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Dear Lianne,In Val d’Isère, the snow report is very optimistic just 5 days before the season begins. Thanks to recent heavy snowfalls, Val d’Isère has 50 cm of snow in the resort and 2 metres at 3000 m offering excellent skiing conditions in the Espace Killy this week-end. Have a look at our webcams (http://www.valdisere.com/gb/pictoflash/webcam/webcam.php). The majority of the slopes will be open as of Saturday, November 29th. Val d’Isère is one of the first European resorts to open.
Astrid - Office du Tourisme

thanks Christchurch…..we had a great time at the Warren Miller Film & Ski Travel Expo, lots of people keen to Ski in Colorado.  Christchurch turned on a fantastic w/end, the show was Friday evening so we decided to stay on in Christchurch for the weekend.  Mt Hutt wasn’t quite ready to open and the sun was shining so we drove to Lyttleton for lunch…..I can highly recommend the London Street Cafe - great food & wine list.  The afternoon saw us wandering along the beach at Sumner and then seeing as we were there we grabbed tickets to the Super 14 Final….then a quick taxi ride back to SOL (south of Lichfield) Square for  few after match celebrations.  Sunay we awoke to find the Christhchurch Marathon was starting right outside our apartment, none of us were marathon ready so we decided to do a walk in Hagley Park instead.  As we left the hotel in our walking gear, we had some spectators wish us luck for the marathon….we thanked them profusely, if only they knew we were just heading out for a walk in the park….after that it was a visit to the Untouched World factory store (a few purchases later) we were off again, this time to Pegasus Bay vineyard for lunch - again we highly recommend this !!

it’s Friday afternoon already…..this week has gone soooo quickly.  Sarah and I are really busy loading all the new products we sourced at the Mountain Travel Symposium on to the website and into our quoting system…we are ready to take your bookings now for next season!!  Please call 0800 11 22 99 or email us to book your flights early, we have great “ski airfares” with Air New Zealand and Air Canada which are fantastic, the cheaper levels will sell out FAST.
Have a great w/end….I am off to Waihi Beach to get a bit of ‘beach time’ before summer ends!
Talk soon,
Lianne
PS - did you know you can ski in Dubai?  if you are heading via dubai to europe or just want to check out dubai…..let us know, we have a FAB hotel that overlooks the indoor ski slopes!

wow my trip to Vail is coming up fast, depart next Friday night.  I am attending the Mountain Travel Symposium…will meet loads of people from ski reosrts all around the world,  including; USA, Canada, Europe and Japan - very full on few days…hopefully will get some time on the slopes too!  I will be resporting in daily on what’s happening when I am in Vail…will also keep you posted on Utah, will be visting Park City, Deer Valley etc too.
Lianne