Ski Resort and Snow News - November 2010
Rare New Gondola For Winter 2010-11
Published : 30-Nov-2010 10:37
Crystal Mountain, USA
Crystal Mountain in Washington state (www.skicrystal.com) is one of the few resorts in the world adding a new gondola this winter.
The new Doppelmayr built $5.5 million gondola connects ruins over the ski area's full vertical from the base to the ski area's summit, replacing a journey that used to require two successive chairlift rides and cutting journey time down to nine minutes.
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A New Black Run For Pila
Published : 30-Nov-2010 10:24
Pila in Italy's Aosta Valley has opened a rare new black run this winter starting from Platta de Grevon (2700m) and descending to Plan De L'Eyve. Access to the run is provided by a conveyor lift which leaves from the Couis 1 arrival station. This new lift is housed within a perspex cover, forming a tunnel which is likely to be largely covered by snow through the winter for minimal visual impact, as well as protecting users from extremes of weather.
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Vermont Area Bans Smoking From Its Slopes
Published : 28-Nov-2010 08:12
Killington, Home to Soon To Be Smoke-Free Pico
The smoking ban that has swept across Europe in recent years has left most après ski bars and restaurants smoke free.
However several small ski areas in the US have gone a stage further and banned smoking outdoors too, on their slopes.
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The Early Bird Gets The Snow
Published : 28-Nov-2010 05:20
Austrian resort Serfaus has a big opening party planned from next weekend and this season will launch a new, "breakfast skiing" option from 15 December 2010
"We are all familiar with the phenomenon – first thing in the morning you push aside the curtain in your hotel room, excitedly that the snow god has deposited his white freight generously in the night. And indeed he has, hiding the entire Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis resort under a huge heap of icing sugar. You can't wait to plunge into the fleecy stuff, to surf down the mountain with skis or snowboard, to be at one with the elements. Only the mountain, the powder snow and me. You eat your breakfast hastily and soon you're at the valley station, waiting impatiently for the cable car to start at 9am." said a resort spokesperson.
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Scottish Ski Season Moves up a Gear
Published : 26-Nov-2010 02:33
It's always sunny and snowy in Scotland...
The fresh snow in North Western Britain has enabled a second ski area to open for winter 2010-11 and a third hopes to follow suit tomorrow.
Glenshee has three Poma drag lifts running are reports that Sunnyside has good cover with fresh powdery snow. The Dink dink lift is running for beginners.
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Snow Forecast Summary - 25th November 2010
Published : 25-Nov-2010 10:36
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The past week has seen more snow added to the bases just about everywhere - ski resorts across The Alps, Pyrenees, Rockies and elsewhere have reported fresh snow. Much of the French Alps has had steady snow for several days, with accumulations exceeding half a metre. The story is similar across Switzerland and much of Austria. Northern Italy has seen very heavy snow with over a metre of fresh at a few resorts.
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North American Resorts Seek To Outdo Each Other for Best Of The Good News
Published : 25-Nov-2010 09:39
Surfing Alpine Meadows
That coquettish minx 'La Nina' (a weather trend not an X Factor candidate) is being credited with huge snowfalls in western North America over the past week and resorts there are trying to outdo each other with their claims as to which has the most exciting news as a result. It's not all good though, the sad story of the first avalanche death of the season has been reported.
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Grands Montets, Argentière to open this weekend
Published : 25-Nov-2010 12:45
This just in from Chamonix Tourist Office :-
After a few successive snowfalls, the conditions above 2000m are pretty good for so early in the season. The Grands Montets ski area, Argentière will be opening partially this week-end 27th and 28th November.
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An 11 Day Ski Holiday For Three Days Off Work
Published : 25-Nov-2010 10:58
Far be it from J2ki.com to try to cash in on the happy event that is the Royal Wedding with some tacky and tenuous association with ski holidays, but several PR companies have been quick to point out that with the nuptials coming in the same week as the late Easter there's the potential for an 11 day ski holiday for three days of annual leave time, assuming you get Good Friday off.
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Foreign Office and Tour Ops Renew 'Dangers of Drink' Ski Holiday Campaign
Published : 25-Nov-2010 08:09
New Campaign Poster
Fancy an après ski drink? The Foreign Office believe that a campaign they launched last winter outlining the dangers of having one too many on your ski holiday helped prevent any deaths last winter, after a succession of sad stories in previous winters when people apparently got lost in resort after drinking and died of exposure.
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Sweden's Biggest, Scandinavia's Fastest Lift Opens Boxing Day
Published : 24-Nov-2010 08:31
Bjornrike
Swedish News
Skistar, Scandinavia's largest operator of ski resorts, has unveiled their new season new for the coming winter – which is indeed already underway at most of their resorts.
On its list of resorts, the company owns the region's most successful resort, Åre, in Sweden, as well as family favourite Vemdalen, both of which are offered to the UK market by tour operator Neilson.
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Take the Talons Challenge
Published : 22-Nov-2010 09:46
Beaver Creek ....nice
Beaver Creek in Colorado is not only one of the world's poshest ski areas, but also one of the youngest. The Vail owned resort turns 30 next month, and there'll be celebrations of course for the anniversary of that first winter season that began in December 1980.
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Ski All Day, Dance all Night
Published : 21-Nov-2010 08:48
Snowbombing
Festivals in the Alps have become an ever bigger attraction for skiers and boarders in recent years. All taking place in the last month or so of the season, when the skies are sunny and the temperatures warmer, the idea is that you have fun with lots of like-minded people on the snow all day then party together all night. The energy requirements, and the music involved, means that the festivals mostly appeal to the younger crowd.
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Pope Blesses Skiing
Published : 20-Nov-2010 07:53
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict XVI has followed on from his predecessor Pope John Paul II and blessed skiers.
Meeting a group of winter skiwear clad ski instructors at the Vatican this week he told them that skiing takes place in a mountain world which reminds us of how small we are in the greater scheme of things and reminds us of the magnificence of creation.
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Winter Underway En Francais
Published : 19-Nov-2010 10:15
For some reason France has lagged behind the other major Alpine nations for its pre-season ski opportunities. Tignes, once open for 12 months of the year, still manages to stay open for about nine months and has been stoically offering France's only outdoor lift-served snow since mid-September (there's also the world's biggest indoor run up at Amneville in the north east of the country), but while half-a-dozen or more areas have been open since October in each of Austria, Italy and Switzerland, France has stuck with just the one choice. Well apart from Les 2 Alpes opening for the October English and French school holidays week only anyway.
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Snow Forecast Summary - 18th November 2010
Published : 18-Nov-2010 11:16
Some heavy snows were reported from around the world this past week, notably from the Pyrenees, Italy and Switzerland where the mild weather of late has given way to a cold snap. The higher French resorts have reported close to half metre snowfalls, with a number of Austrian areas also receiving fresh snow. Cairngorm in Scotland joined the ever-growing list of open resorts with Whistler and Vail planning to open tomorrow (Friday 19th November).
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North America's Big Hitters Open This Weekend
Published : 18-Nov-2010 12:44
Opening Day At Mammoth Mountain
Most of North America's biggest resorts will be open from this weekend ahead of the country's major Thanksgiving Holiday. The two biggest hitters, Vail and Whistler, along with resorts like Heavenly and Squaw Valley, will open in the next 24 hours, joining already-open Mammoth.
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Kneissl in the UK - with a great deal for J2Skiers
Published : 18-Nov-2010 12:00
J2Ski are delighted to announce that they will be working with Snow-Motion* this season to bring you Kneissl's unique range of high quality skis and mountain sports products.
The Austrian company design and produce a line of high quality products encompassing alpine skis and bindings, cross country skis, sportswear, tennis and mountain bike products.
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Scotland’s Ski Season Starts Tomorrow
Published : 12-Nov-2010 02:33
Aye, another epic season begins, hopefully!
It's good news from Scotland after its record breaking eight month long winter 2009-10, Cairngorm will open tomorrow for winter 2010-11!
The skiing that's available initially is limited and the slopes will not be groomed, so it's really for intermediates and experts only.
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Lake Louise Gears Up For Start Of World Cup Downhill Season
Published : 11-Nov-2010 09:57
Lake Louise in Alberta, Canada is preparing to host the first event of the ski world cup downhill season with their annual Winterstart contest.
After a promising pre-season in October warm temperatures have made the start of winter 2010-11 a little less snowy than 2009 but Lake Louise was able to open on schedule on November 5th, the first resort in Canada to do so after the planned October 30th opening of Banff neighbour Mount Norquay was delayed by the warm conditions.
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Test Out Different Goggles with Your iPhone
Published : 11-Nov-2010 06:18
Anon's App
If you've ever wondered about buying goggles online but were put off by not knowing just what the view through them would be like, a new iPhone app may be the answer to your visualisation dreams!
A company called anon optics (www.anonoptics.com) has launched a new iPhone App which magically provides a 'Lens Visualizer' facility allowing you to look at anything through your iPhone screen as if you are seeing it through a range of six different lenses to see which works best for you in the conditions.
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IASI to present at Interski Congress, St. Anton
Published : 09-Nov-2010 10:26
The Irish Association of Snowsports Instructors to present at the Interski Congress in St. Anton am Arlberg, Austria, 15-22 January 2011
The Irish Association of Snowsports Instructors (IASI) is presenting a lecture at the forthcoming Interski Congress in St. Anton, Austria, January 2011. The lecture will be presented by David Murrie a former professor of sports biomechanics in the United States, an IASI member and very experienced ski teacher. This will be the first time that Ireland have delivered at Interski and marks a huge step forward for Ireland's recognition as a snowsports teaching nation.
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15 New Chutes For Kicking Horse's 10th Birthday
Published : 07-Nov-2010 08:05
Kicking Horse turns ten this year and is celebrating by opening its 4th Alpine Bowl.
The resort, located in BC just over the border from Alberta and reached fastest from Calgary, has rapidly built a reputation as one of the world's hardcore skiing capitals.
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Irish Pub Global Ski Resort Domination Continues
Published : 06-Nov-2010 08:47
Irish pubs seem to have conquered the ski world more than any other restaurant or bar style, except perhaps Italian – you can get a pizza anywhere. But it seems every ski country on earth – or thereabouts – and more than 70 now have ski areas – has a slopeside Irish pub. You'll find Europe's highest pub is in fact an Irish one in Val Thorens and even over in Japan where MacDonalds have not yet cracked the ski scene, there's an Irish pub in downtown Niseko.
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More Steep Runs For Cervinia
Published : 04-Nov-2010 10:33
Cervinia
Italy seems to be about the only country in the world that's still opening new black runs.
Last season steep new trails opened in the Dolomites, this winter two of the country's most famous resorts, Madonna di Campiglio and Cervinia, are adding new blacks.
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All Change at Park City’s Canyons
Published : 04-Nov-2010 10:29
The three ski areas that surround Utah's ski town The Canyons together offer more skiable terrain than any other ski resort in North America, it's just a shame there's no sign that they'll ever work together to such an extent that they'll cross the narrow boundaries between their slopes with lifts and runs. On the other hand it's easy to sign up for a topur that takes you between them and on to other nearby ski areas.
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Pre-Season Gear Tests on Alpine Glaciers
Published : 04-Nov-2010 08:07
Kaprun - the ski season has been underway for months...
If you have any spare time over the next six weeks or so before the ski season proper kicks off, you'll find 20 or so glaciers in Austria, France, Italy and Switzerland are offering special pre-season deals, events and testing of new 2010-11 gear.
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Skier Security Improvements in Bulgaria
Published : 04-Nov-2010 07:34
Bansko - British Consul In Town
There'll be extra safety and security services for skiers and boarders on Bulgaria's ski slopres and in resort this winter with a serties of announcements fropm the country's leading ski areas.
Pamporovo says it will launch a "ski police" service this winter made up of ski patrol and skiing policemen who will seek to avert 'incidents' on tslopes and stop skiers and boarders from entering dangerous areas. Other duties will include preventing drunken or aggressive skiing tourists from getting on the piste.
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Thriller Snow Dance Pays Off
Published : 01-Nov-2010 08:33
The Snowy Slopes of Park City
Over 100 people arrived in Park City's in Utah's Town Lift Plaza at the weekend to participate in the ski area's second annual 'Thriller' dance with the aim of making it snow. The dance seems to have paid off as its been snowing heavily in the famous ski town ever since.
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Try Biathlon in Les Menuires
Published : 01-Nov-2010 08:15
If you've ever fancied trying out some of the numerous alternative sports to downhill skiing, a new option this winter in the 3 Valleys is Biathlon.
Les Menuires, which is celebrating its 40th birthday this winter, is home to Vincent Jay, a gold medal winner in the sport at the Vancouver Olympics earlier this year. This season the resort's ski school will be offering 'Introduction to Biathlon' courses. It follows the introduction of the sport in resorts as far afield as Bansko in Bulgaria, Seefeld in Austria and Northstar in California in recent years.
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