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Alternative Breaks for Couples in the Austrian Tirol

2/6/2012 11:43 AM EST - Horton PR

Forget the clichéd promise of red roses and chocolates, the Tirol Tourist Board has some different suggestions for couples to share some fun times together.
With Valentine’s Day looming, the clichéd promise of red roses and chocolates is enough to put anyone off romance. Add to this February 14th coinciding with school half-term and you can forget it. Once the schools are back, late February and early March is...

View from Wilma's balcony in St Anton am Arlberg

Record-breaking snowfall in the Austrian Tirol

1/10/2012 5:38 AM EST - Horton PR

What a way to welcome 2012.
Several resorts are reporting that so far this month they have received more snow than any other January in the last 30 years, whilst Nauders and Galtür haven’t had such heavy snow at the start of the year for the last 60 years. Some of the largest snowfall over the last 24 hours has been in Berwang, in the Zugspitz Arena, with up to 70cm falling. One of the areas experiencing the...

Appalachian Mountain Club’s Maine Woods Ski Network Is the Largest in New Englan...

12/16/2011 5:58 PM EST - Appalachian Mountain Club

The Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) has added 20 new kilometers (12 miles) of trail to its Maine Wilderness Lodges cross-country ski trail network, making it the largest dedicated network of lodge-served, groomed backcountry ski trails in New England. AMC now offers over 130 km (80 miles) of groomed ski trails...

Barenaked Ladies and Guster headline FestEVOL 2012

12/7/2011 3:32 PM EST - EVOL Foods

Music mountain festivals return to Crested Butte, Okemo and Mount Sunapee
BOULDER, Colo. (Dec. 7, 2011) – FestEVOL has lined up Barenaked Ladies and Guster as the headlining bands for its second annual concert series. FestEVOL 2012 will kick off at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, in Colorado, on March 17 and 18. From there, the music and mountain lifestyle celebration moves east to Okemo Mountain Resort, in...

Kaluma Ski introduces bespoke special offers

11/24/2011 5:43 AM EST - Horton PR

Luxury ski specialist Kaluma has introduced a choice of bespoke special offers for guests holidaying in Courchevel 1850 or St Anton, staying in one of the Kaluma run chalets.
Guests booking the exclusive use of the Chalet Maisonnee A or Chalet Maisonnee...

Utah Earns Top Spot in Ten of Twenty SKI Magazine Reader Survey Categories

10/20/2011 4:08 PM EST - Ski Utah

Deer Valley Resort Named Number One for Fifth Consecutive Year
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH- Utah ski resorts topped the charts of the 2011 SKI magazine reader survey. Leading the charge, Deer Valley Resort earned the overall number one spot for a remarkable five years in a row. Joining Deer Valley on the top twenty list, Park City Mountain Resort was ranked number six, Canyons Resorts ranked 16th and Snowbird Ski and...

Half Term Skiers Beware Excess Charges on Car Hire

1/26/2011 4:55 AM EST - Search News Media

Anyone thinking of taking a ski break this winter with car hire should look carefully at the small print as exclusions on insurance cover policies offered by many car rental companies can prove extremely expensive if any damage is caused to the vehicle.
• Many Excess Insurance Policies bought from car hire firms exclude cover for windscreens, tyres and underbody damage
• Excess charges more likely to occur with...

Safety conscious winter sports fans are buying into the benefits of ski helmets

1/25/2011 11:35 AM EST - Apple Jupp Ltd

As a nation, us Britons spend just a few days on average per year skiing and snowboarding so it’s no surprise that we’ve been lagging behind our European counterparts when it comes to safety gear. RxSport, who supply ski goggles and ski helmets, think that this trend could be about to end thanks to an increase in the number of customers purchasing safety equipment such as the RED ski helmet before they leave for...

New Website Launched to Fulfil All Your Ski Hire Needs in Europe

1/4/2011 4:40 AM EST - Search News Media

For Immediate Release: 4th January, 2011
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New Website Launched to Fulfil All Your Ski Hire Needs in Europe

Leading money saving website moneymaxim.co.uk, experts in saving travellers money on everything from specialist travel insurance to car hire, has announced the launch of a new website dedicated to fulfilling the ski...

Snowfinder Les Trois Vallées - cover image

World’s largest ski area goes pocket-sized

12/21/2009 8:14 AM EST - Barefoot Media

A new pocket-sized guide to the world’s largest ski area - France’s Les Trois Vallées - is published today by ski specialists Snowfinder.

Written by expert skiers and snowboarders selected for their exhaustive knowledge of each resort, Snowfinder Les Trois Vallées is designed for use on the mountain.

Weighing less than 40 grams and just 4mm thick, the 72 page book combines full colour piste maps with descriptions...

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