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To: ~digs who wrote (16)	11/16/2005 6:40:26 PM
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SNOW NEWS UPDATED 14 NOVEMBER 2005 snow-forecast.com INTRODUCTION The European resorts are having a pretty good time with low temperatures and some snow expected this week. The skiing in the open Austrian resorts is still going strong with low temperatures and clear skies. Cloud will move in through week and is predicted to bring good amounts of new snow. In France Tignes is still skiing well on the glacier, thanks to the fairly low temperatures. Most of Switzerland is looking forward to snowfall on Wednesday and Friday after a sunny start to the week. The German resorts are not open as yet. There are low temperatures in Italy this week, helping to keep the conditions at a good level, Cervinia now has skiing open in its own valley with the added bonus of links to Zermatt there is lots to expire. The conditions for the winter season keep improving with snow falling in many North American resorts, and more snow expected in the first half of the week. Snow fell throughout the USA over the weekend. The week ahead looks great with snow and then sunshine ready for the opening of many resorts over the weekend. Great skiing and boarding in the open Canadian resorts, thanks to the brilliant early season conditions ? the best in over 10 years. Sunshine Village and Lake Louise have a great opening week, with plenty of fresh snow. Backcomb is skiing well and now open daily. The skiing will also get a further boost this week with Sun Peaks and Tremblant opening this week. The fantastic snow falls over the Canadian resorts has been astounding recently. This is set to continue until around Wednesday, then the skies should clear up for some fine weather into the weekend. AUSTRIA The predicted snow for the open Austrian resorts has moved back a day and is now expected to start on Wednesday. This may not sound so great, but now the predicted snowfall depth has increased significantly, with daily figures reaching 10cm. This is really good news as the snow is predicted right through into the weekend. Despite the fact that is has not snowed in around 2 weeks there is still some great skiing on the Hintertux glacier (100cm), the Kaprun glacier (70cm), Kaunertal glacier (40cm), Stubai glacier (70cm), Pitztal glacier (55cm) and the Solden glacier (110cm). These conditions such stay pretty stable as the temperatures are hovering around freezing. FRANCE Tignes is the only reported resort currently open for skiing with 30cm of snow on the glacier. Les Deux Alpes is closed at present as it they are preparing the resort for the coming season. SWITZERLAND It is getting increasingly colder in Switzerland and after a clear start to the week light snow is forecast for Wednesday in most resorts. In some cases this will continue on Thursday and Friday. Most resorts are still closed but glacier skiing is possible in Les Diablerets (0/4cm), Saas Fee (0/77cm) and Zermatt (0/60cm) on hard and fast pistes with temperatures just below freezing. The snow parks at all three resorts are open. The Les Diablerets glacier is now also accessible from Gstaad where four lifts are open. ITALY Cervinia (0/70cm) now has skiing in its own valley. There are 3 lifts open on the Plateau Rosa which also provides a link to the Zermatt glacier. The conditions are reported as being fast due to the hard packed snow. The conditions at Passo Tonale (0/140cm) are holding well thanks to the low temperatures, it will be hard and fast skiing today under the sunny skies. Val Senales (0/80cm) is the same as both Cervinia and Passo Tonale with low temperatures and sunny skies. The 3 open resorts do not have snow forecast until the weekend. Hopefully the low temperatures will stay keeping the conditions at the current level. ANDORRA The 5 reported resorts of Andorra are all yet to open for skiing and boarding. NORWAY/SWEDEN Norway and Sweden resorts are yet to open for skiing and boarding. Trysil was due to open on the 29th October but due to insufficient snow this has not happened yet. A light dusting of snow is expected today and tomorrow but this will not alter the situation dramatically and allow the resort to open. GERMANY The German resorts are yet to open for skiing and boarding. BULGARIA The 3 reported Bulgarian resorts of Bansko, Borovets and Pamporovo are yet to open for the 2005/6 season. SCOTLAND The Scottish resorts are yet to open for skiing and boarding. USA Breckenridge (0/71cm) has now opened for the winter season, a great start with lots of snow combined with 38cm in the last 24 hours. It is going to be a powder day today, and the snow will keep on falling at Breckenridge until Wednesday and then sunny weather will dominate for the rest of the week. Keystone (0/64cm) also opened over the weekend. The snow of the last 24 hours is set to continue today meaning that powder is definitely on the menu. The weather for the week ahead looks great with beautiful sunny skies on the way. Arapahoe Basin (0/70cm) has had 27cm in the last 24 hours. The powder conditions will keep on improving because more snow forecast over the next couple of days. Copper Mountain (0/84cm) is reporting lots of snow and they had 23cm over the weekend. Loveland (0/66cm) and Mammoth (0/45cm) both have fast packed trails on offer, great conditions for the sunny week ahead. Unfortunately Killington continues to be closed for skiing today due to a lack of snow. It is looking good for the resorts looking to open this week. Winter Park is hoping to open on Wednesday and with snow falling at present this is almost set to happen. Crested Butte has had 15cm in the last 48 hours, a great outlook for the opening on the 19th. There is snow forecast this week for Stowe, Sugarbush, The Canyons, Vail and Park City, great news with the first day of the lifts just around the corner. CANADA The temperatures across the Canadian resorts are really low, reaching -10 to -15 Celsius, which is keeping the snow that has fallen in excellent condition. This has been added to with more snow over the weekend, really boosting the skiing at the open resorts of Lake Louise (0/107cm), Sunshine Village (10/82cm) and Whistler Blackcomb (70cm). Sun Peaks (8/75cm) is also scheduled to open this week on Wednesday 16th, with some fantastic early season conditions. Silver Star is closed for Alpine skiing, but is open for cross country skiing. Tremblant is also due to open on November 18th. A great weeks skiing and boarding ahead with more snow expected over the next couple of days. EUROPEAN WEATHER OUTLOOK The temperatures over the open Austrian resorts are staying low, which will really help when the cloud cover moves in over the next few days. From Wednesday a considerable amount of fresh snow is forecast over the Austrian resorts. France is a different story with a mixture of clouds and sunny spells over Tignes. It is a similar story for the majority of the French resorts, although a few do have a little snow predicted on the odd day. Italy has a sunny week ahead but temperatures will remain low protecting the current snow conditions. Temperatures in Switzerland are forecast to drop below freezing mid-week and light snow is due to fall on Wednesday. NORTH AMERICAN WEATHER OUTLOOK The weather in the USA is a mixture of snow and sun over most resorts. In general most resorts will have sunny weather from Wednesday onwards interspersed with the odd snow shower.