The Pirin mountains are being challenged by Bansko development companies.
Several ski resort developments in the Balkans, Carpathians and Dolomites have been under fire from environmental interests for their impact on protected areas and forests, and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is the latest to protest.
SkiRebel.com reported recently on UNESCO’s futile efforts to stop these developments, particularly at Bulgarian ski resort Bansko. The WWF, the global nature conservation organization, has published a review of several new ski projects planned for Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia and Ukraine.
Copper Mountain is hoping to create a new image under new ownership.
Copper Mountain in Colorado has launched a new site based on a ’snow day’ theme, the day when school is canceled due to snow and kids just go and play in the snow.
The site includes videos of interesting ’ski patrol’ characters calling for a national ski day and a feature that lets visitors generate and print fake ski patrol badges with nicknames included. But the beyond the marketing campaign, the site links to information about Copper Mountain winter vacation packages. The resort is offering a ‘buy one get one at 50 per cent or 4th night free’ deal this winter on the site.
At the top of the Hauser Kaibling ski area in Austria.
The Hauser Kaibling ski area above Scladming in Austria has invested about six million Euros (£5.3m) in infrastructure improvements to its 37 kilometers of ski runs this season.
Half of the money spend has gone towards a new summit quad chairlift reaching 2,015 meters (6609ft) above sea level. Another main focus has been on expansion of high-tech snowmaking capabilities, with 31 new snow canons purchased.
Whakapapa is on the slope of Mt Ruapehu, and is part of New Zealand's largest ski area.
After a devastating arson attack in February destroyed facilities at Whakapapa in New Zealand, the ski resort has confirmed it will build replacement facilities this (southern hemisphere) summer.
The replacement buildings have received resource and building consents in time for construction before the next ski season. The fire caused well over NZ $10 million (£4.5m) in damage.
If Intrawest says its cash flow is good and just sold a resort, why cant they pay off any of their debt?
After failing to hit a deadline with its creditors last week, ski resort giant Intrawest says operations are still going well, including at Olympic host resort Whistler.
The company has been going through financial troubles for some time, and recently sold one of its resorts, Colorado’s Copper Mountain as a part of a debt reduction effort. Nevertheless, Intrawest missed a deadline on December 23rd to repay just over $500 of a $1.4 billion loan, according to the Globe and Mail.
Intrawest says that its current debt negotiations will not have any impact on the upcoming Winter Olympic Games, much of which is being hosted at Intrawest’s flagship resort, Whistler-Blackcomb just north of Vancouver, Canada.
Quebec’s Mont Saint-Sauveur has opened a new four-season attaction at their ski resort, and viking helmets are required.
Sauveur’s new Viking ride is a 1.5km (1mi) alpine coaster opened on December 12th, and is open to anyone over the age of three on Saturdays and Sundays. The Viking can handle up to 1000 people per hour, and the price is $10 for one run, $15 for two, $20 for three, or $33 for five.
A new five star ski hotel, the Ritz-Carlton Highlands Lake Tahoe, has opened at California’s Northstar-at-Tahoe ski resort following five years of design, construction and development phases.
The new $300 million hotel is located at mid-mountain in Northstar, and the operators believe it offers the finest ski-in, ski-out experience in California. It is the first new-build resort development in the Lake Tahoe area in decades.
The included Highlands Spa is a 17,000 square foot spa and fitness center with treatments and therapies themed around water and the woods. The new Highlands Gondola also opens today and will connect guests between the nearby Village-at-Northstar and The Ritz-Carlton Highlands, Lake Tahoe resort.
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