Snow alert for Alyeska Snow alert for Kiev Russia Snow alert for France Snow alert for Washington, Crystal Mtn Snow alert for upper Michigan Snow alert for Beaver Creek , 6 inches of freshness Snow alert for Snowbird Snow alert for Whistler five inches overnight Sunscreen alert for Torino Italy, 51°

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Sun Peaks
Snowflake with the Sun Peaks Snow Report for Friday January 20, 2006 at 5:30 am. .
We had 6 cm of new snow overnight, and all of it fluffy light champagne powder! What a great way to start your Friday, and a fantastic kick off for our 8th Annual Icewine festival going on all weekend! I’m not sure how many ways I can say this- the snow just keeps getting better and better and you REALLY need to be here! .
Our base is pumped up and gorgeous at 139cm and we are 100% open. Covered in fresh powder, with more on the way. .
The temperature is currently - 4C in the Village, at Mid-mountain -9C, and –9C at the Top of the World. The winds are light and right now the sky is puking fresh pow. .
The forecast for today is calling for cloudy skies with snow up to 6cm by noon. Definitely a day to skip the java and let an icy cold powder shot in the face wake you up. All our major lifts are spinning today, the West Bowl T-Bar will be open all weekend, and all 3 mountains are 100% wide open. 117/117 runs open and waiting for you! And did I mention the FRESH POWDER?! TOD MOUNTAIN – Where it all began, the original and classic Sun Peaks mountain. Check out Tod’s open bowls and challenging terrain, as well as The 5-Mile, our signature top-to-bottom family-friendly green run.
SUNDANCE MOUNTAIN – The first mountain to open and the last to close each day. Home to our award-winning groomed runs, terrain park, half-pipe, ski school learning area and Tube Time park.
MT. MORRISEY – Sun Peaks’ third and newest mountain offers an award winning layout of open glades, cruising style runs and black diamond steeps, with more steeps to come in the future. Morrisey’s northerly exposure also keeps the snow light and dry and ensures that it lingers well into the spring each year. • Skiable vertical 881 m / 2,891 ft • Village base 1255 m / 4,117 ft • Burfield top 2080 m / 6,824 ft • Burfield base 1,199 m / 3,933 ft Sun Peaks

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Crystal Wa
8 inches of new snow in 24 hours, 7 inches overnight at the base. The POWDER is calling YOU!! Weather: It has been snowing throughout the nite and is expected to stick around today! Base Temperature: 28 degrees Base Snow Depth: 77 inches Base New Snow Fall 24hrs: 8 inches Base Snow Fall 48hrs: 10 inches Summit Temperature: 23 degrees Summit Snow Depth: 115 inches Event Tracy McEwan Gibbons’ Womens Camp ~ Click Here To RegisterJoin Northwest native and former U.S. Ski Team member Tracy McEwan Gibbons as she and our top women coaches work to improve your skills and increase your confidence while having lots of fun. Space is limited so sign up early. Sponsored by Rossignol and Sturtevants Sports. Clinic price includes continental breakfast and lunch.
For all other mountain information visit Crystal

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Bear Valley
Bear Valley and Dodge Ridge have teamed up once again to offer the 2005-2006 Central Sierra Series (CSS). A dual-mountain Slopestyle competition, skiers and snowboarders alike have a chance to test their skills against the area's best. Bear Valley will host the second event in the series tommorrow, Saturday, January 21st. Registration will be open at the slope-side events shack from 9am-10:30. The competition will kick off at 12pm on the Shady Grove terrain park. Riders must compete in at least 3 of the 4 slopestyle competitions to be eligible for the series title and cash purse (ages 16+), in addition to swag from our sweet sponsors.Lifts & Terrain,2 triple chairs 7 double chairs 1 carpet lift Summit 8,500' 1,900' vertical drop JANUARY 21 CSS Slopestyle #2 - Sports Illustrated Next X Qualifier 28 Bud Light / Gatorade GS Race #3 28 CSS Slopestyle Series #3 @ Dodge Ridge February 5 Superbowl Sunday 10-12 M.A.S. Telemark Festival 11 Bud Light / Gatorade GS Races #4 & #5 25-26 Special Olympics Bear Valley


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Bif White Silver Star
With a mid mountain base surpassing 220 centimetres at Big White and 185 centimetres at Silver Star, both resorts are offering ample base coverage and fresh champagne powder on an almost nightly basis! Tell your friends about $5 Fridays! The Okanagan’s best winter ski and snowboarding value has returned for another season, and the response has been fantastic! Thousand of skiers and riders flocked to both resorts and enjoyed a lift ticket price out of the Fifties, only $5 on Fridays, as well as fabulous discounts on ski and snowboarding rentals and lessons. Mountain Dew Series Half Pipe this Saturday at Silver Star BC Snowboarding Association Provincial Series at Big White Ski Resort this Weekend Honda Nor Am Tour of Champions at Big White ? Jan 27 ? 30 Australia Day at Big White and Silver Star ? Thursday, Jan 26 Crashed Ice at Big White Join the Vernon Vipers at Silver Star Mountain Resort - Saturday, Jan 28 TELUS Park Grand Opening at Silver Star, Feb 4 Sharpen Your Skills at Big White and Silver Star, and Make New Friends! 1. Mountain Dew Series Half Pipe this Saturday at Silver Star Come out this Saturday, Jan 21st and compete in the second Mountain Dew Series Competition! Big Prizes at the end of the series for the most points! Register at the Info Desk in the Snowsport School. Waivers must be signed by parent/guardian if under 19 yrs old. Helmets are mandatory. 2. BC Snowboarding Association Provincial Series at Big White Ski Resort this Weekend Come on up to Big White and catch the rising stars of the snowboarding scene competing in halfpipe (Saturday) and SBX (Sunday) as part of the BC Snowboarding Association Provincial Championship Series. Entry fee is $30, with a 25% discount on lift tickets to all registrants. For more information, go to www.bcsnowboard.com. Helmets are mandatory for training and competition. 3. Honda Nor Am Tour of Champions at Big White ? Jan 27 ? 30 Snowboard action picks up the following week when the Honda Tour of Champions returns to Big White from January 27 – 30. Friday, January 27th is training day, Saturday will be the slopestyle, and Sunday the super pipe. This event was a huge success at Big White last year, and resulted in plenty of TV coverage on OLN and the Extreme cable channels. 4. Australia Day at Big White and Silver Star ? Thursday, Jan 26 G’day, mate! Join the hundreds of loyal Big White and Silver Star staff who make these Okanagan resorts the “Little Australia” of BC by celebrating their major national holiday on Thursday, January 26th. Watch for special Australia Day events at both mountains, and don’t be surprised to see lots of green and gold on the slopes. 5. Crashed Ice at Big White Red Bull is having a regional qualifier for the Crashed Ice event, qualifications are taking place in 12 cities across Canada. Big White Ski Resort will be hosting the Kelowna qualification on January 28th 2006. Registration is FREE, but limited to the 1st ONE HUNDRED online entries. Qualifying for Crashed Ice at Big White Ski Resort includes an all expense paid trip to Quebec to compete against Canada's fastest ice skaters and a crack at the $10,000 cash purse . Click here for more details. 6. Join the Vernon Vipers at Silver Star Mountain Resort - Saturday, Jan 28 Come up to Silver Star Mountain Resort next weekend and watch the Vernon Vipers - the North Okanagan's favourite BC Hockey League franchise – take to the ice at Silver Star's Silver Lake for a little three-on-three shinny and an autograph session! The Vipers will be wearing their Third Jerseys and bringing skates, sticks, and pucks for a practice and scrimmage, from 1:00 – 3:00 pm on January 28th. Come on up and enjoy hotdogs, marshmallows, hot chocolate and soft drinks. The KISS-FM crew will be on site for the party! For guests and residents of Silver Star, there's even better news. Silver Star is continuing its tradition of running shuttle buses from the resort into the Vernon Multiplex to catch Vipers home games! The night before their pond shinny scrimmage, the Vipers will be in action against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs There's a bus available to and from the game which departs Silver Star at 6:00 pm. Book your seat early! Game time 7:00 pm. Bookings: infodesk@skisilverstar.com. Cost is $25 for adults, $23 for students, $20 for children; and includes bus and ticket. 7. TELUS Park Grand Opening at Silver Star, Feb 4 Originally slated for mid-December, the Grand Opening of TELUS Park at Silver Star Mountain Resort is now slated for Saturday, February 4th. Join some of the top talent in both freestyle snowboarding and New School skiing in celebrating the many unique features of this great new facility! 8. Sharpen Your Skills at Big White and Silver Star, and Make New Friends! Big White and Silver Star’s world-famous ski and snowboard schools are proud to announce several new programs for 2006! Big White’s new Singles Saturday lets you join other singles for some great instruction, followed by the best apres party in the Okanagan! This Saturday program runs from now through April 8th – and is priced for just $39 for one-day drop in or $120 for a pack of four. To register, call (250) 491-6101 or e-mail skischool@bigwhite.com. Silver Star’s 'A Rush Black Diamond Challenge is a brand-new program for those who want to ski/ride black diamonds exclusively. Get lift line priority, rip down lines you don’t know existed and learn to ski/ride faster and with more confidence with each day. This 4 day clinic runs Tuesday to Friday every week from now until March 10, 2006. Sessions start at 9:30 am run for 2.5 hours daily at a cost of $160. Contact the Silver Star Snowsport school (250) 558-6065 or by e-mailing lessons@skisilverstar.com. Silver Star Events
Jan 22 Cruz the Blues Jan 21 - Jan 22 Mountain Dew Series Half Pipe Jan 21 Come out this Saturday, Jan 21st and compete in the second Mountain Dew Series Competition! Big Prizes at the end of the series for the most points! Register at the Info Desk in the Snowsport School. Waivers must be signed by parent/guardian if under 19 yrs old. Helmets are mandatory. Big White

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Air France to Torino
GREAT FARES TO THE WINTER OLYMPICS GAMES! Italy will be hosting the XX Winter Olympics from February 10, 2006 through February 26, 2006. Book now to Torino, Milan, Bologna, and the rest of Northern Italy. Don?t miss out on our special low fares in Economy Class* starting as low as:Sample fares to Torino from our 13 U.S.gateways: New York (JFK/Newark) $227* ,Boston $237 * ,Philadelphia $247* ,Washington, D.C $247* ,Los Angeles $267* Chicago $277* ,Cincinnati $277* ,Atlanta $287* ,Detroit $287* ,Houston $287*, San Francisco $287* ,Miami to Rome $294*

More info: Information and reservations: Air France (800) 237-2747


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TORINO 2006: The Olympic Flame arrives in Venice The Olympic flame today arrived in the city of Venice, where it will stay until tomorrow. It will then continue its journey, visiting the town of Trieste tomorrow. This is the 39th day of the Torino 2006 Olympic 21/01/200622/01/2006 Skiing European Freestyle Cup Dolni Morava Czech Republic (CZE) Olympic Committee

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LIBBY LUDLOW 12TH IN ST. MORITZ SUPER G WITH 25 DNF'S ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (Jan. 20) - Michaela Dorfmeister of Austria earned the 23rd World Cup win of her career Friday, capturing a deceptively tough super G by four-tenths of a second with Libby Ludlow (Bellevue, WA) turning-in the top U.S. result in 12th place in a race where more than one-third of the field failed to finish. MICHELLE ROARK WINS AGAIN, TOBY DAWSON THIRD IN LP MOGULS NO. 1 LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (Jan. 20) - Michelle Roark (Denver), liberated by her victory at Deer Valley a week earlier, won her second consecutive World Cup moguls event Friday at Whiteface Mountain while Toby Dawson (Vail, CO) was third in the men?s contest in light rain at the Nature Valley Freestyle Cup, the final weekend of Olympic qualifying. International Competitions Olympic Winter Games 2005 FIS Freestyle World Championships, Ruka USA Freestyle World Cups Nor Am Tour For complete details: Us Ski Team

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FIS Freestyle World Cup Schedule
Date     Event    Dis.
17.01.2006 St. Moritz (SUI) AL
18.01.2006 Kitzbuehel (AUT) AL
19.01.2006 Meiringen (SUI) TM
19.01.2006 Leysin (SUI) SB
20.01.2006 Lake Placid (USA) FS
20.01.2006 Kreischberg (AUT) FS
21.01.2006 Sapporo Okurayama (JPN) JP
21.01.2006 Oberstdorf (GER) CC
21.01.2006 Harrachov (CZE) NK
22.01.2006 Nendaz (SUI) SB
24.01.2006 Schladming (AUT) AL
24.01.2006 Montgenevre (FRA) TM
27.01.2006 Cortina d'Ampezzo (ITA) AL
28.01.2006 Garmisch (GER) AL
28.01.2006 Zakopane (POL) JP
28.01.2006 Seefeld (AUT) NK
28.01.2006 Madonna di Campiglio (ITA) FS
28.01.2006 Winterberg (GER) SB
29.01.2006 Skeikampen (NOR) TM
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

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