Snow Alert for Habuka Japan
Snow alert for Alyeska
Snow alert for Jackson Hole
Snow alert for Snowbird
Snow alert for Beaver Creek , Loveland


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Habuka
New Snow Overnight: 8 cm Today's Settled Snow Depth: (base) 171 cm, (alpine) 255 cm
Top Elevation: 1,676 m Base(Ticket Centre): 820 m
Total Course Length:
14 Km+Hakuba Goryu & Iimori Vertical: 856 mv Longest Run: 6.4 Km (R-1)

Hakuba47 is one of the newest ski resort in Hakuba Village and is known as "Yon Nana" nichname among our fans from kids to seniors. "Yon Nana" means "Four Seven" in Japanese language although our formal resort name is pronounced as "Hakuba Fourty-Seven."
It was named to aim this resort for everybody to be able to enjoy 4 Seasons a year, 7 Days a week in 1990 when it was established. Since then, we have offered various activities to feel each season the most and the number of activities are including every year starting from skiing, snowboarding, snowshe trekking, snow mobiling, snow picnic and plays in winter and spring, mountain bike downhill, outdoor BBQ, mini SL, fishing, trekking and more in summer, and viewing autumn colours in fall to cultural activities such as making soba / oyaki ban and craft workshops thoughout the year Hakuba 47 is interlinked with two other mountains, Hakuba Goryu and Iimori, and offer the ski able area of XXX hectars with 23 named runs together to delight skiers and snowboarders. It has one of the resorts' most notable intermediate cruising run, the longest season in Hakuba Village, some comfortable north-facing beginner slopes from which the wide-open landscape and other ski resorts in Hakuba Village can be seen, a huge moguls course, and a well-maintained half-pipe and snow park which has a variety of rails, jumps and waves. Hakuba Goryu and Iimori on the South side of the mountain can also be reached from Hakuba47, offering beginners, intermediates and experts an even wider selection of runs to choose from. Habuka

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Zermatt
Experience an unforgettable day in the Matterhorn ski paradise. The Matterhorn ski safari gives you the opportunity to enjoy the entire international ski area in one day. Skiing enthusiasts can cover 10,000 vertical metres - or even 12,000 if the runs as far as Valtournenche are included - without having to use the same run or the same lift twice. Only the Matterhorn ski paradise lets you do this!

Photo Zermatt Tourism, Leo Julen
02/03/06 and 02/10/06 One-day ski tours for groups On touring skis experience the glacier world around Zermatt, seen at its best. Pfulwe 3155 m, Cima di Jazzi 3804 m, Fluhhorn 3317 m. Price: CHF 180.- per person Reservations up to 7.00 p.m. on the previous day in the Alpin Center Zermatt, 027 966 24 60 02/08/06 Ice climbing Ice climbing for beginners. Groups of 34 participants. Price: CHF 170.-. Reservations up to 7.00 p.m. on the previous day in the Alpin Center Zermatt, 027 966 24 60

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Gastein Germany
The skiing area surrounding the Kreuzkogel (2,686m) is ideal because of the excellent snow conditions, explained Johann Schuster, Director of the Goldberg Lift in Sportgastein. The ski tour routes are marked, and are avalanche safe, but they are not prepared or controlled. The almost 3.7 km long off piste route runs across the steep slope underneath the Goldberg Lift towards the Knappenbäuelsee, and from here the route then leads in a southerly direction to the piste towards the mid station.

The new ski route 2 is about 2.2 km long and it starts south of the prepared piste, and ends at the bottom of the valley.
Badgastein

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Mammoth Mountain
Punxsutawney Phil quickly crawled back into his burrow after seeing his shadow early this morning. That means six more weeks of winter in the U.S. and, more importantly, six more weeks of epic snowfall for us!
Currently, we're seeing mostly cloudy skies and light precipitation at Main Lodge with gusty winds and morning temperatures in the low 30s. We are expecting skies to clear and winds to die down soon with afternoon temperatures eventually reaching the upper 40s.
All lifts are expected to operate today with the exception of Chairs 7, 20 and 26.
Today is the big day for our much anticipated scavenger hunt. You could walk away with a 2006/2007 Mammoth Season Pass by being the first to follow the clues around the mountain.
Mammoth Mountain

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Sugarloaf
As January came to a close Mother Nature brought us 8+ inches of new snow to provide us excellent conditions all over the mountain so if you've been thinking about skiing or riding, now is the time.
The Winter Olympics get underway in just over a week and four Sugarloafers will be there to represent the United States. You can learn more about the Sugarloaf contingent here and you can also catch snowboarder Seth Wescott on the David Letterman show tomorrow
Sugarloaf

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Panaorama
New snow 7 cm last 24 hours
February
Feb 5-11 Western Days
Feb 17-20 Family Day Weekend
Feb 20 Snowboarders for Christ Halfpipe Competition
Feb 27-28 BC Highschool Provincial Ski/Snowboard Championships
Panorama

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Whistler Blackcomb
Flurries. Alpine high -4.Snowfall 3-5 cm. Freezing level in the valley. Mountain top winds s 20 gusting 40km/h 33 - 52cm of snow forecast to Saturday evening, Sunday and Monday mix of sun and cloud.
Photo credit Whistler -Blackcomb "The Chainsaw".....nice!

Whistler Blackcomb

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International Olympic Committee
February 2006
2014: all seven applicant cities return responses
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced that all seven cities applying to become candidates to host the XXII Olympic Winter Games in 2014 have returned their responses to the IOC Candidature Acceptance Procedure...
The Olympic Games is one of the world’s greatest visual events. To preserve the purity of the Games, the IOC does not allow advertising hoardings on the field of play, resulting in a clean venue and broadcast.
Olympic venues of the past
CALGARY 1988 XV Olympic Winter Games For the first time, the Winter Olympics were extended to 16 days, including three weekends. The Alpine events were expanded from three to five with the inclusion of the super giant slalom and the Alpine combined. Team events were added in Nordic combined and ski jumping. Jumper Matti Nykänen took advantage of this new programme to win three gold medals. The speed skating races were held indoors. Yvonne van Gennip surprised the favourites with three victories. Christa Rothenburger won the 1,000m. Seven months later she earned a silver medal in cycling to become the only athlete ever to win medals in the Winter and Summer Olympics in the same year. Figure skater Katarina Witt defended her Olympic title, while on the men's side Brian Boitano edged Brian Orser in an extremely close decision. Charismatic skier Alberto Tomba made his first Olympic appearance, winning both the giant slalom and the slalom. 46 events, 57 NOCs (Nations) 1,423 athletes (301 women, 1,122 men) Nakiska today Events
Jan 19 Ladies Only Ski Day
A day tailored to ladies. Transportation, 1.5 hours of instruction, and lunch. Please call 232-8477 to register. Feb 9 Ladies Only Ski Day
A day tailored to ladies. Transportation, 1.5 hours of instruction, and lunch. Please call 232-8477 to register. Feb 11-12 Discover Days
Just a taste! If you are a new skier or rider wondering if you should go for it and give skiing or snowboarding a try, look no further than the Discover Sampler. Regular price $35, available on this weekend for only $20! Feb 23-25 Honda Pro Am Snowboard Tour - Boardercross
Presented by Telus. For more information contact the Canadian Snowboard Federation at www.csf.ca Feb 26 Boardercross
More event and registration information coming soon.
Feb 28-Mar 2 Canadian Telemark Nationals
For more information please contact www.albertatelemark.com

Nakiska
freestyle World Cup
02.02.2006 Rjukan (NOR) TM 03.02.2006 Chamonix (FRA) AL 03.02.2006 Ofterschwang (GER) AL 03.02.2006 Spindleruv Mlyn / Pec p/Snezkou (CZE) FS 04.02.2006 Willingen (GER) JP 04.02.2006 Milano (ITA) SB 04.02.2006 Davos (SUI) CC 10.02.2006 Torino (ITA) AL 10.02.2006 Torino (ITA) FS 10.02.2006 Torino (ITA) CC 10.02.2006 Torino (ITA) JP 10.02.2006 Torino (ITA) NK 10.02.2006 Torino (ITA) SB 01.03.2006 Jisan Forest Resort (KOR) FS 01.03.2006 Shukolovo (RUS) SB 02.03.2006 Sun Peaks (CAN) SS 03.03.2006 Hafjell-Kvitfjell (NOR) AL 03.03.2006 St. Petersburg (RUS) SB 03.03.2006 Davos (SUI) FS 04.03.2006 Lahti (FIN) JP 04.03.2006 Lahti (FIN) NK Fronm FIS SKI
BIG Mountain & Extreme Ski Events
February 1 - 5 Subaru US Freeskiing Nationals Subaru US Skiercross Nationals Snowbird, UT USA BM, SX Subaru US Freeskiing Tour NA Tour www.freeskiingworldtour.com www.usskiercrossseries.com 9 - 12 Aspen Snowmass Open by Nissan Aspen, CO USA Open event www.aspensnowmass.com 9 - 12 Taos Freeride Taos, NM USA www.skiing-taos.com 10 - 26 XX Olympic Winter Games Torino IT www.olympics.com 18 - 24 Verbier Ride Verbier Swiss BM, Euro Tour www.verbierride.com 22 - 26 Lake Louise Big Mountain Challenge Lake Louise Canada 22 - 28 Saab Crested Butte Extremes Crested Butte, CO USA www.cbmr.com

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