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CheckYeti – The No. 1 for ski school booking

With over 2 million users, CheckYeti is an Austrian start up that has become a pioneer in ski school booking. An incredible success story, the brand has grown exponentially since its conception in 2014 and is now Europe’s largest online ski booking platform, allowing skiers across the world to easily find, compare and pre-book certified ski schools and fully qualified ski instructors.Using the 24346 customer reviews available, you can find your perfect adventure, whether you are looking for a private instructor, a freeride guide, a group course or a one-off lesson. Users can perfectly match their bookings to their own schedule, ability and preference, so you have complete flexibility and are able to easily book exactly what you need. Say goodbye to information…

MarcD 26th February 2019

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Major Snowstorm Hits Australian Ski Slopes

A major storm is bringing big snow accumulations to Australia. Resorts in New South Wales and Victoria have reported up to half a metre of snowfall over the past few days, and those totals may almost double by the ends of the weekend. The heavy snowfall, at times accompanied by strong winds, is the first major dump in the country since the season got underway five weeks ago. https://www.facebook.com/FallsAustralia/videos/486383178788448/ It follows good pre-season snowfalls at the end of May and in early June which led four areas to open up to a fortnight earlier than planned for the season. There was a warm spell in early June however followed by mostly cold, clear conditions until now. Perisher 12 July 2019…

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Self-Driving Shuttles For Val Thorens

Val Thorens will debut what are believed to be the first four wheel drive self-driving shuttles for guests in a ski resort next winter. Europe’s highest major ski resort will begin operating ‘Berto’ the all-electric self-driving electric shuttle when the ski area opens for the 2019-20 season on 23rd November. In fact Berto has already made its first appearance on the resort’s streets fort a test operation last March but this coming season it will be fully operational. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoTY5yXu2VQ Seating 15 passengers, the autonomous shuttle will transport skiers and locals around the resort – for free -while protecting the environment. Packed with cutting edge multi sensor technology, cameras and GPS it can operate at up to 25 Kph. And Berto…

snowhunter 11th July 2019

Roundups

WORLD SNOW ROUNDUP #95

Issued: 10th July 2019 By Patrick "Snowhunter" Thorne Our latest roundup of snow conditions around the world. Each section that follows below goes into detail country by country. Clicking the map thumbnail will take you to our dynamic snow forecast map for the latest detail (where you can also overlay live weather & reported conditions). Weather outlooks for Europe and North America can be found at the end of this roundup. INTRODUCTION: After all the excitement caused by ski areas opening for the season in the Southern Hemisphere and record heat impacting glacier skiing in the Alps, things have been a little calmer in both Northern and Southern Hemispheres over the past week. Most areas that operate for the southern…

MarcD 10th July 2019

Environment

Zermatt Adds Plastic to Road Surface in Unusual Environmental Initiative

The famous Swiss ski resort of Zermatt, one of only two in the world that endeavours to offer snowsports every day of the year, has taken an unusual step in its long line of initiatives on the environment and the fight against climate change. Working with the award-winning Scottish firm MacRebur, the resort integrated the type of waste plastic that could not be recycled and would otherwise have gone to incineration or landfill to be used in the asphalt when they were resurfacing a road in the resort last month. This new road surface was laid in a pilot project in June 2019 and the amount of plastic in the tarmac was small at 0.3%. However someone did the maths…

snowhunter 9th July 2019 1

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Now There Are Two Places To Ski or Board in Egypt

A second indoor snow centre has opened in Egypt, close to the capital. Snow City Cairo which has opened in the past week joins Ski Egypt, which opened a little over two years ago and was created by the same company that runs Ski Dubai, and is currently working on a third giant mall with indoor ski slope in Saudi Arabia (you can guess what the name is to be). The new indoor snow centre, Africa’s second, has been built by the Abdullah Al-Othaim Leisure & Tourism Company as part of the huge CityStars mall in the Cairo suburb of Heliopolis. Covering 5,500 square metres (60,000 square feet) the centre’s onus is on snow and ice play rather than skiing…

snowhunter 8th July 2019

Roundups

WORLD SNOW ROUNDUP #94

Issued: 3rd July 2019 By Patrick "Snowhunter" Thorne Our latest roundup of snow conditions around the world. Each section that follows below goes into detail country by country. Clicking the map thumbnail will take you to our dynamic snow forecast map for the latest detail (where you can also overlay live weather & reported conditions). Weather outlooks for Europe and North America can be found at the end of this roundup. It's the build-up to 4th of July Independence day skiing and boarding at six US resorts. Squaw Valley re-opens today for four days and will finally end its eight month ski season on Sunday. INTRODUCTION: As we enter July winter is really starting to take hold in the Southern…

MarcD 3rd July 2019

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New Gondolas With Saunas in Japan

Japanese ski area Happo One will unveil several grounded gondola cabins designed to be used as saunas later this month. The sauna-gondola-cabins are part of a new ‘Mountain beach’ wellness facility being created 1400 metres above sea level at the Hakuna Valley ski area in the Nagano Olympic Prefecture. It is set to open on July 26th as a the resort’s latest year round attraction, with the saunas due to remain operational through the winter season too. So far it is unclear whether the saunas are in converted gondola cabins or sauna cabins designed to look like gondola cabins. Sauna above the slopes in Yllas Happo One is not, however, the first ski area to put a sauna in a…

snowhunter 2nd July 2019

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First Big Snowfalls of the 2019 Season as Big Name resorts Open in The Andes

The 2019 ski season in the Andes mountains of South America had got underway at half a dozen smaller ski areas over the past few weeks but most resorts in the Andes have been waiting a big snowfall. That has arrived over the past week with a number of resorts reporting up to 40cm (16 inches) of fresh snow in 48 hours, transforming thin cover to deep powder. Nearly all of the continent’s biggest resorts including Portillo, Valle Nevado and Nevados de Chillan (pictured top) in Chile and Catedral and Las Lenas in Argentina, along with several others, have opened with fresh powder this weekend. Caviahue after the sunshine returned on 30 June Argentinian ski areas including Caviahue and Las…

snowhunter 30th June 2019

Roundups

WORLD SNOW ROUNDUP #93

Issued: 26th June 2019 By Patrick "Snowhunter" Thorne Our latest roundup of snow conditions around the world. Each section that follows below goes into detail country by country. Clicking the map thumbnail will take you to our dynamic snow forecast map for the latest detail (where you can also overlay live weather & reported conditions). Weather outlooks for Europe and North America can be found at the end of this roundup. Ski areas are opening for summer and winter seasons in Europe and South America, the Alps, Arctic Circle and the Andes. Austria's Mölltaler Gletscher re-opens for its 10+ month season to May 2020, Riksgränsen in Sweden for 4 days over midsummer and Chile's Chapa Verde starts its 2019 winter…

MarcD 26th June 2019

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Man Skis Off Mont Blanc Cliff and Lives

Professional skier and B.A.S.E. jumper Matthias Giraud has successfully skied from the peak of Mont Blanc to a nearby cliff where “Ski-BASE-jumped” off, parachuting down above the mountainside to land perfectly on his skis on a lower slope. The jump, which took place at 9.45am on Monday after Giraud spent the weekend climbing Western Europe’s highest peak, carrying 20kg of base jumping gear, set a new record for the highest ski-BASE jump ever made. “I skied the Mont Blanc north face and jumped off the serac next to the Roches Rouge at 4359m (14298ft) and landed on the Grand Plateau,” Giraud explained. Known as “Super Frenchie” the 35 year old, who grew up skiing at St Gervais-les-Bains/Megeve, France but…

snowhunter 26th June 2019