 Poster: A snowHead
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Dark stuff: The week after Crystal holidays announce their hottest new destination, air strikes break loose. Crystal is offering ski packages in Faraya, Lebanon from December this year...
SKiPressWorld reported last week: The UK’s largest ski tour operator, Crystal, is offering ski packages to Lebanon this winter. The tours to Lebanon’s largest ski area of Faraya costing from £719 per week, half board, in the five star Intercontinental Mountain resort.
Faraya has 80km (50 miles) of runs served by 18 lifts, most of them chairs. Skiing takes place between 1850 and 2465m and the resort has a good snow record, although there is no snow making. It is part of a larger resort development which ultimately aims to cover up to 1% of Lebanon’s landmass, although leaving most of that undevelopped. The slopes are an hour’s drive from the beaches and warm sea waters of Lebanon.
Apart from winter sports options include add-on stays in Beirut or day trips there from Faraya."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,251-2274801,00.html
The FCO has this to say, 7/17:
"ADVICE FOR BRITISH NATIONALS
Lebanon.
The Foreign Office is advising against all travel to Lebanon.
Beirut airport is currently closed following Israeli air strikes. There is also a naval blockade of all ports and the main Beirut-Damascus highway is closed. Other roads out of Lebanon are also closed, or are unsafe for travel.
With the MOD, we are working closely on how to help those British Nationals who want to leave to do so safely. Some naval assets are in the region now, and others, including HMS Illustrious and HMS Bulwark, are heading towards it."
Doubleplusungood.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I like 'naval assets'. It makes it sound as if the CPO's mess swear box is floating purposefully across the Med. Presumably it means 'ships', probably 'warships'.
Wars permitting, the idea of skiing in Leb appeals.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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In business, timing is everything.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Whoever made the decision to announce the new destination now really wants to check the news a little more often.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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tinkerbell, actually, perfect timing - everyone's talking about it!
Anyway, I'm sure the trips will be a blast, apres ski will consist of going into bars and getting a load of shots in...
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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some of those responses are about as sensitive as the announcement. nice, chaps, nice.
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Reckon be able to pick up a package with 100% discount now !
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Well i think whoever announced it over a week ago, wasnt psychic or linked to the Israeli Govt or Hezbollah, so unfortunately just a case of bad timing rather than insensitivity.
If you want unsensitive- read the US GOVT dribble about billing those they evacuate. Thats real nice
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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| Wear The Fox Hat wrote: |
| tinkerbell, actually, perfect timing ...... getting a load of shots in... |
.... or being shot at , or kidnapped!
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| stanton wrote: |
| Reckon be able to pick up a package with 100% discount now ! |
Still not good enough., now a 120% discount, that's something else. 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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things definitely escalated afterward, but there was considerable unrest prior to the release.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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snaked!
http://powdermag.com/features/news/lebanon/
BOMBS OVER SKIING: Middle East crisis stalls Lebanese ski tours
By John C. Davies
In mid-July, when Israel launched a massive assault on Southern Lebanon, it effectively dashed recent hopes of extending the globalization of skiing to the Middle East.
Bombings occurred just days after Crystal Holidays, the UK’s largest ski tour operator, announced its new plans to offer package deals to Faraya Mzaar, Lebanon’s largest ski resort.
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