Memorial Weekend
Who has the goods? *** OPEN Memorial Weekend Alyeska Alyseka Alyeska
http://www.alyeskaresort.com/ Mt Hood Timberline Lodge
http://www.timberlinelodge.com/ Mammoth Mountain
http://www.mammothmountain.com/ Snowbird
http://www.snowbird.com Squaw Valley

http://www.squaw.com

Whistler Blackcomb
http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/
Arapahoe Basin
A-Basin is set to close June 4, 2006! Saturday - Sunday 8:30 a.m. - 4 http://www.arapahoebasin.com/


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USSA News
VILAMOURA, PORTUGAL (May 26) - Tom Kelly, U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association Vice President of Marketing Communications, is on-site in Portugal and available for comments and followup information regarding recent news from the International Ski Federation (FIS) Congress.
News from the FIS Congress includes:
U.S. Resorts to Host 22 World Cups During 2006-2007 Season
Aspen, Beaver Creek to Host Alpine World Cups
Freestyle World Cups Return to Deer Valley, Lake Placid
Snowboard World Cup Stops at Lake Placid for Third Season
Women's Ski Jumping Approved for 2009 World Championships
Deer Valley Awarded 2011 Freestyle World Championships
"USSA is honored to have such strong World Cup venue partners as Aspen, Beaver Creek, Deer Valley and Lake Placid," said USSA President and CEO Bill Marolt. "The FIS World Cup events are the face of our sport globally and we're proud to be able to showcase our ski and snowboard sports at such great resorts in America." Each U.S. resort has representation at the FIS Congress. The World Cup events at U.S. resorts in the 2007 season are: ALPINE Nov. 25-26 - Aspen, Colo. (women's giant slalom, slalom) Nov. 30-Dec. 3 - Beaver Creek, Colo. (men's super combined, downhill, GS, slalom) FREESTYLE Jan. 11-13 - Deer Valley, Utah (men's and women's moguls, aerials*, dual moguls*) Jan. 18-20 - Lake Placid, N.Y. (men's and women's aerials*, moguls, aerials) SNOWBOARD March 10-11 - Lake Placid, N.Y. (men's and women's halfpipe, snowboardcross) * - Night event The super combined in alpine is a relatively new event for the World Cup, moving the traditional combined - i.e., a designated downhill on one day and two runs of slalom on another - into a one-day format with one run of DH and only one run of slalom. The Beaver Creek event will be the first World Cup combined of any format to be held for men in the United States in the 41-year history of the World Cup. The women had a traditional combined at Steamboat Springs, Colo., in December 1989. The FIS tour directors for each sport develop the various World Cup calendars together with national associations, such as USSA. Annual approval is by the respective sport committee and the FIS Council. USSA

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SUN VALLEY, ID…

Beginning June 1 through June 30, skiers and boarders can renew or purchase their 2006-07 Winter Season Pass or the 20/20 Winter Season Pass online for the lowest price of the season.
This offer comes with a special added bonus – a free 2006 Summer Season Pass. This limited time offer must be purchased online at www.sunvalley.com to receive this special price and bonus.
The special online price for the Adult Season Pass will be $1800, (regular $1950); the Alpine/Nordic Season Pass, $1900, (regular$2050); the 20/20 Pass $775, (regular $875), and the Unlimited 20/20 Pass $1225, (regular $1275).
The purchased pass will be loaded onto the individual’s Sun Valley Resort Card. The Sun Valley Resort Card is the all-in-one card for all of your Sun Valley Resort activities. Further enhance the convenience of your Resort Card by adding the ability to make purchases resort wide at Sun Valley Resort’s retail, restaurant and recreational activity locations with Resort Charge or Stored Value. Then use your Resort Card year after year to add various recreational passes and activities to your account.
For additional information please call 208-622-6136 or 800-894-9931.
Sun Valley

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I have sarted enhancing "RESORTS" page content with "Gateway" links to each of the countries offices of tourism & transit. Work will continue next with S.American destinations then Asia hopefully completed by US labor day weekend in Sept.

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Squaw Valley Institute
Event Seminar
THE FUTURE OF MOUNTAIN RESORT COMMUNITIES If you have concerns about the future of our region, you won't want to miss this excellent presentation. Squaw Valley Institute presents a timely talk by Jonathan Schechter, a frequent Tahoe visitor and long-time researcher on the changes going on in many communities like ours. You know the problems: lack of affordable housing for the workforce, traffic jams in peak season and extreme seasonal variations in the local economy. Mr. Schechter will discuss how and why western resort communities are changing and what are the implications for the future. How does our area compare to other mountain resort communities? Mr. Schechter will describe a process he has created for addressing the multiple challenges facing Jackson Hole and other resort communties. It is a process unlike anything ever done here--could it be something we should consider? Mr. Schechter is a long-time resident of Jackson Hole. He has founded and managed several non-profits, has written several publications, has a regular newspaper column, and is a community leader and very original thinker. This program takes place on Friday, June 16 at Resort at Squaw Creek in Squaw Valley. The presentation starts at 7:00 pm and a fun, no-host bar opens at 6:30 pm. A $10 donation will be requested at the door, and children and students with I.D. are free. The event is co-sponsored by Resort at Squaw Creek and Squaw Valley Institute. For more information, visit
Squaw Valley Institute


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