"Endless Winter Snow"

2.21.2007

Snow Alert -Jackson Hole, Mt Shasta, Beaver Creek
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Mt Ashland - OR
New Snowfall
24 Hrs 4"
7 Days 6"
Base 54-89"

Base Area Elevation 6,350 Ft.
Summit Elevation 7,500 Ft.
Vertical Drop 1,150 Ft.

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Mt Bachelor
Mt. Dew Freestyle Series 3 Slope Style
The Mt. Dew Freestyle series is open to All ages of skiiers and snowboarders! Come test your skills and win cash and prizes!!!! Chances to win cash, prizes and a lot of schwag from our sponsors!
Helmets are required to participate!!! Under the age of 18 years old needs a parental release to participate!!! Please download the release form and print out! Events Release Form
Time: Register: Day of Event at the Lower Level of the West Village Lodge from 8 am to 10 am. Event Starts at 11 am. Awards: an hour to an hour and a half after the last competitor Contact: 1-800-829-2442 Information

2007 AXCS National Masters
On March 21-25, 2007 skiers of all abilities from throughout North America will again enjoy three days of fantastic ski events in the Oregon Cascades, incredible afternoon options for spring adventures in the Central Oregon high desert, and plenty of social/recreational events for all ages. All of this wrapped up in one of America's great vacation destinations...Bend/Mt Bachelor, Oregon.
For more information visit the NM2007 Official Website:
www.xcskiworld.com

www.mtbachelor.com
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Alpine Meadows
Base Snow Depth: 36" Summit Snow Depth: 93"
Base Temp: 29°F Summit Temp: 22°F
Base Wind: 20+ MPH Summit Wind: 45+ MPH WSW
24-hr Snow Total: 0" Storm Snow Total: 0"
Current Snow Conditions:skier packed, machine groomed runs, with variable conditions off piste
Tip O' The Day:Ski Green Today, ask how at any ticket window.
Park & Pipe Report:KANGAROO: 24' flat box 24' flat rail 40' flat-up-flat rail 24' down round rail 32' flat rail 20' jump 40' flat rail 20' & 40' dual step jump 20' & 50' dual step jump 24' flat down box 12' vert lift tube RED GREEN: 32' flat down rail 32' up flat down box 36' flat down box (3) 20' table jumps TIEGEL KIDS' PARK: 24' flat box 8' flat rail 16' flat rail (3) rollers

Don't Miss, Scott's Chute, Munchkins, outer Limits, D-7 D-8 chutes.
Mar 16, 2007 - Mar 18, 2007 NorCal Championships
Mar 18, 2007 Babes in the Backcountry intro to Backcountry
www.skialpine.com

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North Lake Tahoe Snow Festival- WINTER FEST
The 26th Annual Snow Festival is scheduled for March 2-11, 2007.
North Lake Tahoe thrives with ten fun-filled days and nights, packed with events and a variety activities
www.tahoesnowfestival.com

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Chamonix - France
A fine dusting of powder on the slopes this morning. Excellent conditions, with snow depths measuring between 90cm to 1m50 at 2000m. The cross country runs in Argentière offer ideal conditions, in Chamonix they are only partially open due to limited snowcover in the lower valley.
• lifts : 45 /45
• slopes : 71 /80
• cross-country ski : 19 km
• last snowfall : 19-02 above 1100 m

From 25th March to 14th April, take advantage of our flexible offers in both hotels and self-catered apartments. Unlimited access to all lifts and cog railways enables skiers and non-skiers alike, to enjoy our beautiful valley

The Areas
1 Chamonix-ville (1050 m) 0 cm
2 Les Planards (1050 m) 30 cm
3 Aiguille du Midi (3840 m) -- cm
4 Planpraz (2000 m) 145 cm
5 Le Brévent (2525 m) 280 cm
6 La Flégère (1895 m) 150 cm
7 Argentière-village (1250 m) 20 cm
8 Croix de Lognan (1935 m) 147 cm
9 Bochard (2800 m) 249 cm
10 Charamillon (1910 m) 82 cm
11 Col de Balme (2190 m) 130 cm

Events Wednesday 21 February 2007
More fun and more powder!
This event has been developed thanks to the partnerhip of Helly Hansen, Evolution 2 and the Compagnie de Mont-blanc. The Cham'Helly Hansen Winter Ride, will allow you to discover the joys of freeride, alongside the "Pros" of this sport. Each race is rewarded by attractive prizes, with a number of gifts being offered by prestigious partners such as Salomon and Cébé, in one of Chamonix's "in spots".

The event takes place at the Balme ski area.
Telephone: +33 (0)450 55 90 22

Wednesday 21 February 2007 to Thursday 22 February 2007
FIS - Nocturnal mens slalom race

15:00 : Race committee meeting at les Planards
16:30 : Recollection at the cemetery
17:00 : Lifts open
17:45 à 18:15 : Piste reconnaissance 1st leg
18:30 : 1st leg
19:45 à 20:15 : Piste reconnaissance 2nd leg
20:30 : 2nd leg
22:00 : Results and prize giving

Memorial Richard Bozon 22nd February

15:00 : Race committee meeting at les Planards
17:00 : Lifts open
17:45 à 18:15 : Piste reconnaissance 1st leg
18:30 : 1st leg
19:45 à 20:15 : Piste reconnaissance 2nd leg
20:30 : 2nd leg
22:00 : Results and prize giving

Events

Friday 23 February 2007
The "Free Cham Style" is a ski & snowboard freestyle competition,

aimed at amateur competitors from 16 years upwards. The competition will take place in the Lognan snowpark. Convivial atmosphere, music Ragga Hip-Hop.

La journée sera également animé par nos partenaires, les sponsors et les démonstrations de professionnels présents.
Registration :

www.officialadn.com :10 euros Or on the day: 12 euros Insurance certificate and helmet obligatory!

Tuesday 27 February 2007 Torchlit descent organised by the ESF in Argentière, with the participation of the instructors and their clients. Departing from the mid station of the Lognan les Grands Montets cable car, arriving in front of the Argentière tourist office and town hall. Hot wine, hot chocolate and musical entertainment provided by Jerome Tatin.

Dynastar : Test Tour
Monday 26 February 2007 to Tuesday 27 February 2007

www.chamonix.com

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Crystal Mountain
Crystal Mountain has received 4" of new snow at the base in the past 24 hours and 6" in Green Valley! Our 48 hour total is 12" at the base and 16" in Green Valley.
Time: 5:00am
Weather: Partly cloudy this morning with more snow flurries expected today.
Winds: Averaging 8 mph out of the Southwest
Base Temperature: 18 degrees
Base Snow Depth: 84 inches
Base New Snow Fall 24hrs: 4 inches
Base Snow Fall 48hrs: 12 inches
Summit Temperature: 13 degrees
Summit Snow Depth: 120 inches
Summit New Snow Fall 24hrs: 6 inches
Summit New Snow Fall 48hrs: 16 inches
Total Season Snow Fall: 331 inches
Surface Conditions: Fresh snow over machine groomed and deep powder off piste
Lifts Open: Discovery, Chinook Express, Gold Hills, Forest Queen, Rainier Express, Green Valley and High Campbell.

www.skicrystal.com.

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Angel Fire
Angel Fire Resort Extends its Ski Season to April 1st
Fantastic snow conditions drive the decision to push back the mountain’s closing date for the first time in years. The mountain is 100% open, including all chairlifts, freestyle terrain parks, glade skiing areas, Nordic ski trails, the expanded Polar Coaster tubing hill & Halfpipe

Big air is coming to Angel Fire!
Make your plans now to be at Angel Fire Resort on February 24-25 to see competitors compete in the USASA Boarder-X and Skier-X races in Liberation Park on February 24th. The next day, watch the best in the region rip it up in the USASA Halfpipe Competition Total Snow Fall 166"
Snow Depth 61"
Past 7 Days 9"
Lifts Open ALL
Trails Open ALL
Acreage 550
Vertical Drop 2077'

www.angelfireresort.com

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TAMARACK, Idaho
The final stop on the 2007 Chevrolet U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix, the nations premier snowboarding series, is set for Feb. 23-25 at Tamarack Resort, located in the Payette River Mountains. Up for grabs is the overall Grand Prix championship, awarding a new Chevrolet Truck to the series top male and female halfpipe riders along with the U.S. snowboardcross title as Tamarack also hosts the VISA U.S. Snowboardcross Championships. Expected to compete in halfpipe are Olympic and X Games medalists Gretchen Bleiler (Aspen, CO), Steve Fisher (Breckenridge, CO) and Scotty Lago (Seabrook, NH) along with two-time SBX World Champion Lindsey Jacobellis (Stratton Mountain, VT) and two-time X Games SBX gold medalist Nate Holland (Squaw Valley, CA), a native of nearby Sandpoint. Missing from the roster is Olympic gold medalist Seth Wescott (Carrabassett Valley, ME), who suffered a broken forearm while competing in a World Cup last weekend in Furano, Japan.
"Tamarack is very excited and ready to welcome the Grand Prix to Idaho for the first time, giving us the opportunity to showcase the world-class freeriding program we have in the Payette River Mountains," said Jim Spenst, Tamarack Vice President of Operations.
When it opened in December 2004, Tamarack became the first all-season resort to open in the U.S. in more than two decades. Featuring 2,800 feet of vertical and 1,100 acres of lift accessed terrain, the resort also boasts two terrain parks and 5,000 acres of accessible backcountry terrain in addition to Tamarack's "SuperPipe" with 22-foot walls, the largest halfpipe ever created for a Grand Prix.
"It is a point of pride for us to offer pipe and park facilities that are high-caliber and worthy of challenging the top riders in the world. Between the monster 22-foot high SuperPipe, and trails that seems destined to be a great snowboardcross course, the weekend will be filled with top-notch competition. The event provides great entertainment and an opportunity to partner with U.S. Snowboarding in a brand new venue, said Spenst." After stops in Breckenridge, CO and Mt. Bachelor, OR, Fisher and 2002 Olympic gold medalist Kelly Clark (Mount Snow, VT) lead the halfpipe standings with Olympians Tommy Czeschin (Mammoth Lakes, CA) and Elena Hight (South Lake Tahoe, CA) within striking distance of the overall title. Wescott, Jacobellis and Holland are fresh off medals at both the 2007 World Championships and X Games held in January.
"Tamarack will provide the perfect venue for our final Grand Prix of the season," said series director Eric Webster. "The event has a lot of intrigue as Tamarack is a new resort and people have heard such great things about it, but have not had the chance to check it out. New venue, new state, first 22-foot halfpipe - these are the perfect ingredients to showcase world class snowboarding in a spectacular setting."
Competition gets underway Friday with halfpipe qualifications, followed by finals on Saturday and the VISA U.S. Snowboardcross Nationals set for Sunday. The halfpipe event will air on Versus Sunday, March 4 at 3 p.m. ET with SBX immediately following at 4 p.m. NBC will then air the halfpipe again at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 10.

Tamarack Schedule:
Friday, Jan. 23 - Halfpipe Qualifiers
Saturday, Jan. 24 - Halfpipe Finals
Sunday, Jan. 15 - SBX Time Trials and Finals

Check out the complete Tamarack schedule at www.tamarackidaho.com/special_offers/

Current Grand Prix Halfpipe standings (name, hometown, total points):
Men
1. Steve Fisher, Breckenridge, CO - 1360
2. Tommy Czeschin, Mammoth Lakes, CA - 1200
3. Louie Vito, Bellefountaine, OH - 1060
4. Danny Davis, Highland, MI - 1000
5. J.J. Thomas, Golden, CO - 900
5. Ross Powers, Stratton Mountain, VT - 900
7. Mason Aguirre, Mammoth Lakes, CA - 800
8. Luke Wynen, Mammoth Lakes, CA - 600
9. Brad Martin, Canada - 500
10. Mike Goldschmidt, Stratton Mountain, VT - 480
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Women
1. Kelly Clark, Mount Snow, VT - 2000
2. Elena Hight, South Lake Tahoe, CA - 1600
3. Gretchen Bleiler, Aspen, CO - 960
4. Soko Yamaoka, Japan - 600
5. Manuela Pesko, Switzerland - 500
5T Torah Bright, Australia - 500
7. Holly Crawford, Australia - 450
7T Clair Bidez, Minturn, CO - 450
9. Lindsey Jacobellis, Stratton Mountain, VT - 400
9T Tricia Byrnes, Stratton Mountain, VT - 400

U.S. Snowboard Grand Prix Dates:

Feb. 24-25 - Tamarack, ID:
- Saturday, Feb. 24 - 22-foot Halfpipe
- Sunday, Feb. 25 - Snowboardcross (part of the Visa U.S. Snowboardcross Championships)

The 2007 Chevrolet Revolution Tour:
Jan. 26-28 - Copper Mountain, CO - HP, SS, SBX, Rail
Feb. 9-11 - Mt. Bachelor, OR - HP, SS, SBX
Feb. 16-18 - Spirit Mountain, MN - HP, SS, SBX, Rail (*new date)
Mar. 2-4 - Okemo, VT - HP, SS, SBX
June 21-22 - Mt. Hood, OR - HP, SS

www.Ussa .org

www.ussnowboarding.com/grandprix.com

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Ski Hawaii
Mauna Kea or White Mountain, from its undersea base of -19,000 feet to the wind-swept peaks of 13,796 feet, it's the world's highest mountain! It offers some of the world's highest skiing.
This massive extinct volcano is blessed with the finest snow in the world, opening almost 100 square miles of ski able terrain. At this latitude the conditions are spring like; the snow is sugar corn. We call it 'Pineapple Powder'
www.skihawaii.com/

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Bejing Shijing

Event
www.sjlski.com/

Ski 18 Mountains. 1 Pass for 1 Low Price! Ski in VT, NH, MA, ME and NY. Use any day of the 2006-2007 Season!!

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Innsbruck & the Stubai Glacier

Innsbruck - The Winter Sports Capital, twice host to the Winter Olympics offers Old World history combined with some of the best ski mountains in the world capital. The city works hard to maintain and improve its twin character as a top-class ski area and sophisticated urban center. Innsbruck, with its striking location at the foot of the Alps, offers winter guests a tempting choice of great skiing and snowboarding in six different areas.

As the ultimate winter Olympic venue, Innsbruck has hosted the world famous event twice based on an excellent variety of terrain and an impeccable infrastructure for skiers and non-skiers. The nearby village of Igls boasts the legendary men's Olympic downhill run, and stunning views of a picturesque Innsbruck below.
Free shuttle bus service links the various ski areas, and the "Super Ski Pass" is the skier's key to 310 miles (500 kilometers) of ski-able terrain and 200 lifts. The pass also covers the Stubai glacier, and even gives holders the option of excursions to St. Anton and Arlberg and Kitzbuhel.
Innsbruck is a living treasure house of history. Once an imperial capital, it embraces 800-year-old traditions adding to the authentic charm and elegance of the place. The city also has world class shopping, fine restaurants, and many sights from the historic "Golden Roof" to the fascinating Alpine Zoo.
For all people longing for the genuine winter sports fun, the Stubai Glacier is the optimum oppurtunity! On more than 50 kilometres of ski runs they may take their chance not only on intensive downhill skiing, carving and boarding, but cross-country skiing can be practised wonderfully on the alpine trail of a length of 4,5 km. 21 installations, among 4 cabin lifts, 6 chair lifts, 9 ski tows and training lifts and 2 magic carpets offer ski fans a trendous winter sports resort, and active athletes from all over the world a maximum skiing pleasure at 1.750 to 3.200 m above the sea level.

The new six person chairlift Fernau links the Fernau to the Gaißkarferner mountain. Snowboard freaks can find ideal conditions at the newly created "Boarder´s paradise" including Quarterpipes, Spins, Table Tops, Pro Jumps and a - 100 metres long - halfpipe . For carving fans there is a special run at Daunferner, regulated by a stoplight, where the feeling for bends can be experienced intensively. Two giant slalom runs and a high-speed run at Eisjochferner complete the offer for winter sports fans.

The adventurous and daring can be close to the "eternal ice" on the climber´s steps of the ice tower at Gamsgarten station, since this is an ideal training area for fans of climbing on ice. Every wednesday an introductory course climbing course takes place.
The Stubai Glacier funiculars pay a big deal of attention to the variety offered to the vacationer: starting at a professional gastronomic service, for example in the restaurant "zur Goldenen Gams" (the golden chamois), including dressing rooms and showers to sport shops with rental and storage options.

Seven Applicant Cities have entered the race to win the right to host the 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games: Sochi, Russia; Salzburg, Austria; Jaca, Spain; Almaty, Kazahstan; PyeongChang, South Korea; Sofia, Bulgaria and Borjomi, Georgia.
After Fedor Radmann stepped down from his position as CEO of Salzburg 2014 due to health reasons on Monday, 22 January 2007, Franz Klammer, the 1976 Olympic Downhill Champion and skiing legend, who was already serving as the leading Athlete Ambassador of Salzburg 2014, accepted the new role of Chairman International. After today’s executive meeting which was held in agreement with Heinz Schaden, the mayor of the City of Salzburg and Chairman of the Advisory Board of Salzburg 2014 and the Austrian Olympic Committee (ÖOC), the new role for Klammer will see him representing Salzburg 2014 at the international level.

www.salzburg2014.com/ www.austria.info

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