Ski Resort and Snow News - July 2013
Great Britain’s Top Alpine Skiers Engaged To Be Married
Published : 31-Jul-2013 11:19
Britain's number one female and number one male downhill skiers have announced they are engaged to be married to each other.
Dougie Crawford popped the question to Chemmy Alcott last week and Chemmy said, "Yes!"
"I'm so happy to be committing to a lifetime of love, laughs and craziness with my soul mate. In my personal life he has been a rock who has made me happier than I knew possible," said Chemmy,
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Short Sochi Olympic B&B Packages Top 20,000 Euros
Published : 30-Jul-2013 04:04
If you want to go to Sochi for the Olympic Games next February the advice seems to boil down to, "Good luck!" Tickets and accommodation packages are available now through website cosport.com but they're not cheap.
Two nights bed and breakfast in a Sochi tower block three star hotel with tickets for the Ladies' Super Combined and Luge on 11th February 2014 were from 2,243 Euros for a double room, excluding travel to Sochi, or from Sochi to the venues in the mountain above. A five night package incorporating the Men's and Women's downhill races, on the same board basis, is from around 4,400 Euros for five nights and add the Opening ceremony to your package and prices quickly rise above 6,000 Euros with plenty of choices above 20,000 Euros for your short Sochi break!
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London Indoor Snow Centre Plan Unveiled By Boris
Published : 28-Jul-2013 09:33
Plans for an indoor snow centre by the London Olympic park have returned from the grave with mayor Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson unveiling new and apparently fully financed plans to build the UK's seventh currently operating indoor snow centre, with the longest British slope yet, next to the Olympic venue as part of his speech on the first anniversary of the 2012 Games.
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UK’s Leading Operators Announce New Destinations for 13-14
Published : 25-Jul-2013 10:27
The big two tour operators which together take more than half of the UK's estimated 900,000 skiers on their trips each winter, Crystal and Inghams, have just launched their main programmes for 2013-14 including more than a dozen 'new' destination choices between them.
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Tour Op Reps To Advise Clients From Lift Stations
Published : 25-Jul-2013 01:48
Following the furore over 'ski hosting' of clients by staff working for British tour operators, which French police have decided breaks French law, the UK's biggest operator, Crystal, has announced that reps will meet clients by key lifts at the base off the slopes each day to offer advice on conditions and routes for the 2013-14 ski season.
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6 Day 3 Valley Pass Hits 277 Euros For ‘13-‘14, New Discount Offered
Published : 23-Jul-2013 02:56
The price of a six day pass for adults and children aged 13 and up will hit a new high of 277 Euros next winter, which seems likely to be the most expensive pass in Europe outside the Swiss franc zone.
However after introducing the 'Tribu' pass last winter, which offered discounts when three people bought the same pass valid for six days or more for the same dates and duration, the 3 Valleys will be extending the concept to offer a smaller discount when only two people buy the same ticket for the same dates and duration together in '13-'14. The 6 day adult price per person drops 10 Euros to 267 Euros. Children age 5 – 12 pay 221.6 Euros for six days.
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We’re Out of ‘Ski Recession’ As More Brits Book Trips
Published : 19-Jul-2013 03:04
A four season decline in the number of British skiers booking ski holidays appears to be over as a small decline of less than 1% in 2011-12 has been reversed by a small increase of less than 1% in 2012-13 according to figures from the UK's largest ski tour operator Crystal in the company's annual report on the British ski travel business, the closest the country has to official data.
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A New Black Run For The Austrian Alps
Published : 15-Jul-2013 03:03
New runs are something of a rarity in the Austrian Alps, or anywhere in Europe, indeed new advice from the Austrian Lift Operators Organisation following an investigation on piste length by German ski journalist Christoph Schrahe may mean the total published piste kilometres in the country is about to drop (it's already happened at Mayrhofen which has fallen to 133km after having around 159km the past decade or so).
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When To Ski And When To Book For 2013-14
Published : 10-Jul-2013 09:19
Tour operators are of course always telling us to "book early to get the best deals" or sometimes more accurately "book early to ensure the holiday you want is still available."
But they don't often go in to a great deal of explanation as to why you should book early.
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J2Ski Monthly Snow Report - July 2013
Published : 05-Jul-2013 08:39
Where to Ski in July - 2013
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Introduction
July may be one of the warmest months of the year in the northern hemisphere but more ski areas are open in the Alps than last month and as winter kicks off in the southern hemisphere nearly 100 areas should be open south of the equator by the end of the month.
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Cervinia Summer Skiing 2013 - More like Winter!
Published : 05-Jul-2013 08:06
Thought we'd share this video blog from Warren Smith, showing the incredible conditions in Cervinia on the 1st July 2013!
Yes, this is summer skiing...
Warren wrote:We kicked our Academy summer ski courses off this weekend to what can only be described as winter like conditions. Heavy snowfall throughout May and June has loaded Cervinia's Plateau Rosa glacier with several extra meters of new snow and given us the best conditions we've ever experienced for summer skiing since starting our program over 18 years ago.
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It’s Summer Skiing Jim, But Not As We Know It
Published : 03-Jul-2013 06:10
Spring and summer 2013 looks set to go down as one of the best ever for snow conditions, certainly this century.
There has not been a May – July in recent memory(meaning the past few decades) when resorts not known for their summer skiing and in some cases without glaciers, have re-opened with fresh powder conditions.
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