Vail losses "Larger Than Expected"



Vail Resorts has announced a $34.5 million loss for the first quarter of the group?s 2009 fiscal year, which ended on October 31st.This compares to a $24.6 million loss in the same quarter the previous year for the company which owns Beaver Creek, Breckenridge, Keystone and Vail resorts in ....

Zoe Gillings recipient of 2008 Olympic Athlete of the Year



The British Olympic Association (BOA) today announced the full list of recipients of the 2008 Olympic Athlete of the Year trophy.Introduced in 2005, to mark the BOA?s Centenary Year and the success of the 2012 Olympic Games to London, the BOA presented a trophy to each of the 35 Olympic ....

Feel good on the 1st at SNO!zone Scotland



Slide your way into 2009 and make SNO!zone Scotland's price slide your New Year's resolution!Extending our regular Wednesday �10 an hour offer to January 1st means you too can feel fresh on the 1st by snowboarding your way into a healthy new year. �10 for one hour or �15 for two hours!Call ....

Merry Christmas from SCUK



We'd like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and snowy New Year from all of us here at SCUK - Dunx, Stu, Spencer, Jess and all the forum moderators.The SCUK office is closed from Christmas Eve right through to Monday 5th January. Jess will be processing outstanding ....

Work begins on fourth Belgian indoor snow centre



Construction work on the long-awaited fourth indoor snow centre for Belgium is reported to have commenced, with pictures of ground works underway at Snow Games posted on the centre?s website at www.snowgames.beThe 86 million Euro project was first envisaged more than a decade ago and aims to ....

Quiksilver sales up after sale of Rossignol



Quiksilver Inc., the largest maker of clothes inspired by surfing, reported a quarterly profit that beat expectations and upheld its outlook for the 12 months through October. Quiksilver reported an adjusted profit of $32 million for the three months through July 31, beating the $27 million ....

No news over Christmas!



A report out today reveals that considerably less news happens over Christmas. And the main points of the news again... no news over Christmas claims report.

MK parks for this New Year and Park Strife



Here are the New Year parks for SNO!zone Milton Keynes including Saturday's Park Strife event.

First IDE snowmaker successfully operated in Switzerland



The leading ski resorts of Zermatt (Switzerland) and Pitztal (Austria) have launched a new era in snowmaking by choosing the IDE All Weather Snowmaker from Israel to deliver large amounts of snow at all ambient temperatures.The first Snowmaker was assembled and testing in Israel during July ....

Wittenburg indoor slope re-opens



Snowfunpark Wittenburg has re-opened with a new name after the original facility ran in to financial difficulties after failing to attract enough users. It is now known as the Alpincenter Hamburg ? Wittenburg.Located in former Eastern Germany, an hour?s drive from Hamburg, the activity ....

Dubailand?s snow centre "Shelved Altogether"



The future of Dubai?s second significant indoor snow centre remains uncertain as media reports question the viability of Dubailand and the status of the Emirate?s entire development program in the face of the global economic slowdown. Dubailand had aimed to attract 15 million visitors by 2015. ..

Two new resorts open in Korea



Two new ski resorts have opened in Korea in the past week. Konjiam Resort in Gwangju, Gyeonggi, is one of the closest resorts to Seoul, only 40 minutes away to the north. It opened on Friday with 11 slopes, each 100m wide on average and suitable for beginners and children.Four of the 11 slopes ..