Snow Alert for ,..... Bluebird skies after 40 days and 40 nights in Calif


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Cortina d'Ampezzo- Last updated 13 April 2006 Weather conditions Sunny Temperature top 09:00 -5 Temperature base 09:00 3 Depth of snow top 140 Depth of snow base 15 Last snowfall 11 April 2006 Wind force moderate breeze (gale force 4) wind direction north-west Conditions slopes Very good Number of open lifts 24 of 36 Number of open slopes 42 of 68 No. of kilometres 65 of 115 Conditions Crosscountry Good No. of kilometres 8 of 75 Conditions Snowpark Good General: In Faloria skiing area, lifts open untill the 25th of April 2006. Info on www.cortina.dolomiti.org
Cortina


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USSA News
OLYMPIC CHAMPION SHAUN WHITE NAMED NASJA OUTSTANDING COMPETITOR PARK CITY, Utah (April 13) - Olympic halfpipe gold medalist Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) has been named winner of the North American Snowsports Journalists Association (NASJA) annual Outstanding Competitor Award.
Before becoming the Olympic champion, the 19-year-old White became the first person to sweep all five events in the Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix - the lone Olympic qualifying series - and the Winter X Games in Aspen, Colo. After the Games of Torino ended, White also won the halfpipe contest at the U.S. Open at Stratton Mountain, Vt.
Announcement of the honor for "The Flying Tomato" was made during the annual NASJA convention in Fernie, B.C.
USSA


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Val Nevado
2006 Heliski Season in Valle Nevado!! To our boldest skiing and snowboarding friends: we inform that we are the only ski center in Chile where you can practice HELISKI. This activity consists of flying a helicopter taking you above 13.800 feets, amid untouched snows. Always accompanied by a mountain guide who provides all required safety equipment. Find the prices for this adventure here. “International Buffet Lunch”… an attractive alternative for our guests This coming season we offer a gourmet Buffet Lunch in our new Restaurant LE MONTAGNARD with delicious international meals. Here you will find the most diverse and delicious choices: meat and shellfish dishes, antipasti, salads with assorted dressings, vegetarian dishes, kids’ corner, dessert buffet, and plenty more. If you are a guest in our hotel, include this Buffet Lunch when you make your reservation for only US$ 20 per day; otherwise, the reference price is US$ 30. To see the detailed menu,

Valle Nevado

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Mt Hood summer Camps
Snow Report We are gearing up for our 28th summer of operation. Timberline Lodge is currently hovering around the 200 inch snow depth mark at the 6200 foot lodge elevation. With 200 inches at Lodge we have more than double that amount up on Palmer!! The Forest Service has measured the Mt Hood snowpack at 138% of normal, which is the most snow we’ve seen since 2000. We are still in a wet weather pattern here in the Pacific Northwest to continue with small storms coming through, dumping a few inches here and there to continue padding the snowpack up on the Palmer snowfield.

Sign-ups are going well. We've increased the prices of sessions 5, 6, and 7 to offset the additional housing units we'll be renting to accommodate those bigger sessions. We anticipate that we'll have to increase the prices for session 3 and session 8 sometime during the month of April. For the current dates and prices: http://www.mthood.com/prices_dates.htm
email at john@mthood.com
www.mthood.com
Always a good time !
Rich P. sends in a pic from Heavenly Valley South Lake Tahoe


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