Steamboat Springs in Colorado set a hallmark record on March 20th when it officially broke a snow record surpassing 37 feet (11.1 metres) of accumulation in one season.
Continue reading ‘Wow!!! A lot of SNOOOW - Pop the Cork: Champagne Powder Record for Steamboat’
Monthly Archive for March, 2008
According to local police, fourteen people suffered minor injuries when a gondola at the Olympic ski resort of Sestriere in the Italian Alps and failed to slow down as it entered the terminal on March 22.
Upon approach in summit station, the gondola continued at regular speed crashing into the support structure. Several people were taken to hospital and later released with minor injuries.
The exact cause of the incident is under investigation. Sestriere was the downhill events during the 2006 Turin Olympics.
Prince Charles, who bowed to media pressure last year by canceling his annual ski holiday to Klosters because he was going to spend £120,000 (260,000 dollars) to fly to New York to pick up the Harvard Club’s Global Environmental Citizen Award from Meryl Streep, was back in the dignified Swiss resort on March 22.
Continue reading ‘The Royals on ski break last week’
The Easter Bunny was reported to be “unimpressed” by 31cms of fresh snow at the base of Whistler and Blackcom Mountains on Easter morning as hundreds of coloured eggs and chocolates hidden by the Easter Rabbit himself have been further concealed with a thick layer of snow, leading the rabbit to believe they may never be found.
Continue reading ‘Snowstorm Creates Disaster For Easter Bunny’
A campaign that began in Australia last year to help mimize the use of energy is going global this coming Saturday night. Citizens from around the world are being encouraged to turn off major appliances and refrain from consuming electricity for between 8 and 9 pm on March 29th.
Continue reading ‘Save our Snow – Turn off for Earth Hour’
The “Patrouille des Glaciers” is race between Zermatt and Verbier will be staged again next month.
Participants including Swiss army soldiers and suitable skilled civilians will race from peak to peak and show off their skills on the high alpine terrain from April 16 to 20 April.
The record for completing 53km (33 mile) race is six hours, 18 minutes and 48 seconds.
Austria’s Zell am See-Kaprun annual ‘Sun, Snow & Party Week’ is set to get underway this coming Saturday March 29th. This year celebrities like skiing legend Franz Klammer who will be leading a team of past and present Austrian winter sports stars who are testing the latest ski models for next season of 2008/2009.
Continue reading ‘Season Thru May At Zell am See-Kaprun’