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| Austria Makes Ski Dreams Come True In New Competition | 31/10/2009 20:39 |
| A new online competition at http://winterdream.austria.info allows anyone to post their details of their dream winter holiday in the Alps. The most original and imaginative will win their winter dream come true! The competition?s organisers, the Austrian National Tourist Office, suggest entrants, ?Let your imagination run free as you post your dreams.? And provide [...] | |
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| Heavy Snow in North America, More In The Alps, 30+ Resorts Now Open | 28/10/2009 9:31 |
| Continents With Resorts Open For Skiing: 3 Countries With Resorts Open For Skiing: 10 Ski Areas Open (Approximately): 35 * Heavy snow in Western Canada * A dozen ski areas open in Scandinavia. * Bormio opens this weekend. * Still skiing in New Zealand. * Les 2 Alpes opens for a big party. * Diablerets Glacier opens. Heavy snow is reported in western [...] | |
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| Canada Is Open | 27/10/2009 9:55 |
| Mont Saint-Sauveur enjoyed its earliest ever opening on October 18th and was the first resort in Canada to open, just behind Canada?s Olympic park in Alberta, according to ski news website First Tracks (www.firsttracksonline.com) Mont Saint-Sauveur sets a new record by opening 9 days earlier than its previous record of 1997 with an opening October 27. [...] | |
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| Abondance Bounces Back from ?Global Warming Closure? | 26/10/2009 10:40 |
| It was ?The start of the end of skiing in the Alps? two seasons ago when in the middle of one of Europe?s worst ski seasons for snowfall the small French resort of Abondance announced it would not be running its lifts. The Associated Press agency seized on the news and it appeared in newspapers all [...] | |
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| Mad Dog Launches New-look Website | 25/10/2009 20:13 |
| Skiers seeking inspiration this winter can check out the new-look www.maddogski.com for advice on everything from the best places to ski, advice on booking holidays, finding the nearest resorts to destination airports and even searching for the best mountain restaurants. Designed by digital marketing agency MadeWith, the new site has been influenced by user feedback [...] | |
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| Compagnie des Alpes Sell Saas Fee Shares | 25/10/2009 20:06 |
| The world?s largest ski resort operator, the French-based Compagnie des Alpes (CdA) has moved to sell its shares in SwissAlp, a wholly-owned Swiss subsidiary of the company. CDA, concluded a memorandum of understanding on October 21, 2009, with a group of buyers headed by the municipality of Saas Fee. The buyers include the municipality, local business [...] | |
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| Kitzbühel Opens | 25/10/2009 10:40 |
| The 2009-10 skiing season began in Kitzbühel on 24 October – earlier than ever before. The low temperatures combined with ultra-modern snow-making facilities and almost a metre of new snow mean that skiing is already possible in Kitzbühel ,two months before Christmas. It’s the second year in a row the 80 year old ski area [...] | |
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| Great Snow Conditions In Europe and More US Resorts Open Early | 21/10/2009 12:12 |
| Continents With Resorts Open For Skiing: 3 Countries With Resorts Open For Skiing: 10 Ski Areas Open (Approximately): 28 * Five ski areas already open in US * Sweden and Norway open for winter 2009-10 * First non-glacier ski area opens in Austria * More snow in Australia But all Ski Areas Closed There has been more fresh snow in the [...] | |
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| Igloo Villages Go Greener | 21/10/2009 9:45 |
| Igloo Villages, the chain of six igloo resorts built each year above six key resorts in the Alps and Pyrenees (a seventh venue, new for 2009-10, is due to be announced shortly), have decided they will aim to be completely carbon neutral in future. Already operating a pretty small carbon foot print, the Igloo Villages, for [...] | |
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| Try Salomon?s 2010-11 Season Skis, and 1980s Skis, In February 2010 | 21/10/2009 9:43 |
| Salomon will be running an all new technique and product test week in Courchevel this winter. The week, which runs from February 20 to 27, will give equipment fans the chance to try 2010-11 season’s Salomon skis, while having fun and improving their skiing at the same time. Davee Mercer, Salomon’s UK technical expert, ex-British [...] | |
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