"Endless Winter Snow"

1.25.2008

Snow Alert - The big chill coast to coast; Alaska, Washington , Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Colorado, Maine

Alyseka - Alaska
In the last 24 hours, we have received 8" of new snow at the base, 7" at midway and 7" of new snow at the top. All main trails have been groomed and off-trail is windblown powder! Come and check it out! Currently, the skies are snowing and blowing. We have a temperature of 22 degrees at the base, 20 degrees at midway, and 17 degrees at the top of the mountain. The winds are currently 5-10 mph. Total snowfall this season is 408" at the top of the mountain. Chair 3, 4, 7, & the Tram will run from 10:30am to 5:30pm. Chair 6 until dusk. Chair 1,3, & Tram will run from 4-9pm for night skiing! For a full report of current conditions at Alyeska Resort please check out our website at www.alyeskaresort.com

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Jackson Hole
Low pressure doesn't just bring warmth - snow is also in the forecast, with a significant storm coming our way Monday. Think of today's 3" as a preview - icing on the "cake" (our beautifully groomed corduroy.) Smooth & speedy. Don't forget to stay safe: Observe signs & warnings, keep off closed trails. Know how to use lifts safely

Lifts Open: 11 of 11
Trails Open: 116 of 116
Groomed Trails: 37 of 48
Advanced Terrain Park: coming soon!
Intermediate Terrain Park: Open
Beginner Terrain Park: Open

January 26-27
CHEVROLET: AN AMERICAN REVOLUTION The Chevrolet Gas Friendly to Gas Free Tour will be at the JHMR base area!

January 27
JACKSON HOLE SKI CLUB SERIES RACE Come on out and cheer 'em on!

www.jacksonhole.com

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Jay Peak
It snowed all yesterday and we picked up another3-5" which puts us at 40 +” since the storm first hit late Sunday/early Monday. Was still snowing hard yesterday evening - click through for updated totals.

Weather today will include temps of 7-11ºF at the summit and 18-32ºF at the base with snow giving way to partly sunny skies. We’ll have 5 lifts open including the Jet Triple, Bonaventure Quad and Flyer accessing at least 64 snow covered trails. I was out yesterday morning for a few runs and it was really, really unbelievable. Amazing to have conditions like this the first week of December and we were still finding untracked, fresh powder 3 days into the storm. Most of the Northway and part of Angle’s wiggle are closed for snowmaking and you can’t access Canyonland b/c of snowmaking on the Northway.
www.jaypeakresort.com

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Steamboat
New Snow last 24 hrs mid-mountain: 1"
New Snow last 24 hrs summit: 1"
New Snow last 48 hrs mid-mountain: 2"
New Snow last 72 hrs mid-mountain: 2"
Snow Depth Base mid-mountain: 62"
Snow Depth Base summit: 74"
Cumulative: 273"

Weather: Cloudy
Winds: 15 W
Temperature: 17°F
Surface Conditions: Powder/Packed Powder

Country in the Rockies XIV, the premier winter skiing adventure benefiting the TJ Martell Foundation, will be skiing to Steamboat Ski Resort in Steamboat Springs, Colorado from January 23-27, 2008.

Country in the Rockies, started 14 years ago by Frances Preston, President of the T.J. Martell Foundation, combines fund raising with songwriting celebrities in a unique winter environment. TJ Martell is a non-profit organization that supports innovative research for leukemia, cancer and AIDS at such groundbreaking institutions as the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Many of the biggest names in country music have participated including: Willie Nelson, Brooks and Dunn, Kenny Loggins, Clint Black, Gretchen Wilson, Big and Rich, Jo Dee Messina and Brad Paisley. www.citr.org
www.steamboat.com

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Whistler Blackcomb

Base Depth: 75" - /9"
Hours open: 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Jumps: 0
Pipes: 0"
Open Lifts: 38
Conditions: Powder, Packed Powder

Construction is well underway on one of Whistler Blackcomb's landmark projects and Canada's newest tourism icon, the Peak to Peak Gondola. This autumn, Peak to Peak crews expect to complete concrete pours at the terminal sites located at Blackcomb Mountain's Rendezvous Lodge and Whistler Mountain's Roundhouse Lodge. They also expect to have towers Two and Three erected before the 2007/2008 winter season. Construction will resume in April 2008 and is scheduled to wrap up in time for a December 2008 grand opening.
Once completed, the gondola will become a tourism icon for British Columbia and Canada, bringing visitors from all over the world into the high alpine to experience scenic views. Supported by only four towers, the gondola will travel 4.4 kilometers (2.73 miles) in just 11 minutes – reaching a highest vertical point of 415 m (1,361 feet) above Fitzsimmons Creek, which is a world record. Coming in at $51 million, the Peak to Peak Gondola also breaks the world record for longest free span, with a distance of 3.024 kilometres (1.88 miles) stretching between the two towers furthest apart.
The Peak to Peak Gondola will travel 4.4 kilometres in just 11 minutes, transporting winter and summer guests from Whistler’s Roundhouse Lodge to the Rendezvous Lodge on Blackcomb Mountain, giving them unprecedented access to both mountains’ expansive and unique high alpine terrain and spectacular vistas.

2010 OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC WINTER GAMES
With the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games only three winters away, preparations are well underway in the resort and on the mountains. Whistler Blackcomb is the venue for the men's and women's Olympic and Paralympic alpine skiing disciplines of Downhill, Super-G, Giant Slalom, Slalom and Super Combined. In preparation for these events, crews led by the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC), are contouring and reshaping the men's and women's downhill courses, located at Whistler Creekside. The men's downhill will take place on the Dave Murray course, while the women's downhill and all Paralympic alpine skiing events will take place on a newly designed race course on Wildcard and mid to lower Franz's Trail.
Improvements to snowmaking technology have been ongoing since 2006 and include doubling the size of the reservoir, installing snowmaking pipework and pump station upgrades. VANOC is spending approximately $17.6 million on snowmaking infrastructure for the Games, a legacy for Whistler Blackcomb long after 2010.

www.whistlerblackcomb.com

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Sun Peaks Resort
Sun Peaks Resort and the Okanagan Wine Festival Society – presented by American Express – are pleased to invite you to take part in what will truly be a memorable experience, the 10th Annual Icewine Festival at Sun Peaks Resort from January 14 to 19, 2008.

This intimate, elegant event has become one of the most highly acclaimed wine festivals in Canada. Set against the backdrop of British Columbia’s second largest ski area and the picturesque village of Sun Peaks, the Icewine Festival celebrates glorious wine, beautiful food, and endless recreation options.

Who ever is going to walk away with Rossignal’s 2007-08 Scratch skis better be ready to throw down at our Saturday Rail Jam Series being held in the centre of the village. The only rule we have for this contest is that the footage must come from any or all of the Saturday Rail Jam events being held during the evenings on December 29, 2007, February 23, 2008, and March 29, 2008. We’re also going to award four lift tickets to the winning entry to get them out of the village and up on the mountain.

www.sunpeaksresort.com

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PAUL MITCHELL TOUR
Feb
16-18 Burton Demo Tour Bear or Northstar, CA
22-24 Burton Demo Tour Boyne, MI

Mar
2 Burton Demo Tour Stratton, VT or Mt Creek, NJ
1-2 USSA Snowboard World Cup Lake Placid, NY
7-9 Burton Demo Tour Waterville, NH
14-16 Burton Demo Tour Stratton, VT or Mt Creek, NJ
15-16 USSA Snowboard Chevy Grand Prix Paul Mitchell Progression Session Killington, VT
21-23 USSA Freestyle National Championships TBD

www.paulmitchell.com

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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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Big White - Silver Star, B.C.
Friday marks the night that many Okanagan Valley skiers and riders wait for all year long – the very first "$5 Friday Night" of the season at Big White and Silver Star. That's right, $5 buys you a full evening of great night skiing on the Bullet, TELUS Park, and Plaza chairlifts at Big White, and on the Silver Queen and Summit double chair at Silver Star. With both mountains offering more than 1,000 vertical feet of night skiing and snowboarding action, it's a fantastic deal! There are also discounts on ski and snowboard rentals, lessons, and even food specials for guests to take advantage of. It's cheaper than a movie or renting a video and twice the trills!

If you live for nose-presses, tweaks, grabs, spins, and grinds, this is your weekend at Big White. The first stop of the BC Snowboard Association Provincial Snowboard series at Big White always draws a top-notch field, with young guns coming to the resort to try and make a name for themselves. Drop in to TELUS Park and watch our next Canadian Olympic hopefuls get their groove on at this weekend's Slopestyle event being held on both Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday night, Big White's popular TELUS Park Rail jam showcases local ski and board talent. Registration is from 12 noon to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Village Center Mall. Participants 18 and under must have their parents sign a waiver, and HELMETS are mandatory. Cost is $10 and the field is limited to the first 40 entrants. RSVP your position at snowboard@bigwhite.com

The BC Series Freestyle event brings the next generation of Olympic hopefuls to Silver Star this weekend. Competition starts Friday at 10 a.m. with moguls on The Face. Get your Gravol out Saturday as the Big Air competition take place on the aerial site starting at 10:30 a.m. Then it's back to The Face Sunday for dual moguls, starting at 10 a.m. If You've never seen an event like this, make sure to check it out

www.bigwhite.com

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Annupuri - Japan

An'nupuri Gondola 2,274m
Jumbo Quad Lift #1 1,117m
Jumbo Pair Lift #2 764m
Jumbo Pair Lift #3 569m
Jumbo Pair Lift #4 605m
Family Pair Lift 517m

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Engelberg - Titlis Rotair
The SNOWPASS is a Winterseason ticket valid on 15 mountain areas throughout central Switzerland.

The ski-pass can be used at the following locations: Andermatt Sportbahnen, Sportbahnen Schwyz-Stoss-Fronalpstock, Sportbahnen Melchsee-Frutt, Skilift Mörlialp, Bergbahnen Klewenalp-Stockhütte, Bergbahnen Sörenberg, Sportbahnen Marbachegg, Sattel-Hochstuckli, Mythen, Sedrun, Rigibahnen, Meiringen-Hasliberg-Bahnen, Sportbahnen Hasliberg-Käserstatt, Brunni Bahnen and Titlis Rotair, Engelberg.

Prices
Adults CHF 999.-
Youth & Seniors CHF 749.-
Children CHF 499.-

Pre-season rebate of 5%, if "Schneepass Zentralschweiz" purchased before 30.11.2007

(Further price reductions or price-reducing cards/passes are not valid with this offer)

The SNOWPASS is valid during the Winterseason of each participating ski location The SNOWPASS is a Winterseason ticket valid on 15 mountain areas throughout central Switzerland.

The ski-pass can be used at the following locations: Andermatt Sportbahnen, Sportbahnen Schwyz-Stoss-Fronalpstock, Sportbahnen Melchsee-Frutt, Skilift Mörlialp, Bergbahnen Klewenalp-Stockhütte, Bergbahnen Sörenberg, Sportbahnen Marbachegg, Sattel-Hochstuckli, Mythen, Sedrun, Rigibahnen, Meiringen-Hasliberg-Bahnen, Sportbahnen Hasliberg-Käserstatt, Brunni Bahnen and Titlis Rotair, Engelberg.

Prices
Adults CHF 999.-
Youth & Seniors CHF 749.-
Children CHF 499.-

(Further price reductions or price-reducing cards/passes are not valid with this offer)

Engelberg - Titlis Rotair

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Kirkwood
Kirkwood continues to get hammered with more new snow - 3 FEET this week and over a foot in the past 24 hours. Conditions are fantastic!!! Forecasts call for significant accumulations to continue.
www.kirkwood.com