CHILE SKI News, May 23, 2012

Portillo Ski Season 2012 About - News & Issues By Mike Doyle, About.com GuideMay 19, 2012 It's almost time for skiing at Chile'shistoric Ski Portillo resort and Portillo's ski season is set to begin on June 16, continuing through October 6. A ski vacation to Ski Portillo, Chile is a unique ... See all stories on this topic » About - News & Issues

U.S. Alpine Ski Team Training in Full Swing this Offseason OnTheSnow.com Women's US Ski Team athletes Julia Mancuso, Julia Ford and Laurenne Ross enjoy a bit of downtime in Portillo. Photo Courtesy of the US Ski Team. September is spent in Chile between Ski Portillo and La Parva. Several other national ski teams spend the ... See all stories on this topic »

Chile's lakeside lair: The glamorous hotel where James Bond wouldn't be out of ... Daily Mail In 1938, Czech newlyweds Guillermo and Catalina Pollak, Jews who were eager to escape the growing unrest in Europe, arrived in Chile. Enchanted by Pucon, they set to in the hotel business, managing one property and setting up a ski lodge on the slopes ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

Valle Nevado Resort Unveils First Ski Gondola in Chile JustLuxe.com Other additions to Valle Nevado Ski Resort include expansion to Baja Zero and a new “Curva 17” parking lot and service center. The restaurant will include 3000 square feet of outdoor dining space where visitors can indulge in a nice meal outside while ... See all stories on this topic » JustLuxe.com

Angel Fire Resort to Open New Mexico's First Zipline Adventure Tour MarketWatch (press release) ANGEL FIRE, NM, May 21, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Angel Fire Resort today announced plans to open a multi-station zipline tour at the summit of the Angel Fire Resort ski mountain in July 2012. The Angel Fire Zipline Adventure Tour will be the first of ... See all stories on this topic »

After a career filled with misfortune, TJ Lanning finds a new path Park Record That day in Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada, changed everything for Lanning, now 27, a former member of the Park City Ski Team. He suffered a fractured neck and a horrific left knee injury. While he was tumbling in the crash, Lanning's left ski stayed ... See all stories on this topic »

Valle Nevado and Mammoth Strike a Deal Ski Channel Valle Nevado, South America's' premier ski resort, located just 90 minutes outside of Santiago, offers access to the most terrain in on the continent. Mammoth is the third most frequented resort in the United States and sits in California. See all stories on this topic » Ski Channel

Reeled in by Andorra: Fishing, wine and shopping heaven meet high in the Pyrenees Daily Mail 'Maybe near Chile?' they guessed. It is quite amazing how many British people have heard of Andorra but haven'ta clue where it is. I knew it was somewhere in the Pyrenees, between France and Spain, but knew nothing about its size, history or culture, ... See all stories on this topic » Daily Mail

January's US 'Snowdance Phenomena' Model for June's RIO+20 eNewsChannels While our documentary will air soon on US and world TV, thanks to glowing feedback by ski area owners like Ellen Purcell of Portillo Chile, on our pictorial script and research, we are making it available in print via PDF. Together multi-culturally ... See all stories on this topic » eNewsChannels

Susan R. Eaton condenses 25000 years of geology into a one-minute lecture at ... Calgary Herald (blog) From downtown Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world, hikers travel seven kilometres northwards — along a road with hairpin switch backs and past a local ski hill — to reach the Martial Glacier. The 72-member team of the International Antarctic ... See all stories on this topic »

Ski Resorts of Chile – Lake and Volcano District | Amity Tours This year with Amity Tours, we will be skiing in this lovely ski center, a place where if you are traveling all the way down south to Chile, you have to ski here! amity-tours.com/ski-resorts-chile/

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