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Major ski resort development proposed for Syrian side of Mount Hermon
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Syria has unveiled plans for a "15-billion-dollar" ski and general resort to be built on Mount Hermon, overlooking the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Lebanon, according to press reports.

The project will include hotels, shopping centres, "skiing and other sports facilities" reachable by cable car. The intending developers are an unspecified group of Syrian, Kuwaiti and Saudi investors, said Mustapha Kafri, director of Syria's investment authority.

This report from Middle East Online.
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I taught skiing on Mount Hermon in 1979/80. That was on the Israeli side of the mountain. My main qualification seems to have been that I could stand up longer than anybody who was using the resort, which wasn't saying much snowHead

On a serious side, before we were allowed to ski each day the mountain was patrolled........................... not by pisteurs are similar but by the army checking for landmines!!!! It was a little game the Syrian backed Lebanese Hesbula used to play - not your usual mogul Laughing
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SimonN, I was there in 82, alas not for skiing did not manage to get the planks on my feet that year. It will be interesting to see if it goes ahead. Hopefully it will help the Lebanese economy which is in need for the people.

Had a friend in the alpinistim must admit he was a pretty good skier he later got his ESF qualification, so it is probably fair to say that instruction may have improved.
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Roy Hockley, Cracking idea. I was also there in 1982. Only thought of 'Planks' were to reinforce lids. Were you in B.S.?
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SimonN, From 1969 until the beginning of 1980 I was had of the ski School, Neot Hasheleg. On Mt. Hermon, Israel. I am a Certified Ski Instructor from the USA . I certainly do not remember you teaching skiing in my Ski School, Sp. if you, as you said, could barely stand on skis. Hopefully, you did not have any accidents yourself or with one of your pupils.
Incidentally, Neot Hasheleg Ski School, under my guidance, were the first ones to teach the Elite Commando military to ski, on Mt. Hermon. I do not remember you though, teaching there. N R Wall;
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naomi r wall, welcome to snowHead s
The Search Function on this forum is powerful but not awfully sophisticated - so ti can easily pull up thread which is 6+yrs old rolling eyes
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SimonN wrote:
I taught skiing on Mount Hermon in 1979/80. That was on the Israeli side of the mountain. My main qualification seems to have been that I could stand up longer than anybody who was using the resort, which wasn't saying much snowHead

On a serious side, before we were allowed to ski each day the mountain was patrolled........................... not by pisteurs are similar but by the army checking for landmines!!!! It was a little game the Syrian backed Lebanese Hesbula used to play - not your usual mogul Laughing


Oh well saves the ski patrollers having to do the avalanche control wink
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stuarth wrote:
SimonN wrote:
I taught skiing on Mount Hermon in 1979/80. That was on the Israeli side of the mountain. My main qualification seems to have been that I could stand up longer than anybody who was using the resort, which wasn't saying much snowHead

On a serious side, before we were allowed to ski each day the mountain was patrolled........................... not by pisteurs are similar but by the army checking for landmines!!!! It was a little game the Syrian backed Lebanese Hesbula used to play - not your usual mogul Laughing


Oh well saves the ski patrollers having to do the avalanche control wink
It was not just that they patrolled the ski area, the army mainly looked for mines on the road leading from Majdl Shams to the lift area. Partly because at that time Israel had never built roads for subzero roads and the asphalt split open, easy target for the terrorists to plant land mines. the ski area could not be patrolled since they did not have enough personnel to do that and the area was much too vast. As a rule we could not open the mountain until late am, since it took them hours to walk up to the area. For your information my company, Neot Hasheleg made a movie of all that was going on before and after the Yom Kippur War. You should look into it, the movie shows you the beginning of it all, but also how to teach both civilians and army personnel how to ski.
Furthermore we never had a snow slide or avalanches on Mt. Hermon.
Naomi Wal
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So given the current issues in Syria, I suppose the development has been delayed... Toofy Grin

Was planning on going to Lebanon a few years back when the tour ops decided to go..then some dicks decided to bomb the crap out of the place..so that plan never came to fruition.
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