Ticket to Ride
The Burton Global Open Series is also part of the Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour that gives points to riders based on their results at participating TTR competitions in order to crown a TTR World Champion. Created by world-renowned snowboarder and Burton Global Team rider Terje Haakonsen as an alternative way to rank riders, the 2006/2007 Tour is without question the largest culmination of independent freestyle snowboarding events under one common tour organization. Burton is stoked to support the TTR with the Global Opens, bringing five quality events and a tremendous cash purse to riders participating in the TTR. For more information on the TTR World Snowboard Tour, visit www.ttrworldtour.com.


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Chamonix
Winter season begins on December 2nd
Chamonix is a year-round destination thanks to its fantastic environment and major attractions such as the Aiguille du Midi cablecar (3842) or the red cog-wheel train of Montenvers which climbs to the famous « Mer de Glace ». A resort where there is something for everyone, Chamonix is a wonderfull destination, whether during the winter season or summer.

Chamonix valley is located at the foot of the Mont-Blanc, Europe's highest summit at 4810 m. Registered on the world heritage list, Chamonix, the birthplace of mountaineering, is considered the grand old lady of alpine resort.
90% of the ski areas are located above 2000 m, making Chamonix a « guaranteed-snow » resort. The ski terrain is divided into three areas all linked by an efficient shuttle bus service and a panoramic sightseeing train (free with Guest Card or Ski Pass). The world famous Grands Montets is considered the Mecca for skiers, snowboarders and freeriders but there are many different possibilities available for skiers of all levels throughout the resort.
Chamonix

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Kvitfjell
During the last two years, Familiebakken has opened up the last Saturday in October. Even this year we are very optimistic that we can provide ski enthusiasts with snow in late October. If this will become a reality, we are very depended upon the weather conditions. In order to start producing artificial snow, we need 4-5 consecutive nights with temperatures below freezing point.
The top slopes as well as the slopes on the "Vestsiden" (West side) will open as soon as the snow conditions allow it. The lower part of the downhill slope will as usual open up December 25th.
Snow conditions: The depths of snow middlestation: 20 cm The depths of snow at the bottom: 15 cm Last snowfall: 31.10.06 - 20 cm
Audi FIS Ski World Cup Races in Kvitfjell in Downhill and Super-G for men. The races will take place on the Olympic Downhill and Super-G courses on Saturday the 10th and Sunday the 11th of March 2007. This is the 12th year after the successful 1994 Olympics that Kvitfjell hosts Alpine World Cup races.
Race Schedule
Wed. 11:30 1. Official Training Downhill
Thu. 11:30 2. Official Training Downhill
Fri. 11:30 3. Official Training Downhill
Sat. 11:30 DOWNHILL men
Sun. 11:00 SUPER G men

Facts
Number of lifts: 7
Lift capacity: 8100 p/h
Longest run: 3500 m
Vertical drop: 840 m
Highest mountain: 1044m
Slopes with artifical snow: 18 km


Kvitfjell

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Saibei
Skiing,reaping all the benefits-- Natural Great Wall of China ski field The earliest industry ski market in Northern China. The longest slopes in China's skiing market! North of Beijing North China region highest slopes! Saibei


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Annupuri - Japan
We ended the summer business of [annupurigondora] with this day. This season in your many customers utilizing, thank you for. (The free dog run opens up to 10/22.) Winter business of [nisekoannupurisuki]場 November 23rd (wooden celebration) from is schedule. Attendance of everyone staff all, we wait also this winter from heart.

Gondola
Largest fixed capacity /6 names 　Riding in a car time/approximately 10 minutes 　
Inclined length /2,280m
Difference of elevation /566m

Niseko Annupuri Japan


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Grand Hirafu - Japan
Ski the 940-m drop in elevation from the top of the lift. Powder flies over your head. World-famous powder covers one of the biggest ski grounds in Japan. It’s all here at Grand Hirafu, the winter resort. Check out this information and enjoy skiing at Grand Hirafu.
NEW
The open-air hot spring has been newly constructed as the main bath of Hotel Niseko Alpen. Relax amidst views of the Niseko wilderness

Grand Hirafu

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Yong Pyong
Mt. Balwang's Deungsan Road, the trees appear as if they are almost human, living beings just like us. With so many specimens of trees in this mountain, you will probably find a tree that resembles you. At the peak of Mt. Balwang, the first thing that you will notice is a Swiss-style building called Dragon Peak. Behind that lies the Sky Garden. Both of these structures have become another enjoyable theme of Mt. Balwang. You will find a coffee shop with a traditional Swiss atmosphere. There is a Korean restaurant and a steak house on the first floor. On the second floor, you will find a western-style restaurant famous for their spaghetti. It is almost a requirement to enjoy a cup of coffee while you soak in the nature while youre here.
Slopes
Length Verticle
Yellow 508 61
New Yellow 508 61
Slider 350 60

Intermediate
Gold Bridge 240 33
Dragon Park 540 108
Red Paradise 676 150
Gold Paradise 1,536 222
Silver Paradise 1,460 269
Rainbow Paradise 5,600 702

Advanced
Red 926 194
Silver 894 263
New Gold 584 180
Rainbow I 1,630 500
Rainbow II 1,280 500
Rainbow III 1,520 500

Half Pipe 120 4
Yong Pyong


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NEW! POWDER PASSPORT*
Your Choice of 18 Mountains for One Low Price Trick or Treat SALE! Save 10% on 3, 5 and 7-Day Cards LIMITED TIME OFFER! Sale Ends Thursday, Nov. 9th
Powder Passport is a multi-mountain access pass that grants you UNRESTRICTED skiing and riding at your choice of top Northeast Mountains with no blackout dates.
Ski at your choice of 18 Mountains Good on all holidays and weekends Use any day of the 2006-2007 season Purchase 1, 2, 3, 5 or 7-Day Cards Participating Mountains:


Attitash Waterville Valley Bretton Woods Mountain Resort Ragged Mountain Resort Gunstock Mountain Resort Pats Peak Ski Area Jay Peak Resort Bolton Valley Resort Ascutney Mountain Resort Mad River Glen** Shawnee Peak Ski Area Saddleback Maine Gore Mountain Windham Mountain Whaleback Wachusett Mountain Ski Area Ski Butternut - The Berkshires Family Mountain Blue Hills Ski Area (lift, lessons and rentals included) Cards are available in 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7-day increments. You do not have to use your days consecutively - your days are good throughout the season! You’ll also get a FREE full-color guidebook featuring mountain stats, trail http://www.powderpassport.com

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WINTER ARRIVES AT LAKE LOUISE MOUNTAIN RESORT 14cm Fresh Snow; Snowmaking in Full Swing Calgary, AB – October 30, 2006 – With just eleven days to go until opening day, Lake Louise Mountain Resort is experiencing excellent conditions for snowmaking, and also had 14cm of fresh snow blanket the mountain in the past 24 hours. Ski and ride for less this winter with the Canadian Rockies Louise Card, now on sale until December 26th at www.louisecard.com as well as at retailers including Co-op, Sport Chek, Sport Mart, AMA and local ski retailers. Just $69.95 plus GST, the card provides three free ski days at RCR Resorts, as well as discount days. Please visit the website or card outlet for full card details. Lake Louise Mountain Resort’s winter season is scheduled to start on Friday, November 10th, 2006
Lake Louise Mountain Resort www.skilouise.com

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The office of Endless Winter Snow will be off-line until Friday Nov 3rd.
Moving
To find information on a resort, event or topic, use the "SEARCH THIS BLOG " field at the top of this page.

Early morning plugs


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18 Mountains for One Low Price Participating Mountains: Attitash Waterville Valley Bretton Woods Mountain Resort Ragged Mountain Resort Gunstock Mountain Resort Pats Peak Ski Area Jay Peak Resort Bolton Valley Resort Ascutney Mountain Resort Mad River Glen** Shawnee Peak Ski Area Saddleback Maine Gore Mountain Windham Mountain Whaleback Wachusett Mountain Ski Area Ski Butternut - The Berkshires Family Mountain Blue Hills Ski Area (lift, lessons and rentals included)

Cards are available in 1, 2, 3, 5 and 7-day increments. You do not have to use your days consecutively - your days are good throughout the season!

http://www.powderpassport.com/

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American Skiing Company Resorts
ASC resort including Killington and Mount Snow in Vermont , Sugarloaf/USA and Sunday River in Maine , Attitash in New Hampshire , The Canyons in Utah , and Steamboat in Colorado. American Skiing Company welcomes Gold Medalist Seth Wescott, and Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants, and Dora the Explorer to the Boston Ski and Snowboard Expo Park City, Utah (October 30,2006) -- Olympic Gold Medalist Seth Wescott will be the special guest at the American Skiing Company Pavilion at the Boston Ski and Snowboard Expo to kick off the 2006-07 winter season. Wescott, who brought home gold in the first-ever Olympic Snowboard Cross last February in Torino, Italy, will be on hand to meet fans and autograph posters on Thursday, Nov. 16 from 7-8 pm. In addition to the Olympic champion, the ASC Pavilion will feature visits from SpongeBob SquarePants™ and Dora the Explorer™ costume characters, who will visit with kids and families during the four days of the Expo. The American Skiing Company family of resorts has teamed up with Nickelodeonä to encourage active outdoor activities and introduce more families to winter sports. Family Winter Festivals, presented by Nickelodeon, will take place at all seven ASC resorts this season and will be packed with activities and games for the whole family, including costume character appearances by SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer, live bands that have appeared on NOGGIN’s hit series, Jack’s Big Music Showä and special Learn-to-Ski/Ride Programs from ASC’s award-winning Perfect Turn Ski and Snowboard Schools. Skiing and snowboarding will be extra exciting for kids this season with exclusive Dora the Explorer skis, SpongeBob SquarePants skis and snowboards, plus helmets and winter accessories. Designed to make skiing and snowboarding more fun for kids who are just starting out, they are available exclusively at ASC resorts’ rental and retail shops. Guests at the ASC Pavilion will find exclusive Expo-only savings on winter vacations at each ASC resort including Killington and Mount Snow in Vermont , Sugarloaf/USA and Sunday River in Maine , Attitash in New Hampshire , The Canyons in Utah , and Steamboat in Colorado . Guests who purchase vacation packages at the Expo will also have a chance to spin the ever-popular Wheel O’ Vacations where they can win discounts on their vacation, lift tickets, or a Ski America season pass.
Skiers and riders can also save on lift tickets by purchasing the all-new New England Value Card or mEtickets at the Expo. The New England Value Card offers savings of up to $14 per day when you purchase 4 or 5 days of skiing at ASC’s Eastern resorts, whereas the mETicket saves up to $23 per day for 6-12 days of skiing at any ASC resort including The Canyons and Steamboat.
The perfect gift for every skier and rider on your holiday shopping list is a Gift Card from an ASC resort. Gift Cards will be available at the Expo and can be used to purchase lift tickets, lodging, merchandise and food in resort-owned facilities. American Skiing Company is one of the largest operators of alpine ski, snowboard and golf resorts in the United States . Its resorts include Killington and Mount Snow in Vermont ; Sunday River and Sugarloaf/USA in Maine ; Attitash in New Hampshire ; Steamboat in Colorado ; and The Canyons in Utah . More information is available on the Company’s Web site, www.peaks.com.

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Stowe
Stowe Mountain Resort has extended its on-line Season Pass sales deadline until midnight Friday, October 27th! Due to extremely high call and web sales volume, we have decided to extend the deadline to allow everyone that wants to be able to buy their pass for less to be able to get their orders in.

Orage Ski Clothing Warehouse Sale on Saturday, October 28th in South Burlington. The sale runs from 9am to 7pm at 102 Kimball Ave.. Stowe reps wil be on hand to sell the very last early season-priced passes of the year. http://winter.stowe.com/

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Rob DesLauriers and Jimmy Chin, who last week skied down the bullet-proof snow on Mt. Everest’s Lhotse Face. They had climbed to the summit of the world’s highest mountain and fulfilled personal dreams by skiing in their full Himalayan gear on the way back down. You can read the expedition dispatches and see pictures of their experiences, and learn more about Berg Adventures International, which arranged Mt. Everest Expedition 2006. Adventuretravel.com

Loveland
Patrick sent a note seems Loveland has 23 on the ground! Nice start for a base> Total Snowfall (season to-date): 58" Snow Depth: 23" and it is not Halloweeen

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Big Mountian Montana
Big Mountain offers more options for Rocky Mountain adventure than ever before, including Season Passes, 5 Day Winter Pass, the NEW 10 Day Winter Pass, College 6-Pack, and the Frequent Skier Card

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Yongpyong Resort
Yongpyong Resort is the most popular ski resort in Korea. It is well known in Europe and Asia from holding several successful international events, such as the World Cup Ski Contest and Winter Asian Games. With 31 slopes, including the Rainbow Slope; 15 different lift facilities, including one 3.7 km. long cable car lift; and Korea's largest .
Number of Slopes: 18 Number of Lifts: 15
Endless Winter Korea, ....
There are serious slopes in Korea.Yongpyong has FIS Cert slopes and was among the finalist before Whistler was awarded the 20110 games.

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Mount Tanigawa Japan

Japan: New funitel cable car built on Mount Tanigawa in Gunma Gondolas on the Mount Tanigawa cable car system are hung from two cables so that they can withstand stronger winds Minakami, Gunma -- A wind-resistant cable car has been built on Mount Tanigawa here, to replace an aging one. The new line, which extends from Doaiguchi Station, a 746-meter-high area on the mountain in Minakami, to Tenjindaira Station, a 1,319-meter-high section, was built next to the old one that was constructed 45 years ago. The travel time between the two stations is seven minutes

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Heavenly Valley
Heavenly fires up the West Coast's largest snowmaking system
We started making snow Wednesday night on Big Dipper and Orion's, meaning that winter is right around the corner! With the helping hand we're giving Mother Nature, we're hoping to hit our scheduled opening day on Nov. 17
Don't spend hours in the malls this winter trying to find gifts for the friends on your list. Give the gift of skiing instead!
Always appreciated, never returned, and so easy to buy, giving a lift ticket certificate will also leave you time to get some pre-holiday turns in as well


Heat up your winter with a vacation to Heavenly, home to the best nightlife of any ski town in America. This VACATION PACKAGE provides entertainment both on and off the slopes with lift tickets and vouchers for
Sammy Hagar's Cabo Wabo Cantina. ..The Red Rocker, that's a YES !!!!

http://www.skiheavenly.com/


A good time to check you files ,p-tex, vise and repair tools. 80 - 100 grit sand paper, mill bastard file, a rat tail file and waxes suitable for your region. Yes you can shop at the large racing supply store or I have found great service( takes time to answer my nitty gritty questions ) Wax Irons, Scrapers, Brushes & Tools Tuning & Wax Kits How-To Books, Videos & DVD's Vises & Tuning Benches Base Flattening Tools Base Repair Tools Base Structure Tools Sidewall Planers Files Edge Bevel Guides & Tools Edge Deburr & Polishing Tools ...and a lot more
Tognar Tool Works

Closed for the weekend, ....Back on Monday ... Think Snow !

Snow Alert Colorado



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Valle Nevado , a post script to South American season
The 9 of October Snow-covered Valley were the last center in closing winter season 2006, occasion in which our visitors could enjoy a beautiful day… but it is not necessary to hope a new winter season to find us since this summer Made snow-white Valley will open its doors to all the lovers of the mountain with interesting activities… next you will receive all the information that you need… We hoped to you! Visit of Participants of convention SATW This year the version was made in Chile number 51 of annual convention SATW (Society of American Travel Writers) In this convention met around 600 specialistic journalists in trips of the USA and Canada that visited main attractive the tourist ones throughout our country. In snow-covered Valley we had the honor to share and to enjoy some them an pleasant lunch Domingo 22 October. Record Guinness in Snow-covered Valley Rainer Hertrich, who is trying to beat the record Guinness by “the greater amount of days skiing without stopping” (already she has been 1000 days) was skiing in the Valley tracks Made snow-white until the last day in which the ferry cables of the center worked before following their destiny in search of new snow

http://www.vallenevado.com


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Colorado, 3 feet of snow just this month
Keystone will be ready to open Friday, November 3 — a full week earlier than expected! Keystone- 16 inches at mid-mountain
Vail- 9 inches at the summit ~ Opens November 17 Beaver Creek- 9 in. at the summit ~ Opens November 22


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Austria Tourism
Sparkling snow, crisp mountain air, charming villages, and the fun of skiing! Are you up for a true winter experience in the Austrian Alps? Prices start from $675.00 per person based on double occupancy land only!
Austria by Rail One of the most convenient ways to travel and experience Austria is to take the train. With an extensive network it is easy to reach your destination refreshed. Most trains are equipped with a dining car to enjoy Austrian cuisine even while on the way to your next destination. Purchase your Austrian Railpass for your next trip and save
Austrian Tourist Office www.austria.info

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Crystal Mountain Wa
Saturday the 28th or Sunday the 29th at 5:30pm for a half hour show on Crystal. Crystal Mountian will be featured from 5:30pm-6:00pm as a part of the Ski Northwest TV Show Series.
The show, hosted by Jake Moe, will include some great footage from last winter and interviews with your favorite Crystal Mountain staff. It will also talk about some of the fun and exciting things happening at Crystal Mountain
www.skicrystal.com

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ICER Air
The same guys who blew snow down the streets of San Francisco last year are at it again! This awesome new festival takes place on Saturday, November 4th at AT & T Park. Esurance Icer Air 2006 is trucking in over 200 tons of snow and will feature the top 20 Snowboarders and top 20 Skiers in the world. X-Games & Olympic names like Tanner Hall, Simon Dumont, TJ Shiller and even Europe's best Jon Olson are just a few of the skiers while Danny Kass and Andy Finch are just a few of the snowboard stars
Bear Valley is giving away 25 Tickets to Ski & Snowboard Festival in San Francisco Use this link Bear Valley / Icer Air Winners will be notified on Monday, October 30th, and tickets will be held in Will Call at AT & T Park


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Steam Boat
The 2006/2007 season is only 27 days away and winter has blown in with a bang in Steamboat. Nine inches of snow fell at mid-mountain, and nine inches at the summit in the past 24 hours. Seven inches were reported at the base of the mountain (6,900 feet) and snow is continuing to fall. The first snowstorm of the season hit Steamboat on September 16th, bringing the cumulative total thus far to 47 inches at the summit. Mountain crews have been dealing with these ever changing conditions daily as they work to complete some of the more than $7 million in capital improvements for the upcoming winter. Work continues to move ahead on the Sunshine Express high-speed quad as well as the new trails and snowmaking in the Sunshine Bowl area. In addition, Thunderhead and Rendezvous Saddle Food Courts are getting nearly million dollar face lifts and should be ready to serve up an exciting new menu when the resort opens. With all that’s going on, you don’t want to miss the 2006/2007 ski season, so plan your winter vacation now.
Steam Boat News
Opening day is November 22! STEAMBOAT RECEIVES NEARLY A FOOT OF SNOW AS 2006/2007 OPENING DAY NEARS
NEW DELTA NONSTOP JET SERVICE FROM LAGUARDIA TO STEAMBOAT-SKI TOWN, U.S.A.®
AMERICAN OFFERS SPECIAL AIRFARES ON NONSTOP FLIGHT FROM CHICAGO TO STEAMBOAT
STEAMBOAT CAPTURES #1 FAMILY RESORT IN THE WEST BY SKI MAGAZINE
LAURIE BERKNER BAND HEADLINES NICKELODEON & STEAMBOAT FAMILY SNOW FESTIVAL

Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation 2305 Mt. Werner Circle Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80487 USA
http://www.steamboat.com/


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Worth a Look.... The WorldSkitest support the enthusiastic skier to find the best ski for him. Each ski is good in his own way. But not every test winner necessarily has to be the the ideal partner for every skier on the slope. Needs and demands are different. Just like the skis being tested. Austria Ski Test

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My Switzerland
Seasonal Specials

Offers: Engelberg-Titlis - a skiers paradise Ski the superb runs and enjoy the spectacular views from Mt. Titlis.
January Snow Safari - One Week Only Enjoy a week in beautiful Interlaken. Ski all week in a winter wonderland - the perfect start to the New Year.
Top winter vacations in the best ski resorts of the Swiss Alps. Specially developed packages are now available for some of the most popular Swiss resorts and U.S. travel dates.
Beautiful winter vacations in the Swiss Alps. Attractive packages for your next winter vacation in the Swiss Alps.

www.myswitzerland.com


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Timberline Lodge at Mt Hood

Get a Fusion Pass
The Palmer Lift will be operational on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, weather and snow condition permitting. The Palmer snowfield terrain is recommended for ADVANCED Skiers and Riders only. The Magic Mile is open Friday - Sunday for foot traffic and accessing Palmer only. The Mile Canyon is closed to skiing and riding. Remember, conditions change quickly!


Events
Warren Miller Movie Premier
October 26-28th
Schnitzer Hall, Portland

Portland Ski Fever
November 3-5th
Portland

NWSCC Fair
November 6
Clackamas

Seattle BEWI Ski Show
November 17-19th
Seattle

www.tiimberlinelodge.com

Colorado Snow Alert


Arapahoe Basin has received 12.00 inches of snow in the past 24 hours.

New Snowfall Last 24 Hours: 12.00 Last 3 Days: 12

Base Midway Snow Depth: 24 Summit Snow Depth: 26v Conditions
Powder/Packed Powder

Current Weather Temperature at 5:00am: 15 Forcast: Snow

Trails Percentage of Terrain Open 10
Number of Trails Open 3
Number of Acres Open 50
Number of Lifts Open 1 out of 6

http://www.arapahoebasin.com

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Sugar Bowl
New Core Daily Pass offers the convenience of a season pass without all the commitment. It's perfect for folks who love Sugar Bowl, but can only make it up here a few times a year. With our new Core Daily Pass you pay as you go. Whenever you go. You get to skip the ticket lines and enjoy exclusive benefits of the Core Mountain Club. Plus you save $10 a day on your all day ticket! Nice. Get more details.  Get your pass now. Sugar Bowl Core Pass

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Homewood
Homewood Mountain Resort would like to offer a $99 Value Days Pass valid for the entire 2006-2007 winter season! The Value Days Pass is good for all day skiing and snowboarding Monday through Thursday, non-holiday for the entire season! We stop selling the pass next Tuesday, October 31st, 2006. Already have a season pass? Consider this your ?Powder Day? Insurance Card! Homewood Mountain Resort is open when most other areas are on wind-hold! Did I mention our tree runs? Talk about powder - get your snorkel! So, you gotta hurry because quantities are limited, and will vanish October 31st. There are other types of passes on sale at these early season rates, and if you want to upgrade to another pass, with even more skiing, please give us a call. All you have to do is check out our website <>

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ICER AIR San Francisco
www.icerair.com
Event Date: Saturday, November 4, 2006
10:00 a.m. Doors Open
11:00 a.m Qualifier Open Session
1:00 p.m. Band #1 – Ladytron
2:00 p.m. Wakeboarding Exhibition
3:00 p.m. Women’s Big Air Competition
4:00 p.m. Skate & BMX Vert Demo
5:00 p.m. Band #2 – Jurassic 5
6:00 p.m. Men’s Big Air Competition
8:00 p.m. Awards Ceremony
9:00 p.m. VIP Pink Carpet Wrap Party
Event Description: ICER AIR is the first stadium big air ski and snowboard competition to be held in the United States . Continuing in the tradition of Icer Air 2005, Esurance ICER AIR is a unique and outrageous urban event that will break boundaries by bringing the snow from the slopes to San Francisco , merging urban and athletic communities with an exciting event. On November 4 th , 20 of the most accomplished world class skiers and snowboarders, including Olympic medalists and X-Games champions will descend a 100 foot high ramp, covered with over 200 tons of snow. Ideal jumps will have riders flying 80-100 feet at heights of up to 20 feet. Jonny Moseley will be on hand to host and emcee the event. ICER AIR will have a festival-like atmosphere, featuring the inaugural San Francisco Ski & Snowboard Festival and plenty of surprises throughout the day. SF Ski & Snowboard Festival: The inaugural SF Ski and Snowboard Festival, co-organized with Snowbomb.com, will feature the best gear from industry leaders such as Head Skis, Ride Snowboards, The North Face, and many others on the promenade level of the stadium. Every major ski resort from the Lake Tahoe area will be on hand with special promotions for Esurance ICER AIR attendees. In addition, Lombardi Sports will be hosting a huge ski and snowboard sale at Scoreboard Plaza during the event with the latest and greatest ski and snowboard gear marked up to 50% off. Format: Ten professional skiers and ten professional snowboarders will compete for two grand prizes to be awarded to the top skier and top snowboarder, respectively. There will be a total of three rounds, with each athlete completing one jump per round; the lowest score will be dropped. Skiers and snowboarders will alternate jumps and jump order will be drawn randomly. Jump Details: 100 feet high 60 feet wide 350 feet long 200 tons of snow www.icerair.com

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Lake Louise
LAKE LOUISE MOUNTAIN RESORT GETS COVERED IN SNOW
Famed Resort Ranked Among North America’s Best
Calgary, AB – October 25, 2006 – Lake Louise Mountain Resort is gearing up for the 2006/7 ski season. Snow fell at the resort on October 24th, and the on-mountain operations team are helping Mother Nature out with snowmaking on the mountai
About Lake Louise Mountain Resort Lake Louise Mountain Resort
www.skilouise.com
Lake Louise is part of the Resorts of the Canadian Rockies Inc. (RCR) family. RCR is the largest private ski resort owner/operator in North America, owning six ski resorts across Canada, including Lake Louise Mountain Resort and Nakiska in Alberta; and Fernie Alpine Resort and Kimberley Alpine Resort in British Columbia. RCR also owns and manages a number of hotels, backcountry lodges and golf courses, including Trickle Creek in Kimberley, and Wintergreen Golf and Country Club in Bragg Creek. RCR aims to provide each and every guest The Ultimate Experience.


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International ropeways and skiresorts
Mt Abram: Owners announce long term plans Utah: Ski Areas Receive Face Lifts for 2006-07 Winter Season Doppelmayr: 6-CLD in Tichots
Obereggen / Italy: New chairlifts Snowbird: New for 2006/07 – Peruvian Chairlift & Tunnel Ski Roundtop / USA-PA: The New Triple Chair is Underway Jackson Hole Mountain Resort: new 100 passenger aerial tramway Shawnee Peak Ski Area Announces Major Lift Improvements for 2006-07 Peak Resorts: $8 million dollar expansion hews
New Single-Issue Website On Climate Change in Ski Resorts Launched
Whiteface Mountain Ski Center: governor announces $5 million to improve facilities and programs Kicking Horse Mountain Resort: New Investments of Over $100 Million Anticipated by 2010 v Forest Service approves Upper Independence Cat Skiing at Keystone Resort
Val d’Isère / FR: Ski with your hands free Leitner: Tung Chung Cable Car in Hong Kong
This is a summary of the stories listed on Ropeways Ropeways

Freeskiing 2007 schedule
February 1 – 5 Snowbird, UT
Freeskiing World Tour (Stop #1)
Subaru US Freeskiing Nationals


February 1 Snowbird, UT
Subaru US Skiercross Series (stop #1)
Subaru US Skiercross Nationals


February 11 Steamboat, CO
Subaru US Skiercross Series (stop #2)
Subaru Rocky Mountain Skiercross Classic


February 18 – 22 Verbier, Switzerland
Freeskiing World Tour (Stop #2)
Verbier Ride


February 27 – March 3 Les Arcs, France
Freeskiing World Tour (Stop #3)
The North Face Freeride


March 2 – 5 Telluride, CO
US Freeskiing Series (Stop #2)
Subaru Telluride Freeskiing Open


March 21 – 23 Jackson Hole, WY
Subaru US Freeskiing Series (Stop #3)
Jackson Hole Extremes Presented by Subaru


March 29 – April 2 Kirkwood, CO
Freeskiing World Tour Finals
US Freeskiing Series Finals (Stop #4)
North American Freeskiing Championships


April 2 Kirkwood, CA
US Skiercross Series (stop #3)
North American Skiercross Classic




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TRADE SHOWS
11/02/2006 - 11/05/2006
Event: The Chicago Ski Show & Snowboard EXPO By: Ski Dazzle LLC
Location: Rosemont, IL
Contact Phone/Fax: 949.497.4977
Contact Email: snowdog@skidazzle.com
Web SIte: http://www.skidazzle.com


11/03/2006 - 11/05/2006
Event: Colorado SnowSports Expo
By: BEWI Productions, Inc.
Location: Denver, CO
Contact Phone/Fax: 781.890.3234
Contact Email: info@bewisports.com
Web SIte: http://www.bewisports.com


11/03/2006 - 11/05/2006
Event: Portland SkiFever & Snowboard Show
By: BEWI Productions, Inc.
Location: Portland, OR
Contact Phone/Fax: 781.890.3234
Contact Email: info@bewisports.com
Web SIte: http://www.bewisports.com


11/04/2006 - 11/05/2006
Event: The Sacramento Ski and Snowboard Show By: Ski Dazzle LLC
Location: Sacramento, CA
Contact Phone/Fax: 949.497.4977
Contact Email: snowdog@skidazzle.com
Web SIte: http://www.skidazzle.com


11/10/2006 - 11/12/2006
Event: The Bay Area Ski and Snowboard Show
By: Ski Dazzle LLC
Location: San Jose, CA
Contact Phone/Fax: 949.497.4977
Contact Email: snowdog@skidazzle.com
Web SIte: http://www.skidazzle.com




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Saibei China
New lift Chinese province Hebei, 270 km North of Beijing. In March 2006, Michael Seeber, president of the company LEITNER group and Alessandro Marzola, son of the Dolomiti Superski founder, Gianni Marzola, travelled to China and signed the contract for the installation of the completely new “Dolomite-style” ski resort. Due to its geographical position, its climate and its high population figure, Hebei focuses on the development of ski tourism. The planned ski resort, named Saibei, should emerge in the yet uninhabited valley in the district of Chongli. Among 15 slopes and 6 ropeways, the two South Tyrolean experts in ski tourism plan the construction.

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FIS News
Heavy rainfalls during the night from October 23rd - October 24th, 2006 and very high temperatures badly damaged the excellently prepared race course in Sölden (AUT). While all precautions were taken by the organizers, the residual amount of snow and the continuing forecast for high temperatures made it technically impossible to hold the World Cup events on the original race course. FIS’s annual information session for the attending journalists, known as the Forum Alpinum that was planned to coincide with the Season Opener, was also cancelled.
Cross-Country World Cup
A total of four Viessmann FIS World Cup Cross-Country races are scheduled to take place next weekend, on 28th - 29th October in Düsseldorf (GER). For the 5th time, the season starts with sprint races, individual and team, on the bank of the river Rhine in the Old Town of the state capital. Some 146 athletes from 23 countries are registered to participate, which is more than in the last four years. Some typical “distance racers” will also start in Düsseldorf, such as Olympic Champion Katerina Neumannova (CZE), hoping to begin collecting World Cup points. On the men’s side, Peter Larsson, the four-time Düsseldorf winner, will try to defend his unique streak.

Swiss Snowboard dominance in Sölden (AUT)
Like in the past several years, a Swiss rider took home victory in the first parallel giant slalom in the NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup. On the ladies’ side, Fränzi Kohli took her career-first World Cup win, also proving her ability to step into the shoes of her retired team mates Daniela Meuli and Ursula Bruhin. Kohli prevailed against Austria’s Doresia Krings who thereby missed her personal hat trick in Sölden. Isabella Laboeck (GER), Junior World Championship runner up in 2005, achieved a small sensation placing fourth as she had never before made the finals (top xx).



As of today there are 100 days remaining until the start of the 39th FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Åre (SWE) from 3rd-18th February, 2007. “In skiing terms, the Åre team has now finished its warm-up and is waiting in the pre-start area, ready to go to the starting line and get on the course,” commented FIS President Gian Franco Kasper this major milestone for Åre. He added: “We at FIS are very positively attuned and looking forward to great championships. The Åre 2007 team has done a 100% job in all the planning and preparation; as a host venue, there are indeed few sites that bring as much know-how to the table. The racing schedule, too, has been planned with possible weather changes in mind, and it provides some options should the weather not cooperate. The organizing committee has also taken maximum advantage of the combination of experience and youthful ideas it entails. We are optimistic that the myriad of ideas will also help create a true championships atmosphere in Åre, such as the promotional activities that will commence following this milestone, in the local media and on Swedish television. Of course, early successes by local athletes will also do wonders for creating the right mood among the public. From an overall perspective, FIS is pleased to note how these championships have acted as a catalyst for many positive changes in the Åre region, all of which will serve to leave a great legacy for the resort for years to come.”

For more information and other news see:
www.fis-ski.com

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Jackson Hole - wy
Jackson Hole Mountain Resort officially opens for another incredible season of skiing and riding in just a few weeks on December 2nd.


East Ridge Summit Chair
100% of our inbounds terrain will be open this winter here at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, including Corbet's Couloir and the upper mountain backcountry gates. Rendezvous Bowl will be accessible this winter via the new East Ridge Chair, which will take skiers and riders from the top of Sublette to the top of Rendezvous. Four On-Mountain Restaurants
Events


December 2, 2006 - JHMR Opening Day
December 25 - 30, 2006 - Village Holiday Festivites
January 13, 2007 - USASA Slope Style Event
January 20 - 21, 2007 - Sports Illustrated for Kids Next Snow Search
February 24 - 25 2007 - Dick's Ditch Banked Slalom
March 23 - April 08, 2007 - Jackson Hole Mountain Festival

www.jacksonhole.com

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Zermatt

New cable railway joins up skiing areas A new 8-seat cable railway will soon join up Furi and Riffelberg. Scheduled opening in December. Valtournenche and Breuil - Cervinia to add five new chair lifts

The new Matterhorn Terminal Täsch is complete: 2,000 covered parking spaces, a new station concourse, new shuttle trains - and 1,000 luggage trolleys that allow you to change straight into the shuttle trains. Scheduled opening in December.

Zermatt Tourismus CH-3920 Zermatt Tel. +41 (0)27 966 81 00 Fax +41 (0)27 966 81 01 www.zermatt.ch


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Snow at Stowe



November 2006 18 Projected Opening for 06/07 Ski & Snowboard Operations 25 First Trick Rail Jam - Warm up for the competition season with this fun & free event in the Jib Nation Mini-Rail Park at the base of North Slope. For more information, email info@stowe.com or call 800-253-4754.
Season passes start as low as $740 for adults, $555 for young adults (18-29), $375 for students grades 1-12, and $275 for college students.

What's new at Stowe for the 06/07 season?
Our new 10-person high-speed transfer gondola will open this winter, whisking skier & riders back-and-forth easily between Mount Mansfield and Spruce Peak. Main Street on Spruce Peak is a whole new sensation. The gracefully recontoured terrain reveals new pleasures every time down. Relax and enjoy the majestic views! Catch some rays on this sunny, southern exposure!
New fully-automated, state-of-the-art snowmaking. Ski or ride top to bottom and experience consistent snow all the way on Spruce Peak. The gold standard in snowmaking has arrived at Stowe. It’s the only one of it's kind in New England!
On the Mansfield side, we'll have 100 brand-new York Borax Low Energy Guns. And we've expanded snowmaking our snowmaking coverage there. We've also added three new snowcats to our already impressive and modern grooming fleet.
New 111-million gallon snowmaking pond. Enjoy more terrain early and late season. Snowmaking has increased significantly all over both mountains!
Stowe has a new level of commitment to freestyle terrain. Are kids the decision-makers in your family? Our park & pipe are scheduled to be open for the holidays! Click here to visit ridestowe.com
http://www.stowe.com/


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Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (Yulong Mountain) is the southernmost glacier in the Northern Hemisphere. Consisting of 13 peaks, among which Shanzidou is the highest one with an altitude of 5,600 meters (18,360 feet), Jade Dragon Snow Mountain stretches a length of 35 kilometers (22 miles) and a width of 20 kilometers (13 miles). Looking from Lijiang Old Town in the south which is 15 kilometers (nine miles) away, the snow-covered and fog-enlaced mountain resembles a jade dragon lying in the clouds, hence, the name Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.
The 13 peaks, which have the altitudes of at least 4,000 meters, are covered by snow all year round; the mountain is called the "Natural Glacier Museum" for it has all types of glacier. Move down from the mountaintop and you can see rivers and pools, which are formed by the thawed snow water running along the valley and through the forests. The plants and the animals are different according to the altitude, so are the views. Every sight brings you a surprise and every step takes you to a new scene. Each of the meadows on Jade Dragon Snow Mountain has its own special character due to their different landscape and height
Vertical Drop: 3794 ft
Top Elevation: 14822 ft
Lifts: 1
Cable cars: 1 Fan Peak

Snow alert for Saas-Fee



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US Ski Team News
Rains, High Temperatures Cancel Soelden SOELDEN, Austria (Oct. 24) - Rain through the night and into mid-morning, coupled with a weather forecast for unseasonally warm temperatures, forced World Cup organizers Tuesday to cancel what had been scheduled as the season-opening alpine races next weekend. The women were to have raced giant slalom Saturday with 10 U.S. women scheduled to compete in the first race of the 41st alpine World Cup season; the men were to run GS Sunday with seven Americans entered. The next scheduled races are slaloms Nov. 11-12 in Levi, Finland, before the World Cup heads to North America. "They didn't have a chance. The organizers did everything they could from making snow and moving it onto the course, from scraping the glacier for more snow and from injecting [i.e., injecting water into the snow to make it more firm]," U.S. Women's Head Coach Patrick Riml said. "But it started to rain [Monday] over night and it rained all through the night and up to 10 or 11 o'clock. There wasn't a lot of snow to begin with, but the rain washed everything away." The short-range forecast predicted weather in the mid-to-upper 60s in the valleys of Austria and well into the 40s in the mountains. "There was no way the weather was going to cooperate, so they had to cancel," Riml said. The U.S. women will train another day or two, then fly home at the end of the week, while the U.S. men - who have been training an hour or so away on the Pitztal Glacier - will stick around for several days of additional training before flying to Colorado. The two teams will train in Colorado - the Ski Team has just announced an agreement with Keystone Resort for training on North Peak - and head to Finland in the first week of November. www.ussa.org


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Val d'Isère France
NEWSLETTER Valley of Isere - October 2006
The next season of winter approaches. The marmots are turned over to hibernate in their burrows, the larches avoided gilded colors and chatoyantes, the skirts and other bathing suits are arranged with the wall cupboard. It any more but does not remain to wait than snow falls. And in one month, the opening of Valley of Isere! Opening: November 25 We await you as of on November 25. Come to make your first traces of the winter on our field. At the time of the opening, we propose to you in collaboration with Dynastar (the official partner of the Tourist bureau) to gain a week end in Val of Isere. Take part in the Play Dynastar contest It should be noted that this first week end of the season will be the occasion to benefit from many advantages. See the lodgings offers of this 1st week end. December: Offers & Critérium If you prefer to come to see us in December, not problem. In hotel or apartment, a few days or a complete week, we propose many packages lodging to you + fixed price of ski at unbeatable prices. See the offers of December. Without forgetting that in December, Val of Isere is also synonymous with World cup of Alpine skiing with Critérium of the 1st snow. The week end of the 9 & December 10, the races men will be placed under the sign of the performance, the festival and the young people. The week end of the 16 & December 17, the races women.

Women that Val of Isere puts at the honor by inviting them… Discover the offer: “Women, Val loves you” Events And to finish, small information on valdisere.com Indeed, Internet site of Valley of Isere evolves/moves and obtains new “a Home Page” as well as new part “To discover Valley of Isere”. These new pages (translated into 5 languages) will make it possible to the visitors to appreciate Val of Isere in images and “To discover” its history and its richnesses. One lets to you see. With very soon for the opening and while waiting prepare for one season of winter of anthology!

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Bear Valley
Bear Valley's outside crews have been diligently working all summer long, prepping for the installation of the all-new Polar Express high-speed quad. The new towers were skillfully lowered into place by helicopter pilots, while ground crews, comprised of both Bear Valley staff and Leitner Poma, guided the towers in for the final bolt down. Mountain Manager, Sean Murphy claimed, "It was so exhilarating. The excitement level never dropped as we directed each tower into place.
Photo:Bear Valley
http://www.bearvalley.com/



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Steam Boat
Season Opening Day - November 22, 2006! The first storm hit the Steamboat slopes on September 16, dropping nearly a foot of snow. Last week, a storm blew across Mt. Werner, leaving 15 inches of fresh snow at mid-mountain and 23 inches at the summit over a five-day span. The 2006/2007 Winter Press Kit is now online and available to download, so pick up your copy today! Events
Bust of Steamboat Oct. 27, 2006

Downtown Halloween Stroll Oct. 31, 2006

Steamboat Mountain Film Festival Nov. 10-12, 2006

8th Annual Backcountry Ball Nov. 18, 2006

Scholarship and 2006/2007 Season Opening Day at Steamboat Nov. 22, 2006

Steamboat Ski & Resort Corp. 2305 Mt. Werner Circle Steamboat, CO 80487 www.steamboat.com


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US Freestyle Team
Freestyle Team Set for 2007 Start
PARK CITY, Utah (Oct. 23) - The customary post-Olympic retirements have taken a fistful of medal-winners from the U.S. Freestyle Ski Team, but an equally big cluster of talent remains for the 2007 season, topped by moguls world champions Nate Roberts (Park City, UT) and Hannah Kearney (Norwich, VT). Reigning world dual moguls champion Toby Dawson and former Olympic, Worlds and/or World Cup champions or medalists Eric Bergoust (aerials), Joe Park (aerials), Travis Cabral (moguls) and Travis Mayer (moguls) retired after last season while 2005 aerials World Cup champion Jeret "Speedy" Peterson (Boise, ID) is taking a year away from his sport. But Wintersteen said, "We still have some pretty outstanding athletes coming back.
"We have some serious talent among the moguls skiers and we're moving in the right direction as we rebuild aerials," he said. The moguls team remains one of the premier squads on the World Cup. Among the men, Roberts and Dave Babic (Washington, VT) are backed by David DiGravio (Farmington, ME), who - given a chance at the World Cup last season - produced his first podium in March. Up-and-comers Landon Gardner (Park City, UT), Tim Preston (Campton, NH) and Mike Morse (Duxbury, MA) are looking to make their breakthrough at the top level.
Kearney leads a women's delegation, which is at its strongest since Olympic and Worlds gold medalist (and five-time World Cup champion) Donna Weinbrecht, former Worlds and World Cup champion Ann Battelle and Olympic medalist Liz McIntyre competed in the mid-to-late Eighties. Former World Cup champion Shannon Bahrke (Tahoe City, CA) and Jillian Vogtli (Ellicotville, NY), a pair of two-time Olympians, plus Michelle Roark (Winter Park, CO), a former World Cup dual moguls champion who won two more World Cup moguls contests last season en route to her first Olympics. Add to that group NorAm champion (five wins) Heather McPhie (Bozeman, MT), veteran Shelly Robertson (Reno, NV) and two outstanding duals skiers - Kayla Snyderman (Winchester, MA), the '06 NorAm champ, and '05 NorAm champ McKenzy Golding (Reno, NV). The ranks are a bit thinner on the aerials side. Ryan St. Onge (Steamboat Springs, CO), who won two World Cup events a year ago, is the top men's aerialist, while Olympians Jana Lindsey (Black Hawk, SD) and Emily Cook (Belmont, MA) are joined by Lacy Schnoor (Draper, UT).
In addition, Scott Rawles has replaced Don St. Pierre as moguls head coach with former World Cup skier Garth Hager joining the moguls coaching staff; McIntyre, who turned to coaching after retiring from competition in 1998, also retired after eight years as moguls technical coach.
The World Cup aerials season opens Dec. 9-10 in Jilin Beida Lake, China, while the moguls schedule begins Dec. 14 in Tignes, France. The Freestyle World Ski Championships will be Jan. 23-28 in Madonna di Campiglio, Italy with the U.S. World Cups Jan. 11-13 at the Chevrolet Freestyle International at Deer Valley, Utah, and the Nature Valley Freestyle Cup Jan. 18-20 at Lake Placid, NY.
Alpine Team
PARK CITY, Utah (Oct. 23) - U.S. Alpine Director Jesse Hunt sees plenty of good things as he looks at the 2007 World Cup season and the Alpine World Ski Championships. After all, Olympic champions Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) and Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) are back, along with reigning downhill and super G world champ Bode Miller (Bretton Woods, NH) and Lindsey Kildow (Vail, CO) - a three-time World Cup winner last season. In addition, there are former Worlds medalists Erik Schlopy (Park City, UT) and Kirsten Clark (Raymond, ME) and a hefty handful of up-and-coming talent, headed by Megan McJames (also Park City), who won three NorAm titles a year ago and 2006 Junior World Championships downhill champion Chris Beckmann (Altamont, NY).
"I really like this mix of veterans and young guns pushing them. Nobody can sit back because everyone's pushing to succeed," Hunt said. "No question, this is one of our strongest teams in terms of talent and depth." The 2007 alpine squad includes 18 Olympians - 16 of them from the 2006 team in Torino.
One of the key elements to the optimistic outlook is continuity, which Hunt and his coaching staff have developed with veteran athletes sticking around. Schlopy, at 34, is in his 12th season on the Ski Team; Miller, who turned 29 in mid-October, is in his 11th season. Clark, also 29, is in her 13th year on the Ski Team. All are three-time Olympians. At the same time, Mancuso and Kildow are each 22 and in their seventh year of World Cup racing. Resi Stiegler (Jackson Hole, WY), who turns 21 in November, is in her fifth season.
Miller, the 2005 World Cup overall champion and the winner of 21 World Cup races as this season opens, and Ligety, the Olympic combined champion who also won his first World Cup race in '06, head a men's squad, which Hunt feels could have someone on the podium (i.e., top-3 finish) in every race. On the speed side, Miller is joined by, among others, two-time Olympian Scott Macartney (Redmond, WA), Steve Nyman (Provo, UT), JJ Johnson (also Park City), Marco Sullivan (Squaw Valley, CA), Beckmann and 2006 NorAm super G champion Erik Fisher (Middleton, ID), who had two SG victories and a downhill win plus a Europa Cup DH podium. Kevin Francis (Bend, OR) is knocking on the World Cup door, too.
http://www.usskiteam.com



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Opening day is Nov. 17. Sugarloaf/USA www.sugarloaf.com

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Birds of Prey Men?s World Cup at Beaver Creek November 28 - December 3, 2006 New to the USA and Beaver Creek- the Super Combined, one run of Downhill and one run of Slalom on the same day tests the talents of Americans Ted Ligety, 2006 Olympic Gold Medalist and 2005 World Champion Bode Miller. Additional events include the legendary Birds of Prey Downhill, Giant Slalom and Slalom. All races, post-race parties, concerts, autograph signings and more are free and open to the public
US Snowboard Grand Prix at Breckenridge December 13-16, 2006 The series kicks off in Breckenridge, home to standout U.S. Snowboarding rider and former X Games champion Steve Fisher and the #1 halfpipe in the country as voted for 2006 by readers of Transworld Snowboarding magazine. Look for 2006 Halfpipe Olympic Gold Medalist Hannah Teter to go for a three-peat at Breckenridge after winning there the last two consecutive years. The event will also include a night-time exhibition, in-town under the lights!


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US Ski Team News
SOELDEN, Austria (Oct. 21) - Swiss rider Fraenzi Kohli won the first parallel giant slalom World Cup of the young season Saturday, besting Austrians Doresia Krings and Marion Kreiner in a race where Austria placed five riders in the top 10. Organizers moved the start of the race higher up the Rettenbach Glacier due to poor snow conditions. Top American finisher was Erica Mueller (Steamboat Springs, CO) in 28th. The men will compete Sunday.
For complete details: http://www.usskiteam.com


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The Arapahoe Basin has received 7.00 inches of snow in the past 24 hours.
New Snowfall Last 24 Hours: 7.00 Last 3 Days: 8
Base
Midway Snow Depth: 18 Summit Snow Depth: 18
Conditions
Powder/Packed Powder
Number of Trails Open 3
http://www.arapahoebasin.com/


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Eastern Mountain Sports

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U.S. SKI TEAM TO PARTNER WITH KEYSTONE, YORK FOR TRAINING KEYSTONE, Colo. (Oct. 19) - U.S. Ski Team athletes will benefit from a new on-snow training partnership between Colorado’s Keystone Resort and the Team. The Team and Keystone, along with York Snow, have partnered to install additional snowmaking on Keystone’s North Peak to provide exclusive early-season training for U.S. Ski Team athletes beginning this November. The partnership was announced jointly Thursday (Oct. 19) by U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) President and CEO Bill Marolt and Keystone’s Director of Mountain Operations Chuck Tolton. It is a one-year partnership that all parties hope to extend into the future. The partnership includes the allocation of Keystone’s Starfire run on North Peak for exclusive training use by the U.S. Ski Team, with York Snow providing additional highly efficient snowguns. The Team also is financially involved in helping support infrastructure and operational costs. The project is the first phase of a snowmaking upgrade on Keystone’s North Peak to accommodate the U.S. Ski Team training program. "One of the keys to our future athletic success is creating a deeper and stronger partnership with our training venues,” said Marolt. “We have enjoyed outstanding partnerships with U.S. resorts, especially in Colorado, for both early season training and competition. Keystone and York have really stepped up to help support our training programs.” Colorado resorts have long factored heavily into U.S. early season training and competition due to the historical early-season snow and the consistent ability to make snow for training in the U.S. The men’s alpine World Cup comes to Beaver Creek with the VISA Birds of Prey races Nov. 30-Dec. 3, and the women’s Sirius Satellite Aspen Winternational World Cup over Thanksgiving weekend, Nov. 25-26. The Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix opens Dec. 14-17 at Breckenridge. In addition, the Chevrolet Super Series, part of the alpine NorAm series, will be in Colorado, Nov. 27-30 for the men at Keystone and Nov. 28-Dec. 1 for the women at Winter Park. “We, here at Keystone, share a common vision with the U.S. Ski Team in striving to continually grow the sport and developing young athletes to represent our country,” said Tolton. “This started a few years ago with Keystone’s commitment to the Junior Olympics and local youth freeride and racing programs and has now evolved to hosting the NorAms and the early-season exclusive training with the U.S. Ski Team. It doesn’t matter whether it’s a 10-year-old racer or Bode Miller or Ted Ligety and the entire U.S. alpine team, Keystone is committed to providing the best snow and grooming conditions.” “This is the type of partnership we will be seeking worldwide in the future to provide our U.S. athletes with better training,” said Marolt. “Our long-term goal is to really control our own training space and to expand the opportunity to all of our sport programs.” Keystone began making snow on Starfire and other trails today (at midnight) with the U.S. Ski Team’s alpine team expected to begin training there beginning November 5. “The North Peak facility will provide us with excellent technical training,” said U.S. Alpine Director Jesse Hunt. “And what will really make the difference for us is the ability to have completely exclusive use of the facility and to work with Keystone and York to control the snow environment specific to our training needs.”

The FIS Alpine World Cup season for men and women opens Oct. 28-29 on the Rettenbach Glacier above Soelden, Austria, then moves to Levi, Finland, Nov. 11-12 before heading to North America.

www.ussa.org


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Squaw Valley

Winter is approaching fast. Purchase your Season Pass, Gift Cards and special Advanced Ski Clinics for 2006-2007 on line here on Endless Winter.
Events
Upcoming Events: The Great Pumpkin Festival Oct. 27-31 SV Winter Job Fair Nov. 4 Scheduled Opening Day!
Nov. 17

Memorial service for Alex Cushing Alex Cushing Memorial Service Outside on the Olympic House Sundeck (by KT-22) Join us for a celebration of the life of Founder, Chairman and winter sports pioneer Alex C. Cushing at noon


Squaw Valley Winter Film Festival Nov. 24 Thanksjibbing Rail Comp Nov. 25
www.squaw.com



Another Olympic resort with news, Cortina d'Ampezzo Italy
For the winter sports enthusiast the season skipass is by far and away the best solution. Over the years Dolomti Superski, also in recognition of the support of the winter ski fanatic, has always tried to make the season skipass an attractive proposal.
News on the season skipass: now for the family too an economical and welcome solution has been introduced. In effect the bigger the family the better the deal – leaving you free to enjoy your time on the slopes.
When you buy a season skipass for children up to the age of 8 (€ 190,00), or for youngsters up to the age of 16 (€ 460,00) the parent can buy for him or herself a season pass (in pre-sale costing € 570,00) at the price of the junior season pass (€ 460,00).** In this instance a family saves Euro 110,00.
www.cortina.dolomiti.org - CORTINA TURISMO - tel. 0436 866252

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Sun Valley Id
SUN VALLEY, ID…...Sun Valley’s Third Annual Oktoberfest Crosstoberfest will be held Saturday and Sunday, October 28-29, from 11 am to 7 pm at River Run. Festivities will be highlighted by the 2006 State Championship Cyclocross Races beginning at noon each day, and a special appearance by Scot Schmidt, extreme skiing icon at Pete Lane’s River Run. The event is free to everyone and will feature Bavarian style food and drink specials, live music and warm fires in the Day Lodge The Brass Ranch and Bogner will present a Winter Preview Show with imported beer and pretzels on Saturday. Pete Lane’s will preview next season’s skis and boots with early season discounts for the weekend only. Fun prizes will be awarded for best costumes and kids will enjoy a Bike Race, face painting and a Pumpkin Contest. And, the best deal of all will be discounted lift passes, for this weekend only, October 28-29. For more information and a daily events schedule go to www.sunvalley.com

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ST Moritz

FIS Alpine Ski World Cup St. Moritz Engadin December 2006: The Program
From December 9 to 10, 2006, the spotlight of international competition skiing will thus once again be directed on the 'home mountain' of St. Moritz.
The tentative program reads as follows:
Friday, December 8th, 2006
06.00 pm: Athletes presentation Downhill
Saturday, December 9th, 2006
12.00 noon: Start Downhill Ladies
06.00 pm: Awards ceremony Downhill (Plazza Mauritius)
06.15 pm: Athletes presentation Super-Combined Ladies

Sunday, December 10th, 2006
11.45 am: Super-Combined Super-G Ladies
03.00 pm: Super-Combined Slalom Ladies
followed by Awards ceremony in the finish area

St. Moritz is preparing its 143rd winter season, which will be highlighted by the anniversaries commemorating "100 Years of International Horse Races in St. Moritz" and the 35th World Championships in Bobsleigh.
St. Moritz is preparing its 143rd winter season, which will be highlighted by the anniversaries commemorating "100 Years of International Horse Races in St. Moritz" and the 35th World Championships in Bobsleigh. On November 25, 2006, the runs on Corvatsch, and with them the winter sports season, will be opened. A week later, on December 2, the mountain railways of Diavolezza and Corviglia will also be welcoming their first guests of the season. The first top event of the winter – the Women's Alpine Ski World Cup – takes place shortly thereafter. And on the topic of World Cups: as from the winter of 2006/7, St. Moritz will be the new sponsor of the rising local ski talent, Marc Berthod. In December, the St. Moritz Design Gallery will be inaugurating its exhibition of posters "100 Years of International Horse Races" at the Serletta public parking garage. The 150 and more winter events traditionally held St. Moritz will follow in close succession up to around Easter (April 8, 2007), with a third anniversary celebration in March – 10 Years of the "Snow & Symphony" Music Festival. The first St. Moritz Brand Summit will be held from January 28 to 30, welcoming representatives of the world's top 100 brands. And right on time for the winter season, St. Moritz will be launching its own luxury fashion brand. In an initial stage starting fall 2006, the collection will be distributed exclusively via the new St. Moritz Online Store (www.stmoritz-store.ch).
Winter Top Events 2006/07:
- FIS Alpine Ski World Cup, Women's D/C (12/8–10) - 7th Design Summit at the Suvretta House (12/19–21) - Curling: 109th Jackson Cup (1/13–14) - 49th Concours Hippique on Snow (1/14–21) - Bob World Championships, 2 & 4 pers. bob (1/22–2/4) - 23rd Cartier Polo World Cup (1/25–28) - 1st St. Moritz Brand Summit (1/28–30) - 14th St. Moritz Gourmet Festival (1/29–2/3) - St. Moritz Cricket on Ice (2/2–3) - 100 Years of White Turf St. Moritz (2/4, 2/11, 2/18) - Cresta Run: Grand National (2/17) - 39th Engadin Cross-country Skiing Marathon (3/11) - 10th "Snow & Symphony" Music Festival (3/23–4/1)

The coming winter in St. Moritz will see several important jubilees and novelties.
- 100 Years of international horse races on the frozen lake of St. Moritz (White Turf).
- The St. Moritz Brand Summit is a new event that will bring the heads of the world's 100 most valuable brands to St. Moritz for an annual "summit meeting" at the end of January.
- The "St. Moritz – China Connection" The original owners of the St. Moritz Garden City near Shenzhen will be visiting St. Moritz – Top of the World in the Alps. A delegation from the Hong Kong Jockey Club is to accompany their head chef to the Gourmet Festival in St. Moritz and join in commemorating 100 years of horse racing on the frozen lake at "White Turf". The long-standing former General Manager of Badrutt’s Palace Hotel, Max Keller, has published his memoirs as a hotelier in a book entitled, "From St. Moritz to Hong Kong and back" (published by NZZ Verlag).
- The newest Clean Energy project – starting mid-December 2006, Badrutt’s Palace Hotel and Grevas School will be using recycled "heat" from the lake of St. Moritz!



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Innsbruck and its 25 holiday villages
Innsbruck is the capital of the Austrian Tyrol province – approx. 135,000 inhabitants – located at 575 m above sea level – rivers: Inn and Sill – situated at the foot of Patscherkofel (2,247 m) and Nordkette (2,334 m)
The 25 holiday villages: Aldrans, Ampass, Axams, Birgitz, Ellbögen, Götzens, Gries, Grinzens, Igls, Kematen, Kühtai, Lans, Mutters, Natters, Oberperfuss, Patsch, Rinn, Rum, Sistrans, Sellrain, St. Sigmund, Ranggen, Unterperfuss, Völs, Zirl
University town: campus spreads all over town. During term 23,700 students live in Innsbruck
Olympic town: in 1964 and 1976 venue of Olympic winter games
Centrally located: 2 hrs by car to Munich (G) and Trento (I), 1 hr to Salzburg (A), 1.5 hrs to Bolzano (I); motorways A12 (Inntalautobahn) and A13 (Brennerautobahn) – train-station and airport with international connections
Focus on tourism: the ‘Innsbruck Tourismus’ tourist association represents Inns-bruck as well as 25 holiday villages in the town’s vicinity – approx. 2.2 million annual overnight stays – in Innsbruck alone approx. 5 million guests, incl. day visitors – sum-mer and winter tourism, with a slight advantage on summer tourism
Tourism infrastructure: approx. total bed capacity in Innsbruck and its holiday vil-lages is 15,800 beds, with about 6,400 in Innsbruck itself – ranging from a 5-star-hotel to every hotel category as well as youth hostels, campsites and farm stays – Austria’s second-largest congress and convention venue with Congress Innsbruck and Con-gresspark Igls
Innsbruck Tourismus Heinz Sillober International Marketing & Press Tel. +43-512-377101, h.sillober@innsbruck.info

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ARAPAHOE
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Canadian Ski Council
WESTERN CANADA / OUEST DU CANADA News from ski areas in British Columbia, Alberta, NWT & the Yukon / Nouvelles des stations de ski de la Colombie-Britannique, de l'Alberta, des T.-N.-O. et du Yukon Cat Powder Skiing Hello from Castle Mountain Whistler Blackcomb Rail Collection Exceeds 75 Pieces Boarding School Enrolment at the Fairmont Chateau Whistler Winter's Playground Offers Incredible Experiences at Four Seasons Resort Whistler The 2006.07 Whistler Blackcomb Edge Card Fernie Alpine Resort What's New for 2006/2007 Kimberly Alpine Resort What's New for 2006/2007 Lake Louise What's New for 2006/2007 2006/2007 Lake Louise Mountain Resort Events Ski the Big 3 Banff, Lake Louise & Sunshine Nakiska What's New for 2006/2007 First Snow at Sun Peaks

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The next posting on Endless Winter Will be the weekend of the of Oct 22
I am touring the Mountains of south East Asia
Think Snow

Snow Alert for Saas - Fee


NASTC adventure ski course Dryland Training on October 7-9, 2006 On October 7-9, this camp includes in-line skating,plyometrics, yoga, ski specific weight training, functional movement screen, and more. Call us today at 530-582-4772 www.skiNASTC.com Chris is a highly qualified elite skier and has been a PSIA National Team member.

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Slope Infinity
Off-Season Promotion of 30% discount ends on October 31.

The world's largest revolving carpet ski & snowboard training deck is now in the heart of Hong Kong. Slope Infinity's training decks offers Hong Kong's skiers and snowboarders a dynamic instruction program, ideal for both kids and adults and all ability levels from "never-ever" beginners to the highly experienced & advanced. Using real skis, ski boots, ski bindings, ski poles, and snowboards and with its variable-speed silicone-coated ultra-wide revolving carpet (like a reverse treadmill), one hour of lesson on our training decks equates to several hours of learning on the mountain without the distractions of cold, crowded slopes, and chairlift lines. Training on the revolving carpet has been proven most effective for reinforcing your "muscle memory" and developing efficient habits and skills to improve your skiing and snowboarding techniques. "Muscle Memory" is a term used to describe a learned movement pattern or habit. By performing the same movement pattern repeatedly, more effective nerve muscle connections are made. These new connections repeat more efficiently each time used. Research from motor (movement) learning specialists indicate that repeating the same action 3,000 to 5,000 times, or performing a task approximately 30 minutes for a period of 21 days is necessary to create muscle memory. After developing muscle memory, the new action is automatic and can be performed without conscious thought.
When In Hong Kong Visit Slope Infinity


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FIS NEWS
NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup kicks off with Parallel events
Overall World Cup winner Siegfried Grabner The clock is ticking
In only two days, the NOKIA Snowboard FIS World Cup 2006/2007 celebrates its Season Opening in SnowWorld Landgraaf (NED). At the indoor event on October 13th, 2006, the world’s best riders have registered to start in the Parallel Slalom. Besides last year’s winners, Julie Pomagalski from France and Austrian Siegfried Grabner, a few other athletes will start who already jumped on the podium at one of the other three World Cups in Landgraaf so far.
Julie Pomagalski has to face only one lady who already made it into the top 3: Ilona Ruotsalainen. The Finnish boarder placed second in the Netherlands two years ago but had an unlucky last season. Other aspirants for the top spot are German Amelie Kober who took home a silver medal from the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin and Fraenzi Kohli who has to carry the Swiss burden of the retirements of her fellow very successful countrywomen Daniela Meuli and Ursula Bruhin. On the men’s side, Sigi Grabner has to defend his title against 2006 Parallel and Overall World Cup winner Simon Schoch (SUI) against whom he won last winter’s final in SnowWorld. Other riders who once had rounded out the podium so far are Adam Smith from the USA who did win the debut of Landgraaf as a World Cup host in the 2004 season and came in third last year. Another one who has won the Dutch event, too, is Urs Eiselin (SUI) who will try to attack but has to suffer from a broken thumb. Nicolas Huet from France and “Canadian Rocket” Jasey Jay Anderson want to smile from the podium again, too.
Who will take over the first World Cup lead of the new season? We all will know more on Friday, 8 PM, when the last run has ended.
Only one week later, the same protagonists will travel to Soelden to meet for the first Parallel Giant Slalom of the season. One can be curious if the Swiss team will dominate the contest like the last two years where the team – including Olympic PGS Champion Philipp Schoch – made a clean sweep of the men’s podium with their riders.
Julie Pomagalski has to face only one lady who already made it into the top 3: Ilona Ruotsalainen. The Finnish boarder placed second in the Netherlands two years ago but had an unlucky last season. Other aspirants for the top spot are German Amelie Kober who took home a silver medal from the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin and Fraenzi Kohli who has to carry the Swiss burden of the retirements of her fellow very successful countrywomen Daniela Meuli and Ursula Bruhin. On the men’s side, Sigi Grabner has to defend his title against 2006 Parallel and Overall World Cup winner Simon Schoch (SUI) against whom he won last winter’s final in SnowWorld. Other riders who once had rounded out the podium so far are Adam Smith from the USA who did win the debut of Landgraaf as a World Cup host in the 2004 season and came in third last year. Another one who has won the Dutch event, too, is Urs Eiselin (SUI) who will try to attack but has to suffer from a broken thumb. Nicolas Huet from France and “Canadian Rocket” Jasey Jay Anderson want to smile from the podium again, too.
The 24-year-old Croatian said she would «rest for a year and then see what will happen,» suggesting she could decide to retire. «I've decided to take a break this season due to the unbearable pain in my back, my knees and everywhere else,» Kostelic said. «It is not an easy decision to make for someone who loves skiing, but I am not a machine.» Kostelic, who has undergone 10 knee operations and thyroid surgery, won her third overall World Cup title last season. She also became the most successful female skier in Olympic history when she won gold and silver at the Turin Games, adding to her three golds and a silver from Salt Lake City in 2002. Kostelic has won 30 World Cup races, the last one the Giant Slalom at the World Cup final on 18th March 2006 in Are (Swe). At the age of only 24 years she is already the most successful skier of modern times. During the last season she won in all five alpine disciplines – and this in a period of only 36 days. Before her, only Petra Kronberger (AUT) managed this feat. But the Austrian did it in 1990 in a even shorter period of 21 days and instead of the new Super Combined she won the four alpine disciplines and the Combined (Downhill and two run Slalom). In May Janica Kostelic was honored with the Laureus Awards as „World Sports woman of the year“ together with male recipient, the Swiss tennis player Roger Federer. FIS Nordic
The organising committee of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo has produced three new posters. The left one to promote the City of Sapporo is a composite image of Odori Park as seen from the top of the TV tower, a symbolic sight of Sapporo and the Okurayama jumping hill. On the right side the mascot Norkey is shown, aiming to foster a sense of closeness to and anticipation of the championships amongst children. The third poster describes the three Nordic disciplines Cross-Country Skiing, Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined.

For more FIS news
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Killington
It's coming. Cool nights have turned cold, that occasional breeze has a more than occasional bite to it and my wife asks me fourteen times each and every day when I'm going to put the storm windows up. Apparently it means precious little to her that I don't even really know what a storm window does, much less how to install one. At any rate, winter is breathing down our necks (in a good way). That other thing you hear knocking at your door is the All For One Season Pass deadline. Deadline as in today. Yes, today, or Tuesday the 10th depending on when you're reading this. If you haven't already purchased, this is your very last chance to get in on the single very best deal in all of Eastern Skiing and Riding.
Need more motivation? Join us next Wednesday the 18th of October in Manhattan as we're getting together with the good folks at Warren Miller to bring you the premier of this year's Warren Miller Film Off The Grid.
www.killington.com or


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NATIONAL SKI HALL OF FAME SELECTS MOSELEY, WORTHINGTON AND PARISIEN ISHPEMING, Mich. (Oct. 7) - Former Olympic and World Cup moguls champion Jony Moseley (Tiburon, CA), ex-aerials and combined world and World Cup champion Trace Worthington (Park City, UT) and Alpine World Ski Championships medalist Julie Parisien (Sugarloaf, ME) have been elected to the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2006. Moseley electrified the sports world at the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, with his high-flying "heli-mute grab" during his final run to secure the gold medal. The 360-degree spin while grabbing one of his skis - followed by his innovative "dinner roll" jump (with his body parallel to the ground, he rotated before landing) at the 2002 Olympics - kicked open the door to what has been a revolution in moguls skiing with athletes doing previously banned backflips. His high-voltage smile and engaging personality helped him transcend his sport and become one of skiing's - not just freestyle's - superstars. The bronze medalist in combined at the 1995 World Championships and the freestyle overall champion, Moseley also was the World Cup combined and overall champion in 1996 before capturing five contests and the '98 moguls World Cup title. He retired in 2002 with 18 World Cup victories

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Val Gardina
From 1st December 2006 until 8th April 2007 you can reach Val Gardena through "low cost flights and transfer" from the Airports of Bergamo and Brescia. Direct transfers, with modern busses, from the airports in Brescia (Verona) and Bergamo (Milan) to Val Gardena (Ortisei, S. Cristina and Selva Gardena) in cooperation with flights of Ryanair or Myair. The Transfer operates from 1st December 2006 until 8th April 2007. Transfer ticket sales • on the Ryanair, Myair, Transavia, Wizzair and Smartwings websites, click on airport transfer • on lowcostcoach.com


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U.S. MT Hood Timberline Lodge

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The next posting here will be on Sun. I am away from home visiting some slopes In Asia.
Yesterday I visited NP360
Ngong Ping Skyrail is a visually spectacular 5.7km cable car journey, travelling between Tung Chung Town Centre and Ngong Ping on Lantau Island. Guests will travel in comfortable 17-person cabins, enjoying panoramic views of the Hong Kong International Airport, South China Sea, the flora and fauna of North Lantau Country Park and the Tian Tan Buddha Statue. cable car cabin glides over the South China Sea and North Lantau Country Park. All that was missing was a little snow!
http://www.np360.com.hk/



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Snowbird Customer Appreciation Days Begin Saturday Free Tram Rides With Food Donation Benefits Utah Food Bank Snowbird, Utah – October brings two weekends of free Tram rides at Snowbird with a donation to the Utah Food Bank. Snowbird Customer Appreciation Days will take place Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 14-15, and Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 21-22, weather permitting. One can of food equals one free Tram ride during Customer Appreciation Days. In lieu of food, a $2 donation may be made for a Tram ride. All food donations benefit the Utah Food Bank and monetary donations benefit the Wasatch Adaptive Sports program. The Tram will be open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. both weekends. Bring food to the front entrance of the Snowbird Center , accessed by Snowbird Entry 2. Cash donations will be accepted at the Snowbird Center ticket office. Live music will be provided by Kevyn & Rex Saturday, Oct. 14, and the Legendary Porch Pounders Saturday, Oct. 21. Performances will take place on the Snowbird Center Plaza Deck from 1-4 p.m. Snowbird’s ZipRider, Alpine Slide and Bungy Trampoline will also be open during Customer Appreciation Days, with the same operating hours as the Tram, weather permitting. Tickets for the ZipRider, Alpine Slide and Bungy Trampoline are separate from the Utah Food Bank food-raiser. Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort averages 500 inches of “The Greatest Snow on Earth” and offers 2,500 acres of terrain and Utah ’s longest ski and snowboard season, scheduled to begin Saturday, Nov. 18. Construction of the Peruvian Gulch tunnel and high-speed quad chairlift is on schedule to open for the ski season. Lift towers have been installed, top and bottom terminals are nearly finished and the tunnel portals and concrete floor are complete. For more information on Snowbird Customer Appreciation Days call the Snowbird Events Hotline at (801) 933-2110 or go to www.snowbird.com. www.snowbird.com


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Freestyle news Swiss
Calander is posted for 2006 - 2007 season



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Ski reviews
I am in discussion with Daniel / Duncan. Hopefully reviews from their site will be used here for your assesments and product knowledge. www.ski-review.com


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CHEVROLET U.S. SNOWBOARD GRAND PRIX REGISTRATION OPENS OCT. 17
PARK CITY, Utah (Oct. 9) - Rider registration for the 2007 Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix tour opens for business on Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006. Mark your calendar, then log on to www.ussnowboarding.com to secure your spot in America's biggest competition series. "The Grand Prix Tour has pushed my riding to a whole new level, because at every event, you're riding with the best halfpipe riders in the world," said veteran Louie Vito, "I started out competing like everyone else - watching and learning. But then I would push myself by watching how the best guys would ride in contests and by feeding off the strong energy of the Grand Prix."
The series kicks off at Breckenridge, CO, Dec. 15-16, before heading East to Mountain Creek, N.J., Feb. 2-4, and concluding at the series' newest venue of Tamarack, ID, Feb. 24-25. NBC and Versus (formerly OLN) will broadcast coverage of the entire series. With the largest overall purse for an American snowboarding series - the 2007 Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix tour boasts prizes totaling $300,000 - along with the best broadcast package for the sport on NBC, America's Olympic network. Rebroadcasts and special presentations of events will be broadcast by OLN (Versus). Plus, in keeping with the tour's tradition, overall winners of the Grand Prix series will be awarded a new Chevrolet truck.
Field sizes will be made up of about 90 men and 40 women in each of the halfpipe contests at all three venues. Only Tamarack will host a SBX event, expected to field about 100 men and 30 women. So register early. "Over the last 10 years the Grand Prix has made every effort to evolve with the sport of snowboarding and to help define the progression and rider pipeline so that the U.S. has a clear path for any person that has the dream to compete at the Olympic level," said Grand Prix Director Eric Webster. "As the sport continues to grow, more riders have the skills to compete at the elite level, therefore the Olympic qualification system will need to accommodate larger competitor numbers. Over the next four years the process of qualifying riders for the Grand Prix and eventually the Olympics will change and evolve, but the philosophy will not - make sure any snowboarder in the U.S. has the opportunity to get to the Olympics regardless of background."
The 2006 series was the hottest on record with Shaun White (Carlsbad, CA) completing the first Grand Prix sweep in the tour's 10-year history en route to an Olympic gold medal run in Italy. Multi-year Grand Prix veterans and former series champions Hannah Teter (Belmont, VT) and Gretchen Bleiler (Aspen, CO) also boosted directly from the Grand Prix to the Olympic podium. "The Grand Prix hosts some of the sweetest contests ever," said Olympic gold medalist Hannah Teter. "You get to compete against the best riders in the world and yet, everyone is just friends. Even though we're gunning for the win, we all cheer for each other. That's what the Grand Prix is all about, having fun and progressing the sport." 2007 Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix schedule:
Dec. 15-16, 2006, Breckenridge Ski Resort: Friday, Dec. 15 - Superpipe Qualifiers Saturday, Dec. 16 - Superpipe Finals and Night Downtown Exhibition
Feb. 2-4, 2007, Mountain Creek Resort: Saturday, Feb. 3 - Superpipe Qualifiers and Night Finals Sunday, Feb. 4 - Slopestyle
Feb. 24-25, 2007, Tamarack: Saturday, Feb. 24 - 22 - Foot Superpipe Qualifiers and Finals Sunday, Feb. 25 - Snowboardcross Time Trials and Heats Constantly pushing the level of riding, the 2007 Grand Prix will host a world-class slopestyle competition at the Mountain Creek stop and the Breckenridge will again build a massive quarterpipe for the floodlit snowmobile tow in exhibition. For complete details on the 2007 Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix tour and to register, log on to
www.ussnowboarding.com.

Bacardi

The next post on Endlesswintersnow.com will be on the weekend of OCT 14-15
I am enjoying the slopes of Hong Kong's Slope Infinity www.slope8.com
Reminder to search for information about a resort or winter sport topic,you areinterested in, use the
"SEARCH THIS BLOG" Field , top of this page .

U.S. NATIONAL SKI HALL OF FAME SELECTS MOSELEY, WORTHINGTON AND PARISIEN ISHPEMING, Mich. (Oct. 7) - Former Olympic and World Cup moguls champion Jony Moseley (Tiburon, CA), ex-aerials and combined world and World Cup champion Trace Worthington (Park City, UT) and Alpine World Ski Championships medalist Julie Parisien (Sugarloaf, ME) have been elected to the U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2006. Moseley electrified the sports world at the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano, Japan, with his high-flying "heli-mute grab" during his final run to secure the gold medal. The 360-degree spin while grabbing one of his skis - followed by his innovative "dinner roll" jump (with his body parallel to the ground, he rotated before landing) at the 2002 Olympics - kicked open the door to what has been a revolution in moguls skiing with athletes doing previously banned backflips. His high-voltage smile and engaging personality helped him transcend his sport and become one of skiing's - not just freestyle's - superstars. The bronze medalist in combined at the 1995 World Championships and the freestyle overall champion, Moseley also was the World Cup combined and overall champion in 1996 before capturing five contests and the '98 moguls World Cup title. He retired in 2002 with 18 World Cup victories and also was a two-time U.S. champion. Worthington grew up in the Twin Cities (Plymouth, MN) and then Winter Park, Colo., but was one of the first athletes to move to Park City, Utah, for optimal training opportunities in the early Nineties. He once explained he sometimes couldn't make up his mind, so played hockey and skied in winter. When he decided to concentrate on skiing, he couldn't decide which freestyle event to focus on - acro (then known as ballet), aerials or moguls, "so I did everything." He was the 1986 Junior World Championships gold medalist in aerials but skied in all three events on the World Cup, winning 37 times, including 27 combined wins (blending scores from the three events) and 10 aerials triumphs. He was forced to retire on the eve of the 1997 season by a vertigo-like ailment which - so treacherous for someone who routinely jumped 50 feet or more into the air on his aerials - struck shortly after the '95 season when he became (and remains) the only person to win two gold medals at the same Worlds (aerials, combined). In addition to his World Cup wins, Worthington had six World Cup titles and 11 U.S. championships. Julie Parisien started skiing at 4, following her two older brothers to Lost Valley Ski Area, not far from the family home in Auburn, Maine. "I got tired of going to the babysitter when the family went skiing," she explained, "so I learned to ski." She went through Vermont's Burke Mountain Academy and won the first of three World Cup races when she took the giant slalom during 1991 World Cup Finals at Waterville, N.H.; she was 19. A year later, she started the '93 World Cup season as the No. 1-ranked slalom skier in the world. That winter, she overcame the death of brother J.P. in a hit-and-run auto accident and collected the slalom silver medal at the World Championships in Japan. Parisien retired after the 1994 season, returned to make the 1998 Olympic Team - her third visit to the Winter Games - and re-retired following the '99 season. In addition to her World Championships and World Cup success, Parisien won four U.S. titles plus the bronze medal in super G at the 1989 Junior Worlds. Tom West, president and CEO of the Ski Hall, announced the selections - which were made by a nationwide panel - and said the newest group of inductees brings the number of honored athletes to 349, including ski industry pioneers and other members. The formal induction will be held during the Snowsports Industries America trade show in Las Vegas Jan. 22-24, 2007. www.ussa.org


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IOC News
OLYMPIC TOP STORIES
5 October 2006 VANCOUVER 2010: Mascot Artist Wanted The Organising Committee for the XXI Olympic Winter Games – Vancouver 2010 (VANOC) is on the look-out for the designer of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games mascot(s). The eventual winner of the search will have the... [ Full Story ]
4 October 2006 www.olympic.org


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Lake Louise Mountain Resort is scheduled to open November 10th. This season at Lake Louise Mountain Resort, you’ll notice new upgrades to our snowmaking systems and grooming fleet, with new fan guns and gun towers, which provide 30% more snow production per gun. You’ll also enjoy shopping in the expanded retail shop. Be sure to visit the new repair service centre, conveniently located near the rental shop. Come visit Lake Louise Mountain Resort and you’ll see a variety of enhancements resort-wide
November 10 Lake Louise Mountain Resort scheduled to open Visit our event calendar
November 18 Heavy Metal Rail Jam at Lake Louise Mountain Resort Visit our event calendar
November 25 & 26 Lake Louise Winterstart World Cup: Men’s Events
Fernie Alpine Resort Announces New Mountaintop Café To Open This Season:
The views will take your breath away at the new Lost Boys Café, Fernie Alpine Resort’s newest on-mountain addition for the 2006-2007 ski season.
Located at the top of the Timber Express Quad Chair, the Lost Boys Café will provide skiers and riders a beautiful setting to satisfy their appetites. Enjoy a piping hot baked potato with traditional and exotic toppings, fresh baked goods, Starbucks espresso coffees, and specialty items only available at The Café. This licensed facility will feature Kokanee draft beer and a fine selection of E&J Gallo wines. Outside, the wraparound deck will showcase spectacular views of the White Pass, Elk Valley and the town of Fernie.
November 4 Fernie Alpine Ski Team Ski Swap

More news from RCR
www.skircr.com

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The Village at Squaw
The Clinic Monday, October 16, 2006 Snowboard Movie Premier that is part of a grassroots effort to raise money to build a world class skatepark in North Lake Tahoe. Click here for more information.
Next update OCT 15, I am away from the office

SNOW ALERT Squaw Valley

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NASTC adventure ski course
Dryland Training on October 7-9, 2006

On October 7-9, this camp includes in-line skating,plyometrics, yoga, ski specific weight training, functional movement screen, and more. Call us today at 530-582-4772
www.skiNASTC.com
Chris is a highly qualified elite skier and has been a PSIA National Team member.


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AUCLAIR NAMED SUPPLIER TO U.S. FREESTYLE AND NORDIC SKI TEAMS


PARK CITY, Utah (Oct. 4) - Paris Glove of Canada is pleased to announce its agreement with the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA). The partnership makes Auclair Sports Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Paris Glove of Canada, the exclusive supplier of gloves and mitts to the U.S. Freestyle and Nordic Ski Teams. As the national governing body for Olympic skiing and snowboarding, USSA has provided leadership and direction for tens of thousands of young skiers and snowboarders who share an Olympic dream.
"We have always committed ourselves to supporting athletes with our products, as this is something we are very passionate about," said Peter Monk, President of Paris Glove of Canada. "Our new agreement with the U.S. Freestyle and Nordic Ski Teams allows us to continue this support. We are very proud to be supporting teams in the United States. For us, this is a great accomplishment." Auclair is the premium sport and outdoor division of Paris Glove. Auclair enjoys one of the longest sponsor-team relationships in all of sport with a 30-plus year history with the Canadian Cross Country ski team. Auclair is the official supplier and supporter to practically every Canadian team on snow and ice. This support includes the Canadian Freestyle Association, Telemark Canada, Speed Skiing Canada, Canadian Snowboard Federation, Biathlon Canada, Alpine Canada, Canadian Disabled Alpine Ski Team, Speedskating Canada, Nordic Combined Canada, Ski Jumping Canada, Cross Country Canada, Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance, Canadian Snowboard Instructors and the Canadian Ski Patrol.
USSA Vice President of Sales & Marketing, Ted Morris, said, "This is a partnership that makes sense for our teams. We always look to companies who offer the highest caliber product and who share the same vision of success for our teams as we do. We have found this with Paris Glove of Canada and specifically the Auclair brand. We look forward to working with Auclair over the next four years." "We are honored to be associated with the U.S. Ski Team, as this agreement helps further recognize Auclair as a leader brand in the ski and snowboard glove industry," said Michael Plotnick, Auclair Vice President of Marketing and New Business Development. "We are particularly proud of this new appointment, as this agreement names Paris Glove as the exclusive glove and mitt supplier to the U.S. Freestyle and Nordic Teams through April 30, 2010." Paris Glove has begun design and production of the USSA licensed gloves and mitts, which are scheduled for initial distribution for the 2007 winter season.
Auclair Sport Inc. represents the Auclair brand, both as a sales and marketing division, for the U.S. market. Paris Glove of Canada is one of the oldest and most respected glove companies in North America. Since its inception in 1945, Paris Glove has been supporting Canadian athletes and providing high quality products at the best value to consumers and retailers around the world. For more information, visit http://www.parisglove.com.
The U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) is the national governing body for Olympic skiing and snowboarding. Founded in 1905, USSA manages year-round nationwide development and elite programs, including the national teams, in six distinctly different Olympic sports: alpine, cross country, freestyle, nordic combined, ski jumping and snowboarding, as well as two Paralympic sports - disabled alpine and disabled cross country. USSA is based in Park City, Utah. For more information, visit www.usskiteam.com or www.ussnowboarding.com.

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Snowbird
Snowbird Ski & Sport Swap is Oct. 6-8 Three Days of Bargains Benefit Snowbird Sports Education Foundation

Snowbird, Utah – The 27th Annual Snowbird Ski & Sport Swap begins Friday, Oct. 6, and continues through Sunday, Oct. 8, on Level 2 of the Snowbird Center . The Snowbird Ski & Sport Swap provides an opportunity to pick up or sell used and new equipment at reduced prices while raising money for the Snowbird Sports Education Foundation.
The swap, located in the Cottonwood, Rendezvous and Alpine rooms of the Snowbird Center , is open noon to 8 p.m. Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $2 per person or $5 per family Friday. Saturday and Sunday admission is free. Equipment check-in begins at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 6. The swap features new and used snowboards, skis, boots, poles, accessories, clothing, climbing equipment, mountain bikes and much more at significantly reduced prices.
Twenty percent of all sales are donated to the Snowbird Sports Education Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to the athletic training and development of Utah children and young adults.
This weekend is the last weekend of the 34th Annual Snowbird Oktoberfest with Alp Horns on Hidden Peak , live music, authentic food and fun for the kids. The final days of the festival are this Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 7 and 8. Oktoberfest hours are noon to 6 p.m. and admission is free.
Snowbird Ski & Summer Resort averages 500 inches of “The Greatest Snow on Earth” and offers 2,500 acres of terrain and Utah ’s longest ski and snowboard season, scheduled to begin Saturday, Nov. 18. Construction of the Peruvian Gulch tunnel and high-speed quad chairlift is on schedule to open for the ski season. Lift towers were installed Monday, Sept. 11, top and bottom terminals are nearly finished and the tunnel portals and concrete floor are complete
www.snowbird.com

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Steamboat Events

1st snow of the 2006/2007 winter season has fallen!

Celebrate Autumn Night Hike & Dinner Oct. 13, 2006
14th Literary Sojourn Oct. 14, 2006
Downtown Halloween Stroll Oct. 31, 2006
Scholarship and 2006/2007 Season Opening Day at Steamboat Nov. 22, 2006

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The GOLD PASS From the US SKI TEAM -Through a partnership with the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA)
WINTER FUN WITH THE U.S. SKI AND SNOWBOARD TEAM GOLD PASS Support Olympic Dreams with the Ultimate Season Pass PARK CITY, Utah (Sept. 19) – The U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team Gold Pass is a golden opportunity providing “rock star” treatment for Pass holders and their friends to more than 260 mountains around the country, making it the ultimate season pass to winter ski and snowboard fun. "The Gold Pass is the best way to have fun supporting the future of the U.S. Ski Team and U.S. Snowboarding," said 2006 Olympic gold medalist Julia Mancuso. “Not only is it the only season pass good at some of the best ski areas in the nation but you're also helping Olympic hopefuls as they pursue their gold medal aspirations." Only Americans send Americans to the Olympics, unlike competing nations, which receive support from their governments. As a fundraiser for the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Team Foundation, the Pass program raises $2 million that helps support the training, development and competition needs of America’s future Olympians making it possible for young athletes to follow in the footsteps of 2006 Olympic gold medalists Ted Ligety, Julia Mancuso, Seth Wescott, Hannah Teter and Shaun White who together won a record five gold medals in skiing and snowboarding for the United States. The Gold Pass is fully transferable – the only such lift ticket program of its kind – allowing friends, family and corporate clients to take full advantage of the Pass. For $7,000, part of which is tax-deductible as a charitable donation, it “is one of skiing’s real bargains.” While most resorts simply scan the Gold Pass and hand you a lift ticket, other areas – including many in Colorado like Vail, Aspen and Beaver Creek allow you to head right to the lift, no ticket needed – just the Pass around your neck. Through a partnership with the National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) for more than 30 years, a limited number of Gold Passes are available each season. You can join an elite club of past Gold Pass purchasers like the “patron saint of snowboarding”, Jake Burton Carpenter, founder Burton Snowboards, talk show host Montel Williams, tennis greats Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, as well as the head of the Heinz Foundation – Teresa Heinz Kerry – who each year requests pass # 57. Contact the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Gold Pass hotline toll-free at 1.800.9PICABO or visit
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TRUCKEE TAHOE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
2006/2007 COMMUNITY SKI/RIDE PASS Two (2) Weekday Ski/Ride Passes
From 13 North Tahoe Ski Resorts for just $349.00 One of the most popular ski voucher programs in the area allows you to sample a variety of our premier resorts at a cost less than $13.50 per day!
Sun. – Fri. (all season, non-holiday)
õ Diamond Peak
õ Granlibakken
õ Homewood Mountain Resort
õ Mt. Rose – Ski Tahoe
õ North Tahoe Regional Park (Parking Incl.)
õ Sugar Bowl
õ Tahoe Cross Country
õ Tahoe Donner Cross Country & Downhill
Mon. – Fri. (all season, non-holiday)
õ Alpine Meadows
õ Boreal Mountain Resort**
õ Northstar-at-Tahoe‡
õ Royal Gorge
õ Squaw Valley USA
PARTICIPATING MERCHANTS
õ Mumbo Mountain Outfitters
õ Paco’s Bike & Ski
õ Porters Sports
õ Tahoe Dave’s Skis & Boards
õ Totally Board
**(Sun. before 12/17/06 & after 3/18/07)
‡ (Sun. before 12/17/06 & after 3/25/07)

TRUCKEE TAHOE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INFO and Details at
www.ttcf.net

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Closed Through the weekend of OCt 8 , I will be traveling to visit Slope Infinity, and ski in Asia

The latest from Kitzbühel
It is autumn in the Alps, everything is covered in brightly coloured leaves, the sun is shining and my colleagues have decided to make leaf-walking a new Olympic discipline! At the moment we need such energetic activities, too - after all the delicious culinary temptations of the last few weeks. And "Culinary Kitz" is now giving way to still more wine festivals, farmers' markets and so on - an irresistible offering of sins against the body beautiful! Talking about the last few weeks: We would like to say a big thank-you for all the correspondence we received after the last Newsletter and in response to our latest competition. Mails came in from Austria, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Switzerland and many other countries, and we very much enjoyed reading all those lovely stories about Kitz and your holiday experiences there.

Wishing you a wonderful time in the most beautiful of all Alpine resorts,
www.kitzbuehel.com


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2007 U.S. ALPINE SKI TEAM HEADLINED BY 16 RETURNING OLYMPIANS
PARK CITY, Utah (Sept. 27) - Olympic champions Ted Ligety (Park City, UT) and Julia Mancuso (Olympic Valley, CA) plus reigning downhill and super G world champion and former World Cup overall champion Bode Miller (Bretton Woods, NH) headline the 2007 U.S. Alpine Ski Team.
For complete details: http://www.usskiteam.com/



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Falls Creek
Weather Pattern: A cold front to the west will move across western Victoria this afternoon, but will not reach eastern districts until tonight. A high pressure system will develop to the west of Victoria on Monday, moving east of Tasmania later on Tuesday. A cold front will enter southwestern Victoria late on Wednesday. The LAst Run
A beautiful day expected for the last day of the 2006 snow season. Day lift tickets $65. Bungy trampoline in the village bowl. Head into the village for happy hour and grab a bite to eat at one of the restaurants or cafes. Enjoy and thanks for coming to Falls Creek! Announcements Today is the last day of the season and you?re last chance to put in some turns.
www.fallscreek.com.au/

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FIS News
The 2006 South American Cup came to an end last week, with the giant slalom and slalom finals held at Cerro Catedral (ARG). The Simari Birkner siblings (ARG) again dominated the competitions: while Maria Belen was the strongest in both of the ladies’ races, her brother Cristian Javier took the men’s trophies. In the overall SAC rankings, Cristian Javier Simari Birkner claimed the overall men’s crown, as well as the discipline rankings in slalom and giant slalom. Pierre-Emmanuel Dalcin (FRA) became the men’s SAC super-G champion, while Jorge Mandru (CHI) was the best regional athlete. In men’s downhill, there were two ex-aequo winners: Eric Holmer (USA) and Adrien Theaux (FRA), with Maui Gayme (CHI) being the best ‘local’ skier. In the ladies’ standings, Maria Belen Simari Birkner won before her sister Macarena. She also conquered the discipline rankings in slalom and giant slalom, and was the best regional athlete in the downhill standings which were won by Genevieve Simard of Canada. In ladies’ super-G, the discipline title went to Noelle Barahona of Chile. The Australia-New Zealand Continental Cup (ANC) series was completed at Whakapapa Ski Area on Mt Ruapehu (NZE) last week. Unfortunately, only the final slalom races could be held as the mountain was subject to unseasonably warm temperatures and high winds in the latter part of the week, preventing the running of the giant slalom finals. The two slalom events were both won by Jono Brauer (AUS) and Claire Dautherives (FRA). Brauer also won the overall ANC ranking in a supreme fashion, followed by Demian Franzen (AUS) and Tim Café (NZE) in second and third places, respectively. In addition, Brauer took all the discipline rankings, with the exception of giant slalom where he still finished as the best regional skier while Thomas Lanning (USA) won the discipline standings. The ANC ladies’ overall ranking was won by Pauline-Flor Socquet-Clerc of France before her team mate Claire Dautherives and the best ‘local’, Sarah Jarvis (NZE). Socquet-Clerc also won all the discipline rankings. The Mt Ruapehu races completed the highly successful ANC series of 2006, including the first super combined races. In fact, this season was the first time that ANC series winners have been announced in four disciplines during the Southern winter.

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Dolomiti
Among the main sport events of the 2006-2007 season an important highlight is the classic Italian Ice Hockey Championship, this year celebrating its 73rd edition. Our home team, the Sportivi Ghiaccio Cortina Champagne de Vilmont, is one of ItalyÂ’s oldest ice hockey clubs. Founded in 1924 as the "Dolomiti Cortina Hockey" sport group, it won his first championship in 1932 and to date has 15 shields to its name. This year CortinaÂ’s hockey team has completed its line-up by taking on the forwards Peter Szabo(Slovenia), Kenny Corupe (Canada) and Luca Ansoldi (Italy, from "Merano"), as well as the defender Jeff Dwyer (United States). The Serie A 2006-07 season starts on 3 October with teams competing being Alleghe HC, Asiago Hockey AS, HC Bolzano, SG Cortina, SHC Fassa, HCJ Milano Vipers, SG Pontebba, Renon Ritten Sport Hockey and HC Valpusteria, and the newly-promoted FVG Aquile Pontebba (first ever season in Serie A). The first match is already on 3 October at CortinaÂ’s Olympic Ice Stadium, where the hosts will be taking on Ritten Sport Hockey. And CortinaÂ’s supporters are already revving up to cheer on their team! Lovers of the sport will enjoy a full calendar that lasts throughout the winter season. The forthcoming matches: 3 October (SGCortina vs Ritten Sport Hockey) 7 October (SGCortina vs HC Brunico Val Pusteria) 10th October (SGCortina vs HC Bolzano Foxes) News and more information from the site of the Cortina Ice Hockey Club (Sportivi Ghiaccio Cortina Champagne de Vilmont) www.cortina.dolomiti.org - CORTINA TURISMO


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Sun Valley
NEW COMBINED NORDIC PASS OFFERS 150 KM OF SKIING
SUN VALLEY, ID…...A newly combined Sun Valley Nordic and North Valley Trails Season Pass will become available for this upcoming ski season. For the first time, this joint pass will provide access to 150 km of groomed Nordic and Snowshoe trails. Trail systems will include all of the North Valley Trails, 110 km, and Sun Valley Nordic, 40 km.
The pass will go on sale October 2-15, 2006, for $320 and will be available following October 15 for $350. The pass will be sold exclusively at the River Run Ticket Office at the base of Baldy Mountain, and at the Sun Valley Nordic Center upon season opening.
For additional information, please contact the River Run Ticket Office, 208-622-6136, or the Blaine County Recreation District, 208-788-2117.
Sun Valley Resort
www.sunvalley.com

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Treble Cone
The recent warm temperatures mean we’ve got some classic spring conditions here at Treble Cone. For a full run down of the best areas to ski and ride, and at what time of the day, check out our rundown of trails and snow conditions below.
We’ve also got some great events coming up to help us wrap up what has been a truly awesome season; free lift passes for all kids, fun with TC Cat; great spring sales in the retail shop and rentals…read on for more details.
Next Sunday, October 8th, will be the final day of the 2006 season. But we won’t be going out with a whimper… more like a very soggy bang!
Skiers & boarders will attempt to conquer the dreaded Opal Nera slush pit at the bottom of the Platter slopes. Can you make it across to the other side without landing in the slush? Participate if you’re game, just turn up on the day to enter. And don’t forget to dress to impress as it’s a fancy dress day too! Now is the perfect time to take a little of TC home with you, with almost everything reduced in price at the TC retail shop. We’ve got up to 20% off all hoodies, jackets, helmets and Scott goggles and a massive 30% off our t-shirts, beanies and caps, gloves (selected lines) and Smith goggles. You can also purchase Treble Cone-branded clothes and souvenirs at our Help Desk in Wanaka
Visit www.treblecone.com for more information.

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Lake Placid and Adirondack News
An Alpine Oktoberfest
The 15th annual Whiteface Oktoberfest kicks off the fun on September 30th-October 1st. Features include authentic Bavarian music, dancing, food and beer. Be sure to make the most of your autumn visit with a ride to the top of Little Whiteface on the Cloudsplitter Gondola for fantastic views of the changing leaves. You'll Flip Over This One

The celebration continues the next weekend with the Flaming Leaves Festival: Blues, Brews and BBQs on October 7th and 8th. This event, at the McKenzie-Intervale Ski Jumping Complex will have you rocking to the sounds of live blues, reggae and zydeco bands while enjoying some tasty barbeque.
Throw in front row seats to a ski jumping competition by some of the best jumpers in North America and you have yourself a party! Lake Placid and Adirondack News and Events www.ForeverAdirondack.com



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Endless Winter Snow will pause, for a few days.Wed OCt 4, I will be traveling with Bob the Devil of Utah.
I will post the combined notices from Thurs through Sun on Monday Oct 9th. Think Snow!