55 days ago

New for 2011-2012 at Niseko Village ski resort

Ski season improvements at Niseko Village in Japan

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Niseko Village, located north of Japan, about 800km away from Tokyo, is bracing itself for an exciting upcoming season this winter with its recent opening on the 2nd December.

92 days ago

Nakiska ski resort new additions

Nakiska ski area the 1st in Alberta Rockies to make snow

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Mother Nature and Western Canada’s Largest Snowmaking system have turned Nakiska Ski Area white this week! “Nakiska, known as Calgary’s Closest Mountain, wants you to get ready to ski” says Matt Mosteller. Nakiska is getting bigger every season, this season 10 NEW Ski Runs have been added to the Monster Terrain and a NEW skier/boarder cross has also been installed.

104 days ago

Season updates for Vail ski resort

What's new and what's next for Vail this ski season

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Vail Resorts re-imagines vacation photo experience with second generation of EpicMix for 2011-2012 season after a successful inaugural 2010-2011 season

EpicMix , Vail Resorts’ Webby award-winning online and mobile application launched for the 2010-2011 ski and snowboard season, allowing guests at five of its world-class mountain resorts to effortlessly utilize technology to digitally capture their ski and ride experience and share it with friends and family through RF technology. During the 2010-2011 ski and snowboard season nearly 100,000 skiers/snowboarders activated their EpicMix accounts (a 15-percent adoption rate), generating more than 35 million social impressions and racking up more than 55 billion vertical feet of skiing and snowboarding at Vail, Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Heavenly.

134 days ago

What’s new for Nakiska ski resort

Nakiska in Canada announces amazing enhancements for new season

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Nakiska, the place Alberta and the World goes to celebrate the sports of skiing and snowboarding, is ready to party into the 2011.2012 season celebrating its 25th Anniversary of Nakiska! This season is dedicated to the legacy of hosting the Olympics as well as all the amazing enhancements that were implemented recently including the Gold Chair Express, Na.Jib.Ska Rail Park, the exciting introduction of the Monster Trails, and snowmaking expansion and the introduction of the April Spring Event Series featuring DJs & Beer Gardens every weekend.

1 year, 31 days ago

Kitzbühel ski resort new activities

Kitzbühel region spends 70 million Euros on new season improvements

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The giant Kitzbühel ski region which has grown to be one of the world’s biggest interchangeable lift pass areas with more than 1060km of lift linked pistes has announced a €70m spent on upgrades this winter. The Kitzbüheler Alpen AllStarCard ski pass expanded last season and now covers more than 1,000km of pistes in 10 ski regions including Kitzbühel, the SkiWelt, Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Zell am See, St. Johann in Tirol and others with 350 ski lifts in total included. It’s one of the world’s biggest.

1 year, 114 days ago

Val d’Isère improvements for new season

New in Val d’Isère for coming ski season

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Val d’ Isère has announced a number of improvements on its slopes, shared with neighbouring Tignes in the giant Espace Killy region, this winter. A new easy blue run, Petit Bois, is being created in the Fornet Sector. A second new trail Acticross is a new fun course for children on the Mont Blanc piste in the heart of the calm skiing zone on the Bellevarde sector.

1 year, 148 days ago

New in Tirol Austria

New happenings in the ski resorts across the region

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The wait is almost over as the new ski season approaches. Sölden will open tomorrow for 2010–11, one month earlier than planned, with a few lifts in operation on the Rettenbach glacier. The Austrian Tirol welcomes the 2010–11 season with new happenings in the resorts across the region from additions and improvements to lift networks, new hotels to local events and festivals.

Vaujany improves leisure facilities

Vaujany ski resort begins two year process to improve the leisure facilities

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Vaujany, the small French village beneath the giant Grande Rousses ski area dominated by Alpe d’Huez, is working to expand its already good in-resort leisure facilities for next winter. The small village has benefitted from revenue generated by a nearby hydro-electric plant which has allowed it to spend on tourism infrastructure, including a fast giant cable car right to the centre of the ski slopes.