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5.15.2006

Snow Alert for Saas-Fee / Zermatt - YES !

I want to welcome Sixt, car rentals EUROPE to endless Winter Snow

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Weekend was good! Had a chance to speak with G.M. of Donner Ski Ranch Donner Ski Ranch was OPEN this last weekend and hope to keep grooming the slopes as long as the snow Holds!

Bring any Tahoe area Season Pass and receive a $10 lift ticket! Offer good for the rest of the season!
Back country and telemark skiers- get a cheap ticket, have fun on our slopes and explore Donner Summit
Open Saturdays and Sundays until the snow is gone! $20 adult lift tickets (ages 13+) $8 child lift tickets (ages 6-12) $1 hot dogs Donner Ski Ranch

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Valle Nevado- Chile
DON’T WORRY ABOUT TRANSPORTATION.... VALLE NEVADO WILL HANDLE IT FOR YOU FROM THE MOMENT YOU LAND.... As a new way to improve our services, this season our guests will have access to “Valle Nevado Transportation Services”, providing transportation from the airport to our ski center and back. If interested, please request this service when making your reservation. Rates are U$ 68 for regular service and U$120 for private service (price per person, round trip, minimum two passengers). For additional information contact our reservations department at (56) (2) 477 77 05 or reservas@vallenevado.com (prices are subject to change) “LOCALIZAR - T” : A MONITORING SERVICE WITH THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND BOLDEST SKIERS IN MIND. If while skiing you cannot relax worrying about your children’s whereabouts .... or if you are an out-of-track skier and need to know your location in risk situations....., we have the solution for you: Localizar – T is a mobile tracking system that quickly determines the user’s location from a monitoring center. It is a small portable device that can also be used to issue a signal in case of emergency or need for assistance, and even establish a telephone conversation between the user and the monitoring center. This service will be available for rental in Valle Nevado at a daily rate of Ch$ 6.000 for monitoring inside the trails, and Ch$ 10.000 outside the trails. Valle Nevado

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Air France
Limited-time super sale! In celebration of Air France's 60 years of service in the U.S., we are glad to bring you an amazing offer. Not only can you fly round trip to Paris this fall & winter, at incredibly low fares from our US gateways, but, for just $60 more, you can continue on to one of 60 select cities** and you get a free stopover in Paris! But hurry, this deal ends May 22, 2006!

Information and reservations: www.airfrance.com/us or (800) 237-2747

Air France to a Endless Winter Vacation

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Squaw Valley
2750 feet of vert open SIBERIA Open on Weekends along with Funitel access to Gold Coast

... hug the shade along the tree runs on Shirley Lake ... Reverse traverse from siberia to the "SLot" or further on to Hour glass chute, the classic, horse trails and Emerlad Forest. ... Cork screw to echo chamber( Shady grove) held well late into the day.
In the annual letter to the faithfull, Mr "C" Alex Cushing plans to upgrade Shirley Lake from a Quad High Speed to a Six pack
also "forth of July is a distinct possibility" Squaw Valley open until May 29th with a very Solid base

Side note, Thanks to "Sully" , Marco Sullivan's Uncle.
The S.V. Team was done for the day on Newport face, coarse slipped, salted and smoothed over. And my first ( post lunch ) runs were dropping Siberia Ridge down to the practice coarse
Three G.S. runs on some GREAT FIRM Spring Snow closed coarse.
Hiking to granite Chief is in order for some also!

for all Squaw has to offer
Squaw Valley


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Big Sky Summer
May 17 Big Sky Golf Course officially open, weather permitting. Call 995-5780 for tee times. June 16 17th Annual Corral Golf Tournament- featuring a four person scramble followed by a BBQ at the Bunker Bar and Grill benefiting local non-profit organizations. 18 Opening Day at Big Sky Resort including restaurants, hotels, retail and the scenic lift.
Big Sky

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Big Mountian - Whitefish
Big Mountain 2006-2007 Season Pass Sale Ends May 15! Come to the Sportsman Ski Haus in Whitefish on Saturday, May 13 from 9:00am-3:00pm to Get Your Ticket to Winter Fun! To purchase winter 2006-2007 products online, please visit us at www.bigmtn.com. If you'd prefer to talk through your order, you can call us at (406) 862-2900.

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Patrick Throne / Snow 365.com
Arapahoe Basin, the only ski area still open in Colorado, received another next one three inches (seven centimetres) of snow on Tuesday morning. Currently the base depth is 71 inches and the resort remains almost completely open with 58 trails available on 485 acres. The high altitude ski resort, one of the 20 highest in the world, plans to stay open until June 4th, weather permitting.
Snow365 Sierra & Northstar / Boot Creek Resorts
Snow may be far from your minds right now. But before you swing into full summer mode, we want to let you know that you can buy the Double Whammy season pass, good at Sierra-at-Tahoe and Northstar-at-Tahoe Resorts, at the best rate of the season NOW THRU MAY 31, 2006!
Two resorts for the price of one Enjoy the best of both the North and South Shores Passholders can break even after just SIX visits Discounts on friends' lift tickets Complimentary skiing at Grand Targhee and Jackson Hole, Wyoming with purchase of lodging Discounts on lessons, equipment tunes, and rentals
double Whammy pass

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