 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Good for the local economy, I suppose. I am surprised that such a delightful area has not been more developed before. Part of me thinks it's a pity that such development will occur - but I guess a lot of locals will benefit.
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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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hhhmmnn, lots of talk about hotels...didn't see anything about ski lifts.
As the resort stands IMV, it has enough hotels and a hardcore kind of clientele, a lot of the skiing is done off the back of beyond. It is quite a desolate pass and exposed. The transports links are ok. The mountains are very rocky IME and to justify the type of investment talked about here, lifts would have to go up all over the place and that would be making new ski runs on new hills. It could be the same result as Alagne which got so much EU money for its lifts it had to rebuild the delightfully quiant village with hotels to pay for them and bulldoze certain things that was great about it. My feeling is..not having seen any detailed plans, is that this will be a very clever trick not to totally destroy what is there now.
For me, its a case of watch this space.
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brian
brian
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I'm surprised it didn't mention Porta Alpina, the underground station planned as part of the (currently being dug) Gotthard base tunnel which will put Andermatt more or less directly on the main rail link between Italy and Northern Europe.
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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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brian, how deep will that station be, and how will you get to the surface? It's quite an intriguing plan!
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FenlandSkier, thanks. 800m deep is quite incredible!
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Heres the official info (in german) & lots of links.
http://www.visiun-porta-alpina.ch/
If you can get hold of a hardcopy of this months www.swissnews.ch there is more detail & plans about the project. Its not published on the online version.
Last edited by After all it is free  on Tue 24-10-06 11:29; edited 1 time in total
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I liked the old journey by train..even if it did take quite a few changes from Lucern
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this picture gives a good impression of the scale of that station.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Egyptian tycoon plans alpine oasis...
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| Samih Sawiris, the billionaire owner of Egypt's Orascom hotel chain, has bought up the land vacated by the army, and has announced plans to build five top-class hotels, and several hundred luxury villas and apartments. The resort will also boast an 18-hole golf course and a tropical spa and swimming pool facility. |
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6539199.stm
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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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Pity in some ways, Andermatt is rather nice at the moment. But I guess the local economy needs a lift now that the army has gone.
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hhhmmnn, lots of talk about hotels...didn't see anything about ski lifts.
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Golf course, yes. Ski lifts, no.
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You know it makes sense.
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Did the BBC pick up on my original story, as we know they do use snowheads Forum for alot of there research !!
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