Tagged: ski resorts

Find The Best Snow

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FindTheBest.com.  Photo credit: PRNewsFoto/FindTheBest.

Looking for ski holiday ideas?  Then this ski season, you’ll want to check out the website FindTheBest.com.

From the best ski resorts and snow to skis and snowboards, the website offers online interactive comparisons for consumers.

FindTheBest.com’s ski resort comparison lists the average yearly snowfall for 1,000+ ski resorts and snow report information.

The ski resort comparison page lists resorts by Smart Ratings which are hybrid scores calculated from expert reviews and quantitative data.

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Mountain Polo In France

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The world’s best polo players will again compete in Val d’Isère, France. Photo credit: Val d’Isere Tourist Board.

The French ski resort of Val d’Isère will play host to the Polo Masters Tour from January 11 to 14, 2012.

At the four day sports event, the world’s best professional polo players will compete at the foot of Face de Bellevarde, one of the resort’s most famous and dramatic ski runs.

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France Ski Real Estate

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Hidden Gem: Le Hameau du Kashmir, Val Thorens, France. Photo credit: Erna Low Property.

Mountain real estate investor? In Europe,  if you’re looking for ski real estate property, there are a range of French alpine properties available.

Erna Low Property recently offered these France ski real estate recommendations for real estate investors.

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Food, Wine & Ski

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Some of Australia’s top chefs will showcase their culinary talents at Hotham’s Opening Weekend.

Love food, wine and skiing?  If you’re an Australian skier, then you might want to head to Opening Weekend at Hotham from June 10-13, 2011.

Some of Australia’s top chefs will be there to launch the 2011 ski season at Hotham Alpine Resort and Dinner Plain Village.

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Australia’s Easy Alpine Access

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Australia’s Mount Hotham Alpine Resort has a new resort entry system for easier road access.

Australian skiers and snowboarders will find it easier to get to Mount Hotham Alpine Resort in 2011.

This winter, the resort will launch an Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) resort entry system.

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Luxury In Niseko, Japan

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The Rocks Niseko Resort in Japan.

A new condominium hotel development by Summit Properties, The Rocks Niseko Resort, is planned for Japan’s Niseko ski resort.

The initial phase of ‘The Rocks – Edge’ is scheduled for completion in the village of Hirafu by late 2011.

Niseko’s ski season runs from late November to early April on the slopes of 1,308-metre Mount Niseko Annupuri.

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Top 10 Ski Destinations

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Planning an European ski holiday in 2011?

Then take a look at the UK’s Top 10 European Ski Destinations list chosen by ski holiday expert Directski.com.

The ski destinations list is for families, non-skiers to advanced skiers, budget conscious skiers and groups of friends, apres ski and spa and guaranteed snow.

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New Ski & Snowboard Guidebooks

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Snowfinder has unveiled a range of new, pocket-sized ski & snowboard guidebooks.

Expert contributors to the 12 new guidebooks include Olympian snowboarder Zoe Gillings and British skier Pat Sharples who share their insider’s knowledge of the slopes.

The guidebooks cover ski areas in France, the USA and Austria with full color piste maps and individual descriptions of each run.

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The British Ski + Board Show

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Photo credit: John Norris/The British Ski + Board Show

Planning a ski or snowboarding holiday?  If you’re in Britain, you could check out this year’s The British Ski +Board Show, coming up at Birmingham’s NEC, October 29 to 31, 2010.

The world’s ski slopes and resorts, holiday companies, tour operators and independent owners are expected to attend the event sponsored by The Daily Telegraph.

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