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11 May 2010 | No Comment

The S.A.T.A (ski lift company) which runs the lifts and maintains the pistes at Alpe d’Huez has earned three separate levels of certification for its service management.

The company is now certified in terms of quality (ISO 9001), as…

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10 May 2010 | No Comment

More than 15,000 people have signed a petition organised by the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF), calling for an end to heli-skiing in Switzerland.

The group report that more than 15,000 heliski flights a year take place taking skiers…

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9 May 2010 | No Comment

There are more signs that lift construction in the US is picking up ahead of winter 2010-11 after very little new construction took place last summer.

The Summit at Snoqualmie located in the Cascade mountains located country’s northwest will…

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7 May 2010 | No Comment

Four college students have been jailed in South Dakota, USA for using forged lift passes for the local ski hill.

The four, all aged 21 or 22, and studying engineering at the South Dakota School of Mines and  Technology,…

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6 May 2010 | No Comment

As part of a major lift system overhaul, Ski Shawnee Inc., owner and operator of Shawnee Mountain in Pennsylvania, USA, has announced the purchase of a new high speed detachable quad chairlift for their ski resort in the Pocono…

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6 May 2010 | No Comment

Intrawest, one of the world’s largest ski area operators, has successfully refinanced its corporate debt, paying off existing creditors with a new loan due to mature in 2014.

Intrawest owns eight major North American ski areas, a number which…

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