By
Patrick Thorne
1/5/09
One of the leading ski area operators in Slovakia, Klaster Liptov, have announced they will not increase prices since Slovakia joined the Euro last Thursday, January 1st, 2009.
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By
Patrick Thorne
1/2/09
An alarming number of avalanche deaths have reported in Europe and North America through December.
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By
Sally Brookes
1/2/09
In what appears to be a repeat of 2007-8 so far, Colorado is seeing big snowfalls following a slow start to the winter in late November and early December. Last winter several resorts reported record snow accumulations by April after having difficulty opening any terrain for Thanksgiving the previous November.
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By
Sally Brookes
12/24/08
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow...
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By
Patrick Thorne
12/23/08
The ski season has begun with amazing snow conditions in the giant Portes du Soleil ski area that straddles the French - Swiss border.
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By
Sally Brookes
12/19/08
Marmot Basin in Canada, which was one of the first ski areas in North America to open last month, has received what resort spokesmabn Bririan rode describes as, "a whole pile of snow" over the past week and a half. The Alberta resort received 20cm (eight inches) of new snow last Friday alone.
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By
Patrick Thorne
12/18/08
The Vanoise Express cable car, a key artery of the Paradiski (Les Arcs-La Plagne) ski area, will re-open on Saturday 20 December, in time for the start of the 2008/09 winter season. At the end of several months' work to replace its four load-bearing cables, the Vanoise Express has passed all the required safety tests under the supervision of the Departmental Public Works Authority. After two weeks of testing, the departmental supervisory body granted official approval for the cable car to be put into service and opened to skiers.
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