Kirkwood Powder alert
12-24 at top" of NEW SNOW!
70-154" of snowfall this season to date.
For the current status of lift operations, road conditions and up-to-the-minute snowfall totals, visit
Kirkwood

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Panorama Mountain New Snow (24hrs) 4 cms
Events
Christmas Eve service on the summit of Panorama Mountain and for the Torchlight Parade & Fireworks on New Years Eve
Dec 24 Service on the Summit & Evening Christmas Eve Service
Dec 26-31 New Years Celebrations and Fireworks!
Dec 31 Torchlight Parade
January
Jan 2-5 Saskatchewan Cup Alpine Race
Jan 3-7 University and College Week
Jan 15-19 National Ski & Snowboard Week
Jan 18-24 K2 Speed Camp


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*** Monterosa Italy
The Monterosa Ski area is situated where the mountains rise up to form a bridge between Valle d’Aosta and Piedmont: 180 kilometres of perfectly created pistes are supplied by technologically advanced facilities and have a touch of retro ambiance for lovers of powdery snow-scapes and the purest mountain setting.
monterosa

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Sugarloaf/USA
Upcoming Events
Dec 26-31 Holiday Week at Sugarloaf/USA
Dec 31 New Year's Eve for all Ages with Family Entertainment, Fireworks & more!
Jan 2-6 College Snowfest
Jan 9-13 Children's Festival Week featuring SpongeBob Squarepants and Dora the Explorer

Sugarloaf

Soldier Hollow Hosts 2006 U.S. Cross-Country Championships Soldier Hollow in Midway, Utah, plays host to the Olympic Cross-Country qualifiers Jan. 3-10. "This is the last chance for America’s best skiers to earn a spot on the 2006 Olympic Team," said Howard Peterson, Soldier Hollow general manager. Cheer on the country’s best, then jump on the course after the races and see how you fare. The event is free for spectators and discounted trail passes and ski rentals available.
Mammoth Mountain
The snow keeps falling in Mammoth and we're loving it. Four more inches fell last night. It's been a warm storm with the snow level right around 8,000 feet - but thanks to our elevation (11,053 feet at the top) temperatures on the mountain were cool enough for snow!
Dress to keep dry today because it's wet out there. This storm will linger over our area for the next few hours but is expected to clear later in the day. Beautiful blue skies are back in the forecast for Christmas weekend.
With a base depth of 5 to 7 feet of powder, packed-powder and machine-groomed snow, lifts expected to operate today include chairs 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 25, the Lower Panorama Gondola and the Village Gondola. Chair 12 is on weather hold. We will be updating our online snow report on a real-time basis as conditions and operations change.
New Snow: 4 in.
Storm Totals: 4 in. Depth: 5-7 feet
Surface Conditions: Fresh Powder,Packed Powder,Machine Groomed Mammoth Mountain

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Snow Conditions Summary
Resort New Base
Alpine Meadows 0 33 - 62
Arosa 0 28 - 39
Bear Valley 0 0 - 55
Boreal 0 33 - 62v Chamonix-Mont-Blanc 0 16 - 43
Champery 0 12 - 39
Courchevel 0 17 - 17
Crans-Montana 0 18 - 24
Davos 0 30 - 45
Diamond Peak 0 38 - 42
Dodge Ridge 0 6 - 42
Engelberg 0 12 - 47
Grindelwald - Wengen 0 16 - 37
Gstaad 0 18 - 28
Heavenly Mountain Resort 0 34 - 50
Kirkwood 0 37 - 78
Klosters 0 28 - 45
Mammoth Mountain Ski Area 0 60 - 84
Megeve 0 31 - 43
Mt. Ashland 0 31 - 67
Mt. Bachelor 0 62 - 66
Mt. Hood Meadows 0 64 - 104
Northstar-at-Tahoe 0 12 - 48
Saas - Fee 0 13 - 50
Homewood Mountain Resort 0 7 - 22
Squaw Valley USA 0 18 - 60
St. Moritz 0 20 - 28
Sugar Bowl Resort 0 24 - 39
Verbier 0 18 - 30
Wengen 0 16 - 18
Whistler Blackcomb 0 12 - 35
Zermatt 0 9 - 118
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US Ski Team News
MANCUSO NINTH, FIVE U.S. WOMEN FINISH TOP 20 IN CZECH SLALOM
SPINDLERUV MLYN, Czech Republic (Dec. 22) - Defending World Cup champion Anja Paerson of Sweden won her second consecutive World Cup slalom Thursday with two solid runs while Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) had the fastest second run and moved up to ninth as five U.S. women broke into the top 20. WOMEN'S ALPINE WORLD CUP
Spindleruv Mlyn, CZE - Dec. 22, 2005
Women's Slalom
1. Anja Paerson, Sweden, 1:38.49
2. Anja Kostelic, Croatia, 1:38.98
3. Marlies Schild, Austria, 1:39.76
4. Annemarie Gerg, Germany, 1:40.40
5. Kathrin Zettel, Austria, 1:40.49
- 9. Julia Mancuso, Olympic Valley, Calif., 1:41.36
10. Kristina Koznick, Eagan, Minn., 1:41.48
13. Resi Stiegler, Jackson Hole, Wyo., 1:41.66
14. Lindsey Kildow, Vail, Colo., 1:41.73
17. Kaylin Richardson, Edina, Minn., 1:41.90
The men's tour resumes Dec. 29 with the annual downhill in Bormio, Italy, and then moves to a GS and slalom Jan. 7-8 in Adelboden, Switzerland.


MEN'S ALPINE WORLD CUP
Kranjska Gora, SLO - Dec. 22, 2005
Men's Slalom
1. Giorgio Rocca, Italy, 1:35.98
2. Thomas Grandi, Canada, 1:36.62
3. Ted Ligety, Park City, Utah, 1:36.65
4. Rainer Schoenfelder, Austria, 1:37.06
5. Kalle Palander, Finland, 1:37.19
- 15. Jimmy Cochran, Keene, N.H., 1:37.90
- Did not qualify for 2nd run:
Bode Miller, Bretton Woods,
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Colorado
Snow has pounded Colorado and it’s in the forecast through the holidays. Resorts are loving it, as many areas such as Wolf Creek, Vail, Steamboat, Sunlight, Ski Cooper, Monarch, Loveland, and Crested Butte already have 100 percent of their mountains open. Silverton in southern Colorado had nearly two feet overnight. Colorado Ski Country USA sends word, “With 27 powder days in the last six weeks and over 14 feet of powder already falling on Colorado slopes this season, Colorado is serving up the best early season skiing and riding in decades. Fresh powdered snow is forecasted daily through the Christmas holiday