Snow Alert - Jackson Hole Wy, Chamonix France, Interlaken Switzerland

                  

Jackson Hole Wy
Snow Depth
23" @ Summit
10" @ Mid-Mountain


By afternoon the soft conditions were a perfect playground for getting the feel and momentum back in your turns www.jacksonhole.com


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Big Sky , Montana
Plenty of powder and conditions just don't get much better than this for early season. Lifts scheduled to open include the Lone Peak Triple, Challenger, Swift Current and Explorer. The new "Swifty 2.0" terrain park is open with five rails, a table top jump and a 1/4 pipe www.bigskyresort.com


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White Pass, Wa
Summit Depth: 44"
Base Depth: 27"
Base Temp: 23F
Winter Carnival - February 27 & 28 Hope on the Slopes - March 13 & 14 skiwhitepass.com


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Saas Fee (Switzerland) at 2700m altitude Issued: 00 am Tue 01 Dec local time Forecast for the next 3 days for 2700 m altitude A heavy fall of snow, heaviest during Mon night. Temperatures will be well below freezing (max -6°C on Wed morning, min -14°C on Tue night). Wind will be generally light.

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Val Gardena Italy
On Friday, 4th December 2009 the first lifts open in Val Gardena. Some slopes are already very well prepared and are ready to welcome lots of enthusiastic skiers and snowboarders.
5-6/12/2009 Ski Test in Val Gardena/Plan de GralbaThe "Skiforum Superski Test" is held on Saturday, 5th and on Sunday, 6th December 2009 in Val Gardena. 30% special discount on the ski pass Val Gardena/Alpe di Siusi. www.val-gardena.com


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Freeride Elite United for the Freeride World Tour
Best riders on the best mountains in the ultimate freeride competition
Nissan Freeride de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc New Contest 2010
Verbier, Switzerland – November 11, 2009 – A unique mix of the world’s foremost freeride skiers and snowboarders have all confirmed their participation in the Freeride World Tour 2010, with the prize purse of no less than $206 200. The athletes will see a new event on the 2010 Tour calendar, the Nissan Freeride de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, with scheduled competition day on January 30.
“The fluidity in the choice of lines, the perfection of technical jumps combined with speed, has pushed freeriding into a new era. Chamonix-Mont-Blanc hosted one of the first European freeride contests in 1994, and we have decided to continue our involvement in freeriding with the second stage of the Freeride World Tour 2010,” stated Éric Fournier, Mayor of the mythical freeride mecca of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.
The World Elite Confirmed to the Freeride World Tour 2010 Professional athletes with a serious commitment to the sport and with different backgrounds such as freestyle, alpine skiing, boarder cross, or filming for important film productions, is pushing the sport of freeriding to even higher levels, promising an eventful season for the Freeride World Tour 2010. A good example is snowboarder Xavier de Le Rue (FRA) – two-time Freeride World Champion (2009, 2008), and four time World Champion in boarder cross (2001-2003, 2007), competing for France at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, parallel to defending his World Champion title in freeride: “Freeride and boarder cross are really complementary; boarder cross develops technicality, speed and stability, which has meant a lot for my freeriding career, and in freeriding the depth of one’s mental capacity is probably one of the most exceptional aspects, the mind’s total focus when riding a difficult face
The 2010 Freeride World Qualifier Events (FWQ) 31 Mar - 05 Apr 2009: Jasna Adrenalin (SVK) 22-26 Apr 2009: Röldal Freeride Challenge (NOR) Aug – Sep 2009: Three events in New Zealand, where the overall result counts as one in the FWQ Ranking: The North Face Big Mountain At The Volkl New Zealand Freeski Open, The Remarkables & Treble Cone (NZL), K2 Big Mountain Chill Series, Craigieburn & Mt Olympus (NZL), Export 33 Xtreme, Whakapapa, Mt Ruapehu (NZL) 23-26 Jan 2010: The North Face Masters of Snowboarding, Snowbird, Utah (USA) 5-9 Feb 2010: Freeride de Flaine (FRA) 8-11 Feb 2010: Stimorol Engadinsnow, Silvaplana/St Moritz (SUI) 9-12 Feb 2010: The North Face Masters of Snowboarding, Crystal Mt, Washington (USA) 11-18 Feb 2010: Scott Big Mountain Fieberbrunn (AUT) *Counts as FWT event for female FWT riders 19-23 Feb 2010: Nissan Eldorado Freeride, Vallnord (AND/ESP) 18-22 Feb 2010: Nissan Mystic Freeride, Alagna (ITA) 25-28 Feb 2010: The North Face Masters of Snowboarding Kirkwood, CA (USA) 4-7 Mar 2010: Freeride Battle Slovenia , Kanin (SI) 10-13 Mar 2010: Salomon Extreme Freeride Championship, Taos, New Mexico (USA) 12-17 Mar 2010: Nendaz Freeride (SUI) 16-21 Mar 2010: Giro Jasna Adrenalin, Jasna (SVK) ____________________________________________ Events 2010 but ranking counts for 2011 23-27 Mar 2010: Czech Open Davos (CHE) 14-18 Apr 2010: Röldal Freeride Challenge (NOR) 17-19 May 2010: Scandinavian Big Mountain Championships, Riksgransen (SWE) The 2010 Freeride World Tour's four stages: 1. NISSAN RUSSIAN ADVENTURE BY SWATCH - SOCHI , RUSSIA Date : January 21st 2010 2. NISSAN FREERIDE OF CHAMONIX-MONT-BLANC - FRANCE Date : January 30th 2010 3. NISSAN TRAM FACE - SQUAW VALLEY USA – UNITED STATES Date : February 27th 2010 4. NISSAN XTREME BY SWATCH - VERBIER, SWITZERLAND Date : March 20th 2010 www.freerideworldtour.com


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Sugar Bowl - Ca

The 2009/10 winter showed its true colors this opening weekend with fresh snow, great snowmaking temperatures and a handful of terrain park features on the mountain. Cold temperatures are in the forecast this week, so our snow-guns will be working overtime to prepare for our reopening on Saturday December 5 www.sugarbowl.com


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Val D' Isere France

Val d’Isère is opening on Saturday November 28th… And that’s TOMOROW. Be first on the snow! Val d’Isère’s opening weekend, with tests of the latest ski and snowboard equipment. See how good the snow looks on our webcams. OPENNING Some of the hotels, apartments, bars, restaurants and slopes are ready and waiting for you. So, why not start your ski season really early this year! - Here is our snow report: Top of the slopes (3.000 m.): 70 cm. Resort (1.850m.) : 20 cm. These slopes and areas will be opening tomorrow: - 38 runs - 36 ski lifts - Ski right down to the resort in Val d’Isère ("Raye" slope - La Daille) and Tignes - Ski from Val d’Isère to Tignes via Tommeuses, and get back over to Val d’Isere with Les Tufs & Aéroski - 6 areas open : Solaise, Bellevarde, Grande Motte, Palet, Palafour, Tovière. www.valdisere.com


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Mt Hood Meadows
10 TIME PASS - Your Meadows Mini-Season Pass The Ten Time Pass is like a mini-season pass to Mt. Hood Meadows giving you 10 days of riding at an amazing price - just $399! The pass has your picture on it providing direct to lift convenience - no need to stop by a lift ticket window. Purchase online in advance or at the ski resort. Normal lift ticket prices are $57 midweek and $69 weekends and holidays, so this pass will pay for itself in as little as five trips to the mountain. The pass is non-transferable or shareable.
Check out our events calendar for these upcoming events:
Dec. 12: Brewfest - Quick & Easy Boys
Dec. 19: Telemark, Steeps, Women's, Masters Clinics
Dec. 19-20: Ski with Santa
Dec. 19-20: Jack Quinby Holiday Brass
Dec. 20: NW Ski & Snowboard Demo Tour
Dec. 21-23: 3 Day Freestyle Camp
Dec. 21-23: 3 Day Holiday Kids Camp

www.skihood.com

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The view from the top of the new Snowflex slope to the lodge at Liberty University, Virginia, USA
From Patrick Thorn snow365.com

Nest Post Thursday 12.11.2009

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