Ski Resort and Snow News - February 2015
Huge Snowfalls in Pyrenees
Published : 27-Feb-2015 12:35
The heavy snowfalls in the Pyrenees which started off as 'very big' earlier this week have just continued through the week to become the biggest snowfalls recorded anywhere in the world this winter.
Many areas were reporting up to 90cm (three feet) in 24 hours at the peak of the snow and several resorts in France, Spain and Andorra now report more than 1.8m (six feet) of snow this week now, Cauterets in the French Pyrenees is reporting the biggest snowfall of all – 2.2m, (7.3 feet) of snow. It's base depth of 4.7m is just a few centimetres behind the deepest in the world at present.
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Left In Resort
Published : 26-Feb-2015 10:05
Selfie sticks, mankini's and even a life-size cut out of Eastenders' Lucy Beale, the UK's largest ski holiday provider, Crystal, which accommodates more than 200,000 skiers and snowboarders each winter, has published a list of some of the items left behind in the hotels, apartment and chalet rooms it operates holidays to.
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J2Ski Snow Report - February 26th 2015
Published : 26-Feb-2015 01:11
J2Ski Snow Report - February 26th 2015
Snow Report Summary
Ooh look, it's been snowing again. And next week it's going to snow some more...
This Week's Headlines
- Up to 1.7m (nearly six feet) of new snow in the Pyrenees.
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British Bronze in Telemark World Championships
Published : 25-Feb-2015 08:34
(Jasmin pictured yesterday with FIS Telemark Chairman Andrew Clarke and her coach Seb Mansart)
Jasmin Taylor, 21, has won Great Britain's first FIS Telemark World Championship medal in Steamboat Springs, USA.
Jasmin had arrived in Colorado just a few days ago from her training base in Les Houches, France, and was competing against the world's fastest Telemark ski racers at the World Championships.
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No Clash Between 2022 Football World Cup and Winter Olympics
Published : 24-Feb-2015 11:48
FIFA have announced that the 2022 Football World Cup will take place in November and December 2022, at the other end of the year from the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics which will be staged in February/March of that year.
The decision on the timing is likely to upset European teams who had wanted a May 2022 tournament after the normal summer days were ruled out as unsafe for players and fans due to the extremely high temperatures in Qatar. It is unclear so far just how upset European teams will be, and whether they will attempt to change FIFA's mind on the date decision or pull out of participating.
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Fresh Weekend Snowfall in the Alps and Pyrenees
Published : 23-Feb-2015 08:24
There has been a fresh wave of significant snowfall in the Alps over the weekend and continuing this week.
The heaviest snow was as usual at higher elevations and initially in the Western and southern Alps, snow at lower elevations and further east has been described as "wet" in places.
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Snow In Western Canada (and US)
Published : 22-Feb-2015 09:26
Resorts in Alberta and BC have been excitedly posting pictures and video of fresh snowfall in the last 36 hours following damaging mainstream media reports of warm weather and rain in the region normally famed for its abundant light powder snow, and, although less of a publicity priority, often double digit sub-zero temperatures in mid-winter.
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Mayrhofen Announces Go Ahead For New Penkenbahn
Published : 19-Feb-2015 09:01
Work will begin on an all new state-of-the-art he-tec 3S gondola lift on Mayrhofen's key route to the Penken ski area as soon as the season ends in April.
Plans for the new lift were announced in 2013 and the design for the bigger, faster lift have been confirmed for over a year, but a dispute with a local landowner, now resolved, delayed the construction.
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J2Ski Snow Report - February 19th 2015
Published : 19-Feb-2015 03:24
J2Ski Snow Report - February 19th 2015
Snow Report Summary
Snow in a few places this week, and a possible snow event of some significance in the forecast!
This Week's Headlines
- Up to a metre of fresh snow in the southern Alps.
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Monarch Put 15-16 Flights On Sale
Published : 18-Feb-2015 09:24
Monarch (monarch.co.uk) have released its first swathe of destinations and 60,000 tickets for its ski routes for winter 2015-16 for those who like to book early.
The route options include two new routes from London Gatwick to Geneva and Innsbruck. Also available to book now are Birmingham to Grenoble and Salzburg, Manchester to Grenoble or Innsbruck and Gatwick to Grenoble.
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Snow in the Pyrenees
Published : 17-Feb-2015 11:55
It has been snowing again in the Pyrenees and in other parts of south western Europe after a dry week.
Resorts on the French side of the south western mountain chain reported the biggest fresh snowfall accumulations, with Cauterets reporting the biggest falls of 40cm (16 inches) in the past 48 hours, a foot of it (30cm) in the last 24 hours.
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Snow Returns to The Alps
Published : 15-Feb-2015 07:23
After a dry week for most areas of the Alps, with unseasonably warm temperatures towards the end of last week, the snow has returned this weekend across the region. Snow has also been reported in the Dolomites and Pyrenees.
Resorts in Switzerland reported the most fresh snow, with Saas Fee (pictured above) reporting 45cm in the past few days, including 25cm in 24 hours from Saturday to Sunday. Grindelwald reported 30cm and Zermatt 20cm.
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J2Ski Snow Report - February 12th 2015
Published : 12-Feb-2015 12:35
J2Ski Snow Report - February 12th 2015
Snow Report Summary
Running into the big half-term week for Europe, conditions could hardly be looking better for right now and the week ahead, but we are going to sound a note of caution...
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At Last… A Travel Insurance Company’s Press Release We Can Use
Published : 12-Feb-2015 12:19
At J2Ski's extensive news offices we receive press releases every day from PR companies hoping we'll just use their pieces verbatim – as indeed some lesser ski publications who do not benefit from our years of expertise will do.
One press release arrived last week from a travel insurance company's PR scandalised that despite the injuries to Michael Schumacher, they has run a survey and found some people still weren't bothered about wearing helmets on the slopes. It was clear that the writer didn't realise that Mr Schumacher had been wearing a helmet when he was injured.
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Snow Mails in Inches and Snow Storm Warnings
Published : 11-Feb-2015 11:28
This morning we've added some new options for your Snow Reports by e-mail...
Imperial Measurements - Inches and Fahrenheit
To get your snow (in your snow mails and powder alarms) measured in inches (and temperature in Fahrenheit), you can now select Imperial units (the default is Metric, so if you like cm then do nothing).
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36 To Board the Sky Diner
Published : 11-Feb-2015 07:26
Les Arcs, La Plagne and Peisey-Vallandry which together make up the huge Paradiski area in France are getting excited about their Sky Diner event set to take place tomorrow, February 12th, in the recently 'made over' cabins of the famous Vanoise Express double decker cable car.
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Alta Badia Goes Retro
Published : 10-Feb-2015 08:00
Alta Badia, the Italian ski area in the Dolomites which encompasses half a dozen villages including Corvara, Colfosco and La Villa, is to stage a 'retro style party' on Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th April to round off its 2014-15 season.
The South Tyrolean centre expects the snow will still be good and the sun shining for the festivities which will begin with participating restaurants - including La Bercia, Fornella and the Snack Bar Stadio - selecting a vintage period of their choice and recreating it with their music and décor. The old-fashioned skiing vibe will also be available at 2000m in the mountain restaurants, which will offer local traditional cuisine on their menus.
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Crystal Calorie Counter
Published : 09-Feb-2015 07:45
Tour operator Crystal have created a Calorie Counter program which is intended to tell you how much you can indulge on the après ski, safe in the knowledge that you'll burn off the calories you add the following day.
The system works by providing a list of leading crystal ski destinations on the company's ski-buzz 'social site' Users choose their resort, note their age, gender, height and weight then tap in how long they plan to spend on the slopes and what they plan to do.
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Bill Bailey to Headline Altitude Festival
Published : 08-Feb-2015 07:28
Bill Bailey has been named as one of the headline acts for this season's Altitude comedy festival in Mayrhofen. Stand up extraordinaire, erstwhile Bill Bailey comedy partner and 8 Out Of 10 Cats team captain, Sean Lock is another headliner.
"Every year when we start putting our line-up together, I pull out my trusty little black boot of clowns and maniacs and go straight to B for Bailey, and finally, after all these years, he's said yes! Bill Bailey at Altitude. COME ON! Add to that the genius of Sean Lock and you're already well on the way to a legendary year. I couldn't be more excited," said Altitude's joint founder, comedian Andrew Maxwell (pictured above).
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Scottish Ski Centres Get £5.5m Investment
Published : 07-Feb-2015 10:00
Four of Scotland ski centres are to spend £5.5 million on upgrades. Glencoe and Glenshee will upgrade chairlifts, whilst The Lecht and Nevis Range will upgrade drag lifts. It is unclear as yet if the replacement lifts will be brand new or better second hand lifts than those they replace.
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Snow In Colorado
Published : 06-Feb-2015 04:02
Resorts in Colorado have been enjoying their best snowfalls of the year so far with up to 50cm (20 inches) of fresh snow falling in the last 48 hours leading to powder conditions.
The new snow was welcome in most of the state's resorts, which although in good shape thanks to healthy snowfalls pre-Christmas, has had little fresh powder to talk of for over a month.
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Verbier Cuts Prices By 15%
Published : 05-Feb-2015 01:24
The powers-that-be in Verbier have decided to cut prices on some lift passes, rentals and holiday accommodation by 15% ("terms and conditions apply") in response to the Swiss National Bank's decision to end its policy of a fixed exchange rate pegged to 1.20 Swiss francs for 1 euro, a decision which has had the effect of making holidays to the resort for Brits about 15% more expensive.
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J2Ski Snow Report - February 5th 2015
Published : 05-Feb-2015 12:14
J2Ski Snow Report - February 5th 2015
Snow Report Summary
Well, what a difference a week or two of snow makes; snow depths across The Alps are now greater than a year ago, for the majority of ski areas, and are setting up a classic half-term and late season skiing.
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British Paralympic Athlete Millie Knight Wins 2014-15 Overall World Cup GS
Published : 04-Feb-2015 08:29
Millie Knight and Jennifer Kehoe won gold yesterday at the IPC Alpine World Cup skiing event in St Moritz, Switzerland, which means that Millie Knight achieved the Overall World Cup GS title for 2015!
Millie is a Paralympic athlete and student who competes at international level for ParalympicsGB in alpine skiing in the slalom and giant slalom events with a sighted guide Jennifer Kehoe.
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More Fine Dining in Savoie Ski Resorts
Published : 03-Feb-2015 03:44
If you like to sample the very best of the local cuisine when not on the slopes, this press release from Savoie Mont Blanc should, er, whet your appetite...
More stars for Savoie Mont Blanc
The 2015 Michelin guide is out and more stars have been awarded to restaurants in Savoie Mont Blanc. There are now 36 Michelin starred restaurants in the area: 2 x 3-star, 12 x 2-star and 22 x 1-star, so a total of 52 stars.
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British Speed Skier First To 'Live Test' Ski Racing Air Bags
Published : 03-Feb-2015 11:10
(After simulated crash and deployment)
32 year old British speed skier Jan Farrell has become the first man to complete a 'live test' the new air bag approved for downhill ski racers by the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Farrell took to the slopes of La Pinilla, a small ski resort an hour north of Madrid yesterday, 2nd of February, to test out the D-Air® Ski device, just before the start of the Alpine World Championships in Colorado.
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Simon Cowell Looms Large Over Ischgl
Published : 02-Feb-2015 08:08
A giant snow sculpture of the infamous new music talent critic Simon Cowell is looming large over the slopes of Ischgl in Austria's Tirol at present.
This is not the actual Mr Cowell, but a snow sculpture replica of the famous man's head, carved from a 4m block of snow.
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Snow Storm Totals In The Alps Hit Six Feet
Published : 01-Feb-2015 06:52
Argentiere in the Chamonix Valley is now reporting it has had 179cm of fresh snow in the last week, around six feet of new snow.
The latest tally follows another foot or so of snow fell across many parts of the Alps for the third (or in some cases fourth or fifth) day in a row.
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