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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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| Snowcarbon Website Launches With Train Information To The Alps | 31/10/2009 20:44 |
| A new independent website has launched with the aim of encouraging more people to travel by train to ski resorts. SnowCarbon.co.uk explains exactly how to book rail journeys, how to get the best fares, and which resorts are easiest to reach by train. The site which was founded by two respected national travel journalists, fills a [...] | |
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| Ski Club of Great Britain Report 6% Decline in UK Snowsports Market | 31/10/2009 20:42 |
| The UK snowsports market fell by 6% across all sectors in 2008/9 according to the Ski Club of Great Britain?s annual Snowsports Analysis report. The total UK snowsports market is now reported at 1.27 million people. The decline in overall numbers can be attributed to the economic climate and the weak pound, although the report [...] | |
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| New Range of 100% Recycled Sportwear Launched | 31/10/2009 20:40 |
| New label Yew Clothing www.yewclothing.com has announced the launch of its new range of active wear made from 100% recycled materials. The company believe this is the first collection of high performance sports gear that?s kind to the environment. Designed by athletes who wanted a little more from the sports clothing they wear, Yew?s selection [...] | |
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