A detailed analysis of 111 Alpine ski resorts carried by the Italian Touring Club Study Centre has voted Italy’s Alta Badia region, home to five ski villages including Corvara, the best.
The study included all of the main winter sports stations in the Alps, making the first place reached by Alta Badia, even more prestigious.
To reach its result, the Club looked at 16 different criteria, placing quality at the centre of its analysis.
Alta Badia enjoys a considerable advantage in the ‘geographical situation and mountain setting/’ category as it is set in the heart of the Dolomites which are widely regarded as amongst the most beautiful mountains in the world.
The climate and the quality of accommodation, the ski tows, the skiing area and the variety of the slopes were also examined. The inter-valley connections were judged to be excellent in Alta Badia, with the connection between five villages and the chance of reaching more than 520km of lift-connected slopes in the valleys around the Sella Group.
In addition snow-surety was also analyzed and again Alta Badia scored highly with 90% snow making coverage.
The study also considered summer access in to the peaks, the presence of mountain paths, woods and picturesque destinations for excursions, the relationship between beds in second houses and hotel beds, other activities available, distance from major cities and metropolitan areas, guest reception on arrival and the overall image of the resort.
In total Alta Badia scored 68 out of 80 points, 7 points ahead of the resorts placed in joint second in the table, Zermatt and Val Gardena.
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Advanced plans to connect the neighbouring Swiss resorts of Lenzerheide-Valbella with Arosa and create Switerland’s biggest ski area, have been set back by a vote held in each of the local communities to decide whether or not to go ahead with the connection, due for completion ahead of winter 2009-10.
The residents of the smaller ski area of Arosa voted overwhelmingly (84%) in favour of the connection, which would create one of Switzerland’s biggest ski areas with about 220km (138 miles) of piste served by more than 50 lifts.
However , the people of the Vaz/Obervaz area around Lenzerheide, which has a ski area nearly three times bigger than Arosa’s, voted against the plan, with 59.7% of voters rejecting it. Continue reading ‘NIMBY: Locals massively reject Arosa ski lift in community’
Marmot Basin, the pristine Canadian Rocky mountain resort near Jasper, < has received the green light to build a new state-of-the-art chairlift after complying with the necessary environmental requirements.
Construction on the new lift has begun and will continue in the Spring of 2009 to be ready for the 2009/10 ski and snowboard season. Continue reading ‘Marmot Basin to build longest chairlift in Alberta’
The Australian Ski Areas Association has reported that the southern hemisphere winter of 2008 in the country provided some of the most consistently good snow that the Australian alpine resorts have experienced in a decade.
The early winter (pre-solstice) was unusually dry, and variable temperatures limited artificial snowmaking opportunities. However, in common with some of the best seasons, 2008’s early conditions were no indication of what was to follow.
Continue reading ‘Australia’s 2009 ski season surpasses all expectations’
Six US ski resorts have banned their employees from using a brand new line of Burton snowboards while on duty because of controversial imagery depicting Playboy models.
Continue reading ‘US resorts ban employees from using Burton Playboy pictoral snowboards’
Earlier this morning, a spectacular scene occurred when a K-Max helicopter hoisted the new high speed quad towers up the lift. The new high speed quad chairlift is expected to be in operation this coming season at Snoqualmie resort in Washington state.
The photos are courstesy of Holly Lippert from the resort.
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