The new ski off the roof apartment in Levi that allows skiers to go off the roof skiing.

Skiing off the roof of your apartment block is rarely recommended but that’s exactly what the designers of a spectacular new apartment complex, planned in a little town of Levi 80 miles north of the Arctic Circle, expect their guests to do.

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Kitfjell ski resort was an attractive site for three Brits who couldn't resit but stay a little longer.

Three Brits have decided to look East rather than West for a country with which to form a special relationship and have opted for the Norwegian ski resort of Kvitfjell. Continue reading ‘Brits first at Norwegian Resort’

Sheep are just one of the many sites you will see at Fogelfonn this summer.

When Folgefonn opens up for the summer season on May 14th, it’s likely to unseat Mount Baker in Washington State as the world record holder for the deepest amount of natural snow. Mount Baker which has recorded more than  706 cm (23.5 feet) snowfall base this season, is going to fall to Folgefonn which has recorded up to 10 metres (34.6 metres) of snow this year. On average baker receives about 750 inches (19.1 metres) of snow each winter – officially more than any other ski area on the planet.
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A lone skier enjoys the summer weather at Stryn.

The struggling Stryn summer ski centre in Norway may survive after all.

Online reports say that the favourite ski resort of many ski racers including the great Alberto Tomba has been saved from threatened closure due to its economic difficulties.

Norway operates three small summer ski centres, equal to France, Italy and Switzerland, with only Austria offering more. Stryn operates a chairlift and a drag lift from late May to early August. The exact season end date depends on the amount of snow melting during the summer and weather conditions.

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Spain's Formigal ski resort plans to open this weekend.

With the exception of Eastern North America, which is suffering from unseasonally warm temperatures and a complete lack of snowfall, most other parts of the Northern Hemisphere have enjoyed exceptional early season conditions leading to early openings.

Europe:

Resorts across the Alps, Dolomites and Pyrenees have reported big and on-going snowfalls.

Switzerland: Engelberg was virtually closed down by snow at the start of the week as a massive storm hit central Switzerland with over three feet of fresh snow. St. Moritz and the Engadin Valley received 1.3m (4.4ft). Most other Swiss resorts have done well, too. Sedrun, for example, received about a metre (three feet) of new snow on November 30th.

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Colorado's Keysone ski resort is one of several that have opened over the last week.

The 2009-2010 season is continuing its promising early start with more heavy snow reported this week and a plethora of resorts across the northern hemisphere opening earlier than planned.

Big name resorts to open in the past few days include Cortina in Italy, Hemsedal in Norway, Keystone and Copper Mountain in the Western US and Killington and Bretton Woods in The East and Verbier in Switzerland.

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Cutting the slopes in Trysil, two hours from Oslo

The popular belief about skiing in Norway is that it’s colder and darker than other European destinations. Is it?

We at SkiRebel.com receive plenty of releases from ski resorts and ski travel companies about why their deals are worth writing about. Sometimes they are, and sometimes they’re just empty sales pitches.

Recently, UK-based tour operator Alpine Tracks sent out a pitch attempting to dispel myths about Skiing in Norway, mostly in comparison to other European ski destinations. Alpine Tracks is selling ski packages to Norway, and we thought it would be interesting to see what they had to say.

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