Ski Resort and Snow News - January 2010
Olympic Fever Builds As Teams Fly In to British Columbia
Published : 31-Jan-2010 05:22
Most competitors at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler and Vancouver have now flown in to the region for acclimatization and final preparations, with the Games now less than two weeks away.
Snow conditions are varied across the venues as the region has had very heavy precipitation over the first two months of the season, with Whistler reporting around 10 metres of snowfall over the last 10 weeks, but the snow has been falling as rain at Cypress Mountain, venue for the freestyle and snowboarding events.
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Intrawest Future Unclear
Published : 25-Jan-2010 02:19
Intrawest, once the world's leading ski resort operator and still owner of nine major ski areas including next month's Olympic host Whistler Blackcomb has had its "assets seized" by lenders after it reportedly failed to make repayments on a $1.4 billion loan at the end of last year.
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Heavy Snow In British Columbia
Published : 19-Jan-2010 08:57
The latest storm to hit Whistler Blackcomb has dumped 70 centimetres (28 inches) in 24 hours at the weekend, immersing the resort in deep winter conditions. Although the heavy snow and high winds prevented a number of lifts from opening until conditions improved.
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CairnGorm Closed For A Week By Snow
Published : 19-Jan-2010 04:28
CairnGorm Mountain in Scotland was closed for the past week as staff attempted to 'dig the resort out from, 'too much snow.' The lower part of the ski area re-opened on Monday 18th January and staff are now working to re-open the upper half.
Over the past decade CairnGorm and other Scottish ski areas have more often been forced to close their ski slopes because of too little snow, rather than too much, but CairnGorm has received nearly two metres of snow on its upper slopes in the past month and strong winds caused drifts up to five metres deep which buried the resort's access road and parts of the funicular railway, as well as causing a high avalanche risk.
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Santa Águeda Party time in Formigal
Published : 19-Jan-2010 02:01
LOCK UP YOUR HUSBANDS, IT'S THE SANTA ÁGUEDA PARTY IN FORMIGAL!
Could you handle the hoards of partying women who will hit the bars of Formigal to celebrate Santa Águeda?
If you think you're hard enough, make a beeline for the Spanish Pyrenees on Friday 5th February where the partying is sure to continue until the small hours.
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Whitetracks offer Shared Helicopter Transfers
Published : 19-Jan-2010 01:56
NEW! Shared Helicopter Airport Transfers - Pay by the seat, Not by the helicopter!
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Heavy Rain ahead Of Vancouver Olympics
Published : 19-Jan-2010 01:31
With the 2010 Olympics less than a month away, Vancouver is seeing unseasonable warm weather and has already broken the January rainfall average of 139mm.
Vancouver International Airport saw a record high of 13.4 C on Tuesday, beating the old 1981 record of 12C, and more than double the 6C average.
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Two New Indoor Snow Centres For China
Published : 15-Jan-2010 09:38
The China Daily newspaper has reported that a new indoor snow centre has opened in Shaoxing, a city of 4.4 million people, located in the Zhejiang province of northern China.
There is limited information on the new facility, except that it is located in the city's Ke'nan ' new area' and is, like the country's famous Beijing indoor slope, named after ice skater Ye Qiaobo.
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Cairngorm closed due to Snow
Published : 15-Jan-2010 08:52
As reported by Pablo in the Scottish Skiing thread, Cairngorm is closed for today (Friday 15th January 2010).
After a two-day blizzard, the operators have had to bring in huge caterpillar vehicles and snow blowers to try to clear the approach road and the slopes.
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Alicia Keys To Play Ischgl End-Of-Season Party
Published : 11-Jan-2010 08:01
Alicia Keys is to perform Ischgl's famous season closing concert at the resort's open air mountain top arena.
The US star - whose album The Elements of Freedom is riding high in the UK charts - will perform at Idalp at 2,300m on Saturday 1 May on the penultimate day of the 09-10 ski season.
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Snow Forecast Summary - 10th January 2010
Published : 08-Jan-2010 09:29
We don't know where to start this week... :D :D :D
If you're in the UK you may be a little fed up with snow right now, especially if you're heading out to the mountains, but it will be good when you get there!
Flying - As we write this (08:00 Friday morning), the major airports are open but warn of continuing disruption to flights. More snow is expected (for the UK) this weekend and you are advised to check with your airline before travelling - and leave plenty of time for your journey.
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Environmental Impact of new Eastern European Ski Resorts
Published : 04-Jan-2010 11:42
WWF Warn "Ski Area Plans Threaten Europe's Last Untouched Forests"
The WWF has published a lengthy document here detailing their belief that plans for new skiing areas in the region around the Carpathian Mountains and the Balkans threaten to harm major protected areas that house some of Europe's last remaining untouched wilderness.
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Great Skiing In Scotland
Published : 04-Jan-2010 10:06
CairnGorm Mountain's head of ski patrol Colin Matthew says Scotland is offering great skiing at present, as he came in from checking the thigh-deep powder snow which has blanketed Scotland's premier ski resort right over the Christmas and New Year holiday period.
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Turkey Announces 40 New Ski Areas
Published : 04-Jan-2010 08:55
The number of ski areas in the world may be increasing rather than decreasing with hundreds of new centres having opened in Eastern Europe and in Asia over the past decade.
The latest country to announce a big increase in their ski area count is Turkey, where government ministers announced plans to open up to 40 small ski centres across the mountainous east and south east of the country over the next two years.
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