"Endless Winter Snow"

1.05.2008

Snow Alert - Lake Tahoe, Alpine Meadows , Heavenly Valley, Kirkwood , Squaw Vallley
Blizzard Storm warnings, Avalanche Warnings for back country

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Are - Sweden
WinterCamp in Duved
A great and fun training weekend for all youths. The local ski instructors will teach you new tricks and the right technique. After this weekend you can go on to impress your peers. After skiing we proceed to Holiday Club and LAB, to bowling, the waterpark, and minigolf.

Studentkortet Skiweek Åre 2008
The students’ weeks in Åre! The greatest winter sport event for all students will be staged in Åre from Sunday to Thursday during the weeks 3, 4 and 5. Go skiing all day with the new friends you make and then party with them in the nightclubs.

February
The North Face Ski Challenge 2008
Youths aged between 12 and 18 have the chance to show off their skills in both freestyle and freeriding. You will be tested during one day with the chance of qualifying for the finals in Val Thorens in France..

More information
www. skiweekare.se
www.skistar.com/are/english/index.app

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Alpine Meadows, CA
Base: 38-50" | 97-127 cm Lifts Open: 10/13

Crystal Mountain, WA
Base Temperature: 27degrees
Base Snow Depth: 76 inches
Base New Snow Fall: Overnight: 6" 24hrs: 9" 48hrs: 17"
Summit Temperature: 19 degrees
Summit Snow Depth: 90 inches
Summit New Snow Fall: Overnight: 9" 24hrs: 13" 48hrs: 22"
Total Season Snow Fall: 202 inches
Base: 76-90" | 193-229 cm Lifts Open: 10/11
Check out our new camps and clinics offered at Crystal Mountain throughout the season. To be the best you have to ski with the best! Check out the new Freeride Camps, Womens Clinics and more. Our coaches are eager to share their secrets for big mountain skills and success. Registration is now open

Kirkwood, CA
Base: 70-90" | 178-229 cm Lifts Open: 10/12

Mammoth, CA
Base: 60-80" | 152-203 cm Lifts Open: 27/29

Snowbird
Base 72 " Open Lifts: 11

Sun Peaks
Mainly cloudy with a few flurries. High of minus 5 C. Winds from the southwest at 15 km/h with gusts up to 25 km/h. Extended Outlook: A cooler and unsettled air mass for early next week. A system will be embedded in this flow which will increase the chance of snow for Tuesday. Daytime temperatures on the slopes will average at minus 10 C.

Mountain Operations
Lifts Open: 100% (12/12)

Squaw Valley USA, CA
Base: 52-71" | 132-180 cm Lifts Open: 13/34

Whistler - Blackcomb
Snow. Alpine Temperature Steady Near Minus 7. Snowfall Accumulation 10 To 15 Cm. Freezing Levelvillage Tonight..Flurries At Times Heavy. Alpine Temperature Steady Near Minus 8. Snowfall Accumulation 5 To 10 Cm. Freezing Level village
494,000 acres of untracked fresh snow

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From Patrick Thorne of Snow365.com
High Wycombe Snowdome Moves Forward

The High Wycombe Snowdome proposal on the site of the former artificial surface ski centre in southern England, largely destroyed by fire two years ago, have been given the green light by local councillors. Members of Wycombe District Council's Development Control Committee have voted unanimously to pass the application put forward by the owners of Wycombe Summit, Snowdome Ltd, who also own the existing indoor snow centre at Tamworth and the UK copyright for the name ‘snowdome.’

The company wants to build a new ice rink, reception area, function rooms and viewing gallery along with a newly enclosed 100 metre training and nursery slope. There will be a new four-story club house will also be constructed as part of the plans to replace the original building on the site.

Martin Smith, managing director of Staffordshire-based Snowdome, said he was delighted with the decision.

"It's been four years since we acquired the site, two years since the lodge burnt down and finally our application has progressed substantially," he said.

2008 Openings

North America’s long awaited first indoor snow centre at Meadowlands in New Jersey, Xanadu, is likely to be the most talked about new snow centre this year. The controversial and long delayed project currently aims to open ‘late’ in 2008, much of the indoor snow centre building is already complete.

Elsewhere another project delayed several years from the original date, the indoor snow centre at Marina Mall in Abu Dhabi, looks set to open in the first half of 2008.

Moscow’s first snow centre, like Xanadu already mostly complete and having already been supposed to open on various dates in 2007, should certainly open this year.

In the UK, the Bluestone Holiday Village in Wales, which plans to begin work on Phase 2 including an indoor snow centre next year, will open this summer. Work on two new snow centres at Hemel Hempstead and High Wycombe should start this year and a decision on whether the country’s largest and most southerly slope so far proposed, Snoasis, from a Public Enquiry launched a year ago, should be published any day.

www.Snow365.com

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Mt Hood Meadows
Meadows received 167 inches of snow in just over two weeks ending December 30th, long enough for us to get Heather Canyon open for a few days. Now the storm cycle continues with snow forecast into and through the weekend. Enjoy it - it's nice and light powder!

FAMILY PASS $125 - 2 ADULTS / 2 JUNIORS Two adult open/close lift tickets and two 14 and under open/close tickets for $125. Family Pass may be purchased any day at the lift ticket window - no restrictions or black outs (all four ticket must be used that day). The four people do not need to be related to each other but must all be present together when purchasing the Family Pass. Those bearing the Family Pass ticket may also rent equipment for $25.

PARK & RIDE OFFERED WEEKENDS & HOLIDAYS

Our popular shuttle service runs weekends and holiday time frames - offering lift ticket and round trip ride for just $59. Three pick up locations conveniently located next to Tri Met Park&Ride facilities. Purchase your tickets online in advance through eTickets. In addition to Saturdays and Sundays, Park&Ride will run daily from December 26 - January 4 for the Holiday break. www.skihood.com

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Snow Basin - Utah
Get it while it's Fresh ! !
Operating Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Daily (some upper elevation lifts start closing at 3:30 p.m. daily)
Mountain Report Hotline: (801) 620-1100
Average Yearly Snowfall: 400 inches
Total Lifts: 12 (1 Tram, 2 Gondolas, 1 Quad, 4 Triples, 1 Double, 1 Magic carpet, 2 Handle Tows)
Skiable Acreage: 2,820
Vertical Rise: 2,959 feet

www.snowbasin.com

>>> DO NOT MISS a FAST run from the top of Mt Allan olympic Tram to Bottom !

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Bacardi Gets the job Done

The North Face

Squaw Valley

Purchase Squaw Valley Lift Tickets & Lessons

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Kashmir - Gulmarg Village - Kashmir
Gulmarg village receives 8-inch snow and it keeps on coming!

The forecast for the next week looks promising. We are predicting a very white New Years.

www.kashmiralpine.com/

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Austria Info - Office of Tourism

The Stubai Glacier represents one of the most extensive all-year-skiing areas in the Eastern Alps with 68 miles of slopes and off-slope tracks of all levels of difficulty and a 2.8 mile high altitude cross country slope.

The glacier ski area is complemented by the lifts on Neustift`s local fun mountain, the “Elfer” ski resort. Neustift is known far and wide for its beautiful ski tours. You can also use more than 2,8 miles of cross country tracks, wander along two winter hiking trails or enjoy a ride on one of the numerous natural tobbogan runs, among them the longest natural tobobban run in Austria.
EVENT
Jan 20-23,2006: Stubai Cup

Approximately 100 youth hostels in all of Austria are open to everybody. Groups and those travelling alone are advised to book in advance.

Each guest must present a valid International Youth Hostel membership card which can be purchased at any national Youth Hostel Association office.

Lists of youth hostels and detailed information can be found:
- at the Austrian Youth Hostel Association
- at the Österreichisches Jugendherbergswerk

Persons without an International Youth Hostel membership card need a guest card with a ”Welcome Stamp” at € 3,50 per night. Once the card has been stamped with 6 Welcome-Stamps, it automatically counts as a Youth Hostel membership card
Transportation by Rail
The Austrian Federal Railway network has a length of about 5,700 km and connects all major national and international cities.

Motorail Trains:
Motorail trains operate daily between
Vienna - Salzburg, Villach, Innsbruck, Feldkirch
Graz – Feldkirch
Feldkirch – Villach
Vienna - Berlin
Vienna - Hamburg
Vienna - Düsseldorf
On specific days also Vienna – Lienz, Vienna - Schwarzach-St.Veit.
In the summer motorail trains are also operated:
from Salzburg, Innsbruck and Villach to Germany, from Vienna to Italy, Slovenia, Croatia.

Vehicles may be transported on the Tauern train through the Tauern tunnel (Böckstein - Mallnitz-Obervellach, 12 km).
http://www.oebb.at/

www.austria.info/
*** Closed for the weekend, Gone skiing !