Snow Alert - Great Lakes Region, Pacific N.W. & Colorado
Snow Alert - Whistler Blackcomb



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Sugarloaf
Bud Light Concert Extravaganza, Dec. 9 Kick off the Bud Light Concert Series on Saturday, Dec. 9 with a double bill of two headliners. John Brown’s Body, America’s best reggae band, will be joined on the bill by the smooth sounds of the Benevento/Russo Duo. Tickets are just $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Call 1.800 THE LOAF or stop by Guest Services while you’re here. This is a 21+ show.

Snow so good it’s guaranteed If concerts, free demos, unique gifts and great deals aren’t enough to convince you to get to Sugarloaf how about snow so good it’s guaranteed. We guarantee you’ll like the conditions or we’ll give you a voucher to come back another day. Just try out the skiing for up to an hour. If it’s not to your liking, stop by Guest Services and they’ll be happy to set you up for another day. It’s that simple.

www.sugarloaf.com

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Dolomiti - Italy
Events
7 uphill facilities with 4 slopes will open at Kronplatz on 1st of December. At 02/12 and 03/12 will also open the cabin lift Piz La Ila and the chair lift Bamby (with slope). Several uphill facilities will open starting from the 06-07th of December 2006
07-10/12/06 - Helm Opening, Monte Elmo (Alta Pusteria) 15-16-17/12/2006 Snow party in the Civetta ski resort
15-16/12/06 - Fis Ski World Cup Val Gardena


Alpine Ski World Cup
- Men’sSuperG - Val Gardena, 15/12/2006
- Men’s Downhill - Val Gardena, 16/12/2006


- Men’s Giant Slalom - Alta Badia, 17/12/2006
- Men’s Special Slalom - Alta Badia, 18/12/2006
- Women’s SuperG - Downhill & Giant Slalom, Cortina D’Ampezzo 19-21/01/2007


Europe Cup Alpine Skiing
- Men’sSlalom - Obereggen, 14/12/2006
- Men’s Giant Slalom - S. Vigilio (Plan de Corones), 15/12/2006
- Men’s Night Slalom - Pozza di Fassa, 10/01/2007


17-18/12/06 - Fis Ski World Cup Alta Badia www.dolomitisuperski.com


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BEAVER CREEK
Eight U.S. skiers to start Thursday
BEAVER CREEK, Colo. (Nov. 29) - T.J. Lanning (Park City, UT) and former Junior World Championships downhill bronze medalist Erik Fisher (Sandpoint, ID) clinched start spots Wednesday in a training run before this week's World Cup downhill at the VISA Birds of Prey races.
The VISA races will include four days of top-level competition, starting Thursday with a super combined event followed by Friday's DH. Saturday it's giant slalom with slalom completing the weekend on Sunday. WCSN.com will provide streaming coverage from the races; Thursday, the downhill run will be available at 12:45 p.m. ET with the slalom at 4:15 p.m. ET. Live timing is available via http://livetiming.usskiteam.com.
A snowstorm, which began Monday, wiped out the first official training run Tuesday and course workers cleared about two feet of snow so racers could get a training run Wednesday. The U.S. Ski Team used the run to determine the last two starting slots for Friday's scheduled DH.
www.usskitream.com


Sun Glass Hut



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Garmisch-Partenkirchen - GDR

Sportsmen, adventurers or Geniesser, we offer exactly the correct for you. With large ranges of topics such as a moving, Radeln, Wellness, customs and culture, mixing part churches present themselves as routistic Destination with a high recreational value at each season. Under the zahlrichen accommodating possibilities like e.g. hotels, pensions and vacation homes also the ideal accommodation for you participates with security

Secure yourselves your tickets If on 1 January 2007 the traditional New Year ski jumping in the context of the 55. Jack Wolfskin four digging tour takes place, goes the sportsmen on record hunt. You are also thereby if Springer for the last time over the digging table of the old-served large ones Olympia-dig go. After the sporty large event the structural steelwork and up to the New Year ski jumping is diminished 2008 by a new digs replaced. Experience the singular flair in the olympia ski stadium and begin you the year with a meeting of the superlative. Order the tickets on-line thus now: www.ticketshop-gap.de

http://www.garmisch-partenkirchen.de/

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Sugar Bowl

Sugar Bowl opened last Saturday the 25th to an excited crowd including World Champion, Daron Rahlves. We are now open 7 days a week and enjoying the 14-20 inches of fresh snow from the latest storm. This weekend, we plan on having our Jerome Hill and White Pine lifts spinning for some excellent beginner, intermediate and "tune up" terrain for the experts. We'll also have an early season terrain park on Coldstream! > Don't forget the sugarwood pass ! , Ski Sugar Bowl and Kirkwood On ONE PASS , See site for details

www.sugarbowl.com

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Crystal Mountain
Crystal Mountain has received 5" of new snow overnight! With snow continuing on throughout the day. Come join us on the slopes and ski some freshies! Southback country is open.
Date: Thursday, November 30th, 2006
Time: 5:15am
Weather: Snowing
Winds: Moderate averaging 21 MPH from the West
Base Temperature: 31 degrees
Base Snow Depth: 70 inches
Base New Snow Fall 24hrs: 3inches
Base Snow Fall 48hrs: 3inches
Summit Temperature: 24 degrees
Summit Snow Depth: 70 inches
Summit New Snow Fall 24hrs: 5 inches
Summit New Snow Fall 48hrs: 5 inches
Total Season Snow Fall: 137 inches Surface Conditions: Machine groomed and Powder
Lifts Open: Discovery, Chinook Express, Rainier Express, Green Valley, Forest Queen, & High Campbell Hours of Operation: 9am-4pm daily
Road Conditions: Open/Compact Snow/ICE
Backcountry Status: Southback open, Northback expected to open this weekend after avalanche control.
www.skicrystal.com

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Niseko - Japan
Snow Japan has just been updated. If you are traveling East, please look at Snow Japan, a massive site ( English )
www.snowjapan.com/

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Squaw Valley Institute - Program This Friday! Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 15:42:55 -0800 Thomas Laird - The CIA’s First Atomic Spy and His Secret Expedition to Lhasa
December 1 - The Resort at Squaw Creek -

6:30 - 7:00 No Host Bar - Program Begins at 7:00


For more information please visit www.squawvalleyinstitute.org

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Angelfire Resort - New Mexico
Opening Day is December 15. Make your holiday plans before it's too late.
Still Groovin' After 40 Years 1967-2007
Come celebrate our 40th anniversary all season long during the Winter of Love. Special lodging packages, road trip incentives, group reunion specials and "throwback pricing" are just a taste of what's in store for you and your family
Over a foot of snow in 24 hours www.angelfireresort.com/

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Big White / Silver Star
On Saturday, Big White will open Black Forest and Bullet Express chairlifts at 8:45 a.m. Come up and get first tracks or carve fresh corduroy! The Mega Snow Coaster tubing park, skating rink, Happy Valley Day Lodge and Kettle Valley Steakhouse will be fully operational.
With a little help from Old Man Winter, we're off to a great start at Silver Star Mountain Resort and Big White. Locals and Americans celebrating last weekend's Thanksgiving holiday enjoyed superb early-season conditions. The weather forecast calls for warming temperatures into the weekend, and for more snow to fall.
The Snow Ghost Awakens
The Snow Ghost Express - Canada's Longest Six Pack Express chairlift - loaded its first passengers last weekend at Big White as more than 4,000 skiers and riders showed up for Opening Day. This $7M state-of-the-art Leitner-Poma chairlift parallels the existing Ridge Rocket Express, and is 6190 feet, (1862 metres) long. Uphill capacity is 5,400 skiers per hour, and ride time is a quick six minutes.
www.bigwhite.com

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Austria Office of Tourism
A special time full of traditions, every year in late November Christmas markets open in towns and cities all over Austria, with rows of booths selling colorful ornaments and decorations, gingerbread, candles and much more. Visit a great Austrian tradition. Austria is the perfect place for this memorable experience. If you need help planning your next trip to Austria, please do not hesitate to contact me at peter.anich@austria.info.

Austrian Air

Go get some !