"Endless Winter Snow"

Snow Alert- Calgary Canada, Whistler Blackcomb B.C. , Helsinki Finland

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SUN VALLEY
Top to Bottom Skiing on Baldy Opens this Friday, November 30. Today, Sun Valley Resortʼs General Manager, Wallace Huffman, announced that beginning this Friday, November 30, more ski runs and lifts will be open to allow top to bottom skiing on Bald Mountain.

“On Friday we plan to open Lookout Express Lift #5 and Challenger Lift #10, with Lower River Run Lift #1, giving skiers and boarders lift access to the top from both the River Run and Warm Springs sides of Baldy,” Huffman said.

The following runs will be open starting Friday: Upper College, Flying Squirrel, Lower Picabo and Lower Warm Springs on the Warm Springs side and Upper College, Roundhouse Lane, Middle River Run and Lower River Run on the River Run side of Bald Mountain. River Run Day Lodge and Warm Springs Day Lodge will both be open for business.

Dollar Mountain and Carolʼs Dollar Mountain Lodge are currently open seven days a week. Please check the local ski report online at sunvalley.com or call 800-635-4150 for updates about changes to terrain and lift access on Dollar and Bald Mountains as the weather and snow conditions are subject to change.

For lift ticket sales please contact the River Run Ticket Office at (208) 622-6136.

www.sunvalley.com

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Fairmont Hotels
Fairmont Hotels

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My Switzerland
Customs, Market This is considered the biggest Christmas market in Switzerland, with roughly 120 vendors displaying their wares in the Obere and Untere Gasse alleys, on Ochsenplatz, Kornplatz and Martinsplatz squares. As in earlier years, the Chur old town association sticks to its traditional concept, allowing only handcrafted Advent and Christmas objects from the region for sale. The festive event is further enhanced with various musical presentations. The market takes place in the alleyways and squares of the old town of Chur and lasts on Friday from 14.00 to 21.00 hours, on Saturday from 10.00 to 16.00 hours. www.churtourismus.ch

OPEN SLOPES

4 Vallées - Mont-Fort
Adelboden
Celerina/Engadin
St.Moritz
Gstaad - Schönried
Klosters
Les Diablerets - Glacier 3000
Saas-Fee
Wengen
Zermatt

www.myswitzerland.com

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Grouse Mountain B.C>
Tuesday, November 27th marks the launch of the 81st winter season at Grouse Mountain: The Peak of Vancouver. Downhill operations will begin at 4pm today on Paradise Bowl, with the Paradise and Courtesy rope tows in service.Terrain Park aficionados will be pleased to see the first feature set-up of winter in Paradise Jib Park.

Grouse Mountain welcomes you to make your first tracks of winter this afternoon. We will expand our available terrain on Thursday afternoon with The Screaming Eagle Quad Chair servicing the legendary Cut run.

A November downhill opening is always a welcome treat and we are positive this bodes very well for the 2007/2008 season ahead.
www.grousemountain.com.

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Silverton Co.
Silverton Mountain will open for the winter season. There will initially be 7 ski runs open with several more slated to open each day throughout the weekend. Due to the snow storm that dropped 30” of new snow last week, above 10, 400'(our base area elevation) you will still find light powder snow. Brand new for 2006-2007 are expanded unguided ski options from- Thanksgiving through Jan 14, and -from April 5 through April 29. Guided only skiing will occur Jan 18th through April 1 (although guides are available all season).

At 1,819 acres Silverton now surpasses Telluride in size and is one of largest ski areas in Colorado. The runs to be open for opening day include Cabin, Riff, Raff, Colorado, Tiger Claw, Concussion, and Tiger 1-5. Ropedeedope, Mandatory, Splitski, and Waterfall should open throughout the weekend for some fun skiing and boarding.
www.silvertonmountain.com

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Durango Co
Over 10 Inches of Snow Fell Thanksgiving Day Weekend
Mother Nature finally decided to pay Purgatory Mountain a visit, and boy did she come ready to play!

Last week, a Thanksgiving day storm dumped more than 10 inches of snow on the resort and brought much needed cold temperatures into the area. The forecast is calling for continued cold temperatures and a chance of snow moving into the area again midweek.
www.durangomountainresort.com

The North Face
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Freeskiing World Tour
Stop 1: Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Nationals, Snowbird, UT, March 18-23
Stop 2: Subaru North American Freeskiing Championships, Kirkwood, CA, March 25-30
Stop 3: Subaru European Freeskiing Championships, Davos, Switzerland, Date TBD
Stop 4: Subaru Freeskiing World Championships, Alyeska, AK, April 9-13
-Subaru U.S. Freeskiing Series Finals
-Freeskiing World Tour Finals

www.usfreesking.com

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