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An overview shot of the controversial Jumbo Glacier Resort.
The plan to allow year-round resort in Canada twenty years after the project was first introduced has been approved despite growing opposition to the project in recent years. Continue reading ‘Jumbo Glacier approval breaks historic new ground’
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The road to Erzurum. Photo courtesy of Nadezhda Chipeff.
Heading to the Alps, Canada, or the United States, may seem like an extended holiday, but then again, after a while, it may also start feeling like you’re eating the same bowl of soup every day. Continue reading ‘Skiing in Turkey: Erzurum is far away from Courchevel’
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The second Afghan Ski Challenge last week.
In a country where circumstances of war have been the source of great disruption, an unusual mountain event has taken place and is largely responsible for generating a new breed of skiers in the mountains surrounding the Bamiyan valley of Afghanistan.
Continue reading ‘Ski challenge creates hope and enthusiasm among Afghans’
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Bialka Tatrzanska resort comes of age
A little more than a decade ago, winter was deadly quiet for Kotelnica Mountain with the blanket of snow keeping it company.
Now, Kotelnica has emerged as a one of the most vibrant resorts with ski fans flocking to one of the trendiest resorts in Poland.
The 17th-century village at the foot of the Tatra mountains in southern Poland was making a modest living on farming and sheep breeding. But in 2000, that changed when about 50 farmers began a joint venture to develop a ski resort, on par with those in Austria and Switzerland.
Bialka Tatrzanska, about an hour and a half drive from Krakow, is among Poland’s leading centers for skiers, though less demanding and more modest compared with many West European resorts.
A recent ranking by Poland’s ski centers by the Onet.pl Internet portal listed it as the country’s second most popular ski resort based on quality of slopes and other amenities. In first place was Krynica Gorska, which has been around longer and boasts more challenging slopes.
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Where's the snow? Most of North America didn't get the bumper season they were expecting.
That famous line from Wendy’s commercials, ‘Where’s the Beef’, could have easily been interchanged with ‘Where’s the snow’ forNorth Americans this past winter? Continue reading ‘Little snow in North America leads to warm winter’
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Ski Friends are always ready to greet you on the mountain!
It’s 9:30 in the morning and against the Rocky Mountain white background and blissful blue sky, the bright yellow jackets are everywhere to be seen. They are called Ski Friends and each year, the 107 volunteers, are the friendly face that greets thousands of skiers and show them around the mountain. Continue reading ‘Lake Louise: Ski Friends are never far away’
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The two super G's lost to weather recently, at Kitzbuehel and Garmisch, have been reallocated into the mens World Cup schedule, but with a provision which could be executed before this weekend is up as the weather at Chamonix isn't cooperating.
Continue reading 'Chamonix on weather hold as schedules are updated'
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