Ski Resort and Snow News - March 2011
Cortina Open Until May
Published : 31-Mar-2011 02:32
Cortina was one of the first resorts in Europe to open, and was the first in the giant Dolomiti Superski region, way back on November 13th, and it will be one of the last to close – and again the last in the Dolomitii Superski region, after a near six-month season, on May 1st.
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Gourmet Food Week in Val d’Isere
Published : 28-Mar-2011 10:21
Pistes Gourmandes week in Val d'Isere is where you get to mix good skiing with good food.
The special week is "devoted to discovering authentic, ethical products and the art of great food."
What this means is that the famous resort brings leading chefs and food writers to the alpine resort for a series of demonstrations, cookery lessons and tastings.
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Incredible Snowfall In California
Published : 28-Mar-2011 10:08
Deep Snow At Alpine Meadows
There have been more huge snowfalls in California, reflecting a trend that has been the theme of winter 2010-11 in the Western US state since last November.
Several resorts including Squaw Valley have reported they've now received more than 50 feet of snow since the start of the season. In Squaw's case this has only happened three times before in the past 40 years and in those cases, never before April.
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It’s Skiathon Time
Published : 20-Mar-2011 07:17
The third National Ski-a-thon (Not to be confused with Telluride's annual 'Ski-a-thong') gets underway on May 17th this year and is a good excuse to spend a post-season day on the snow and all for a good cause.
Organised by Disability Snowsport UK's (DSUK) and open to skiers and boarders of all ages and abilities, the idea is that teams of six, alongside the British Disabled Ski team, attempts to raise at least £666 by making 666 descents at one of the UK's six indoor snow centres on Tuesday the 17th.
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Delirium Dive Opens At Banff
Published : 18-Mar-2011 11:23
Delirium Drive
With the season drawing to a close at some resorts it's hard to imagine the others are just opening some terrain for the first time this winter, but that's exactly the case at Banff in Canada.
Despite the Banff area receiving record snowfall in January, the world-famous Delirium Dive opened for the first time this season this week. Named as one of the 'Top 10 Off-Piste Runs in the World' by the Sydney Morning Herald, the Dive attracts expert skiers and snowboarders from all around the world.
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Free Skiing For Joes On Saturday
Published : 18-Mar-2011 11:20
There's an unusual offer on the slopes of Bettmeralp in Switzerland this Saturday.
Anyone christened Joseph or Josephine can ski free of charge. They can also bring their spouse or any friend along for only 20 Swiss Francs per adults and children ski for 10 Swiss francs.
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Xtreme Verbier Postponed to Sunday 20th March
Published : 17-Mar-2011 10:38
The forthcoming Freeride World Tour event at Verbier is being re-scheduled.
The organizers decided that the competition Nissan Xtreme Verbier 2011 by Swatch will be postponed and will not be held on Saturday, 19 March as originally scheduled.
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Nevis Range to Open Every Lift on Mountain for First Time Since 2005
Published : 17-Mar-2011 04:57
Recent heavy and persistent snowfall has led Nevis Range ski area near Fort William to announce plans to open all of its lifts for the first time in six years this weekend (19-20 March).
"Typically, snow falling early in the winter covers the north face of the mountain where the main ski area and the majority of the ski lifts are located. Recent snow and south westerly storms has meant that the snow has now filled in "o'er the back" in the area of the resort known as the Back Corries. This all round snow cover means the resort will be opening every lift on the mountain, including the Braveheart lift, installed in 1996, which allows riders to access the expansive Back Corrie area." explained Marian Austin, MD of Nevis Range MD.
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Big Mountain Race In To Cyber Space At Squaw
Published : 16-Mar-2011 09:48
There's a new spin on the big mountain Freeride competition at Squaw Valley in California USA this Saturday, March 19, 2011, thanks to new technology.
Helly Hansen's wildly successful 'Big Mountain Battle Powered By Flaik' (www.bigmountainbattle.com) returns to Squaw Valley USA for the third year – it was in fact due to have been staged earlier this winter due to heavy snowfall at the resort.
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New Gourmet Restaurant in Chamonix
Published : 12-Mar-2011 06:11
The new Café de l'Arve (www.cafedelarve.com) in Chamonix has won the resort's, and the region's, sole 'Michelin Bib' for its superb cuisine.
This prestigious rating means the restaurant is an inspector's favourite not just for top notch nosh, but for good value to boot.
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Dig Up A BMW in Obertauern
Published : 12-Mar-2011 06:05
Obertauern in Austria's Salzburgerland (which we all remember from Boxing Day shows of Beatles film 'Help!' on BBC2 before the Sky era) is quite an unusual resort in the country as the high valley begins 1700m or so above sea level and the resulting good snow conditions from late November to early May have earned it the nickname 'Austria's snowbowl'
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Mr Happy Skis Aviemore
Published : 09-Mar-2011 04:03
In a world first for Scotland and the Mr Men franchise, Mr Happy took to the slopes of Cairngorm above Aviemore earlier today as part of an effort to run 1000 miles from John O'Groats to Land's End doing a lot of activities en route including the Virgin London Marathon.
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New People And Car Transporting Lift Heading To Sochi
Published : 04-Mar-2011 05:25
Lift manufacturer Doppelmayr recently announced the order for a major project in Sochi, the longest 3S gondola lift type installation in the world, ahead of the 2014 Olympics, but now a new and even bigger order for the Olympic region has been placed.
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Sarsfield's Swiss Success - Emily goes well at Grindelwald
Published : 03-Mar-2011 10:18
Photo by Adam Johnston www.photoski.eu
The eighth Ski Cross World Cup race of a grueling season took place today in Grindelwald Switzerland, where British Ski Cross Team member Emily Sarsfield, 27, beat world cup ranked number 7, Katrin Mueller and world cup ranked number eight, Jenny Owens, to place 14th, Sarsfield's best result World Cup result of the season and her best result since seriously injuring her knee in 2009.
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FIS Racing Returns To Scotland After A Decade
Published : 03-Mar-2011 08:34
Cairngorm
Several seasons of consistently good snowfall across Scotland has led to a return of FIS sanctioned racing in the country for what is believed to be the first time in more than a decade.
For the first time in many years, FIS (Fédération Internationale de Ski) races will take place in the Scottish mountains. "FIS competitions used to take place on a regular basis in Scotland", said Chair of ski-scotland Heather Negus, "but with marginal conditions, organisers of these races and other events moved them overseas. However, with great snow again this winter, arguably better than last winter's outstanding conditions, confidence, competitions and events have returned to the Scottish ski areas."
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Public Funding For Snow Sports Ends This Month
Published : 02-Mar-2011 02:46
Chemmy Alcott - No more public funds.
In a bitter twist in the strange ebbs and flows of public funding, British competitive snow and ice sports see an increase of approximately £3.8m this month but that total includes a £620,000 cut in the budget for our elite boarders and skiers – which represents all of their former public funding in fact, while sliding-on-ice sports see a £4.5 million increase in funding.
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Fancy A Wine Ski Safari With Kristian Ghedina?
Published : 01-Mar-2011 11:38
Two wine tour partipants (probably)
Many ski region are also wine regions and some make the extra effort to ring these two activities together.
One such is Italy's Alta Badia which on the 20th of March, will be taking the very best of their wines up to 2000m for a tasting, accompanied by local bread and cheese, all carrying the trademark 'Quality Südtirol' in an event organised by the tourist board
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