http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/ Good News: Europe has great places for ski holidays. Skiing in the alpes or the other mountains is as popular as never before. Find exciting snow events, the best deals for vacation rentals and all the cool places to vistit on skiurlaub-infos.com. en-en http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:46:56 +0100 http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0785/k2-skiing.html http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0785/k2-skiing.html Fredrik Ericsson, a famous extreme skier, and his partner Michele has conquered the second highest peak Mount Godwin Austen (K2) situated on the border between Pakistan and the Taxkorgan Tajik Autonomous County of Xinjiang in China. 8,611 metres high K2 i Wed, 24 Jun 2009 14:30:30 +0100 http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0779/new-zealand-ready.html http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0779/new-zealand-ready.html At the moment ski resorts situated on both North and South islands of New Zealand are ready to provide snow fun for winter sports amateurs. The South Island’s Coronet Peak has opened this year having the best starting conditions for ages. Turoa located on Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:28:50 +0100 http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0776/snow-updates.html http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0776/snow-updates.html Three Austrian glacier ski areas are still functioning – namely Dachstein, Kaunertal and Tux. Kitzsteinhorn Glacier is scheduled to reopen on June 10th. This weekend also Les 2 Alpes glacier located in France plans to open again. In Switzerland only Zerma Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:32:10 +0100 http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0769/queenstown.html http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0769/queenstown.html It keeps snowing in New Zealand. During the last 5 days Queenstown's ski areas has received additional 50-100 cm of fresh snow. As the result, the snow base amounts now in average about 80 cm at the mountains tops and 50 cm at the bottoms. This provides a Thu, 21 May 2009 13:28:30 +0100 http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0765/new-zealand-opening.html http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0765/new-zealand-opening.html As skiing season almost everywhere in the Northern Hemisphere is already closed or near closing New Zealand is heading for the early opening. After more heavy snowfalls that followed those happened throughout the previous week Mt Hutt located in Canterbur Wed, 13 May 2009 15:33:10 +0100 http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0760/snow-down-under.html http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0760/snow-down-under.html Australian ski resorts are open some five weeks ahead of planned date this year due to heavy snowfalls. For instance, Mount Buller resort situated in province Victoria has recently received about 35cm of early snow powder. Tue, 05 May 2009 14:18:00 +0100 http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0755/chacaltaya-closed.html http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0755/chacaltaya-closed.html According to Yale Environment 360 report the world’s highest ski area Chacaltaya (which means "cold road" in Aymara) situated in Bolivia has ceased to function due to global warming. The snowcap where the ski area lays has melted down and now the area is Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:12:50 +0100 http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0751/white-thrill.html http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0751/white-thrill.html On April 25th, 2009 on the slopes of Austrian ski resort St Anton will take place one of the hugest ski events of the year - “Der Weiße Rausch - The White Thrill” ski race. This competition is annual and throughout the years it has become some kind of cul Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:43:00 +0100 http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0747/battery-freeskiing.html http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0747/battery-freeskiing.html A big open air event - The Battery Freeskiing festival – will take place during Easter weekend at Levi, one of the most northerly located ski resorts, which is situated in Laplandia, Finland. The visitors will be able to see professional being launched ov Mon, 06 Apr 2009 14:32:20 +0100 http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0740/tignesfest.html http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0740/tignesfest.html In between 16-19th of April, 2009 a Fresh New Music Festival TignesFest, a rather popular culture event, will held on one of the highest ski resorts Tignes, located in the French Alps. The festival will feature a wide range of musical talents varying from Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:55:40 +0100 http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0737/glencoe-for-sale.html http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0737/glencoe-for-sale.html The oldest Scottish ski center Glencoe is currently in need of new developments in order to keep afloat in future and is searching for investors to finance them. It is expected that enhancements made to gondola and adding of mountain biking areas will hel Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:34:50 +0100 http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0733/heavy-snow.html http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0733/heavy-snow.html There have been heavy snowfalls all over three major European mountain chains during the past week. And in the Alps white powder keeps falling. According to Skiinfo.com reports, over than 100 snow alarms have been announced in Switzerland, Austria and Ger Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:07:20 +0100 http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0717/snow-all-over.html http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0717/snow-all-over.html This winter is rather favorable for winter sports. There’s plenty of snow covering slopes almost at any world’s ski resort. And it keeps snowing. Thus, after the snowstorm Austria benefits from some fresh 30-50 cm of snow covering slopes at Mayrhofen, Obe Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:00:20 +0100 http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0712/piemonte-avalanche-safety-law.html http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0712/piemonte-avalanche-safety-law.html Authorities of Piemonte Region, Northern Italy, just few days ago passed a law to make carrying make avalanche safety gear (avalanche beacon, shovel and probe) obligatory for all winter sports amateurs, including ski mountaineering – no matter wether they Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:02:10 +0100 http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0704/new-dymafit-boot.html http://www.skiurlaub-infos.com/154/2009-0704/new-dymafit-boot.html Dynafit’s new Dy.N.A boot, claimed to be “the lightest ski-mountaineering boot in the world” (its weight is 2lbs (920gr) for Mondo size 27.5 - Euro 42/43), recently won the long awaited ISPO Outdoor Award 2009 for the category “Footwear“. This boot is the Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:29:10 +0100