Erna Low, which was voted the best independent ski operator to France by Maison de la France in the 2008 British Travel Trade Awards, has introduced its new ski brochure for the 2008/09 season.
This comprehensive selection includes even more resorts in France, Switzerland and British Columbia, Canada whilst popular resorts like Flaine, Les Arcs, La [...]
The Kitzsteinhorn Mellow Parks on the glacier above Kaprun in Austria will be enlarged this winter with a superpipe. The new superpipe will be build near the summit station of the Sonnenkarbahnen, at around 3000m, between piste no. 1 and the Roxy park. This will be the only superpipe in the Salzburg region and [...]
The Compagnie des Alpes, the world’s largest ski lift and resort operator by passenger numbers, recently announced that a record number of ticket sales for the 2007-08 winter season.
Reporting on the company’s third quarter of the current financial year, a company spokesman commented,
The third quarter was affected by a slow month of April. This [...]
The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) has released its eighth Sustainable Slopes Annual Report detailing the U.S. ski and snowboard resort industry’s progress in implementing the principles of its Environmental Charter during the 2007-08 winter season.
The primary focus of the Sustainable Slopes program this season was continuing to promote the industry’s Green Power program [...]
After having opened for one season in the Plateau sector, the new snowpark at Val Thorens is already a victim of its own success and needs to be enlarged by 18,000m² to 88 000 square metres at a cost of 300,000 Euros (That’s about half a million USD).
A new 500 metre long hand [...]
Cross country skiers from around the world gathered at Snow Farm NZ on Thursday for the first of the FIS ANC Cup Series races with a strong field of men and women from Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Canada and France.
In the men’s 15km Classic Race a tight bunch of five skiers were neck and neck [...]
A new gondola began operating from one of Spain’s leading resorts, Baqueira Beret, last Saturday August 2nd. The lift will improve the experience for skiers and boarders visiting the resort next winter and was described as, “Very good news” by a resort spokeswoman.
The new gondola, which was first initiated in 2005/6, helps to open [...]
With the snow conditions across most New Zealand ski resorts being as good as they have for the past fifteen years, international racers have began training for the upcoming FIS racing season.
Mt Hutt has received its first intake of ski racers including overall 2007 World Champion Aksel Lund Svindal who’s due to arrive [...]
Kitzbühel will install a new detachable quad chairlift “Ganslern” servicing the original Streif World Cup slope in advance of the coming season. This lift, which replaces a double chairlift on the route, will be; ideal for all races, organization and for the Kitzbüheler Ski Club at any time.
In addition a new eight seater gondola [...]
Australia is receiving more and more fresh snow. The severe, chilly weather at one of the country’s leading resorts, Falls Creek is the outcome of the coldest front of the winter. A classic late winter pattern- a series of cold fronts crossing south eastern Australia. The mercury dipped to -5C (the lowest overnight [...]
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