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Resort Launches Skiing Mobile App
Colorado-based Vail Resorts has introduced a mobile app that allows skiers to track details about their skiing days and rides, and share the information with friends online. The application called EpicMix uses technology embedded on chairlift tickets and passes, to communicate with radio-frequency scanners and calculate the vertical feet skied, runs and days spent on the [...] -
Airline to launch Geneva flights
Winter sports enthusiasts have been given a boost with news that low fare airline Jet2.com will begin operating flights from Edinburgh and Newcastle to Geneva early next year. The company announced it was bolstering its ski-season offering shortly after British Airways confirmed it would operate a new route from London City Airport to Chambèry in France. Services [...] -
Record Snow Dumps in Australia
Skiers are being encouraged to flock to ski fields around Australia as the country enjoys huge snow dumps. Mount Hotham has received its highest amount of snowfall in August since 2001, with 143cm of snow falling in the month – 51cm of which has been measured in the past week. A further 50cm of snow is [...] -
British pair rescued on Mont Blanc
Two British climbers, who were stuck 3,500 metres on top of Western Europe’s highest mountain, were rescued after calling a friend. Finn McCann and Tom Greenwood were stranded on a tiny ledge on Italy’s Mont Blanc for 21 hours. After having a ‘nerve-wracking’ moment realising that their mobile phones were low on battery, they tried to [...] -
Powdered Snow Lying on Summer Alps
Alerts have been issued for heavy snow at two resorts in the Alps mountains. On Sunday, the skiinfo.co.uk reporting agency announced powder alarms for Italian skiing area Cervinia, which saw eight inches of fresh snow, and for the Swiss resort of Saas Fee, which recorded 18 inches of snow. Ski Info tracks snowfall across the northern hemisphere [...] -
Winter 2010 ski brochures released
Travel agents are attempting to entice British ski enthusiasts back to the slopes with the latest brochures for winter 2010. The main edition brochure for Crystal, the biggest operator, has already gone on sale, with Thomson due on August 19, Crystal Finest on the 26 and First Choice due on September 2. Each of the operators will [...] -
Big Snow Festival tickets on sale
Tickets have gone on sale for the Big Snow Festival in Andorra. Hundreds attended this year’s debut festival at the Arinsal ski resort in March. The seven-day event featured DJ sets from Pendulum, Calvin Harris and Judge Jules. Ian Kaye, organiser of the event, said: “It’s proved to be a hit with festival goers and the resort alike, [...] -
Skiing celebrities prepare for sun
Skiing and snowboarding conditions may seem a world away from the beach, but many celebrities are hitting the snow slopes to get their bodies in shape for the summer. Heather Mills, Peter Andre, Mark Foster and Miss Scotland have donned skiwear to prepare for their swimwear and made use of SNO!zone’s slopes, with snowsports becoming the [...] -
Direct ski train tickets for sale
The French Alps are now directly accessible via Eurostar ski trains, and places are up for grabs. Tickets have been put on sale early for the travel firm’s sell-out services direct to Moutiers, Aime la Plagne and Bourg St Maurice. The prices start at £179 for a return journey. Two direct ski trains will run each week. [...] -
Italian glacier wrapped in blanket
Officials at an Italian ski resort are rolling out an enormous insulating blanket in a bid to slow the rate at which its glacier is melting. The Presena glacier in Trento province in the north of the country is being wrapped in a 4mm-thick layer of insulation that stretches across 970,000sq ft. The project was given the [...]