July is over…wow time just flies. It seemed that I was just planning my New Year’s resolutions no so long ago. I’d better get cracking on them!!!
But did we think it was even possible to surpass the unbelievable July 2007 Ski Rebel visitation rates we experienced again this year? We were nervous…but happy to report that we’ve ripped last year’s numbers to shreds and reporting a WOW 37 % increase over last year!!! We are joyfully ecstatic about the entire results. What’s got us even more stoked…is the new redesign that’s coming your way real soon. If you want to find out more make sure you register to become a SKI REBEL VIP – not only will you be in the know but you could win cool prizes.
So what were you clicking on this past month? Here’s a top-10 list of the stories that ran this past month that generated the most traffic.
1. Snow Mountain project slated for Houston, Texas
2. Czech Company plans 2km indoor slope in Abu Dhabi
3. New train service to Sun Peaks begins in December
4. American Skiing Company spins off last resort, prepares to cease operation
5. Sheraton announces new hotel at criticized Xanadu entertainment facility
6. Outdoor ski resort planned for Middle East
7. World first all weather snowmaking machine rolls out of production
8. Australia keeps on getting whacked with snow
9. Chamonix to colourize snow starting this fall
10. More snowmaking added in the Three Valleys
So we hope you are enjoying your summer or winter…and catch you on our next turns. Thanks again for your continued support and efforts in helping us become the biggest ski website out there.
Cheers,
Mike Styles
Managing Editor
Coronet Peak’s new snow guns fired for the first time this past week in preparation for season opens Saturday.
Snowmaking will add to Coronet Peak’s 60cm (24 inch) snow base - the best early season snow cover the mountain resort has had in years.
Continue reading ‘New Zealand ski season is officially started’
So it’s a nice weekend and you are looking for something to do. How about a little spring skiing at one of your favourite european ski resorts.
Strange though it may seem, more European ski areas are open until late June each spring/summer. The anomaly – in which more ski areas open as temperatures get warmer – has been identified by the leading snow-reporting service Skiinfo.com which tracks snow conditions several times daily, year round, at more than a thousand European ski resorts.
Continue reading ‘Where to Spring ski in Europe?’
The Lee family in the Cardrona Valley received approval today to build the first gondola in New Zealand to access a ski resort.
The $16.6million gondola project will service Snow Park NZ, Waiorau Snow Farm and a third planned ski area, Roaring Meg Resort.
Continue reading ‘$16 Million Cardrona valley gondola gets green light’
The ski season wrapped at Revelstoke Mountain Resort two weeks ago with 44 per cent more visits than anticipated in its first year. Selkirk Tangiers Helicopter Skiing (STHS) also reported a 20 per cent increase in skier visits.
Continue reading ‘Innaugural season ends on a high note for Revelstoke’
Australia’s ski areas will unveil more than $100m (Aus) in upgrades this winter when they open in June. Mt Buller has spent $6 million on a new six-seater chairlift which will run from Bourke St to the top of the mountain.
Another new chairlift, a triple, will open at Selwyn Snowfields.
Mt Hotham, Falls Creek, Thredbo and Perisher Blue will all unveil expanded snowmaking systems. Thredbo now has more than 150 snow guns; Perisher Blue’s coverage will extend from the mid-station of the quad chair down to Front Valley and Hotham will have snowmaking into Heavenly Valley and Falls Creek’s coverage will extend to the bottom of Wombat’s Ramble, Australia’s longest beginner run.
Skiers and snowboarders should always wear helmets to protect themselves from injuries researchers say. A new study in to ski injuries by Professor Peter Cummings of the University of Washington has concluded that wearing a helmet reduces the chances of injury by 15 per cent.
The study was based on reports of 4224 face, neck and head injuries during the period from 2000 to 2005 in three resorts. Between 21 and 25 per cent of those who suffered injuries were wearing helmets.
Continue reading ‘Latest study on ski helmets confirms previous findings’
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