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Do you know the
difference between snow good for skiers and snow
good for ski racing?
This USA Today article will help.
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First ITB Media Summit – are blogs, Facebook & other
social media replacing travel publications?
Leading figures from politics, the media and the
travel sector to discuss the challenges posed by Web
2.0 at the world’s largest travel trade show.
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How to have a successful Valentine’s Day in the
mountains -
Sunday 14th February 2010
Valentine’s Day this year falls on one of the
busiest days of the winter season. Here are a few
tips from Ski Club of Great Britain to make the day
really romantic!
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Ski Club of Great Britain mountain
restaurant race returns to Zermatt
The famous
Luttman-Johnson Challenge restaurant
race, organised by the Ski Club of
Great Britain, returns to the Swiss
resort of Zermatt this February.More
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Exceptional skiing conditions across
Europe
Great
conditions across the Alps as well
as Scottish and English ski resorts
With the UK blanketed in snow, it is
a similar picture across Europe with
nearly all ski resorts reporting
outstanding conditions.
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Ski Club of Great Britain launch
their ‘Get Covered’ campaign
Ski Club warns skiers and boarders
to take out appropriate insurance
cover for holidays.
Today the Ski Club of Great Britain
launches a new ‘Get Covered’
campaign warning of the risks of
skiing or snowboarding without the
appropriate cover for winter sports.
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Heavy
Snowfalls in the Alps,
Ski
Club snow reports go daily,
The ski season is
most definitely here as a large
snowstorm has blanketed European ski
resorts with up to a metre of fresh
snow – and more snow is on its way
this week.
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Solo skiers on the increase
Research
published in The Independent last
week showed that ‘solidays’,
holidays for solo travelers, are
more
popular than ever*.
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First ever
live online avalanche talk with Ski
Club and Henry’s Avalanche Talk
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More English language ski info;
from Yahoo this time. Answers are
not concentrated on any one country
so we put it on all.
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This comes to you courtesy
of Google. It is in English and
lists connections to many European
resorts
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Ski
Information in Deutsch...we tapped
and linked to some of the best
German magazines for this info
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Want
Dutch ski information? Well we at
the Activelifestyle Travel Network
found it for you
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Great German language ski
information. Get all countries and
resorts not only in German but other
languages as well.
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Skiing
questions answered by Google.
Questions you may have about your
next ski holiday in the European
Alps
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Bing is Microsoft's new
search engine. Judge for yourself
how it answers questions about
European skiing.
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Help us help skiers. Click here to Blog about
European skiing in your native language
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Mature Skiers Continue to Hit the
Slopes
The market for more mature skiers
is booming with the announcement
from adventure
ski tour operator Ski Freshtracks (skifreshtracks.co.uk)
that over 35% of their bookings
or the 2009/10 season are for their
Peak Experience programme – holidays
for skiers
over 50*.
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Betcha ya
didn't know that there's a website
called (wait for it)
recipe delights that list what they
think are the
10 best worldwide
ski resorts
And in the are you
ready for this category nobody less
than the Austrian Tourist Board has
4 websites that they consider the
best in "Western Austria" here they
are. Oh by the by we own
www.SkiAusria.com,
www.tirolaustria.com,
www.stubaivalleyaustria.com,
www.stantonaustria.com,
www.lechaustria.com and
more. Anyway read what they say is
the best in the west.
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New off piste instructional DVD
released by the Ski Club of Great
Britain and BASI
The Ski Club of Great Britain and
the British Association of
Snowsports Instructors (BASI) have
released their latest instructional
DVD – ‘Skiing
Skills – off piste & freeride’.
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Race against the British Ski and
Snowboard Team
This year’s Metro Ski & Snowboard
Show at London Olympia will give
visitors a unique opportunity – a
chance to race against British Ski
and Snowboard Team athletes from the
past and present.
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Ski Club of
Great Britain offers a snowsports
travel insurance policy with no
excess.
A wide range of winter sports
activities covered including off
piste without a guide. The Ski
Club of Great Britain has
re-launched its travel insurance
tailored to skiers and snowboarders
to include a
policy with
no excess. The Ski Club
insurance can be taken out at
Standard, Super and Executive
levels*, and Executive
policy-holders now pay no
excess on any claim.
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Off Piste and Avalanche
Awareness
Tour returns to the UK
Tour to include practical avalanche
transceiver training sessions on
beaches
Safety should be at the top of all
skiers
and snowboarder’s
agenda, so once again the Ski Club
is teaming up with Henrys Avalanche
Talk (HAT) and premier snowsports
retailer Snow+Rock to run the 'UK
Off Piste and Avalanche Awareness
Tour 2009' sponsored by Arc’tyrex.
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Ski Freshtracks launches 2009/10
adventure ski programme
More for solo skiers, thrill seekers
and those looking to impro
Ski
Freshtracks launches their 2009/10
group holiday programme with over 75
off-piste adventures
and ski touring trips including a
ski tour in Corsica, cat-skiing in
Canada,
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Whiteface will
host US Alpine Championships
LAKE
PLACID, N.Y. (July 30) - The
greatest alpine skiers in the
country are set to return to the
Olympic venue of Whiteface/Lake
Placid March 20-23 as the U.S. Ski
and Snowboard Association (USSA) and
Olympic Regional Development
Authority (ORDA) announced Whiteface
as host of the 2010 U.S. Alpine
Championships.
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Snow
Falls In South America
There
have been several snow storms in the
last couple of weeks in the Andes.
Most ski resorts have great snow
conditions. All the main resorts in
Chile&
Argentina have
sufficiently good snow conditions
and good snow bases.
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In case you
didn't know here are the top 3
finishers in both the ladies and
men's Alpine world cup events for
the 2009 season.
WORLD CUP OVERALL (LADIES)
1 VONN Lindsey
USA 1788
2 RIESCH Maria
GER 1424
3 PAERSON Anja
SWE 1059
WORLD CUP OVERALL(MAN)
1 SVINDAL Aksel Lund
NOR 1009
2 RAICH Benjamin
AUT 1424
3 CUCHE Didier
SUI 919
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Winter X Games
expanding to Europe in 2010
Monday, 20 July 2009
Extreme winter sports are not just
an American phenomenon. To prove it,
ESPN, CANAL + Events and Tignes Ski
& Snowboard Resort will launch the
first Winter X Games Europe next
year, March 10-12.
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