March 12th 2010
A rare new toboggan run has been created at Hochgurgl in the Aaustrian Tirol, leading down to the bottom station of the Hochgurglbahn lift in Pill.
The new run is three kilometers (nearly two miles) long, and has many fun turns en route. The run is floodlit for nightime descents and is easy to reach thanks to the Hochgurglbahn mountain gondola.
Continue reading “A New Toboggan Run in Hochgurgl”
March 11th 2010
When many of the world’s ski areas close around Eastertime, the ski season still has a month to run at several resorts in the Canadian Rockies.
This year is looking especially good at Alberta resorts Banff, Lake Louise and Marmot Basin near Jasper to the north which are reporting some of the best snow conditions in 30 years.
Continue reading “Spring Snow Season Kicks Off In Canadian Rockies”
March 10th 2010
The Brits Festival, the largest British snow and music festival in the Alps which also incorporates eight British Snowboard and Freeski events, including, The Animal Slopestyle, SNO!zone Halfpipe and Trespass Snowboard/Skiercross Championships gets underway in Laax, Switzerland later this month.
Continue reading “New Events At The Brits”
March 8th 2010
The first Winter X Games in Europe is due to be staged on the slopes of French resort Tignes, from March 10th to 12th. The X Games have been huge in America for the past decade and have become a launch pad for some of the world’s top freestyle talent on skis or boards.
Continue reading “Winter X Games Come To Europe”
March 7th 2010
With Whistler’s 50 year dream of staging the Olympics now half-way through, the famous Canadian resort is now beginning to look at what comes after the Paralympic Games are over.
Continue reading “Whistler Fills Post Olympic Vacuum”
March 5th 2010
Peisey-Vallandry, the resort located between giants Les Arcs and La Plagne in the French Paradiski pass, has decided to organise a rugby tournament on snow on March 18th, to celebrate St Patrick’s week.
Continue reading “Rugby On The Snow In Your Ski Boots”
March 3rd 2010
Any fans of Masterchef who also like to ski or board should make their way over to Keystone this weekend.
Continue reading “Winter Culinary Festival In Keystone”
February 28th 2010
As more and more new ideas for having fun sliding on snow are introduced by ski resorts artound the world, Switzerland’s Adelboden have decided to look back in to their resort’s history for their own ‘new idea.’ The result is the ‘skibock.’
Continue reading “Try The Skibock In Adelboden”
February 27th 2010
Val Thorens is offering a new activity this winter for those in search of a new adrenaline rush – high altitude downhill mountain biking on snow, at night.
Continue reading “Val Thorens Offers Mountain Biking On Snow”
February 26th 2010
Sun Peaks in British Columbia has opened its new terrain park and announced not only news snow features but also a range of events through the season.
The park contains over nine acres of terrain features and jumps for skiers and snowboarders including a new a 20 foot flat box for rail riders, two new 16 foot corrugated culverts and a 30 foot straight rail.
Continue reading “Sun Peaks Launches New Terrain Park”
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