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14 Jul 2010 | No Comment

The new Hollywood movie Inception was shot at the currently closed Canadian resort of Fortress Mountain last autumn, raising hopes among locals that the popular ski centre might be able to reopen for snowsports on the back of a…

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10 Jul 2010 | No Comment

In its third year, the Big Spring Clean, a mountain clearing initiate from the Ski Club of Great Britain, has again proved a success with hundreds of volunteers heading to the Scottish mountains to clean up rubbish after an…

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10 Jul 2010 | No Comment

Valle Nevado in Chile has fully opened after fresh storms brought 2.1m (7 feet) of new snow to the centre, only 60km (37 miles) from the capital, Santiago.

This season the resort has renovated its five star Hotel Valle…

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6 Jul 2010 | No Comment

Les Arcs has announced it is spending around 9.1 million Euros this summer on upgrading its slopes and improving safety ahead of next winter.

Four new lifts are being installed including a short new chairlift “du Parchey” in Plan…

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25 Jun 2010 | No Comment

Another glacier ski area in the Alps has decided not to run its lifts for snow sports in summer anymore.

The number of summer snow centres has now more than halved over the past decade from a peak of nearly…

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22 Jun 2010 | No Comment

A new gondola that looks set to be one of the most architecturally spectacular in Austria is under construction at Sölden.

Work on the mountain base of the new lift, up to the Gaislachkogl peak, began last summer to…