Snow Alert -Saas-Fee, Zermatt - Switzerland , New York & Conneticut

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Jay Peak
32 inches in 96 Hours !

www.jaypeak.com


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CAMP OF CHAMPIONS

Camp of Champions has just made summer camp more affordable for everyone. Pro Camp our new camp package is blowing everyone's mind. Pro Camp is 8, 15, 22 or 29 day camp that is stripped down to just what you need. Access to the best park in the universe, lift tickets, and lunch. Coolest of all is Pro Camp is only $700 Cdn ( Approx $575 US or $450 Euros) for an 8 day session. If you want to go pro or just want to ride the best park anywhere do your own thing ride at your own pace and not get coached. To make it even more affordable and easier to do we have set up special pricing with Whistler Blackcomb staff housing for around $9.65 CDN a night. Unreal! A week at camp for under $800.00 CDN
It's a record year up here. What it means for Camp of Champions and you is the best park ever is going to be off the hook. More snow is means a bigger and better park for you to ride. Right now Whistler has had over 1100 Cms fall so far this winter and March and April are two of the biggest months for snowfall. So get ready for an epic summer. Camp is starting to fill up, so book your space today
TOLL FREE 1-888-997-CAMP
CAMPOFCHAMPIONS.COM

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Panorama
Kokanee Freeride is your chance to win* one of 10,000 ski passes. Just look for contest cards in specially-marked cases of 24 Kokanee cans. Even if you don't win a Kokanee Freeride ski pass, you can still enter to win** a Kokanee snowboard or Burton snowboard jacket.
Visit www.kokaneebeer.com

Canadian Mountain Holidays, the World's leading Heli-Skiing and Heli-Hiking Operator, is pleased to be hosting a series of complimentary two hour Powder Introduction Clinics on Saturday, March 17th at Panorama Mountain Village. These clinics are for strong intermediate skiers/boarders considering a Heli-Skiing experience. Space is limited so registration is recommended at: www.canadianmountainholidays.com

You haven't truly experienced Panorama until you've made the 4km journey from the Greywolf Nordic Centre out to the Hale Hut Warming Cabin. Bring out a lunch and a few drinks and enjoy an unforgettable afternoon in the mountains.
Vertical Drop 1,200m / 4,000ft You haven't truly experienced Panorama until you've made the 4km journey from the Greywolf Nordic Centre out to the Hale Hut Warming Cabin. Bring out a lunch and a few drinks and enjoy an unforgettable afternoon in the mountains.
(One of the highest in North America) You haven't truly experienced Panorama until you've made the 4km journey from the Greywolf Nordic Centre out to the Hale Hut Warming Cabin. Bring out a lunch and a few drinks and enjoy an unforgettable afternoon in the mountains.
Base Elevation 1,200m / 3,800ft You haven't truly experienced Panorama until you've made the 4km journey from the Greywolf Nordic Centre out to the Hale Hut Warming Cabin. Bring out a lunch and a few drinks and enjoy an unforgettable afternoon in the mountains.
Top Elevation 2,400m / 7,800ftYou haven't truly experienced Panorama until you've made the 4km journey from the Greywolf Nordic Centre out to the Hale Hut Warming Cabin. Bring out a lunch and a few drinks and enjoy an unforgettable afternoon in the mountains.
Ski Season December 8, 2006 to April 15, 2007 You haven't truly experienced Panorama until you've made the 4km journey from the Greywolf Nordic Centre out to the Hale Hut Warming Cabin. Bring out a lunch and a few drinks and enjoy an unforgettable afternoon in the mountains.
Terrain 2,847+ patrolled acresYou haven't truly experienced Panorama until you've made the 4km journey from the Greywolf Nordic Centre out to the Hale Hut Warming Cabin. Bring out a lunch and a few drinks and enjoy an unforgettable afternoon in the mountains.
Average Snowfall 479cm / 188 inchesYou haven't truly experienced Panorama until you've made the 4km journey from the Greywolf Nordic Centre out to the Hale Hut Warming Cabin. Bring out a lunch and a few drinks and enjoy an unforgettable afternoon in the mountains.
www.panoramaresort.com


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US Ski Team
JWCs: Brandenburg 5th, Two in DH Top 10
ALTENMARKT-ZAUCHENSEE, Austria (March 6) - Will Brandenburg (20; Spokane, WA; Schweitzer Alpine Racing/U.S. Development Team) finished fifth Tuesday as the 2007 Alpine Junior World Championships got underway with Travis Ganong (18; Olympic Valley, CA; Squaw Valley Ski Team/U.S. Development Team) in eighth place.
Beat Feuz of Switzerland was gold medalist with a time of 1:38.41 with Sweden's Matts Olsson - just back from the alpine World Championships in his homeland - taking silver (1:38.85).
Brandenburg's time was 1:39.33 with Ganong through the 43-gate WC Strecke course in 1:39.53.
The speed races at Junior worlds are being held on the Zauchensee World Cup course above the town of Altenmarkt. Slalom and giant slalom will be run down the valley in Flachau.
2007 FIS ALPINE JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
WC Strecke
Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, AUT - March 6, 2007
Men's Downhill
1. Beat Feuz, Switzerland, 1:38.41
2. Matts Olsson, Sweden, 1:38.85
3. Bernhard Graf, Austria, 1:38.96
4. Marco Fuchs, Austria, 1:38.99
5. Will Brandenburg, 20, Spokane, WA; Schweitzer Alpine Racing/U.S. Development Team, 1:39.33
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8. Travis Ganong, 18, Olympic Valley, CA; Squaw Valley Ski Team/U.S. Development Team, 1:39/53
26. Tommy Ford, 17, Bend, OR; Mount Bachelor Ski Education Foundation, 1:41.10
50. Bump Heldman, 18, Auburn, ME; Gould Academy Snow Sports Club/U.S. Development Team, 1:42.67
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DNF:
Mark Mikos, 19, York, PA; Waterville Valley Black&Blue Trail Smashers -
Disqualified:
Max Hammer, 19, Jackson Hole, WY; Jackson Hole Ski Team/U.S. Development Team

www.usskiteam.com
Slopestyle Wraps Revolution Tour at Okemo
Hulbert, Cook stomp victories

OKEMO, Vt. (March 4) - Slopestyle capped the final winter stop of the Chevrolet Revolution Tour Sunday with Sam Hulbert (Peterborough, NH) and Coco Cook (Wayzata, MN) stomping wins at Okemo Mountain Resort. The tour will now take a three-month hiatus before firing back up June 21-22 at Mt. Hood, OR, where the tour champs will be named in conjunction with the annual summer camp for U.S. Snowboarding.
It was the second slope victory for Hulbert, who was also won at Mt. Bachelor, OR in February. Rounding out the men's podium was another Granite stater Brandon Reis (Dublin) and Brian Robin (Pryor Lake, MN), also the slopestyle winnre at Spirit Mountain. For the women, Ellen Feldman (Avon, CO) climbed onto her third tour podium with second, followed by Kayla Sobieralski (Carbondale, CO). Feldman also won slope at Spirit Mountain and took third in halfpipe at the tour opener in Copper Mountain, CO.
As part of the Revolution tour finale, U.S. Snowboarding will invite top riders from the first four events to train with the Team as part of the Project Gold program held annually at Mt. Hood. The Chevrolet Revolution Tour serves as a two star event on the Ticket to Ride World Snowboard Tour (TTR), the largest culmination of independent freestyle events across the globe, with top finishers will gaining points toward the overall TTR world title
www.ttrworldtour.com/
www.fis-ski.com


MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, Italy (March 6) - The 2007 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships open after a six-week postponement because of poor snow in January. The championships were to have been held in late January, but the snow drought, which has plagued central Europe this winter, meant such a lack of snow that organizers postponed the championships until now www.usskiteam.com



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Crystal Mountian
Crystal Mountain has extended the 2006/2007 Ski & Snowboard Season until April 29th
Don't even think about trading in your downhill skis for water skis or your snowboards for skate boards, this winter is far from over. Just because you have to bring out your sunglasses and sunscreen does not mean the ski season has ended.
Spring skiing in the Cascades with beautiful views of Mt. Rainier, Mt. Adams, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Baker and Mt. Hood all in plain sight is what this time of year is all about. Grab your camera, dine at the Summit House, Washington's highest restaurant at 6872' and take in all the beauty this resort has to offer. Bring the whole family, kids love to learn how to ski when the sun is shining.
With a total season snowfall of 389 inches and it is only the beginning of March we should be skiing on the white stuff straight on through to next season. We can only dream......sometimes dreams come true!
The mountain plans to continue full operations seven days a week until Sunday, April 15, 2007. After April 15th Crystal Mountain will continue operations five days a week through Sunday, April 29, closed Mondays and Tuesdays. We hope to see you out on the sunny slopes this spring
www.skicrystal.com

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Squaw Valley Institute
Austrian Ski Film
MARCH 21 - Olympic Bar One, Olympic Valley
No host bar at 6:30 Presentation begin at 7:00

You loved the first film on the history of skiing, highlighting Austria's influence on skiing in Lake Tahoe and the United States - We know you won't want to miss this latest Film and presentation by Filmmaker Ian Skully - Guaranteed educational and FUN!
General Admission is $10.00 Tickets can be purchased on line or at the door. Children and students with ID are free.

NASA - Not just sending Astronauts into Space!
MARCH 25 - PlumpJack Conference Center - Olympic Valley
No host bar at 6:30 Presentation begin at 7:00
What is NASA doing to study and help protect the Earth’s environment? Join NASA scientist, Eric Wilcox, PhD, to see spectacular images of earth and space - Learn about the scientific studies of our environment from satellites in space and how Lake Tahoe is involved in this important research! This program is also entirely appropriate for middle school and high school students - bring your family!
General Admission is $10.00 Tickets can be purchased on line or at the door. Children and students with ID are free
www.squawvalleyinstitute.org


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World Championship Sports Network


Friday, March 2
2 p.m., women’s super combined – downhill run, Tarvisio, ITA
5 p.m., women’s super combined – slalom run for the win

Saturday, March 3
2 p.m., first run men’s giant slalom, Kranjska Gora, SLO
4 p.m. second run men’s giant slalom
7 p.m., women’s downhill, Tarvisio, ITA

Sunday, March 4
12 p.m., first run men’s slalom, Kranjska Gora, SLO
2 p.m., second run men’s slalom
5 p.m., women’s super G, Tarvisio, ITA


www.WCSN.com


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Cortina d'Ampezzo
Last updated 01 March 2007
Weather conditions Overcast
Temperature top 09:00 -3
Temperature base 09:00 0
Depth of snow top 90
Depth of snow base 15
Last snowfall 12 February 2007
Wind force strong breeze (gale force 6)
wind direction west
Conditions slopes Very good
Number of open lifts 36 of 36

www.skipasscortina.dolomiti.org

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Monterosa - Italy


SKI FAMILY TO THE DOORS E' by now to the doors the event dedicated to the Families Monterosa Ski. The just occasion for rilassarsi with the own beloveds. A weekend dedicated to being with to the standard of the true spirit of square. Unimaginable tests to time and obstacles wait for to you.
www.monterosa-ski.it


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Air France
Air France
www.airfrance.com/us


Sample Webfares to France (one-way based on round-trip)
Newark - Paris $252*
Newark - Nice $252*
Philadelphia - Paris $252*
Boston - Marseille $262*
Washington D.C. - Paris $268*
Washington D.C. - Toulouse $268*
Detroit - Paris $306*
Detroit - Lyon $306*

www.airfrance.com/us

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Courchevel - France


Courchevel loves the cinema and proves it with the latest Cinéski Festival. Cinema-lovers have had their festival at Courchevel for four years now. Today, the public can enjoy, side by side with the professionals, four previews at the Cinéma du Villard at Courchevel 1650. Last year, over 800 spectators were able to preview films thanks to the festival. All you need to do to see a film is to pick up your invitation for two from the Courchevel Tourisme offices.
For the producers, this provides the opportunity to test their film before its official release.
This year the programme includes: "Ensemble c’est tout" (Hunting and Gathering) by Claude Berry with Guillaume Canet and Audrey Tautou, "The Namesake" (Un nom pour un autre) by Mira Nair, "Goodbye Bafana" by Bille August and finally "Le prix à payer" by Alexandra Leclère with Christian Clavier and Nathalie Baye.
So see all you cinema-goers from March 15th to 18th at Courchevel

The second Columbia Ride Week will be counting two extra international teams.

Ten teams from all four corners of the world will be getting ready to join battle from March 11th to 16th on the Courchevel ski area.

Who will take over from the Japanese as prize-winners of this competition? This year, the ladies look well set to make their presence felt with a German/Swiss team. But the team of Manu Gaidet, three-times world freeride champion, and that of Polo de le Rue, boardercross gold-medallist in the 2006 Olympic Games will also have to be reckoned with.

www.courchevel.com


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Saas-Fee
You float on a white cover over 145 kms of snow-white pistes. Sun, blue sky, good humour, great folks, relaxation, action and pleasure. Welcome to "Snow Valley

Snowboard Event to the Power of Three
Ride now. Ride free. Fun and sport in snowboard paradise: three important snowboard events will be held in March in Saas-Fee: the Snowpark Tour final (16th - 18th March), the Popcorn Night Jump last stop (23rd March) and the Saas-Fee Style Session 2007 (www.ridenow.ch) "by freestylers for freestylers" (24th/25th March). Riders get the full benefit of great pistes, of the rousing atmosphere and of attractive package deals.
In April the weather does as it likes. Not so in Saas-Fee. The snow conditions will certainly be great, right up to the end of April. Pack up your sun cream and sun glasses: get to where it's warm, get to know friendly people, have fun, talk about this and that, flirt, dance, sing... Our spring package deal can easily keep pace with the rising feelings of spring.
www.saas-fee.ch

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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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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. 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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White Pass -Wa
Events
VERIZON LUGE CHALLENGE March 10 & 11 at White Pass. Join Verizon and USA LUGE NATIONAL TEAM at the Verizon Luge Challenge! This unique event features 6 Olympic Athletes ready to coach you in the finer points of luge competition. Everyone is welcome to give it a try - it's FREE! About the event & the athletes.
Average Annual Snowfall 350 Inches
Vertical Drop 1,500 Feet
Elevation White Pass Day Lodge 4,500'
Summit 6,000'
Total Lifts 5 Lifts: Quad and Triple 2 Double Surface Lift
Lift Capacity 6,500 Persons Per Hour

www.skiwhitepass.com

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On my way up Far East to "Heidi's Rock" on Red Dog at Squaw.



Tahoe Dave