"Endless Winter Snow"

Snow Alert -Lake Tahoe

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Crystal Wa
SEASON PASSES: If you've already purchased your 07-08 season pass and we have a photo on file, we will be mailing it out towards the end of October. If you haven't already purchased your pass it's not too late! Click here to purchase your season pass online today and head straight to the lifts this winter.

JOB FAIR: Work where you love to play! Join us Saturday, October 20th from 10am-2pm at the Crystal Mountain Day Lodge. Managers will be on site conducting interviews. Click here for current job listings and other employee info.

SKI FEVER & SNOWBOARD SHOW: Stop by for some of the best prices of the year on gear and more. Get a 2 for 1 lift ticket to Crystal Mountain and other participating Washington resorts with paid admission. Happening at Qwest Field October 26-28...don't miss it! .

WARREN MILLER'S "PLAYGROUND" - Crystal Mountain is a proud sponsor of theWarren Miller film premiere tour in Washington . Stop by our kiosk before the show to catch a glimpse of the new 'Northway' chairlift opening this winter. . Stop by Sturtevant Sports in Bellevue to get your tickets and enter-to-win a 3-day/3-night lodging package at Crystal Mountain .

NORTHWAY LIFT & SUMMIT HOUSE NEWS: Crews are busy finishing the installation of the new Northway chairlift which will open 1,000 acres of new lift serviced terrain this winter! The footings have been poured and the towers have arrived. . The Summit House was upgraded this summer to a nice sit-down restaurant including an all new menu featuring fresh NW cuisine.

OUR NEW SISTER RESORT - THE SUMMIT AT SNOQUALMIE: As I'm sure you've heard by now, The Summit was recently added to the Boyne Resort family. Boyne Resorts will carry the lease and manage operations at The Summit and Loon Mountain, NH. CNL Income Properties, Inc. purchased the Summit and Loon Mountain from Booth Creek Ski Holdings last winter. “Boyne USA’s history of innovation as well as making continuous improvements at our resorts will continue with these newly acquired facilities,” said John Kircher , president of Boyne USA Resorts’ western operations and based in the Seattle area since 1996. “Our experience has proven that a long-term vision and financial commitment to a resort is needed, which we are confident CNL and Boyne USA provide. Our understanding and love of the sport, which in our case, goes back to 1947, is one significant factor that drives us to make the facilities we own or manage even better. Keeping our customers happy means reinvesting in the property and creating the expectation of something new each season,” added John Kircher.

Footnote - Sturtevant Sports in Bellevue Full service High quality Shop for those needing SERVICE

www.skicrystal.com

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Montafoner Austria
Translated
The Montafoner season map for winter 07/08 makes the use of all plants of the Montafoner of skiing areas and the nut/mother mountain railway in Bludenz/Nueziders (altogether 62 plants and 222 runway kilometers), in enterprise, the Montafonerbahn Bludenz Schruns (for the purpose of winter sports), for the ski penalty possible in the valley Montafon (for the purpose of winter sports) and the tunnel bus Silvretta (following tariffs 13.09.07 to 11.11.07 is valid)
Top Events
Montafon Special
exhibition the "Middle Ages in the Montafon" - to 26.10.07
long night of the museums - 06.10.07
Toerggelen at the high yoke - 07.10.07
Octoberfest at the nut/mother mountain - 07.10.07
Fruehschoppen at the Golm - 07.10.07
summer season final at the high yoke - 14.10.07
Wandercup in the Silvretta new facts - 14.10.07
Carinthia choir Millstatt - 20.10.07
"White Element" Skiopening in Gargellen - 30.11.-02.12.07
Saisonopening at the high yoke - 01.12.07

THE GATEWAY TO MONTAFON ST. ANTON I. M. (650 m) lies at the entrance to the Montafon Valley and is popular with all holiday-makers. Here, within a radius of 2 – 6 km are all the requirements for an active winter holiday. The Skigebiet Golm ski area can be reached in approx 3 - 5 minutes free of charge and in comfort on the ski bus

In GARGELLEN (1,423 m), the highest resort in the Montafon Alpine SCENE, the meadows and slopes of the mountain landscape in winter come into their own for the second time. At that season, pistes, tours and snowshoe trails entice one to discover the surrounding country - free from stress and with much pleasure. Skiing down to one’s hotel door is quite normal here. Snow is guaranteed.

THE INSIDER’S TIP The two picture book resorts of GASCHURN and PARTENEN lie at 1,000 m and 1,050 m respectively at the top of the Montafon Valley. The surface area of the parish of Gaschurn is greater than Lichtenstein. From Gaschurn the Versettlabahn carries one right up to the Silvretta Nova ski area, by far the largest in Montafon. Due to constant modernisation and excellent piste preparation, Silvretta Nova ranks among the highest quality ski areas in Europe. Here the 26 ski runs and 114 km of prepared pistes offer the downhill skier and naturally also the snowboarder every conceivable option up to 2,300 m. For snowboarders, the ski area has something rather special to offer: One of the largest boarderparks in Europe, the Novapark, with numerous rails, kickers and a half-pipe run is in the Silvretta Nova - so nothing else stands in the way of large boarder events and a lot of tricks. The fully developed mountain cuisine with the modern and also authentic restaurants, sun terraces and snow bars offers everything that the heart of a winter sportsman could desire.

62 facilities covered by one regional ski pass:
4 Cable cars
10 Gondolas
1 Eight-seater chairlift (Bubble)
5 Six-seater chairlifts (Bubble)
6 Four-seater chairlifts
2 Three-seater chairlifts
10 Two-seater chairlifts
1 Single-seater chairlift
23 Drag, children’s and button lifts

Capacity: 92,270 pers./hr
Primary capacity of the lifts
16,095 (resorts - ski areas) pers./hr
222 km marked descents, of which:
110 km blue runs
80 km red runs
32 km black runs
32 km ski routes
4.5 km variants

Montafonerbahn railway Bludenz - Schruns
All ski buses in the Valley

www.montafon.at

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Summer is drawing to a close and it's time to think of the early snows - and of your skiing holidays! For the forthcoming winter season Cortina d'Ampezzo is getting ready, with great ideas for ski lovers and not only them. In this period though, we have devoted our attention to skiers particularly, make available to them a practical sheet almost a guide that summarises all the useful information for organising a skiing holiday to Cortina.

SNOW GUARANTEE AND FUN ASSURED
Saying "snow" is not enough: during the last winter season many European ski resorts remained closed for a long time due to a lack of snow. The Cortina d'Ampezzo ski slopes instead offered excellent skiing conditions even with the relatively low natural snow coverage. Indeed Cortina was Italys only resort to keep its slopes open from 3 December until 25 April! Everything was made possible also thanks to the artificial snow making systems which, by serving some 90% of the slopes, guarantee your skiing fun. Plus, in Cortina 90% of the slopes are found between 1,500 and 2,900 metres, with ideal snowing conditions. The maintenance of the ski runs takes place daily and with great care. Every night, our snowcats work tirelessly until the slopes are groomed to perfection for the next days enjoyment.

www.cortina.dolomiti.org
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Olympic Express Construction Moving Along Our construction of the new Olympic Express chairlift is in full-swing. The new Olympic Express detachable-quad chairlift provides high-speed access to Olympic Downhill, three new trails and Nevada Woods - home to some of the best tree skiing in North America - letting guests more easily experience a part of the mountain that has been under-utilized due to the existing fixed-grip lift. Olympic Express also gives guests accessing the resort from Heavenly’s Stagecoach or Boulder Lodge a quicker route to Dipper Express, Comet Express and East Peak Lodge
(snowboarders rejoice: no traverse!).
The new lift will only take > three-and-a-half minutes to ride, compared to 11 minutes on the old chair.

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Kitzbühel Austria

The Kitzbühel Ski Area has opened its doors and lifts! The white blanket is waiting
skiing freaks, boarding fans and of course all those who prefer to cut a good figure on the mountain chalets

Kitzbühel Tourism
Corporation of public law
Hinterstadt 18 A-6370 Kitzbühel Austria

www.kitzbuehel.com