Afternoon Edition
Snow Alert for Alyeska


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Sugarloaf
The snow has been coming down all day and does not appear to be letting up any time soon. I just came in off the hill, and we've got a good 8 inches, especially over on the King Pine side.
It's snowing so hard that by the time you get back up top for your second run, the tracks from your first run are already filled in. Some people are even talking about hitting waist deep drifts. We should easily hit the one foot of snow mark by morning. Mother nature could not have better timing with this storm. For one thing, it's Maine Day tomorrow, which means Maine residents can ski or ride all the powder they want for just $26. And secondly, the Bud Light Reggae Fest kicks off on Thursday. Ski until your thighs are screaming and then take a break and listen to the music -- How cool is that?! More details at
SugarLoaf

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USSA News
ST. ONGE SETS NICKELOEDON'S KIDS' CHOICE SLIME WORLD RECORD
PARK CITY, Utah (April 4) – With the Olympic Games more than a month over and the end of the season officially come and gone, what’s an athlete to do between now and summer’s first training camp? Olympic aerialist Ryan St. Onge (Steamboat Springs, CO) decided not to rest on his World Cup-winning accomplishments. Instead, he headed to Utah Olympic Park intent on setting the world record with a gravity-defying slime ski stunt for the Nickelodeon’s 19th Annual Kids’ Choice Awards. Kids honored their favorite stars of TV, movies, music and sports at this year’s slime fest hosted on April Fools’ Day by Jack Black in California at UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion. Snowboard halfpipe gold medalist Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) also was among U.S. Olympians featured during the broadcast along with men’s moguls bronze medalist Toby Dawson (Vail, CO). T
o set the aerials slime world record, St. Onge threw the trick from his arsenal with the highest degree of difficulty – a quadruple twisting triple backflip (technically called a back Full-Double Full-Full), plunging into a 10,000-gallon tank of Nickelodeon’s signature green slime. Kids’ Choice world-record skateboarding slime diver and 2003 “favorite athlete” winner Tony Hawk hosted the stunt last Thursday. Teammate and fellow Flying Ace All-Star Austin Cummings (Heber City, UT) tested the kicker and man-made slime pool several times before St. Onge took his turn. On his first of four test runs, St. Onge landed flat on his back but came up laughing and willing to head back to the top.
St. Onge stayed slimed for several hours after the stunt, foregoing an immediate trip to the shower for homemade spaghetti and meat sauce at a friend’s house. “After all that hard work, I had to eat,” said the new slime world record holder.
The entire awards telecast will air again Sunday, April 9 at 1 p.m. “Kids Choice Awards: Best of the Mess,” a 30-minute program, will air Tuesday, April 4 at 5 p.m.; Thursday, April 6 at 8:30 p.m. and Saturday, April 8 at 11:30 a.m. (all times are ET/PT). Kids can also catch a half-hour version of the awards show on TurboNick, Nickelodeon's broadband video service on Nick.com, this week. Go to Nick KC Apress



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Speed Skiing
Coming up .... Date Event Nation Category Ladies Mens Comments 5.-7.4.2006 Breuil - Cervinia ITA WC A A Cancelled 21.-24.4.2006 Verbier SUI WC 2xA 2xA
see Speedski.com & Traci max's site, www.quickchick.com Event
april 8-9 Les Arc France



Iceland park
Follow up to earlier post, Graham sent in a photo

Photo: Tash Dude
Iceland's only summer snowboard camp.
Snowpark on the remote and beautiful Snaefell glacier
Iceland Park Project

Snow Alert for Oslo Norway
Snow Alert for Ca Sugar Bowl, Homewood , Heavenly Kirkwood
Snow Alert for Mammoth Mountain

BACK COUNTRY AV WARNINGS FOR PACIFIC CREST

Kirkwood
18-20" of NEW SNOW! 503-757" of snowfall this season to date. Today's Forecast: Snow. Max Temp: Low 30s. ` For the current status of lift operations, road conditions and up-to-the-minute snowfall totals, visit www.kirkwood.com 877-KIRKWOOD

Kirkwood

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Big Sky
Weather: Today we expect a chance for some mixed precip turning to snow as the day progresses. Temperature: 39° to 29° (Fahrenheit) Wind: 5-10 from South New Overnight Snow: 3-6 Snow Fall past 24hrs: 6 Snow Fall past 48hrs: 6 Base Snow Depth: 69-121 Surface Conditions: Packed powder, machine groomed Terrain Open: 100% Lifts Scheduled to Open: Lone Peak Tram, Swift Current, Thunder Wolf, Ramcharger, Gondola One, Challenger, Iron Horse, Southern Comfort, Lone Peak Chair, Lone Moose, Explorer, White Otter, Shedhorn, Bear Back Poma, Mitey Magic Carpet, Magic Carpet, Pony Express, Cascade
Winter's not going anywhere, we're still skiing powder at Big Sky, and have over 10 feet on the upper mountain!
Big Sky

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Wengen
Event
07.04.06 Guest skirace

1st August National Day 1. August Festival (National Day) with folkloristic maintenance with different associations from the region The Swiss National Holiday is a great event similar to US 4th of July. Concerts, food , and many other related events during the week.
Phone: +41 (0)33 856 86 86 Internet-Page: Wengen Murren

Wengen Lodge CH Christian & Angela's Wengen Lodge . A great place to stay !




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MT Rose

EVENT
slide x - boarder-cross & skier-cross saturday, april 8 @ 11:00 Age Groups
I 16 & up II 15 & Under
Snowboarders vs. Snowboarders Skiers vs. Skiers girlz vs. girlz / boyz vs. boyz Event Details

Categories w/ less than 2 entries will be combined w/ other age group Registration times 8:00 to 10:30 at the East Bowl Lodge Entry Fee: FREE! (Must have a Value Pass or Lift ticket to enter contest.) Under 18? Parent or Gaurdian must sign liability release (This is an inherently hazardous and potentialy dangerous event.) Prizes: Medals Location TBA (Doubledown or Badlands) Helmets are required
Mt Rose

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Zermatt

First tracks
Why not start your day's skiing early and enjoy the virgin pistes? You get to the ski area before the start of the timetable and are first «in the swing». From 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. you can spoil yourself in the Trockener Steg Restaurant with a buffet breakfast. Meeting point: Valley station Matterhorn glacier paradise with suspension lift, 7:40 a.m.
Ticket to be purchased the day before at the Snow- and Alpine Center or the valley station Matterhorn glacier paradise.

ski safari
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!

At the Matterhorn glacier paradise there's Europe's largest summer snow sports area in Europe. Depending on the snow conditions there are more than 20 kilometres of slopes.

Summer Camps:

DMC-Camps: Camp 1: 24 Jun - 30 Jun 2006 Camp 2: 01 Jul - 07 Jul 2006 Camp 3: 08 Jul - 14 Jul 2006 Camp 4: 15 Jul - 21 Jul 2006 Stoked Summer Camps 2006: Camp 1: 22 Jul - 29 Jul 2006 Camp 2: 29 Jul - 05 Aug 2006 Seed Girlscamp: 01 Oct - 08 Oct 2006
IntersportSport Shop


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Iceland
Iceland's only summer snowboard camp. Since 2002 riders from around the world have been coming to our camp and have always been blown away with what they found. Now in with more facilities than ever why don't you become one of the few to experience our snowpark on the remote and beautiful Snaefell glacier

Iceland Park Project

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