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| More than one in ten athletes injured in Winter Olympics Posted on:09-09 at 18:30 |
A new study has reported that at least 11% of of athletes taking part in the 2010 Winter Olympics were injured. The incidence of injuries varied considerably between sports, with the risk of sustaining an injury being highest for bobsleigh, ice hockey, short track, alpine freestyle and snowboard cross ... :: Read more
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| Major earthquake triggers avalanches at Mount Hutt, New Zealand Posted on:04-09 at 08:05 |
An earthquake with a power of 7.4 has triggered "at least 12 reasonably large" avalanches at the ski area of Mount Hutt, on New Zealand's south island ... :: Read more
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| New Holmenkollen Ski Jump Posted on:03-09 at 22:41 |
Here's a story that was missed at the time but is still worth a mention.
The brand new ski jump at Oslo's historic Holmenkollen site was officially opened on 16th March this year by Norway's top female ski jumper Anette Sagen. The new ski jump replaces the previous one which was demolished ... :: Read more
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| Jet2 adds ski flights from the North Posted on:27-08 at 14:41 |
Jet2 has added extra routes from Edinburgh and Newcastle to Geneva this coming Winter. Newcastle flights will depart from December 26 to January 9 and then from February 20 to March 27. The new Edinburgh service will operate from February 20 to March 27. ... :: Read more
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| BA Flights to Chambery starting this winter Posted on:17-08 at 12:14 |
BA CityFlyer will run a new route between London City and Chambery this Winter.
British Airways new route launch: London City - Chambery (CMF) gateway to French Alps (18 Dec - end of March '11) Fares fr £59 e/w (incl taxes,fees & charges) ... :: Read more
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| Nationwide drops cost free foreign exchange. Posted on:12-08 at 15:43 |
The Nationwide building society is to start charging for use of its debit cards abroad from the 1st November. For the first time, a 2% exchange rate loading will be applied to all foreign transactions plus a £1 charge on each cash withdrawal. ... :: Read more
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| Mt Hutt hit again, with hundreds stranded by high winds Posted on:12-08 at 15:07 |
Dangerously high winds, some of more than 200km/hr, hit Mt Hutt yesterday. Hundreds of skiers, including more than 300 children, were forced to spend the night at the skifield, as roads in and out were closed due to the winds ... :: Read more
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| Avalanche hits skiers on Mt Hutt skifield Posted on:10-08 at 11:37 |
Two skiers were partially buried in the avalanche on Mt Hutt's Caterbury skifield this morning. Luckily, they weren't injured, and the skifield has now reopened. Around 2000 skiers were on the mountain, enjoying otherwise perfect conditions, when the avalanche struck ... :: Read more
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| RIP Fredrik Ericsson Posted on:06-08 at 08:58 |
Sadly, Fredrik Ericsson has fallen 1,000m to his death, during his attempt to be the first person to ski down K2 ... :: Read more
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| Lack of snow not stopping skiers in Australian resorts Posted on:29-07 at 16:46 |
Australia's ski resorts in Victoria have been short on snow this season, and none has opened all the lifts yet. There's only about 30cm of natural snow at the main resorts, and up to 100cm of man-made snow. But that hasn't kept visitors away. So far, there have been 300,000 visitors, which is about 30 per cent more than the 10 year average for this time of year ... :: Read more
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| Recharge your mobile from the energy your generate while skiing Posted on:26-07 at 16:58 |
A new device, the nPower PEG by Temont Electronic , means that you can recharge your phone, MP3 player or other hand-held devices using the energy you generate while skiing. The device is small enough to put in a backpack. As you move, it captures and stores your kinetic energy ... :: Read more
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| Farmers could scupper Munich 2018 Olympic bid Posted on:26-07 at 16:46 |
German farmers could have the fate of Munich's 2018 Winter Olympic Games bid in their hands. The farmers say they are prepared to reject contracts opening their land to a possible 2018 Winter Olympic bid. Located near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the intended host venue of the Alpine ski competitions, the farmers have overwhelming denied the local Olympic commitee efforts to transform their farm lands into an Olympic venue.
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| Mt Ruapehu ski areas have busiest week in 57-years Posted on:21-07 at 13:33 |
The seven days from July 10 to July 17 were the busiest period in the 57-year history of Ruapehu Alpine Lifts, the parent company of Whakapapa and Turoa ski areas on New Zealand's Mt. Ruapehu. The good snow and run of fine weather meant that 56,000 skiers visited during the week. ... :: Read more
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| snowHeads Service interuption. Posted on:15-07 at 23:47 |
snowHeads will be unavailable for a short time soon after midnight tonight as we complete a move to a new server which will be our temporary home while we upgrade the hardware of our main machine.
In theory we should be back on line within half an hour but u never know  ... :: Read more
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| Miller looks set for another season Posted on:14-07 at 16:43 |
Bode Miller's return for another season seems all but assured. He has apparently signed and submitted his contract to be a member of the US Ski Team.
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| $65 million for new ski resorts in Russia Posted on:07-07 at 12:47 |
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin this week announced plans for new ski resorts stretching from the Black to the Caspian seas. He said that $65 million will be allocated this year to build a network of ski resorts in the North Caucasus ... :: Read more
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| Skiing and fresh snow around the Alps Posted on:23-06 at 16:27 |
There have been low temperatures and snow on glaciers throughout the Alps in the past few days. In Austria, the Hintertux glacier had 10cm of fresh snow on 20 June, and has a 195cm base ... :: Read more
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| New technology to give Olympic hope to injured service men Posted on:20-06 at 16:21 |
Thanks to skis built using military technology, two British servicemen who lost their legs in explosions in Iraq and Afghanistan are hoping for glory at the next Winter Paralympic Games. Sergeant Mick Brennan and Lance Corporal Pete Dunning had never skied before they were severely injured in the bomb blasts. Now, despite their injuries, the pair are in the running to be selected to represent Britain at the next Winter Paralympics.
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| A first for Cairngorm Mountain Posted on:20-06 at 16:15 |
Cairngorm Mountain is to run two tow lifts in midsummer for the first time ever. Previously, at this time of year, people have been able to ski in the Cairngorms but only if they trekked to where the snow was. This year, tows are to be made available to skiers at the resort just days ahead of midsummer.
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| Portillo postpones opening of resort Posted on:16-06 at 12:05 |
Low snowfall has forced officials at Chile's Ski Portillo to delay opening by a week. Opening is now scheduled for Jun 26th. Portillo has received about a meter of snowfall so far this year, and snow depth at the Hotel Portillo is presently reported as 40 cm.
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| SNOWHEADS SNOWCOMPETITION - did you win? |
As a special treat this autumn, we ran a prize draw, with some pretty yummy prizes to be won – even if we do say so ourselves! All these prizes have been provided by enthusiastic members of the snowHeads community for us to give away to lucky snowHeads:
A fully catered week for two people in Austria ElleJ's trip report can be found Read more
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| Face West |
Facewest Ski Equipment are well known providers of outdoor, adventure kit. Not where U would go looking for a fur collared Prada ski ... :: Read more
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