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Ski resorts opening early for winter 2008-09 season
Nov 24th
A report by snowboardclub.co.uk has revealed that a number of ski resorts have opened early for this season.
Italy’s Livigno resort has opened a fortnight early with offers of free skiing for early arrivals to the resort.
The Spanish resort of Formigal has opened at its earliest time for 15 years and is one of the largest ski areas currently open with around 63km of piste.
The Canadian resort of Alberta has all of its three Banff resorts now open, following the opening of Sunshine recently.
In addition to these around 20 resorts in the Alps and over 50 in Scandinavia have already opened providing British skiers with a wealth of choice for ski breaks this season.
ASC offers free skiing in Austria
Sep 11th
The Association of SnowSports Countries (ASC) is planning to offer free skiing across 46 resorts in some of the most popular skiing resorts in Andorra, Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Norway and Switzerland.
This one-off offer is open to 1000 genuine first time skiers, for one week only beginning either on the 17th or the 24th January 2009. The event is limited to those over the age of 18 and participants will only have to pay for the standard cost of their package holiday.
Free tuition, lift passes and equipment hire are all included in the package in order to attract more interest, as many travellers who are tempted by skiing are often put off by the added costs.
Spring may be prime time for a winter holiday
Sep 5th
Many american resorts are aiming to cater for the traditionally non-ski times of year with a range of new and exciting activities such as dogsledding, snowshoeing.
Activities such as kayaking are also highly popular with holidaymakers at holiday locations such as Lake Tahoe, voted number one ski destination by Orbitz in 2007/2008.
Holidaymakers are advised to research their winter holiday destination for non-ski events and activities that will add to their vacation experience.
Non-ski activities also provide travellers with the opportunity to get to know the culture and delights of the area around their chosen destination.