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Patrick Thorne
01.09.10
There's been heavy snow falls in the Alps in the past few days, with up to 70cm (2 feet, 4 inches) of snow falling in the past 24 hours on the glaciers, so it's slightly ironic that the number of ski areas open has dropped to seven, after the two French centres of Tignes and Les 2 Alpes ended the country's summer ski season last weekend. Cervinia in Italy is due to follow suit this weekend.
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Val di Fiemme
02.09.10
“Rampa con i campioni” is an international, promotional OPEN race that will take place on January 9th, 2011; the start (mass start) will be at 10.00 a.m. at the cross country stadium in Lago di Tesero, and the finish will be at the intermediate station of Alpe Cermis.
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Sally Brookes
01.09.10
Afriski, the only ski area that's been officially open in Africa for the southern hemisphere's winter in the continent is due to close this weekend after a successful season.
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Sally Brookes
01.09.10
Several resorts in New Zealand have reported up to 30cm (a foot) of fresh snow as well as staging world class competitions, with the FIS Junior World Championships at Cardrona and SnowParkNZ declared a success as they drew to a close.
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Sally Brookes
01.09.10
Snow depths have reached 3.3m (11 feet) in South America after the latest big snowfalls.
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By
Patrick Thorne
28.08.10
Australia's leading ski areas are currently being dumped on and are reporting the best August snowfalls for more than two decades. Much of the snow has been falling in the past week.
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By
Patrick Thorne
29.08.10
After the big August snowfalls on Swiss glaciers a few weeks ago, there's been little new snow in Europe. The two remaining French summer ski areas are due to end their season this weekend, followed by Italy's Cervinia the weekend after, which along with premature closures in Austria due to limited glacier snowcover, means only seven areas will be open next week.
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