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| New Heated Six-Seater Chair At Tux | 07/12/2009 3:37 |
| The Eggalm ski area in Tux, in Austria?s Ziller Valley, has a new luxury six-seat chairlift with weather protection domes and seat heating. Hintertux is at the deep end of the Ziller Valley. With a summit at almost 3,500m above sea level, is one of the few remaining ski areas that endeavours to open year round, [...] | |
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| New Chairlift and More Snowmaking For Châtel | 07/12/2009 3:35 |
| Châtel in the giant French-Swiss Portes dui Soleil ski region has replaced its Linga 2 chairlift ready for the new season, which began in the resort this weekend. The old Linga 2 chairlift which takes skiers up to Col du Linga at 2050m has been replaced by a new six-searer detachable chairlift, ascending from [...] | |
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| World?s Biggest Resorts Open For Winter 09-10 | 07/12/2009 3:31 |
| Many of the world?s leading ski resorts have opened for the 2009-10 ski season this weekend following heavy snowfall in the Alps, Dolomites, Pyrenees and lower temperatures in Eastern North America allowing for snowmaking. In the French Alps, Courchevel and Meribel joined Val Thorens opening in the Three Valleys and in Austria the Arlberg opened a [...] | |
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| Mixed Snowfall Conditions | 25/11/2009 9:45 |
| Continents With Resorts Open For Skiing: 3 Countries With Resorts Open For Skiing: 12 Ski Areas Open (Approximately): 500(?) * Whistler November snowfall nears 6 metres/20 feet ? already a record, and then some. * Monterosa, Courmayeur, Lech and St Anton announce opening delays. * Fernie latest Canadian resort to announce early opening. * Resorts in India and Japan open [...] | |
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| New Cross Border Skiing Links Slovenia and Italy | 19/11/2009 3:09 |
| The 2009/2010 ski season will see the opening of a new cable car and ski piste linking Slovenia?s Kanin resort and Italy?s Sella Nevea resort. The ski area will be accessible with one lift pass, allowing skiers from both the Slovenian and the Italian sides of the mountain to enjoy the slopes at both resorts. [...] | |
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| SuperSki Weeks Best Deals are Online | 16/11/2009 8:24 |
| SuperSki Weeks are online and going fast. Don’t miss your chance to get the best ski prices of the 2010 season. Prices for the 2010 ski season start from $750 person (Innsbruck, Austria 6 nights, double occupancy) and include: roundtrip air, 6 or 7 nights hotel accommodation, buffet breakfast, transfer as specified and local taxes [...] | |
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| Turning Turkey?s Uluda? ?into a Davos? | 07/11/2009 21:56 |
| Uluda? in Turkey will see dramatic improvements in the next few years will see it become a rival to resorts Like Davos in Switzerland the Turkish government hope. Uluda? is reported to have seen little new investment in 50 years. The resort is the best known of the dozen or so ski areas in Turkey but [...] | |
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| Ski Iran | 07/11/2009 21:55 |
| Here comes Iran?s best kept secret ? no, not another uranium enrichment plant ? its exceptional skiing. Although most people wouldn?t imagine mentioning Iran and snow sports in the same sentence, the country has some of the best high altitude skiing on offer anywhere in the world. Iran?s premier resort, Shemshak, lies between 2550 and 3050 [...] | |
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| Last Single Seat Chair Goes As Nine New Lifts Added To Kitzbuhel Alps | 07/11/2009 21:55 |
| The cable car companies in the Kitzbüheler Alpen are investing more than 60 million euros in new lifts and snow machines for the coming season. In the SkiWelt Wilder Kaiser-Brixental the snow making facilities in Hopfgarten are being improved, a new reservoir is being built at the Tanzboden in Ellmau, the snow making facilities on the [...] | |
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| Banff and Bormio Open | 07/11/2009 21:54 |
| Mount Norquay at Banff and Bormio in Italy have both opened today (Halloween ? 31st October, 2009) for the 09-10 winter season. Both areas will be open weekends only for the first few weeks of November before opening full time. Les 2 Alpes in France has also been open for a special festival but [...] | |
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