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| World Leaders Gather At Davos | 26/01/2009 16:08 |
| Many of the world?s leaders and thousands of related BGO and other parties are gathering ion the Swiss ski resort of Davos for the annual World Economic Forum. The event is ranked second only to the G8 meetings for world political significance and this year?s is being staged at a crucial time for the [...] | |
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| Kinderhotels Offers Skiing For Two Year Olds | 26/01/2009 16:07 |
| The Kinderhotels chain has launched a range of fully equipped ski schools in its ski centre resort hotels, mostly in Austria. Smiley?s Tiny Tots Ski School accepts children from the age two and provides supervision of children from two years of age in small groups (maximum five children per group), either at the hotel or quite [...] | |
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| Kitzbüheler Alpen AllStarCard | 26/01/2009 16:04 |
| Visitors in the Kitzbühel region this winter can ski further than ever before thanks to both new lifts, and a new ski ticket which covers 1,000km of piste from the Tirol to Salzburg regions. The stats for the new Kitzbüheler Alpen AllStarCard are impressive with 357 cable cars and lifts included covering 1,081 kilometres (670 miles) [...] | |
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| Natural Snow Falls in Viet Nam and United Arab Emirates | 26/01/2009 16:01 |
| Natural snow fell over the past week in Viet Nam and in the United Arab Emirates and has been declared a ?once in a generation? occurrence in both of the normally hot countries. In Viet Nam a thin layer of snow was deposited on Mau Son Mountain in the northern province of Lang Son on January [...] | |
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| Switzerland?s Mighty Jungfrau Region! | 25/01/2009 6:22 |
| Interlaken's winter resort status became official however with the launch of The Jungfrau Top Ski Region, containing more than 100 miles of trails in ski centers above Grindelwald, all linked to Interlaken by a mountain railway included in a ski pass. The average length of runs in the area is a remarkable four miles. | |
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| Ski Zell am See, Austria - Charming Lakeside Town with Great Skiing | 23/01/2009 7:27 |
| Zell am See is one of the most significant Austrian ski resorts. Its three parts, the all-year glacial resort Kitzsteinhorn in Kaprun, the Maiskogel in Kaprun, and the Schmittenhöhe in Zell am See provide an area of 130 kilometers (81 miles) of trails and 54 lift systems. | |
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| Fresh Snow Falls Bringing Powder Top-Up To The Alps | 21/01/2009 23:51 |
| * Lowest temperatures for more than 20 years in Germany. * 50cm / 20 inches of fresh powder across the Alps In Past 48 Hours. * Snow and ice lead to a further spate of deaths in Europe. * North America warm in the West, freezing in the East. After a dry and sunny start [...] | |
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| Weekly World Snow Overview ? Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 | 21/01/2009 23:41 |
| After a dry and sunny start to the year in large parts of Europe, large snowfalls have returned to the Alps, and continued in the Pyrenees which continue to have one of their best winters for years. North America is experiencing unusually warm and unusually cold temperatures on west and east coasts respectively and [...] | |
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| Restaurant Race in Zermatt | 20/01/2009 15:31 |
| For skiers or snowboarders looking to bring a unique element to their holiday, the Ski Club of Great Britain is again hosting their annual resort race, the Luttman-Johnson Challenge in Zermatt on Wednesday 4th February 2009, which is open to anyone who is game. The Luttman-Johnson Challenge is a fun mountain restaurant race where teams [...] | |
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| New Gondola for Hopfgarten | 20/01/2009 15:29 |
| As well as the widely publicised Westendorf Connection gondola that opened in the SkiWelt this year, a second new gondolas opened, at Hopfgarten, greatly improving up lift in that sector of the giant ski pass area. The new ?Salvenbahn 2? eight-passenger cabin gondola lift replaces an old chairlift and dramatically increases the speed and comfort of [...] | |
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