is the biggest contributor to climate change but the resort believes cars emit 10 times more greenhouse gases per passenger journey than trains and buses.

Coaches to the resorts serve all the main Alpine airports and railway stations. In Bourg-Saint-Maurice, the funicular meets you when you step off the TGV to take you to Arc 1600. In the resorts you can use the free shuttles between the resorts and villages. The Eurostar departs from St Pancras and takes you straight to Bourg St Maurice and Aime la Plagne, both resorts in Paradiski.

If you do decide to drive, Paradiski recommends you try to share a car. Resorts such as la Plagne offer discounts for carloads of three people or more.

You could also bring along your old skiing equipment and drop it off for recycling at an approved waste reception centre. Scop Tri-Vallées, in the town of Aime la Plagne, recycles old skis, snowboards, boots, sledges, etc.

If you are a smoker don't throw your cigarette butts on the ground, Les Arcs/Peisey-Vallandry resorts give out pocket ashtrays for free.
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Also Thyon les Collons, Switzerland is now available as an option.

Enjoy...

p.s. Tony, this one's for you...

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(c) Trinum

And so it begins!

Check your favourite webcams folks - permission to get excited.

A little overnight last night, as forecast, and check out the GFS wigglies for Geneva... :D

Last Single Seat Chair Goes As Nine New Lifts Added To Kitzbuhel Alps

The cable car companies in the Kitzbüheler Alpen are investing more than 60 million euros in new lifts and snow machines for the coming season.

In the SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser-Brixental the snow making facilities in Hopfgarten are being improved, a new reservoir is being built at the Tanzboden in Ellmau, the snow making facilities on the Hartkaiser and Astberg are being extended and the 'Ellmi's 6er' - a new detachable 6-seater chair lift with heated seating - is being installed at the Schmiedalm lift.

The last single-seat chair lift at the SkiWelt will be removed from the Choralm in Westendorf.
Bergbahn Kitzbühel cable cars are swapping the Kaserecklift for a modern eight-seater chair lift as well as introducing good value resort tickets for the Kitzbüheler Horn, the Ganslernhang and the Gaisberg. A new reservoir will also be fitted at the Gaisberg.

Next winter, a new eight seater cable car – the Winklmoosbahn - will run from Reit im Winkl in Bavaria to the Steinplatte. Bergbahn Pillersee cable cars are replacing the old T-bar lift on the Buchsteinwand with a new four-seater chair lift and a new practice lift will be added to the Schatzbergbahn intermediate station in Wildschönau.

Kaprun cable cars are investing primarily in snow making facilities while Zell am See are also expanding their snow making capabilities to 100% and installing the 'Kettingbahn', a six-seater lift with a protective covering and heated seats.

In Saalbach, a six-seater chair lift is replacing the Turm T-bar lift, in Hinterglemm a new eight-seater chair lift (Hasenauerköpfl) is being introduced and in Leogang, a quad chair lift is replacing the Alm T-bar lift.

Overall, the 7 ski regions in the Kitzbüheler Alpen AllStarCard scheme are investing more than 60 million euros in modern lifts, high performance snow making machines and measures to improve comfort.

With more than 1,000 km of pistes, the Kitzbüheler Alpen is therefore Tirol's largest skiing association and one of the most interesting skiing regions in the world.
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Mount Norquay at Banff and Bormio in Italy both opened yesterday (Halloween – 31st October, 2009) for the 09-10 winter season. Both areas will be open weekends only for the first few weeks of November before opening full time.

Les Deux Alpes

Les 2 Alpes in France has also been open for a special festival but will close now through to re-opening in late November for the winter season. Cervinia, which had been open weekends only in October, is now open full time.

Les Diablerets

In Switzerland Les Diablerets has opened for winter 2009-10 with the glacier ski area "Glacier 3000" open, and currently offering the Dôme ski lift and parts of the Snow Park to skiers and snowboarders. There are several lines of a different level with tables, rails as well as boxes ready for use in the park.

Depending on snow conditions, the rest of the 10 installations and 25 km of ski runs will be made available and remain open until May 3th, 2008. The status of available runs and installations will be regularly updated on www.glacier3000.ch.


Other resorts due to open in the next week include Lake Louise and Nakiska in Alberta, Canada and Keystone and Copper Mountain in Colorado, USA as well as Hemsedal in Norway.

Resorts already open include Sunday River in Maine and Arapahoe Basin and Loveland in Colorado, USA as well as Kitzbuhel in Austria, Ruka in Finland and several dozen others.
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Although many resorts are not yet reporting, J2Ski has the latest skiing conditions in Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland and many other countries around the world.

The main action this week was across the Atlantic as Western Canada took some big snowfalls. A little more snow fell in a few locations in The Alps, although the weather remained fairly settled with average to mild temperatures. The forecast, however, looks altogether more interesting for Europe...


Weather and Snow Next Week

The weather models are all converging very nicely and indicating a widespread and significant fall of snow early next week.

From Sunday night, temperatures will fall quickly - dropping by around 10 degrees C through Monday. Exact timings will vary but light snow at altitude overnight on Sunday will turn to heavy snow to quite low levels by Monday afternoon. The Northern Alps are likely to see the most snow, with accumulations of 30cm or more looking possible down to 1,000 metres in many locations. Further snowfall looks likely through Tuesday and Wednesday.

Although heaviest to the North, the snow should reach the Maritime Alpes and the Pyrenees in lesser quantities.

Temperatures will ease a little as the week progresses, although they now look set to stay below the seasonal average for the next week.

Webcams on standby... Dave get your shovel ready!