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Visitors to Queenstown’s Coronet Peak can get up close and personal

Visitors to Queenstown’s Coronet Peak can get up close and personal with some of the world’s top ski champions this Sunday (August 14).

Members of the New Zealand, USA, Canadian and Japanese teams will be available to pose for photographs and sign posters and ski gear at lunchtime on the Coronet Peak ski area deck from 12.00pm.

Up to thirty specially-invited freestyle skiers and riders will bust out their best tricks at Queenstown’s Earnslaw Park

Up to thirty specially-invited freestyle skiers and riders will bust out their best tricks at Queenstown’s Earnslaw Park this Friday (August 12) in the ‘Parklife Invitational’ rail jam.

The Remarks terrain park crew will be bringing rails from The Remarkables ski area to downtown Queenstown where freestylers will go head to head on a purpose-built stair feature, covered by snow trucked down from the mountain, in front of thousands of spectators.

The Freestyle Day of the World Heli Challenge was held today in a stunning venue off of Mt Albert...

Lake Wanaka, NZ (31 July 2011) - The Freestyle Day of the World Heli Challenge was held today in a stunning venue off of Mt Albert that has never before been used for the competition and may well have never been skied before at all.

“The conditions were epic,” said event founder Tony Harrington.

A new tour operator catering for the top end of the ski market...

A new tour operator catering for the top end of the ski market has been launched.

Australia’s remarkable winter 2011 is continuing with more snowfalls in the past week....

Australia’s remarkable winter 2011 is continuing with more snowfalls in the past week at most
resorts.

Mt Hotham reports 31cm of fresh snow has fallen over the past seven days.

“With a base depth of 100cm and still more snow on the way this is shaping up to be a season to remember.” said a resort statement.

The skies cleared on Saturday, long enough to celebrate with the first fireworks for the season.

Bulgarian Properties, a leading estate agency in the country....

Bulgarian Properties, a leading estate agency in the country, are reporting that demand for
apartments in the three main Bulgarian ski resorts of Pamporovo, Borovets and Bansko, “remains low,” and that prices, “continue to fall.”

“Prices have fallen by a fifth over the last quarter with not even ‘extremely low’ prices tempting foreign buyers.” said a statement.

The average apartment sale price in Bansko is

Eurostar, the high speed passenger service linking the UK and mainland Europe...

Eurostar, the high speed passenger service linking the UK and mainland Europe, has today opened ticket sales for its direct ski services from St Pancras International and Ashford International to the heart of the French Alps.

This earlier launch makes it easier for skiers and boarders to compare prices and services with airlines and confirm travel plans.

The direct seasonal ski services will run from Saturday 17 December (day services) and Friday 23 December (n

After a month or so of rapidly thawing snow on the glaciers of the Alps...

After a month or so of rapidly thawing snow on the glaciers of the Alps, snow storms descended at the weekend bringing powder conditions.

Saas Fee which re-opened for snowsports two weeks ago had to cancel the The Saas-Fee Ride 11 summer Freeski competition they had planned.

Marmot Lift. For the winter of 2011-2012 JHMR adds the Marmot chairlift – a double chair that will carry skiers and snowboarders 1200 vertical feet from South Pass Traverse, below the existing Thunder Lift, to the top of the Gondola. The Marmot Lift will significantly improve the skier flow across the mountain, making it easier than ever before to travel not just up and down the mountain, but also across.

Thousands of skiers and boarders enjoyed an ‘epic’ powder day at Queenstown ski areas Coronet Peak and The Remarkables today (Monday July 25) following a snow storm that dumped ‘light as air’ powder on both mountains.

The Remarkables snowsports instructors Bri Delfs (L) and Guy McCully (R) revelling in