Ski Resort and Snow News - August 2015
Canada’s Hottest Lift
Published : 31-Aug-2015 09:52
Sunshine Village, one of the three Banff ski areas in Alberta Canada, will unveil a new chairlift this winter with the novelty of heated seats - the new Teepee Town LX lift.
The first heated lift in Canada, the Tepee Town chair will replace the old Tepee Town double-chair.
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New Gondola and Zip Wire Park For la Plagne
Published : 30-Aug-2015 06:48
La Plagne's big news for the coming winter is a new gondola linking the traditional village of Montalbert, one ofg the most atmospheric of the huge resort's 10 different bases, to the heart of the slopes in just six minutes. It replaces the Montalbert and Fornelet chairlifts – which could take 45 minutes to transport skiers up the mountain.
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First Slopestyle World Cup of 2015-16 Won By Brit Woodsy
Published : 28-Aug-2015 08:34
(Library pic)
Britain's most successful ever skier in World Cup competition, Sheffield's James 'Woodsy' Woods, has won the first Slopestyle Skiing World cup staged in New Zealand this morning.
The 23 year old, who had been top qualifier, scored 90.2 points on the first of his three runs, and remained the only man to score more the 90 during the entire competition , taking the pressure off a little for the other two runs, Woods said.
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Fresh August Snow in The Alps
Published : 26-Aug-2015 02:05
A dusting of fresh snow on glaciers in the Alps has raised excitement levels ahead of winter 2015-16 and following a long hot summer.
Most summer glacier areas have now ended their 2015 opening – only Les 2C Alpes in France (Closing this weekend) and Cervinia in Italy (Closing the first weekend in September) are still open, although five other Alpine glaciers which are open year round or nearly year round are operating through the Autumn – Saas Fee and Zermat in Switzerland, Molltal and Hintertux in Austria and Passo Stelvio in Italy. Two glacier areas in Norway are also open. The Molltal glacier is currently hosting the Austrian Alpine squad.
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Entry Ticket Price Doubles For London Ski Show
Published : 25-Aug-2015 07:51
Adult admission tickets to the London Ski Show have more than doubled in price for all 2015 event, with entry charged at £25 – more than double last year's £12 cost.
The Telegraph which organises the Ski and board Shows in London and Manchester each autumn has not given a reason for the big price increase – which applies to the London show only – but is talking about this year's show being more of an entertainment event, with stars from the Altitude Comedy Festival in Mayrhofen performing and a promised Alpine themed village.
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Val d’Isere Redevelops Iconic Solaise Sector
Published : 20-Aug-2015 01:43
(A lift, but not THE lift, in Val d'Isere)
There's been talk of redeveloping Val d'Isere's famous Solaise sector at the heart of its ski area for decades, but the project is now finally underway. It will partially be completed this coming winter, but it a two year project so will not be fully finished until winter 2016-17.
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Drones and Phones
Published : 16-Aug-2015 05:23
Two news stories from Colorado's 'big two' resort groups in the past few days have pointed to the latest stages of how the rapidly evolving use of technology on the ski slopes may be used and controlled in the wider world.
Firstly Vail Resorts have announced that they will 'crowd source anonymised data' from the mobile phones of people on the slopes of their four Colorado resorts this winter in order to gather data on where lift queues are building up.
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4 Valleys Cut Lift Pass Prices In Low Season
Published : 15-Aug-2015 05:39
The 4 Valleys, Switzerland's largest ski area, has announced it will cut prices in some quieter mid-season weeks in a bid to attract more business.
The region which links half a dozen ski villages, the largest and best known of which is Verbier, is also considering introducing more 'dynamic pricing' for its lift passes – essentially pricing according to demand as has been the model in the hotel and airline industries for several decades now.
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Huge Snowfalls in the Andes
Published : 07-Aug-2015 11:46
Forecasts by some snow forecasting services that the Andes were set to receive up to 2m of fresh snow this week do not seem to be as wide of the mark as some commenting sarcastically on social media first thought.
Snowfall in the last few days in Chile has passed the metre mark at several resorts already, with Portillo, which has had 125cm of fresh snow this week, receiving more than 65cm (over two feet) of new snow in the last 24 hours alone.
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J2Ski Guide to Where to Ski in August 2015
Published : 03-Aug-2015 06:58
J2Ski's Where to Ski in August 2015
Here is our guide to where to ski in August.
Snow depths in the Southern Hemisphere have been building through July with good falls in virtually every major ski country at some time or other in the past month. In the Alps though there's been almost no new snow (well, it is mid-summer) and instead it has been exceptionally warm giving freeze-thaw conditions and leaving some of the continent's ski glaciers in a rather sorry state. The result is that snow depths are largely fairly similar on both sides of the planet as levels south of the equator increase and those to the north decrease a little.
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