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Many of the world’s major resorts in at least 10 countries are opening for 2009-10 season this weekend. In Europe, the ski season begins in Andorra with Grandvalira opening a fortnight early after heavy snowfall in the Pyrenees.In the French Alps, Europe’s highest major resort, Val Thorens is the second resort to open in Fr (Read More)
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Leadville, CO - There's no need to spend $70, 80 or $90 to ski in Colorado. The Ski Cooper/Chicago Ridge Ski Area, located atop Tennessee Pass west of Leadville, will open on Thanksgiving Day for the 2009-10 season, and all season long the ski area offers $42 lift tickets and a beginner package that includes lessons, lift t (Read More)
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Clarkston, MI - The Michigan Snowsports Industries Association (MSIA) is again selling a card this year that allows the holder to ski at 28 different Michigan ski areas this winter for just $189. Called the MSIA White Gold Card, purchasers are entitled to ski or snowboard one time at each of the participating ski areas dur (Read More)
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Snowshoe, WV - Snow fell early and deep last winter at West Virginia's Snowshoe Mountain ski and snowboard resort. Not this year. (Read More)
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Boulder, CO - Brian Allison, a Boulder native who serves as Director of Business Development at Cisco Systems, used to make an annual pilgimage to Silverton Mountain in southwestern Colorado with his brother and close friends. Together they would share a long weekend of steep skiing and male bonding. Then one day, Allison h (Read More)
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Vail, CO - Vail Mountain is scheduled to open for the 2009-10 ski and snowboard season at 9 a.m. this Friday with skiing and riding on the Born Free trail, accessible by Born Free Express (#8) in Lionshead. The Eagle Bahn Gondola (#19) will offer access to beginner terrain in the Little Eagle lift (#15) area as well as Eagl (Read More)
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S. Lake Tahoe, CA - When Lake Tahoe's Heavenly Mountain Resort opens for skiing and snowboarding this Friday, staffers plan to launch the season with almost 40 acres of available terrain accessed by the Heavenly Gondola, Tamarack Express and Dipper Express Chairlifts. (Read More)
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The growing number of indoor snow centres in the UK makes it possible for Brits to get around a perennial problem that faced us when we bought our ski equipment – testing it first.
We had the choice of buying abroad in a ski resort where we could test it but not easily return it to [...]
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Early Season offers from Zenith Holidays.Chalet Louis, Alpe D’Huez: Stay for 3 nights in this delightful chalet and, depending on your flight times, you could be getting almost 4 days skiing! Price £149pp for 3 nights chalet board, 4 nights £199.L’Ours Blanc, Montgenevre: Ranked as the best value resort in France by Where t (Read More)
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Fall and winter spa retreat, ice fishing, snowmobiling and cross county skiing north woods get away packages available. Choose a package that suits you (see details below)…Loon Lodge is a COMPLETELY REMODELED PRIVATE HOME located on Pine Point with direct access to Traders Bay on Leech Lake.You also get……firewood…log furnit (Read More)
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Eden, UT - Wolf Creek Utah will open its ski mountain in the Ogden Valley this Thursday, eight days ahead of schedule. Thanks to the colder temperatures and Wolf Creek Utah Ski Resort's snowmaking efforts, the lifts will turn Thursday from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. for season pass holders, with discounted skiing and riding through t (Read More)
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Norden, CA - Backcountry skiing enthusiasts and party-goers alike will descend upon The Lodge at Sugar Bowl from 5 to 10 p.m. on Nov. 21 to celebrate the opening of newest addition to the 70-year old Tahoe-area ski resort, Alpine Skills International’s Backcountry Adventure Center. (Read More)
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Park City, UT - Utah's Deer Valley Resort kicks off its winter ski season again with its annual Deer Valley Celebrity SkiFest, Dec. 5-6. The invitational ski event pairs former Olympic ski legends with television and film celebrities for a weekend of skiing, live music and fundraising for the environmental group Waterkeeper (Read More)
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Austria’s Reinfried Herbst produced a fine second run to win the men’s World Cup alpine skiing slalom in Levi.Croatia’s Ivica Kostelic was second and France’s Jean-Baptiste Grange was third.Herbst, 31, was fourth after the first run on a course designed by his coach, but found the speed to upstage his rivals and win the six (Read More)
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Salt Lake City, UT - The storm that brewed in the Gulf of Alaska before plunging into Oregon, Washington and southwestern British Columbia on Friday set its sights on the central Rocky Mountain states on Saturday, bringing fresh flakes to ski slopes across Colorado and Utah. Today's photos showcase not only this storm, but (Read More)