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Tignes - Dumpage! |
24 November 2009 |
Finally after it trying very hard to snow for the last couple of days, it finally put down 20cm last night. It was looking pretty dodgy for the opening weekend, but Val have now confirmed it's all good to go - get in!
Ben Simpson
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Scotland |
23 November 2009 |
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The Cairngorms are white again after losing all but the deeper drifts in the heavy rain over the previous week. Nevis Range seems to have kept a decent covering and has had a nice top up on the upper mountain. Glenshee's webcam has been showing a bit of snowfall on Glas Maol. Blizzards forecast this week for the Scottish mountain areas so lets hope for something substantial to see the season get underway!!!! :D |
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Verbier |
23 November 2009 |
Despite the doom and gloom about the recent warm spell, Verbier is still in pretty good condition and Lac des Vaux was really rather nice yesterday - a relief for everyone given this weeks mild spell and rain very high up. Fingers crossed for more snow soon though. |
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Ischgl |
23 November 2009 |
Winter starts this week in the top Austrian resort of Ischgl with the slopes in fabulous shape - as the picture taken today (Monday 23 November) shows - while some European ski villages have had to delay opening as they wait for enough snow. The Tirolean village has had regular heavy snowfalls down to village level and the lifts open this Friday (27 November), with most of the runs open and groomed to perfection. Chart-topping singer Katy Perry performs at the season-opening concert in the village centre on Saturday evening, with Victoria Beckham due to drop by a few days later. Ischgl, with a top station at 2,872 metres, has 215 kilometres of runs and links with Samnaun in Switzerland for fantastic cross-border skiing. |
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Verbier |
22 November 2009 |
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Chamonix is still closed :( so headed over to Verbier for a bit of skiing. Lac de Vaux piste is holding up well, a few hard patches. The run down to Ruinettes while officially still closed wasn't that bad. A bit scratchy in places but not half bad considering it gets very near the snow line. Went for a skin up the shoulder of Mont Gele. Not much snow to play with but still some nice turns to be had ;) |
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La Tania |
22 November 2009 |
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Excellent first day of skiing in Val T today. Pistes were in great condition and the off piste was lovely according to
Phil and Andrea
Andrea (on skis) and fast on my new Lib Tech banana board. lifts were open – Cascades, Roc, Plein Sud, Peclet. Great sunshine in the morning but became overcast after a great tartiflette lunch up the mountain. After the first few snow flakes were spotted we skidaddled out of there because I hadn’t got snow tyres on my car yet. Great day out – can’t wait for the season to start here in La Tania ! |
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Verbier |
22 November 2009 |
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All good up the hill: apparently the Ruinettes piste might officially open this afternoon, meanwhile it's due to get cold again this week. |
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Winter Park, Colorado |
22 November 2009 |
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2 inches of snow reported overnight. Certainly not enough. It is WARM, close to 50F. 3 lifts open, 3 trails open. The small terrain park is getting a lot of action. Still very early in the season, but it's about that time to start getting into a low pressure weather pattern. If this is all we have open for the Thanksgiving weekend coming up it's going to be crowded. |
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Tignes |
22 November 2009 |
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After a pretty warm week which had temps up to 12 degrees in the village, it's snowing again today! It's just started so I'll keep you updated with the progress. Much needed for the Espace Killy opening weekend next weekend as it's gone pretty bare again
Ben Simpson
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Meribel |
21 November 2009 |
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snow on its way this week, its in the envelope, its got a stamp on it and has been put in gods letterbox. Light showers expected all week .
Meribel Info
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Winter Park, Colorado (Opening Day) |
18 November 2009 |
I had to throw this pic up from today as well. Single barrel rail, I am representing w/the Clinton Portis jersey, even though my Washington Redskins are horrible! For UK readers, this is a team in our football league that (although awful) just beat the team from Colorado (Denver Broncos). Didn't you guys have an NFL game in London a few weeks ago? |
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Verbier |
18 November 2009 |
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Well, the bad news is that it rained VERY high last night. All the snow in town’s gone and the Savoleyres ridge is losing it’s snow quicker than some of us are losing our hair. But that’s just today. It could all change. People say that it'll get cold on Sunday. There's a horrible cold front in the Atlantic that could make it here and dump. Who knows? Just cross your fingers and keep your chin up... |
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Winter Park, Colorado |
18 November 2009 |
Winter Park Resort opened 15 minutes ago or its 70th consecutive season, with 2 lifts & 2 trails, as well as the small ReRailer Terrain Park. Opening day is always a special time of year, b/c if nothing else it means you can leave the front door & be on a lift in 15 minutes for the next 5 months straight! Happy sliding! |
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Banff |
18 November 2009 |
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Well, all the mountains are open now. Lake Louise and Sunshine Village are open everyday and Mt Norquay only on the weekends. Fair bit of snow at Sunshine with 5 lifts and around 40 runs open. A few rocks but still some snow coming. Lake louise only has the front face open and coverage is a little patchy. Bring on the snow!!
Joel Trott
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La Tania |
18 November 2009 |
Mild weather all week and most of the snow lower down has gone as predicted. Cooling down by the end of the week though and along with some unsettled weather the cannons should be starting to sort out the base on the resort runs. |
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Whistler |
17 November 2009 |
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The snow just doesn't stop falling!! Another 40cm's overnight with 141cm's in 48 hours and over 200 this week!!
Whistler Blackcomb
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Verbier |
17 November 2009 |
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Just got down from a little cruise around with Kato and the pistes are looking surprisingly better than last weekend – and it wasn’t bad then. The run to Ruinettes is now officially open and whilst if you look really closely you’ll see the odd stone lurking there waiting to trip you up, it’s actually in really good condition. It seems the combination of fresh snow (buckets of rain in resort) and having the canons on has done the trick and piste conditions are really good. So now it’s just the usual sweepstake on when we open all week long. My money’s on a week on Monday. http://www.performanceverbier.com/news-galleries/the-blog/
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China |
16 November 2009 |
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Massive snow storms have blanketed parts of China disrupting the infrastructure and killing many. The heavy snow has led to at least 48 deaths. It seems out of place to report it, given the human suffering, but several ski resorts including Yabuli, Wanlong and the Nashan ski resort near Beijing have opened early after the snowfall.
James Cove
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Tignes |
16 November 2009 |
Just arrived in Tignes, amazed at the lying snow level already all the way up visible from Chambery. Up in resort, there's plenty lying about around the village and Tichot as well as Double M down to resort are open. Tufs also was running today, but not for the public. More news when I investigate further!
Ben Simpson
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Whistler |
16 November 2009 |
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We just got an update from our forecasters. We actually had 51 cm OVERNIGHT, which makes it 71cm in the last 24h :) Base is 156cm. Extreme avalanche warning is in effect in alpine and high avalanche risk at the tree line...
Whistler Blackcomb
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Breckenridge |
15 November 2009 |
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We have 5 more inches of fresh snow this morning! - http://twitpic.com/pmvoc
Breckenridge Resort
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Chamonix |
13 November 2009 |
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Good snowfalls at the Aiguille du Midi over the last few days. Vallee Blanche should open early this winter season.
Icicle Guides
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Chamonix |
12 November 2009 |
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First sunny days for a while. Loads of snow up high and le Tour is skiable if you hike up. More snow forecast
Neil McNab
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Mammoth |
12 November 2009 |
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Snowing harder now at Main Lodge!
Mammoth Mountain
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Lake Tahoe |
12 November 2009 |
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The Nov. 12 storm totals were up to 10 inches around Lake Tahoe as anxious skiers and snowboarders await a mass opening of Tahoe ski resorts. But that won’t happen right away unless Mother Nature has a lot more of the white stuff arriving soon. However, if the cold weather continues, many Tahoe-area resorts will be open by Thanksgiving or earlier.
San Francisco Examiner
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Verbier |
11 November 2009 |
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It seems that in the last few weeks we've gone from flip flops and shorts to down jackets. Brilliant. In fact it’s looking like a real (and bizarrely empty) ski resort again. And every time it snows the chance of getting the rest of the top half of the mountain open early increases… |
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Scotland |
11 November 2009 |
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Spent Monday night shredding the plastic at Hillend in Edinburgh with the guys from "team extreme Scotland" - hopefully some more of the white stuff not too far away after a few inches last weekend! :)
Jamie Gunn
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Morzine |
11 November 2009 |
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No snow in resort yet but the hills are white and there is stacks in Avoriaz!
Amie
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Copper Mountain, Colorado |
11 November 2009 |
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Skied Copper Mountain today. 2 lifts open & true top to bottom skiing available. A bit bullet proof today even w/the sun out, but always nice to get a little burn going on the legs. Nice little terrain park set up with approximately 10 rails/boxes & 1 small jump. On another note skied nearby Jones Pass yesterday. It was pretty brutal - punchy ice layer with about 1cm of fresh. Suffice to say the backcountry is not recommended until we get another decent snow storm. |
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Val Thorens |
11 November 2009 |
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Early opening in Val Thorens. With 55cm of snow in the heart of resort and 85cm on the summits, the snow is good enough to mean a Nov 14 opening day.
Val Thorens OT
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Whistler |
10 November 2009 |
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HOT NEWS - Whistler is scheduled to open two weeks early on 14 Nov
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Verbier |
09 November 2009 |
Despite rumours to the contrary the lifts opened at nine this morning (Sat 7th) and we were there - a little muted as it was just Lac des Vaux although you could ski to Ruinettes (the lower section was a little ropey). Brilliant to be skiing again, although it is only the first weekend in Novemeber so not loads on offer - just a matter of time until they get the whole top half of resort running though. |
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Mt Baker, Washington |
09 November 2009 |
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Last week, the snow storm hit the area, and hit it harder than it predicted, up to 46 inches of snow! So, with heavy snow last Friday and Saturday and a favorable forecast for upcoming week, they are setting the opening day for Thursday Nov. 12!
Seattle PI
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Mount Hood, Oregon |
09 November 2009 |
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Timberline Lodge at Mount Hood opened two ski lifts over the weekend and Mount Hood Meadows is set to open this week. Timberline Lodge has a 34-inch base, including 4 inches of new snow. Managers say they hope this early start to the season means it will be a much better season than last year. |
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Meribel |
08 November 2009 |
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Snowing steadily in Meribel, settling as far as les Allues. Talking to some of the locals they reckon there's about 2M up top of the saulire!!!
Meribel Info
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Courchevel |
08 November 2009 |
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It's snowing again!
The Courchevel Enquirer
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Chamonix |
07 November 2009 |
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Oh my god it's dumping with snow here in the chamonix valley. Not quite ready for it to be full on winter yet but here it is!
Neil McNab
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La Tania - Three Valleys |
07 November 2009 |
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7:20pm Saturday night and the heaviest snow of the season so far down to resort level (and below). No idea how long it will last but coming down very hard and the road up from Le Praz to La Tania is a real slippery struggle at the moment. As usual - "should have fitted the snow tyres by now..." is the most heard comment. |
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Colorado |
06 November 2009 |
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Keystone, Copper Mountain, Loveland all open with Killington over in the east opening this weekend.
Natives reporter
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La Plagne |
06 November 2009 |
Literally snowed in in La Plagne - snow down to the balconies in resort and it's white everywhere.
Sarah, Oxygene Ski & Snowboard School
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Verbier |
06 November 2009 |
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Snowing in Verbier and yesterday TeleVerbier confirmed they're opening Lac des Vaux for the weekend and every weekend up until December, although the last two years they've had enough snow to open all the way to Ruinettes week-round from mid November. So fingers crossed. Meanwhile the forecast is for more snow and more cold weather... |
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Tignes |
05 November 2009 |
it's dumping in Tignes - 40cm since yesterday is the wrd on the street - get in! |
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Loveland, Colorado |
05 November 2009 |
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Skied Loveland Resort today. They have 2 lifts open and about 4 trails. A nice little terrain park with 6 rails/boxes set up. Overall a nice day, my first of resort skiing for the season. Bad news for the state is that the warm temps (50's F) will continue through Sunday, our next chance for snow, & perhaps more importantly, cold temps so resorts can make snow. Regardless, it's waayy too early in the season to worry. We're all just happy to be making turns in late October/early November. |
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Cairngrom |
04 November 2009 |
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Courchevel |
02 November 2009 |
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Just driven 12 hours across France in very heavy rain. Good news though it's snowing heavily in resort. |
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Courchevel |
02 November 2009 |
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Snowing down to 1300m now - snow outside our office - Le Praz, Courchevel
Ski New Gen
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Argentiere |
02 November 2009 |
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It's snowing in Argentiere...!
Ruth Martin
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Hintertux |
02 November 2009 |
The conditions on the glacier are fantastic, temperatures have stayed cold and the winds have been sintering the snow so it’s generally chalky, gripy snow, ideal for letting the skis run and carve at speed. There is the odd pocket of wind drift powdery snow to be found if you work for it. There is great snow coverage all the way down to the mid station already and its only October!! Lower down below the glacier the temperatures have been mild so the snow feels in places much more like melt-freeze spring snow and can be glazed in patches and soft in others but again, ITS OCTOBER and the coverage is great!!!!
Will Roberts, BASS Megeve
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La Tania - Three Valleys |
30 October 2009 |
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The Feeling return home and are playing a free gig in Meribel once again (plus there's another 40 odd other gigs on too) from 13-19 March 2010. More at www.latania.co.uk |
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Berthoud Pass, Colorado |
30 October 2009 |
Day numero uno in the books. At Berthoud Pass, which tops out at 11,307ft./3,446m. and separates Winter Park from the front range (Denver/Boulder/Etc.) 1.5 - 2 feet of snow (all in past 48 hours). Several skiers/boarders/dogs. Winter is here!!!! |
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Colorado |
28 October 2009 |
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4 inches in town of Winter Park last night, a great welcome back from the valley to yours truly. Denver news calling for big snow numbers out of this storm the next few days. Fingers crossed. Winter Park Resort opens November 18th. |
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Hochfügen, Austria |
23 October 2009 |
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With 95cm at the peak of 2 500m, Hochfügen in the Zillertal is set for an initial limited opening from October 24th through October 26th with two 8-seater chairlifts and one 4-seater chair lifts running. From December 4th the access between Hochfügen and Hochzillertal will be open until April 18th 2010.
Hochfügen
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La Tania - Three Valleys |
17 October 2009 |
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The very first flakes falling down to resort level, not going to last - but everyone gone a bit giddy.....
Toffa - latania.co.uk
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Mammoth Mountain |
15 October 2009 |
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It's on! Mammoth Mountain is opening this Friday, Oct. 16, 2009! 2nd earliest opening EVER!
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Telluride |
15 October 2009 |
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Town awoke to a slushy blanket of new snow on Tuesday, as winter made headway in the valley.
Telluride Daily Planet
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2 Colorado Resorts Open for BUSINESS |
14 October 2009 |
2 Colorado Ski Resorts are officially open for business! Loveland & Arapahoe Basin were the first 2 out of the gate, both operating very limited terrain on mostly man made snow. Happy sliding!
Jesse Howe
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Verbier |
14 October 2009 |
While we haven't had snow like they're getting in Austria (apparently), Verbier's runs had their first dusting the night before last. In fact there was light snow down to just above resort yesterday morning but the sun soon saw to that, although high up on the Atalas ridge there's a decent amount. More details and pictures available on the Performance Verbier blog: http://www.performanceverbier.com/news-galleries/the-blog/
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Tignes |
12 October 2009 |
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Still snowing but very, very windy in Tignes so glacier closed at the moment
Nic, Le Brasero
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Thredbo |
07 October 2009 |
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the lifts are all closed and all it has been doing is snowing. A meter of snow and the whole resort is covered, hard to get out of the driveway this morning as the snow clearers are all gone. It snowed down to 700m which caused some serious fun down the valley as the farmers woke up with a bit of a shock. looks as if the snow will stay for a couple more days before clearing. Go figure global cooling?
Matt Smith
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CairnGorm, Scotland |
04 October 2009 |
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A slight dusting yesterday morning and some more overnight last night! winter is finally on its way! skiing on halloween again this year????
Jamie Gunn
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thredbo |
04 October 2009 |
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great skiing over the weekend with 15cm of fresh powder and no one on the mountain. Last day of the season tomorrow with great skiing still to be had hiking on the main range.
Matt
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30 September 2009 |
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awesome spring snow everywhere if you are prepared to hike for 5 to 10 minutes, if you're not, you really should be on the beach up the coast cause it is hot and there is plenty of swell.
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Turoa |
29 September 2009 |
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A great weekend was had by all up in Turoa. Both Saturday and Sunday was amazingly warm and the slopes were surprisingly quiet for a weekend. The snow is melting quite quickly but its nice spring skiing and the park is still going strong. On the Saturday the bikini downhill was in full swing- raising money for breast cancer research.
Sophie Islip
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thredbo |
27 September 2009 |
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The biggest dust storm in decades turns everything RED for a week, THEN we get 45cm of new snow, but there is no one here. Oh well, it looks like freshies for the die hards and locals only
Matt
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The blast of Snow Cannons being tested down to Meribel this morning, plus Bring Your Sisters playing in Evolution tonight before heading off on their Scandinavian Tour and The Meribel Little World Festival anounced today....
