In a week where Amy Williams romped home with an Olympic gold medal, the rest of the world has been getting busy with all sorts of ski stuff. The snow leopard is ready to ski, Italy will welcome skiing soldiers to the World Winter Games and there’s another new iPhone ski app. It’s hard to keep up with all this skiing news – if only there was some sort of weekly roundup…

THIS WEEK’S HEADLINES

Kwame Ready To Race
Kwame Nkrumah-Acheampong, now known as the Snow Leopard, who started skiing just over five years ago at Milton Keynes SNO!zone in England, has qualified for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games and will be representing Ghana in the men’s slalom event Whistler on February 27. Full story….

Military From 40 Nations To Compete In First World Winter Games In Italy
Seven hundred military athletes from 40 nations will face the snows of Val d’Aosta on March 20-25 to compete for the victory in the first Military World Winter Games. Full story….

World’s Top Freeriders To Tackle “Permanently Closed” Terrain At Squaw Valley
The world’s best skiers and snowboarders are battling it out again for the Freeride World Tour Championship title at four of the world’s most prestigious ski resorts, and this month they’re due to make history at the third stage in Squaw Valley USA, by tackling the permanently closed Tram Face on February 27, 2010. Full story….

Dolomiti Superski On The iPhone
Italy’s giant Dolomiti Superski Region is the latest to publish its own iPhone app. Full story….

Six Year Old Plan For Super Ski Resort In Indian Himalayas Rumbles on
Plans for a major ski resort in the Indian Himalayas have suffered a new set back as the government have issued a cancellation notice for the plans, first launched with a wave of positive PR six years ago but bogged down for the past few years in legal arguments. Full story….

Celebrate The Olympics In Innsbruck And Try Out The Disciplines Yourself
With Innsbruck, host city to the Winter Olympic Games back in 1964 and 1976, is promoting itself to go for people to actually try the sports they’re seeing on TV in the current Vancouver Games. Full story….

Freeskiers Tackle Zell am See-Kaprun
Austria’s Zell am See-Kaprun will become a Mecca for the entire freeskiing community from 25th to 28th February when for the first time in its history the most important freeskiing event in Austria – the ‘Austrian Freeski Open’ – will take place in the holiday region between the Kitzsteinhorn and Schmittenhöhe. Full story….

100 Years Of Organised Alpine Ski Racing
The 18th of February 2010 marked the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the International Ski Commission and the centenary of the very first International Ski Congress that was held in Christiania (later renamed Oslo) on 18th February 1910. Full story….

Ski Everest Challenge Returns To Glasgow
After a two year break, July 24th 2010 sees the return of the Ski Everest Challenge to SNO!zone, Scotland’s indoor snow slope at Xscape, Braehead, Glasgow. Full story….