All the latest skiing news from the slopes this week. We’ve got snow in New Zealand, a ski resort for $1, 666 runs for the DSUK and a polluted ski resort in Russia. Find out what’s been going on over the last 7 days with the weekly skiing news roundup.

First 2010 snow in Southern Hemisphere
Mt Ruapehu in New Zealand has reported first snow on the slopes, three months before its ski areas are due to open. Full story….

Canadian ski centre on sale for a dollar
The assets and operating rights of Mont Orford ski area in Quebec are on sale for one Canadian Dollar to anyone who wants to take over running the resort. Full story….

New Quad for Arapahoe Basin
After few new lift projects in the US this season, resorts are beginning to announce more new developments for 2010-11. Full story….

Kaprun summer snow sports in 2010
The 3,029m high Kitzsteinhorn glacier above Zell am See-Kaprun is now enjoying its snow sure spring skiing season, but is already planning ahead for its summer season. Full story….

DSUK National Skiathon 2010
Disability Snowsport UK is challenging teams to ski or snowboard 666 runs at one of six indoor slopes around the UK on 18 May. Full story….

Stay on the snow this summer in Argentina
Base Camp has announced the launch of new modular Ski courses in Bariloche, Argentina for summer 2010. Full story….

Paper mill fouls air at Sobolinaya ski resort
A former Russian state Duma deputy, Vladimir Ryzhkov, has made a surprisingly aggressive attack on Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s decision to re-open a paper and pulp mill, the smoke from which reputedly makes it unpleasant to be on the slopes of nearby Sobolinaya Mountain ski resort. Full story….

SNO!storm back for 2010 at SNO!zone
April sees the first SNO!storm events of the year at SNO!zone indoor snow centres within Xscape at Milton Keynes (April 6) and Castleford (April 9). Full story….

Icehotel extends relationship with Virgin Galactic
The famous Ice Hotel in Jukkasjärvi, northern Sweden, has extended its relationship with Virgin Galactic which staged the first flight of its SpaceShipTwo this week and announced it was likely the company’s first passenger flights in to space would begin late next year or early 2012. Full story….

Stowe earns Audubon Sustainable Community Certification
Stowe Mountain Resort in Vermont has earned the Sustainable Community Certification from an organisation called Audubon International, becoming the first ski resort in the U.S. to merit this environmental achievement. Full story….