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| Weekly World Snow Roundup: Big Snows Finally Fall on Argentine Ski Resorts | 25/08/2010 16:00 |
by Patrick Thorne with First Tracks!! Online Media staff reports
Kiltarlity, Scotland, UK - After the dramatic snowfalls of recent weeks around the world, in both the southern and northern hemispheres, the world's snowy weather seems to have quieted down over the past seven days with only small snowfalls reported on each side of the equator. The exception is in Argentina, where the ski resort of Catedral is claiming to have received an incredible 90cm (three feet) of snow today following other big snowfalls a week ago. The snow depth there is currently the deepest in the world at 2.4m (eight feet). |
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| Alta Ski Area Outsources Vacation Sales | 25/08/2010 14:00 |
| Alta, UT - Up to now, Alta Vacations has operated out of a tiny office in the Utah ski resort's administration building. On Tuesday, Alta officials announced a new partnership with VacationRoost to outsource its central reservations service. |
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| Sugar Bowl Extends Lake Mary Cabin Dinner Series | 25/08/2010 13:00 |
| Norden, CA - Sugar Bowl Resort is extending the Lake Tahoe-area ski resort's popular fine dining experience by hosting four additional Saturday evening dinners this September at the exclusive Lake Mary Cabin near Donner Summit, with portions of each evening's proceeds benefiting local non-profit organizations. |
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| Silverton Increases Uphill Capacity | 25/08/2010 12:00 |
| Silverton, CO - Colorado's Silverton Mountain ski area is increasing uphill capacity this winter on the resort's only chairlift. |
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| New Mountaintop Kid Zone, Expanded Night Skiing at Squaw Valley This Winter | 25/08/2010 11:00 |
| Squaw Valley, CA - Squaw Valley USA has announced a host of new shops, amenities and company leaders for the 2010-11 winter season. This year Squaw Valley will offer a new mountaintop kids zone, additional snowmaking, expanded night skiing including the halfpipe, renovated lodges, new groomers and more. |
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| World Cup Rookie of Year Kloser Travels to Train | 25/08/2010 10:00 |
| Park City, UT - The 2010 World Cup Rookie of the Year, the U.S. Ski Team's Heidi Kloser, has been busy this summer, traveling from her Vail, Colo. home to split her time training between Lake Placid, N.Y. and Park City, Utah. Kloser has dedicated her summer to flying high at the Lake Placid and Utah Olympic Park water ramps. |
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| Finnish Ski Jumper Handed 16-Month Sentence | 25/08/2010 4:00 |
| Pirkanmaa, Finland - Olympic ski jumping champion Matti Nykanen was given 16 months in jail on Tuesday as a sentence for attacking his wife with a knife on Christmas Day 2009. |
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| NZ Ski to Host Four Years of New Zealand National Alpine Championships | 25/08/2010 3:00 |
| Queenstown, New Zealand - Snow Sports New Zealand–Alpine (SSNZ–Alpine) has announced that NZ Ski, owners of Coronet Peak and Mt. Hutt ski areas, will host the next four years of the New Zealand National Alpine Championships. The event will be comprised of the super G, giant slalom and slalom for able bodied athletes as well as adaptive athletes. |
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