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Up to a foot of fresh powder fell over night on the Aspen/Snowmass Mountains. Cold temps will be keeping the powder in amazing conditions-come visit us!

We hear you like snow. Well it just so happens that Copper Mountain Resort have received some this year, and by some they mean some record breaking amounts! It’s feeling more like February with a 53″ mid-mountain base and over 2000 open acres. Copper Mountain have now received 149″ inches of the white stuff; nearly 3/5ths of there annual snowfall! This year has been huge and the conditions have been awesome. Copper Mountain are averaging nearly 1 in 4 days as a Snow Day! If you haven’t picked up your Snow Day Pass, now’s the time!

Sunshine Village SnowHosts are on hand every day to help you discover three incredible mountains. Every day from early December until mid-April, SnowHosts give a free tour of the mountains. These relaxed and informative tours help intermediate skiers or riders here for the first time to find their way around the network of 12 lifts. They also provide a fun way to explore a wide variety of ski areas with a group of skiers and riders.

Tours begin at noon. Meet at the big trail map sign in the Village. There is no need to book in advance. No instruction is provided.

Visit our Banff section of the website for holiday ideas or contact us for ski holiday package.

Mt Norquay, The Lake Louise Ski Area and Sunshine Village are open!   It’s beginning to feel a lot like Winter!

Winter Park Resort opened 18 November and it keeps dumping!  24.5  inches (62.2 cm’s) in the past 7 days, 14 (35.6 cm’s) in the past 72 and 3.5 (8.9 cm’s) in the past 24 with another 7-10 inches (17.8-25.4 cm’s) in the forecast for today!!!

WOO-HOO bring it on!

As if you weren’t fired up enough for the season, Breckenridge had 20 inches in the past 24 hours to get you itching for some mountain action. The T-Bar lift on Peak 8 opened 17 Nov and skiers and riders will be able to access North Bowl out to Forget-Me-Not as well as Contest and Horseshoe Bowls. Open terrain includes Duke’s, with access back to the Colorado SuperChair. Northstar and the Rocky Mountain SuperChair open 19 Nov. Nearly 600 acres and chair 6 will be up and running by Saturday 20 Nov.

Keystone are gearing up to open more terrain with eight inches of snowfall in the past 24 hours! The North Peak and Outback open Friday giving Keystone 604 acres with more terrain opening next week. It’s the earliest opening in Keystone history for the Outback, accessible via the Outpost Gondola. Current resort stats boast a 31″ base with more than two feet of snow falling in the last week, and with a Winter Storm Warning until Wednesday morning skiers and riders should look for more terrain openings as the week progresses.

Operations crews at Vail Mountain expanded their opening day plans to seven lifts and 550 acres of terrain. Both Lionshead and Vail Village bases open this Friday 19 Nov and with nearly a foot of new snow over the weekend at mid-mountain and snowmaking conditions prime for lower elevations.

It has been a white weekend in Steamboat, as Mother Nature paid a much anticipated visit to Ski Town, U.S.A. with 14.5 inches of snow falling at Thunderhead, the resort’s mid-mountain location at 9,080 feet, in the past 72-hours (Oct 25). Mother Nature showed just how fast she can go from fall to full winter and reminded all of us that it’s never too early to make sure your equipment is waxed up, season passes are in hand and you’re getting into shape for a fantastic season.

Meteorologists are calling for a La Niña weather cycle this winter, which bodes very well for Steamboat.  The last La Niña took place during the winter of 2007/08, when the Steamboat Ski Area recorded 489 inches of snow at mid-mountain.

The resort is scheduled to open Wednesday, November 24, 2010, with its traditional opening day benefit, Scholarship Day, where proceeds from specially-priced tickets are donated to the Steamboat Springs Winter Sports Club’s Scholarship Fund.

The snow will be here all season, but the incredible early season deals out at the moment won’t be around much longer, and if the early season snow is a great indication of things to come, then guests should act now to take advantage of the best winter vacation packages.

Both Big White and Silver Star has had their first significant snowfall of the 2010/11 season!!  If the weather gurus are correct, they are in for a record breaking winter at Big White and Silver Star. More white stuff is forecast for the coming week.

Spanning the distance between Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains, the new world record-breaking PEAK 2 PEAK Gondola is a breathtaking, 4.4-kilometre journey to infinite possibilities. Redefining the Whistler experience by creating limitless new ways to get up-close-and-personal with the mountains, this engineering marvel breaks three world records.

* Longest unsupported span of 3.024 kilometres
* Highest lift of its kind at 436 metres above the valley floor
* Completes the longest continuous lift system on the globe

The spectacular 11 minute ride between Rendezvous and Roundhouse Lodge stations, provides a 360-degree window of Whistler Blackcomb’s amazing slopes. There’s no waiting, as a cabin departs every 49 seconds, carrying 28 people.

Flights to Japan for late 2010-early 2011 are selling fast!  Ski Traveller has negotiated special ’ski package airfares’ that allow you to book your flights now and pay 60 days prior to departure.  Ring Sarah 09 520 8334 or Lianne 09 520 8335 about booking your flights to Japan.  Do not delay or you will miss out.