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Jan 11, 2012

SWITZERLAND Ski, Snow News, Jan 11, 2012

Blanketed: The Swiss village of Andermatt succumbed to heavy snowfall earlier on in the week
British skiers stranded in resorts across Europe after record snow dump
Daily Mail
By Travelmail Reporter Thousands of British skiers are said to be stranded across Europe after heavy snowfall trapped them in their ski resorts. Austria, southern German, France and Switzerland have seen freak snowfalls dumping up to 18ft of snow and ...
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Skiing: Is this the best ski season ever?
Telegraph.co.uk
Two weeks later Courchevel had to cancel another because of too muchsnow. For a decade, the gloomiest global warmists have insisted that European skiing is in a terminal state and that the lower resorts will soon have no alternative but to shut up ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Snow Drought to Snow by the Yard
AccuWeather.com
It was only last month that Alpine ski resorts were struggling with bare slopes, which delayed startups due to unusually dry, warm weather. Now, some resorts in Austria andSwitzerland are reporting snow depths of 350 to 550 cm (11.5-18.0 feet), ...
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Ski resort that's got a lot of Crap
TravelMole
I'm not being rude, but there's an awful lot of Crap in LAAX, the winter sports resort that in recent years has reinvented itself as the coolest place in Switzerland to ski and snowboard. Yesterday I had lunch at a Crap restaurant and there's a Crap ...
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TravelMole
Skiing in the slow lane
The Independent
asked a friend when I told her I was going "slow skiing" in Cervinia, northern Italy. But the latest fad to hit the slopes over the past year has more in common with lasagne than langlauf. Appearing at resorts as far afield as Canada and Switzerland, ...
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Italian consul pitches ski town as a potential Aspen sister city
Aspen Times
Colo won two gold medals at the 1950 World Championships in Aspen. Motta said he has gotten to ski all four of Aspen's ski areas on his current trip, and he finds the snowconditions favorable. “Everyone is complaining about the snow,” he said. ...
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Is it time to book?
PlanetSKI.eu
People are certainly interested in reading about it and probably skiing on it too. "Once the snow starts falling in The Alps then the phones light up and this time has been no exception," said James Box from the travel agent, IGLU. The resorts and tour ...
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PlanetSKI.eu
Pics of the day
Independent Online
Picture: Jason Miller/AP Images for Kalahari Resorts and Convention Center Half-naked South Korean Special Warfare Forces members hurlsnow during a winter exercise in Pyeongchang, South Korea, on January 11. More than 200 soldiers participated in the ...
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Independent Online
European ski resorts in 'lockdown' after freak snowfalls ... - Daily Mail
MailOnline - news, sport, celebrity, science and health stories ... And it follows the stranding of thousands in the upmarket Swiss ski resort of Zermatt on January ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../European-ski-resorts-lockdown-freak...
Avalanche leaves British holidaymakers stranded in Swiss ski resort ...
The Guardian, UK and World news, User comments, Web ... Hundreds of British holidaymakers are trapped in a Swiss resort after an avalanche ... Snow has covered the train track and roads leading to the popular ski resort of Zermatt, and ...
www.guardian.co.uk/.../avalanche-british-holidaymakers-swiss...
Skiers, Take Heart! There Is Snow if You Know Where to Look
A LACK of snow across much of the United States has ski resorts from Lake Tahoe to.... Lake Geneva Region resorts in southern Switzerland report impressive ...
travel.nytimes.com/.../skiers-take-heart-there-is-snow-if-you-k...
Swiss Skiers Trapped In Resort By Avalanche | Imassera News
Many skiers are trapped in Zermatt, Switzerland after a huge avalanche has ... The popular resort skiing destination has received over three feet of new snow in ...
www.imassera.com/swiss-skiers-trapped-in-resort.../2415672/
British skiers stranded in resorts across Europe after record snow ...
Austria, southern German, France and Switzerland have seen freak snowfalls ... In the popular ski resort of Ischgl a total of 17000 people are thought to be ...
www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Snow-Alps-Freak-snowfall-traps-1-00...
Avalanche cuts off Swiss ski resort trapping hundreds of holiday ...
Avalanche cuts off Swiss ski resort trapping hundreds of holiday Brits ... Despite efforts by Swiss officials to clear the tracks, the sheer volume of snow and ... We are mostly sitting around waiting for the next news bulletin, interspersed with the ...
www.thisislondon.co.uk/.../article-24025933-avalanche-cuts-o...
Find the Snow This Ski Season With FindTheBest's ... - PR Newswire
FindTheBest's online interactive comparisons of Ski Resorts, Alpine Skis and Snowboards ... PR Newswire: news distribution, targeting and monitoring ... list is Anzere, Switzerland, the ski resort with the highest average snowfall – 800 inches. ...
www.prnewswire.com/.../find-the-snow-this-ski-season-with-fi...
Area ski resorts open despite lack of snow - Grand Traverse Insider ...
At Nub's Nob in Harbor Springs, 11 new snow guns are one of the highlights .... of Bellaire; Snow Snake Ski & Golf of Harrison; Swiss Valley Ski Area of Jones; ...
www.morningstarpublishing.com/.../doc4efe43efca3ce242856...
Switzerland's Lake Geneva Receives Deep Blanket of Snow
Switzerland's Lake Geneva Receives Deep Blanket of Snow. ... The ski season has just begun, but Lake Geneva Region resorts are already reporting ...
www.travelpulse.com/switzerlands-lake-geneva-receives-deep-...
Too Much Snow In Europe? - (Chamonix,Galtür,Gstaad) - Ski News
It's all change on Europe's ski slopes which have gone from being virtually ... But in the shorter term the huge snowfalls – particularly in France and Switzerland ...
www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/11661.page
Avalanche traps skiers at Swiss resort
Several ski resorts were forced to delay opening their slopes. (See: Ski season inSwitzerland stalled by lack of snow) Zermatt is on the Swiss-Italian ...
overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_.../10007883-avalanche-traps-s...
PlanetSKI | News | Ski free for a day in Switzerland
New rail routes to Austria - Train travel to ski resorts is becoming increasingly...Snow+Rock opens first shop in Scotland - It opened at Frasers in Glasgow in time ...
www.planetski.eu/news/3395
Overhead Bin - Avalanche traps skiers at Swiss resort
The major storm came a month after Swiss resorts started the season with very littlesnow on the ground. Several ski resorts were forced to delay opening their ...
overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_.../10007883-avalanche-traps-s...
Ski resorts forced to close as a result of too much snow - General ...
Report on Austrian Times english news online newspaper: Ski resorts forced to ... andSwitzerland say they are now struggling to cope after metres of snow ...
www.austriantimes.at/.../Ski_resorts_forced_to_close_as_a_res...
Top 10 weekend ski resorts - OnTheSnow
Choose ski resorts close to the airport for more time on the slopes. ... Your Local NewsRoundup ... Megeve (1050m) is a fairly low village with skiing up to 2353m, so snowconditions can be variable. .... It can be easily reached through the Mont Blanc tunnel or by the Grand St. Bernard way above Martigny in Switzerland. ...
www.onthesnow.com/news/a/.../top-10-weekend-ski-resorts
British skiers stranded in Zermatt - Telegraph
Recent heavy snowfall and high winds have seen a large number of Alpine ski resortsclose their slopes, including the Verbier in Switzerland, and Argentiere ...
www.telegraph.co.uk/.../British-skiers-stranded-in-Zermatt.htm...
Snow's good and ski resorts are cutting prices: time to grab a ...
Snow's good and ski resorts are cutting prices: time to grab a bargain? ... In the weekend press, news of Swiss ski resorts cutting prices by up to 33% in a ...
homesitters.co.uk/.../snow’s-good-and-ski-resorts-are-cutting-...
Swiss Skiing Gets Cheaper as Franc Forces Resorts to Cut Prices ...
Swiss Skiing Gets Cheaper as Franc Forces Resorts to Cut Prices ... be booked in August or September for Christmas,” said Chanel, adding that heavy snow this ...
www.businessweek.com/.../swiss-skiing-gets-cheaper-as-franc-...
BBC News - Heavy snow blankets West Austria region of Vorarlberg
Unusually heavy snow hits Austria · Swiss ski resorts hit by drought. Heavy snowblocked roads and rail services to Austria's western province of Vorarlberg for ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16467352
European ski resorts in 'lockdown' after freak snowfalls cut road, rail ...
SEND NEWS TIPS TO INVESTMENTWATCH ... Ski resorts across Europe are in ' lockdown' after a series of freak snowfalls severed ... France and Switzerland have been advised to stay indoors after several feet of snow fell in just a few days . ...
investmentwatchblog.com/european-ski-resorts-in-lockdown-a...
find-the-snow-this-ski-season-with-findthebests-interactive-ski - KAIT 8
KAIT-Jonesboro, AR-News, weather, sports, classifieds-Find the Snow This Ski ...FindTheBest's online interactive comparisons of Ski Resorts, Alpine Skis and ...Switzerland, the ski resort with the highest average snowfall – 800 inches. ...
www.kait8.com/.../find-the-snow-this-ski-season-with-findtheb...
Scottish Ski Areas Re-open With Fresh Snow
Bad weather in the UK has brought fresh snow to Scotland's ski slopes and all five ...Ski resorts in Austria · Ski resorts in Switzerland · Ski resorts in Italy · Ski .... Sign up to receive the regular newsletter in your mailbox Subscribe to news ...
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