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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.

Complimentary Cookie Time
Every day at 3pm, Beaver Creek’s cookie time chefs serve hot, chocolate chip cookies at the base of the Centennial Chairlift (Chair #6).  The perfect ending to a perfect day skiing at Beaver Creek.

Weekly Family Programming
Most nights of the week Beaver Creek offers special family programming such as Thursday Night Lights, rail-jams, disco skate nights, twilight snowshoe tours and more. Weekly Schedule of Events
Mon: Disco Skate Night; Ski with a Ranger.
Tue: Twlight Shoeshoe Tours.
Wed: Rail Jam in front of McCoys.
Thu: Thursday Night Lights.
Fri: The Beaver Creek Family Challenge.
Sat: Crystal Grotto’s Children Show; Rail Jam in front of McCoys

Helmut Fricker
Beaver Creek’s jolly, alpenhorn blowing, lederhosen wearing mascot has been entertaining visitors and locals alike since the mountain opened in 1980. Meet the legend himself on Saturday, Sunday and Wednesdays in the Village Plaza from 2-4pm, Nov. 25th to April 4th.

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New to Whistler Kids & Ride Tribe this season, flaik is a real-time tracking solution for skiers and riders that not only provides extra safety, but allows participants to log their day to see what runs they were on, how much vertical was achieved and see where they want to ski in the future at Whistler Blackcomb.

flaik brings a new mountain experience for skiers and riders by utilizing a combination of a GPS tag and cellular technology to provide real time tracking of the exact location of guests, their physical relationship to other guests or resort staff and performance elements such as vertical and runs skied. Once registered on www.flaik.com users can view their day on the mountain online and share it with friends and family.

flaik is a world leader in high alpine tracking, providing a great way to enhance lessons participants’ experience on the mountain. With the ability to see their runs online after their lesson, flaik provides a great talking point and provides a new way to enjoy and remember their day.

Yes that’s right folks get those skis and boards waxed and get ready for Cardrona’s opening day Saturday 26th June 2009.