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Mar 13, 2012

SKI, Snow, Resorts News, Mar 13, 2012

BC, Alberta Rocky Mountain ski resorts on track for record snowfall totals
Ottawa Citizen
By Sean Myers, Calgary Herald March 12, 2012 Sunshine Village ski resortnear Banff is on course to record the most total snowfall in its 41-year history. CALGARY — Pick your mountain and enjoy the powder. Ski resorts all over the Rockies in Alberta ...
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U.S. Ski Resort Revenues Up 7.9% in 2010-2011 Snow Season
World Property Channel
Gross revenues per resort increased 7.9 percent over the previous season, to an average of US$25.7 million per ski area. Total revenue per visit averaged US$77.24, a 5.4-percent increase over the prior year. Average gross revenue was up in all six ...
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Slow and smooth on order for powder skiing
Calgary Herald
Snow comes in so many textures, shapes, and sizes, and the type you areskiing in varies every time you go out. Sometimes, when we're really lucky, all the atmospheric conditions align to give us what some call "champagne powder.
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Skiing at Crystal Mountain in Thompsonville, Michigan
Yahoo! Sports
Although it's not the steepest or most difficult ski and snowboard area, it's a great place to learn the basics, and the amenities are the height of luxury. Crystal Mountain, which has only a 375-foot vertical drop, may be modest in size, ...
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Fernie avalanche expert to give snow safety history
The Free Press
When a large avalanche destroyed two lift towers at Fernie Snow Valley in February, 1979, it highlighted the potential for large and dangerous avalanches affecting the ski area. Ski hill owner Heiko Socher decided it was time to expand Fernie's ...
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Killer avalanches claim more lives in backcountry
San Jose Mercury News
By Denis Cuff Christopher Rudolph was skiing his mountain turf with other expert skiers. It was a route he knew well on an ungroomed slope near the Washington ski resort where he worked. They had avalanche rescue gear, avalanche safety training, ...
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Vintage Ski Photography Exhibition: Ray Atkeson, “Ski and Snow” at the Duncan ...
Ski Channel
The Ski Industry has come a long way over the past century.Resorts have proliferated across the globe with nature-defying snowmaking capabilities and offer all the creature comforts one could imagine (slope-side Starbucks anyone?).
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Ski Channel
Get a jump on next ski season: Vail Resorts 2012-2013 season passes on sale
Examiner.com
Vail Resorts Inc. (NYSE: MTN) begins selling its popular ski and snowboardseason passes today for the 2012-2013 winter season, and if you buy the Epic Local or Summit Value Pass before April 15 and receive six “buddy tickets” toski with a friend for ...
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Sandia Peak Ski Area welcomes vacationers on Spring Break
KOB.com
Those new inches of snow might as well be bags of money falling from the sky for the Sandia Peak Ski Area. "We're catching all the spring break vacation from Texas, UNM and APS," said Coon. Coon also said the added business will make up for last year's ...
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KOB.com
Skiing: Snowpack starts transition to spring conditions
Summit County Citizens Voice
If you're heading out into backcountry terrain, terrain which has not seen the “stabilizing* action of constant skier pressure — as in the steep reaches of ski areas — not only do you need to know your terrain, weather, snowmetamorphosis and ...
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French Alps ski holidays: La Clusaz is a pretty piece of peace and quiet
Daily Mail
On the slopes there is something for everyone, and because most of the runs are pastureland in summer, little snow is needed to make them skiable It is, of course, always risky to tell to a guide that his resort's skiing might be viewed as too easy.
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Daily Mail
COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY: A night with Eldora's snow groomers
Colorado Daily
The two groom right up until Running from 10pm to 9am, the grooming team smooths out the ski runs at Eldora Mountain Resort in Nederland, Colorado March 5, 2012. CAMERA/MARK LEFFINGWELL ( MARK LEFFINGWELL ) In one night, cover most of the mountain, ...
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Warm weather shrinks Pennsylvania ski season
Allentown Morning Call
"We just didn't have enough snow to make it any longer," said Bear Creek marketing assistant Ryan Werst. He and other ski resort officials in the industry said the unseasonable winter dealt a double blow. First, the warm weather limited artificial ...
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Allentown Morning Call
Powder piles up in Banff National Park
Snowboard Club UK
With over a metre of new snow blanketing Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, all three of the park's ski resorts are experiencing truly exceptional conditions. Mount Norquay, Sunshine Village and Lake Louise ski resorts are all heralding the ...
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Athletes will preview Winter X Tignes
ESPN
Ten of the world's top action sports athletes will take part in the official news conference before Winter X Games Tignes 2012 on Tuesday at the Hotel Diva at Tignes Ski Resort in Tignes, France. French skier Kevin Rolland, a four-time Winter X Games ...
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ESPN
Nik Zoricic's death prompts fellow Canadian ski stars to reflect on sport's ...
Vancouver Sun
VANCOUVER — Former snowboard cross athlete Drew Neilson, a World Cup overall and X Games champion, was still competing when World Cup racers Line Ostvold of Norway and Jonatan Johansson of Sweden died of injuries sustained during events in 2004 and ...
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COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY: A night with Eldora's snow groomers
Daily Camera
The two groom right up until Running from 10pm to 9am, the grooming team smooths out the ski runs at Eldora Mountain Resort in Nederland, Colorado March 5, 2012. CAMERA/MARK LEFFINGWELL ( MARK LEFFINGWELL ) In one night, cover most of the mountain, ...
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Newton skiers make most of very warm winter
Wicked Local
Some of the most challenging days for the captains and coaches came early in the year when there was no snow in Southern New England on which to practice. If ever a winter was going to test the discipline and dedication of areahigh school skiers it ...
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Record warmth this winter forecasts swarm of problems this spring
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
The lack of snow has been less beneficial for other businesses, including ski resorts and snow-plow companies. With temperatures well above freezing and a statewide average of just 7.7 inches of natural snow, some ski resorts were forced to offer major ...
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
The ultimate thrill of tree skiing
Gloucester Daily Times
I love skiing with Dick because he really understands the essence of treeskiing. It is not about speed and power. It is about grace under pressure. It is like dancing a ballet on snow crystals where a mistake can really hurt. Powderskiing is that ...
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North Lake Tahoe Recreation Update
YubaNet (press release)
March 12, 2012 - A March Miracle is on its way with a possible 5-7 feet of newsnow expected by Sunday at North Lake Tahoe ski resorts' higher elevations.Resorts and Towns' Update: Squaw Valley announces a new program, called Bucks for Barks, ...
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Drought-Helping Rain and Snow for California
Weather Channel
Be prepared if you are traveling to a ski resort to enjoy the fresh snow (see skiconditions). - Snow is likely to fall in elevations as low as the foothills by Friday night into Saturday across the Sierra. - By the later half of the weekend, ...
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Mounting injuries bring extreme sports' safety into question
Canada.com
By Gary Kingston, Postmedia News March 12, 2012 VANCOUVER -Drew Neilson, a World Cup overall and X Games champion in snowboard cross, was still competing when World Cup racers Line Ostvold of Norway and Jonatan Johansson of Sweden died of injuries ...
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Cat-skiers feast on chutes and bowls at Island Lake Lodge
Calgary Herald
"In the early 1990s, the world's most elite freeride skiers and snow-boarders certainly put Island Lake on the map," said Mike McPhee, director of sales and marketing on our maiden voyage into the powder-pounded bowls. "Guys like Greg Stump, ...
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Two friends, one fate: What avalanches take from us
Summit Daily News
By Amanda Charles Andre Hartlief had every intention of coming to Aspen last month for the memorial of his close friend Brandon Zukoff, the free-spirited 26-year-old who died a year ago just outside the Snowmass Ski Area. Like Brandon, Andre moved to ...
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Mild weather forces ski resort to close; season 'disastrous'
WFMZ Allentown
The ski lift has stopped and the mountain is empty at Bear Creek in Longswamp Twp., Berks Co. The mountain resort closed for the season Sunday, and unfortunately, this mild winter has burned a hole in the resort'spocket. "Never seen any winter like ...
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SKI AND SNOWBOARD SHOW LAUNCHES TRADE-FOCUSED PROGRAMME
Exhibition News
VOS Media is introducing a series of trade specific events to run alongside the consumer focused Ski and Snowboard Show later this year. The Ski and Snowboard Show takes place from 31 October to 4 November at Earls Court, and the new programme will ...
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Exhibition News
Spend snow dollars in NZ
The West Australian
Snow lovers will now be able to access eight of New Zealand's topski fields with a single new pass. Independent ski operators at Cardrona Alpine Resort, Treble Cone, Snowpark, Snowfarm, Ohau, Mt Dobson, Roundhill and the Porters Ski Area have joined...
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The West Australian
Bay Area Storm Door Swings Open
NBC Bay Area
The ski resorts in the Sierra are hoping for a different kind of "March Miracle" this week, in the form of snow - and lots of it on Tahoe-area slopes. They are hoping the series of snow storms stacked up off the coast will bring them something they ...
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Ski companies survive with diverse locations ... - Lake Tahoe News
By admin
Ski resort companies are no longer satisfied with one area and one activity in an industry that's constantly evolving. When Northstar on Dec. 20, 2011, didn't have enough snow to cover its slopes, Vail Resorts' Colorado resorts did. Photo/LTN ...
Lake Tahoe News
Vintage Ski Photography Exhibition: Ray Atkeson, "Ski and Snow" at ...
By Justin Keppler
Vintage Ski Photography Exhibition: Ray Atkeson, “Ski and Snow” at the Duncan Miller Gallery. Posted By: Justin Keppler on March 12, 2012 4:33 pm. The Ski Industry has come a long way over the past century. Resorts have proliferated ...
2 Inches Or 12 Inches? Ski Resort Defends Snow Reporting ...
VAIL, Colo. -- Vail Resorts is defending itself after it reported 12 inches ofsnow, but weather officials reported 2 inches. Friday, March 2, 2012.
www.thedenverchannel.com/news/30588268/detail.html
Ski resort defends snow total reporting | 9news.com
VAIL, Colo. (AP) - Ever wonder how a ski resort can report a foot of new snowwhile the weather service reports only a few inches? Vail Resorts says snow...
www.9news.com/.../Ski-resort-defends-snow-total-reporting
Brattleboro ski area celebrates snow - WCAX.COM Local Vermont ...
COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-Brattleboro ski areacelebrates snow. Member Center: Create Account|; Log In; Manage Account|; Log Out ...
www.wcax.com/story/.../brattleboro-ski-area-celebrates-snow
Ski Resort Defends Snow Total Reporting - Local News Story - KJCT ...
VAIL, Colo. -- Ever wonder how a ski resort can report a foot of new snowwhile the weather service reports only a few inches? Friday, March 2, 2012.
www.kjct8.com/news/30588269/detail.html
Idaho's Schweitzer Ski Resort touts great snow, views and no crowds
The ski area is on private land so it has a base village with ski-in, ski-out lodging. On a bluebird day you can see snow-capped peaks in Montana, ...
www.thenewstribune.com/.../idahos-schweitzer-ski-resort-touts...
The Steamboat Surprise: How the Ski Resort Gets Huge ...
I hate when people comment that the weather is unpredictable, because that's a lie. Perhaps 50 to 100 years ago, there were few credible predictions of weather ...
www.onthesnow.com/.../the-steamboat-surprise-how-the-ski-re...
Moe.down to return to snow ridge ski area - YNN, Your News Now
Moe.down to return to snow ridge ski area | YNN, Your News Now, brings you the latest local news and weather across Upstate New York.
centralny.ynn.com/.../moe-down-to-return-to-snow-ridge-ski-...
CA storm makes ripe ski conditions, snow dangers | Local ...
(AP) — A late winter storm that dumped at least 6 feet of snow in parts of ...Lake Tahoe ski areas, meanwhile, geared up for a weekend of fresh powder and ...
www.bakersfieldnow.com/.../CA-storm-makes-ripe-ski-conditi...
Better late than never for ski resorts | WWLP.com
Western Massachusetts ski areas are welcoming Wednesday's snowstorm, even though it's relatively late in the season. ... Full Site, News, Images, The Web ... Ski areas can make snow and still attract avid skiers despite a lack of natural snow, ...
www.wwlp.com/dpp/.../better-late-than-never-for-ski-resorts
Pebble Creek Ski Area gets new snow - Idaho State Journal
The Pebble Creek Ski Area near Inkom has received 18 inches of new snowover the last four days. The entire mountain is now open, with more than 4.5 feet of ...
www.idahostatejournal.com/.../article_c6fd7d02-64c9-11e1-8...
CA storm makes ripe ski conditions, snow dangers - CBS News
CA storm makes ripe ski conditions, snow dangers. ... CBS News.com US ....The storm is bringing fresh powder to ski resorts, but powdery snow lacks the...
www.cbsnews.com/.../ca-storm-makes-ripe-ski-conditions-sno...
U.S. Ski Resort Revenues Up 7.9% in 2010-2011 Snow Season ...
Ski-Resort.jpg According to RRC Associates' Snowsport Economic Analysis Report, average gross revenues and average revenue per visit at resorts were both ...
www.worldpropertychannel.com/.../ski-resort-revenues-rrc-ass...
CA storm makes ripe ski conditions, snow dangers - US News and ...
(AP) — A late winter storm that dumped at least 6 feet of snow in parts of ...only as Lake Tahoe ski areas geared up for a weekend of fresh powder and sunny, ...
www.usnews.com/.../skiers-heading-to-slopes-wont-be-disapp...
U.S. Ski Resort Revenues Up 7.9% in 2010-2011 Snow Season
Gross revenues per resort increased 7.9 percent over the previous season, to an average of US$25.7 million per ski area. Total revenue per visit averaged ...
www.worldpropertychannel.com/.../ski-resort-revenues-rrc-ass...
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