Ski Resort and Snow News - March 2013
Deep Snow At Top Ranked Gstaad
Published : 29-Mar-2013 02:41
Gstaad is currently boasting the deepest snow in the Alps at 510cm (17 feet) and is one of only five leading ski areas worldwide with a 5m+ base as we enter April. The ski season here will also continue in to May thanks to the Glacier 3000 ski area,
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Scottish Ski Centres look Forward to Bumper Easter Holidays
Published : 29-Mar-2013 12:55
(Pic Credit Steven McKenna / Ski Scotland)
The snow which has caused logistical problems across much of Britain through the latter half of March has been more good news for Scottish ski areas enjoying one of their best winters of the past few decades.
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Zermatt To Spend A Billion
Published : 29-Mar-2013 11:12
Zermatt, with Europe's highest ski slopes open year round, has announced plans to invest over a billion Swiss Francs (CHF1.2bn = £835 million) on improvements over the next decade.
Exactly when and where the money will be spent has not been fully detailed so far, but key initiatives within the overall 'Strategy 2018' include 'expansion' of the resort's summer skiing business which, along with Hintertux in Austria, is one of only two resorts worldwide that operates 365 days a year for snow sports. Zermatt's glacier is shrinking but the resort invested heavily in an all-weather snowmaking system which can make snow in positive temperatures, one of only two such systems operating worldwide.
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J2Ski Snow Report - March 28th 2013
Published : 28-Mar-2013 11:19
Week Ending March 30th, 2013
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As March draws to a close, the season that keeps on giving, er, keeps on giving. There have been good falls of snow in many Alpine areas in the past week, and heavy snow has been reported in the past 24 hours.
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Giant Bobble Hat For Manchester Snow Centre, Possibly
Published : 28-Mar-2013 12:35
There's something of a history developing of April Fools involving indoor snow centres.
A few years ago a Scottish newspaper ran a story of a major new indoor ski centre development in the Highlands and a similar story was mooted in California. The ski website Iglu launched a new cruise ship incorporating an indoor snow centre (truth very close to reality on that one) on April 1st a few years back too. Of course a few phoney snowdome developpers have fooled coimmunities into investing in proposals in locations around the world without anything ever being liklely to be built too.
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New Study Rates 140 Countries According to Tourist Friendliness
Published : 27-Mar-2013 12:52
A new 500 page study on the competitiveness of 144 nations worldwide in terms of travel and tourism has attracted media attention as it includes a ranking of 140 of those nations in terms of their friendliness to tourists arriving on their shores.
This has generated a more eclectic list that the fairly obvious major-European and North American nations dominated top 20 in terms of economic competitiveness.
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Just How Big Are Ski Areas Really?
Published : 22-Mar-2013 12:12
A new study on the actual size of ski areas in terms of piste length has caused controversy in some of the major Alpine nations.
The study by German ski author and cartographer Christoph Schrahe, who has been working on ski area data collection for more than 20 years, used precise terrain mapping with Google Earth and other digital services to generate comparable statistics.
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World’s Longest GS Race Ready To Run Again
Published : 22-Mar-2013 11:52
The longest Giant Slalom ski race in the world is due to be staged again next month in Italy's Val Gardena.
The Gardenissima race (gardenissima.eu) descends 1033 vertical metres over its 6km length down from the start gate on Seceda at 2518m above sea level to 1033m as competitors negotiate 115 gates on Saturday, 4th April, when the race will be staged for the 17th time.
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J2Ski Snow Report - 21st March 2013
Published : 21-Mar-2013 05:56
Week Ending March 23rd, 2013
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Following another week in which impressive falls of snow blessed much of The Alps, there's a bit of a split in the weather coming up... but there's also likely to be more snow!
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Ski 4 Cancer Charity Race Gets Underway in 3 Valleys
Published : 20-Mar-2013 10:05
The Ski 4 Cancer charity ski race is getting underway today (20 March) 0n La Tania in the French 3 Valleys with plenty of fresh snow to enjoy.
During the event, which continues tomorrow, 21st March, entrants attempt to ski either the equivalent of either the vertical height of Mont Blanc (4807 metres) or Everest (8848 metres) in just one day.
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A 7 Day Lift Pass for £40
Published : 19-Mar-2013 10:01
For the past decade or so the annual World Lift ticket Price Report has found ski areas in Iran among the world's cheapest for a lift pass, coming in at around £50 for a six day ticket thanks to a rather favourable exchange rate.
But until the end of April a British ski slope is offering a more affordable ticket option even than that, the Chill Factore 180m long indoor real snow slope (www.chillfactore.com/ski ) is offering visitors a weekly Unlimited Lift Pass deal which allows holders to hit the slope for part of all of everyday of a week for just £40.
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Big Snowfalls in the Alps
Published : 18-Mar-2013 07:54
Big snowfalls have been reported in the Alps over the past 24 hours.
The French Alps have had particularly big falls with many resorts reporting at least a foot (30cm) of fresh snow since yesterday, some as much as 80cm.
That biggest fall (80cm in 24 hours) was reported by Alpe d'Huez, with Courchevel second snowiest in France with 40cm of new cover. Les Arcs, Meribel, Tignes, La Plagne, Val d'Isere and others report 25-30cm of new snow. A large number of French resorts have had 40-80cm over the past seven days, much of it in the last 72 hours.
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Biking Downhill Over Snow In Cervinia
Published : 15-Mar-2013 02:44
Cervinia (cervinia.it ) will join a growing trend set by resorts like Les 2 Alpes over the border in France by hosting its first downhill mountain bike race on snow from 30-31 March.
The race will see pros and amateurs take to a 1000 vertical metre, 6km course which is entirely on snow.
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J2Ski Snow Report - March 14th 2013
Published : 14-Mar-2013 11:09
Week Ending March 16th, 2013
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Following a real mixed bag of weather this past week, where many locations had a bit of everything from mild Spring days to bitter cold and high winds, the outlook promises to be rather more "normal" over the coming week.
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Neilson For Sale?
Published : 13-Mar-2013 01:29
The UK's third largest ski travel operator Neilson is reported to be up for sale again, probably, as current owners Thomas Cook struggle to get on top of their debt burden, reported to be £1.6 billion.
Harriet Green, who became chief executive of Thomas Cook last summer, is reported to be considering selling Neilson as one option to reduce the debt, although so far this appears to be (on going) media speculation rather than an announced policy by the company.
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Comedy Big Guns In The Alps
Published : 09-Mar-2013 06:52
Some of the UK's biggest comedy star will be in the Alps over the coming fortnight for gigs in both Meribel and Mayrhofen.
One of the biggest ever comedy superstars Eddie Izzard has just been announced as the headline act for the Altitude Festival in Mayrhofen and the men who started Altitude, and will indeed be there this year, are also performing at a separate gig the week before in the resort where it all began, Meribel in France.
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J2Ski Snow Report - March 7th 2013
Published : 07-Mar-2013 01:40
Week Ending March 9th, 2013
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Don't look now, but...
...talk of Spring in Europe, with clear mild weather for much of the past week, does appear to be rather premature.
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UK Tour Operators Support Le Ski's French Court Appeal
Published : 01-Mar-2013 08:07
A dozen leading UK tour operators are reported to have met yesterday (28 February) to agree their support of Le Ski, the long established tour operator in France which has been taken to court over offering a ski hosting service to its clients. Ski hosting has now been declared illegal.
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