New equipment has been installed in the Scalottas, Danis and Statz regions, which makes these zones snow-sure from the start of the season.

Snow can now be made to cover 55 out of 155 kilometres of slopes. The current snow report as well as live pictures from the ski resort will be available at www.lenzerheide.com

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The resort has purchased 600 new helmets this year and is offering them for rental.

“In Las Lenas guest security is our fundamental responsibility and we constantly work to improve it year after year”, said Fernando Montero Commercial Director of Marketing the resort,

“In Las Lenas we prepare the mountain and we work on infrastructure improvements all year in order to be able to start the winter season with the highest standards of excellence. More than 70 people carry out maintenance tasks in the mountain during the summer,” he added.

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After 4 years of heart ache, sweat and being away from his family, Ghana’s Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong has finally qualified for the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010. Kwame and the Ghana Ski Team would wish to extend their heart felt thanks to all the sponsors and partners who have made this dream a reality. Kwame is also grateful to all his friends and family who supported him throughout his campaign, especially his wife (Sena) and kids (Ellice and Jason).

Kwame in action, courtesy of The Ghana Ski Team

Best of luck from everyone here!

In the Italian weekly magazine “Panorama” the organisation notes that the sources of renewable energy in Italy are increasing and that Selva Gardena is in first place with an average of one square metre of solar panel coverage per habitant.

The magazine lauded the resort as a leading light in the installation of renewable energy and publicising the community’s responsibility towards nature and environment.

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The findings are published as part of the World Lift Ticket Price Report 2009, the eighth annual edition of the Report by Scottish based independent research company Snow24. The Report compares the cost of a six-day, high-season, non-discounted ticket bought in resort in hundreds of resorts around the world including off-the-beaten-track ski destinations like Argentina, China, Iran and Romania.

Following years of having the highest lift ticket price inflation in Europe, Andorra retained its position as the most expensive country for lift tickets in the continent with a 6.8% rise in the average ticket cost in Euros to 190.50 Euros.

For Brits the weak pound meant that prices actually rose by a much greater percentage of 28.8% to around 172 pounds for a six day pass. Coming on top of a 19% rise in cost for Brits spread over the previous two seasons, it means that Andorra’s lift ticket prices have risen by nearly half over the past three years for British buyers.



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Tamarack has seven modern lifts, a golf course and had completed 250 of over 2,000 planed accommodation chalets, with almost as many again under construction at the time that the resort ceased trading.

Tamarack had attracted several big name celebrity endorsements and resort guests included former US President George Bush.

The resort’s lease to Idaho Department of Lands has been paid through to January 2010 raising hopes that an investor might be found during the year to relaunch the resort before it falls in to an unviable state.
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Mammoth Mountain in California was just hit by a massive winter storm that has been hammering the Eastern Sierra with snow since Sunday, March 1. The majority of the storm has passed, but not before the US National Weather Service issued a Winter Weather Advisory for the area. This generous snowfall has pushed Mammoth well over its yearly average of 400 inches (10 metres). The total stood at 418 inches on March 4th.

Over 43 inches (108cm) of snow has fallen within the first four days of March, including 24 inches in 24 hours on March 3rd - 4th. Mammoth recorded the snowiest February in a decade with nearly 12 feet of snow falling on the mountain.

Further north Lake Tahoe residents and visitors woke up to a welcome surprise yesterday (Wednesday March 4) morning, with another one-two feet of new snow overnight and a storm total of over six feet at the higher elevations.

The storm initially brought significant rain and snow but turned to snow late Monday. High winds and blizzard conditions closed highways and made for difficult travel, but on Wednesday morning the storm subsided.
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The study also found that the rate of melt has accelerated in recent years, with a quarter of the ice melting away in the past six years.

This year’s snowfall has been one of the best for decades in the region but Miguel Frances, the coordinator of the 20 year study, which was released last week, said that even winters with heavy snowfalls do not appear to be able to stop the process.

“The snow stabilizes the glaciers but they do not grow,” Frances told the Spanish El Pais newspaper.

The ministry study states that the melting of the glaciers in the Pyrenees and in other mountain ranges around the world is a direct consequence of global warming and changes in rainfall patterns.

“In 25 or 30 years time the majority of glaciers will have disappeared and by the middle of the century they’ll all be gone.”Fernando Lampre, president of the Pyrenees Glacier Monument Heritage told El Pais.

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