For the coming winter season 2006/2007, there’ll be a re-launch of the ‘International’ ski area of Breuil-Cervinia and Valtournenche in Italy and Zermatt in Switzerland with the construction of six new lifts and an increase in the artificial snowmaking cover and therefore a total of 24 lifts in the Breuil-CerviniaValtournenche area.
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In West Virginia, USA, construction has begun on Snowshoe Mountain’s new high-speed detachable quad lift that will service the Widowmaker slope system and adjoining trails for the 2006-2007 season. The $3.3m project is being built by Doppelmayr CTEC.
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As a former ski instructor, you could forgive 100 years old Les Heyward for being a bit of a perfectionist when it comes to his skiing technique.
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Perisher Blue believes it is the first resort in Australia to offer skiers and snowboarders freeride terrain features this season. The Mini Terrain Park on Front Valley was put in place this week and consists of two boxes – one three metres and one six metres in length.
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Russia will become the latest country to introduce indoor year round skiing when it’s first snowdome opens on the outskirts of the city’s capital, Moscow, in December.
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Bansko in Bulgaria will add two new quads for next winter.
The first chair connects “Banderishka polyana” place with the base of the “Todorka” piste and will improve easy ski- and snowboard terrain access for beginners.
The second new lift ascends from the “Zhelezen” sector and reaches the “Platoto” area.
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In addition to a fast new quad chairlift on Tod Mountain at Sun Peaks in Canada giving faster access to the resort’s deepest and driest powder, glade skiing and advanced/expert terrain on the mountain; Sun Peaks has a host of other new enhancements lined up for the coming winter season.
Continue reading ‘New Lifts, New Terrain For Sun Peaks’
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