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Saalbach is installing a new a new gondola for the upcoming season.
Saalbach Hinterglemmm Leogang in Austria, one of the country’s largest resorts will add a new gondola this winter. Continue reading ‘New Gondola in Saalbach Hinterglemm’
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Powder Mountain Resort
PO Box 450
Eden
Utah
USA
UT 84310
Telephone: (801) 7453771
Email: info@powdermountain.com
Website: www.powdermountain.com
High altitude Powder Mountain is an all season resort with a great snow record, long season and night skiing to 10pm. Powder Mountain Ski Area is located 55 miles northeast of the Salt Lake City Airport, just north of the Ogden Valley. At 5,500 acres, Powder Mountain claims to be the largest U.S. ski area. Skiers, however, can reach only about half of those acres by coasting from the top of one of Powder Mountain’s lifts. The rest of the terrain involves climbing or shuffling along mountain ridges.
Over 5,500 inbounds and over 2,500 for Powder Snowcat Safari adds up to the most skiable terrain in the US. With this much space, you won’t share any of the 124 runs with a crowd. Only Mother Nature makes snow at Powder Mountain. With 500 inches each year, why bother with artificial snow? We are renowned for untracked powder, but a large variety of runs are groomed nightly so that every level of boarder and skier joins in the fun.
Complimentary tours designed to introduce Powder Mountain ‘s groomed trails; lodges and lifts depart daily at 10:00am. Mountain Hosts meet guests at the trail map sign, next to the Yurt at the Resort Center. Mountain Orientation Tours last approximately 1-2 hours. Those in search of untracked powder will want to book a Mountain Adventure Pro for a ½ day or full day tour. The other option is Powder Snowcat Safari. The excursion is limited to 10 guests plus 2 guides per day.
The Hidden Lake Terrain Park is designed for advanced and expert level park riders. Larger, more technical features line the entire length of the Hidden Lake Run. Off-season improvements including widening and flattening the run will allow for more rail and box options and a better jump line. Adjacent to the middle section of the Hidden Lake Park you will find the Lumberjack Zone. This area offers terrain park features made from natural materials such as logs, power poles and milled lumber. The Lumberjack Zone is designed for Expert level park riders. The Hidden Lake Terrain Park is open from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm seven days a week and is groomed nightly.
Powder Mountain is one of the first, if not the only resort in the US, offering a snowkite pass and an area exclusively for snowkiting. The area between the Hidden Lake parking lot and the tower near the Sunrise lift has ideal conditions for snowkiting – sloping terrain without obstacles and frequent winds. The $20 snowkite pass provides access to this area via the Sunrise lift and one ride up Hidden Lake at the end of the day. There is also a $300 season snowkite pass available.
One of Powder Mountain’s greatest assets, the Lightning Ridge Snowcat will take you to the top of Lightning Ridge with very little effort. Once on top you will access over 700 challenging acres of pristine powder snow with an impressive 2100′ vertical drop.
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Big snow at Treble Cone in New Zealand as resort officially kicks off 2010 season
With good snowfall conditions in most of the southern hemisphere, the 2010 ski season officially kicked off last weekend with Coronet Peak New Zealand reporting a 50cm (20 inch) base including 15cm (six inches) of new snow. Thousands of Queenslanders hit the piste to celebrate.
Continue reading ‘And they’rrreee off: Southern Hemisphere’s 2010 ski season underway’
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Finish ski resort overhauls lifts for 2010 season
Finland’ Pyhä ski area is spending 8 million Euros ($9.8 million USD), only the second resort of this type to invest in high capacity lifts in the country. The high speed detachable six-seater chairlift with weather protection hood, only the second of this type of high capacity lift in the country.
Continue reading ‘Finish ski resort to spend 8 million euros on lift upgrade’
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Loveland claims to be first resort to be open this year
Cold weather was a huge factor in Loveland in Colorado’s ability to offer skiing was the first ski area in North America to open for the 2009-2010 ski season when Chair 1 started turning at 9am on October 7th. The resort, one of the world’s highest ski areas, had started making snow on September 21, 2009.
“We took advantage of the cold temperatures and got an early start making snow this year. Those extra days paid off and we are opening a week earlier than last season,”
said Eric Johnstone, Snowmaking and Trail Maintenance Manager. “Now we can move some equipment to other trails and try to open more terrain as quickly as possible.”
This is the earliest opening day at Loveland Ski Area in 40 years.
“We are proud of our snowmaking crew and extremely excited to offer the first skiing and snowboarding in Colorado and North America,” said Rob Goodell, Director of Business Operations. “Skiers and riders have been waiting all summer for this day and we are anxious to fire up the lifts. We are opening a week earlier than last year but the coverage is great! We will open with an 18″ base and tree to tree coverage on our opening day run.”
For the first turns of the season, skiers and snowboarders had access to a top to bottom run consisting of 1,000 vertical feet via Chair 1. The trails Catwalk, Mambo and Homerun make up this opening day run which is over a mile in length.
Two more US ski areas – Loveland’s neighbour Arapahoe Basin and California’s Donner Summit have now opened too. www.skiloveland.com
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Guided scenic tours that make you live a real adventure are now possible in Vail
During a recent promotional visit in Montreal, Vail Resorts announced it was introducing a number of new offerings for the 2009-10 season including a new and exciting program called the ‘Value Adventure Sessions’.
Depending on the their individual ability’s visitors to the company’s five resorts of Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Vail in Colorado and Heavenly in California can now explore the mountain with their own expert guide. Skiers will be assembled in groups that are no larger than five for a full day session of mountain discovery.
It’s a great way for skiers to discover incredible mountains without spending so much time on technique, said May Lilley,”
the international public relations coordinator.
Skiers and riders will gain insider’s knowledge of each resort and receive tips to improve their skiing and riding throughout the day. The program is geared towards intermediate and expert level skiers and riders who are looking for more adventure with the locals’ view of the mountain and less of an instruction and class setting of a standard ski school class. The cost will be comparable to a ski school group lesson.
Guests will be teamed in small groups with other like-minded ski or ride enthusiasts who want to get the most out of their day. The group will receive special access to move to the front of the lift lines, go places they might not see on your own, enjoy the best terrain and conditions available, and pick up tips and technical information along the way from the Vail Resorts expert guides from its world class Ski & Ride Schools.
“Skiers and Riders are always looking for the inside information about our resorts and we wanted to create a program that provides our guests with an enhanced understanding of each of our resorts without a rigid ski school class structure,” said, Rob Katz, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Vail Resorts.
The groups will meet from 9:15am until 3pm at Vail’s Colorado resorts and start and end 15 minutes later at Heavenly.
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Great Canadian Heli-Skiing (GCH), who in 1988 pioneered a boutique heli-skiing experience by exclusively operating with groups of four skiers (the smallest group size in the industry), is reintroducing what is sure to become a new trend in heli-skiing: All-inclusive powder holidays including unlimited vertical.
Heli-skiing companies generally charge guests based on a package with a set number of vertical feet of skiing included. Once the guest surpasses that amount, they are faced with the decision of paying more money to continue their ski vacation. Now, Great Canadian Heli-Skiing guests can conquer as many vertical feet possible without having to worry about extra charges. “Our guests are here to ski powder, not count it. Now from start to finish they can relax and enjoy the ultimate skiing experience without opening their wallet,” said Greg Porter, owner of Great Canadian Heli-Skiing.
The average ski day includes eight-12 runs, which on average accounts for 23,000 plus feet per day. As an industry standard, 100,000 vertical feet is included in the seven-day package and 50,000 vertical feet is included in the three-day package.
Continue reading ‘Great Canadian Heli-Skiing offers unlimited vertical skiing experiences’
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