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| Bulgarian Ski Resorts Fight Government, National Parks, WWF, EC, UNESCO? | 19/10/2009 10:30 |
| Several (possibly all) Bulgarian existing and proposed ski resorts are currently involved in multiple battles on multiple levels to allow for resort and ski area development at their locations. In an unusual twist, Bansko, the country and one of Europe?s most successful resorts of the past decade, is fighting against its UNESCO world heritage site status [...] | |
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| Ski Resorts Open (Very) Early Thanks To Heavy Snow And Low Temperatures | 18/10/2009 19:28 |
| At least a dozen ski areas in six countries have opened earlier than expected because of heavy snow, or consistent low temperatures to allow snow making, or a combination of both. Austria saw the most of the heavy snowfalls in the latter half of last week with the glacier ski area of Tux claiming the biggest [...] | |
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| Improvements At Meribel | 18/10/2009 9:39 |
| Meribel in the French 3 Valleys, the world?s largest ski area, has announced a number of improvements to its giant ski area for the coming winter. The slow, fixed Golf chairlift will be transformed into a fast, detachable chairlift which will halve journey times. This will allow Meribel Village residents much quicker access to the Altiport [...] | |
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| Nendaz Organise Ski Courses ?Which Help Our Planet? | 16/10/2009 10:53 |
| Nendaz ski area in the Swiss 4 Valleys region will run special ski school classes for children this winter which will help to encourage them to look after the environment. ?Children are the future of our planet, the messengers of change. The “your life, your planet” concept proposes activities to gain safety awareness (your life) during [...] | |
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| Val Thorens Invests In New Beginners Area | 14/10/2009 10:56 |
| Val Thorens, the highest resort in the world?s largest ski area, France?s 3 Valleys, has invested more than 1.5 million euros to create a new 40 hectares area for beginners, equipped with no less than four new roof-covered magic carpets. The new area has been designed not only to provide first-class facilities for first timers, but [...] | |
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| New Big Snow Festival For Andorra | 14/10/2009 10:51 |
| A new on-snow festival is set to rock the Andorran resort of Arinsal this winter. The Big Snow Festival will be staged between 14th and 21st March 2010, offering what the organisers predict will be a weeklong rollercoaster of skiing and snowboarding, combined with top music acts and pumping beats. Launched by the organisers of the [...] | |
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| First Heavy Snow of 09-10 Season Dumps On Austrian Glaciers | 14/10/2009 10:37 |
| Continents With Resorts Open For Skiing: 4 Countries With Resorts Open For Skiing: 8 Ski Areas Open (Approximately): 24 * Up to a metre of snow falls on Austrian glaciers. * Two more ski areas open in US. * New Zealand ski area plans to open in to ?Snovember? * New snow in Canada. On Tuesday 13th October up to a [...] | |
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| New Edition of UK?s Only Annual Ski Resort Guidebook Published | 13/10/2009 18:47 |
| The 2010 edition of Where to Ski and Snowboard, now the UK?s only remaining annually printed guide book has been published. The brand new, completely revised 2010 edition contains 600 pages devoted to detailed description and evaluation of over 430 resorts (in around 150 areas) worldwide. This year the book covers Germany for the first time [...] | |
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| Compagnie des Alpes Looks To Add Les 2 Alpes To Its Portfolio | 12/10/2009 16:44 |
| The world?s largest ski resort operator, the Compagnie des Alpes (CDA), is looking to add one of the remaining major French resorts not yet under its ownership to its portfolio. The company has announced it in negotiations to acquire a majority stake in Deux-Alpes Loisirs thanks to exclusive negotiations with a group of shareholders who together [...] | |
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| Ticket Prices Held At 2008-09 Cost In Andorra | 12/10/2009 11:04 |
| The cost of a six day lift ticket at Andorra?s largest ski centre, Grandvalira, is dropping for next season ? albeit by just half a Euro for a six day pass, other tickets will cost the same as last winter 08-09. However the change is significant as the resort?s lift ticket price had increased at a [...] | |
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