The famous Quatre Vallées are without doubt one of the highlights in the life of a skier. Offering 412 km of downhill slopes, among which 200 km are considered medium-steep to steep. The "Four Valleys" is also a mecca for off-piste skiing. In the heart of the valley is also the Mont Fort, at an altitude of 3330 m above sea level, also called the peak of pleasure. Do not miss the track of 15 km with a total descent of 2,500 m! The season begins with the first snow and ends in late April. The localities of the area are Verbier, Nendaz, Veysonnaz and La Tzoumaz.
The cable car Diavolezza has closed its doors las 26th November 2011 and reopens Saturday, February 11th for the spring skiing season with a new look futuristic. This is the largest investment project of the company Bergbahnen Engadin St. Moritz AG's 2011/2012 season, the new cable is slightly smaller than the previous one, but is heavier and faster. The windows reach to the floor and guests can enjoy a stunning panoramic view.
It's in Switzerland the first ski lift powered entirely by solar energy, an environmentally friendly ski lift hosted it is the Swiss ski resort that overlooks the town of Tenna Walser, the Safiental, in the Swiss canton of Grisons. The lift was put into operation on 17 December and has been amazed at the ability to combine technological solutions and high efficiency.
Les Cerniers, a location in the heart of the Swiss Alps, stands an eco-village consists of 15 curious domed building that almost blend in with its surroundings: his name is White Pod. Structures accommodation are able to accommodate two people and accessible only on skis or a snowmobile.
Horat Martin, a resident in Muothatal (rural valley in central Switzerland), is a true magician of the weather. This fun ladies and family to understand what does the winter observe the ants and their movements draws valuable insights on the Weather. Seeing moving ants who retire for the winter, Horat expected that there will be a winter full of snow and sun.
Completed in 1912, the Jungfrau Railway to celebrate its centenary next'anno. During dell''importante birthday dell''antica railway operators plan to make the Jungfraujoch starting point for a new railway terminus at 3700 meters above sea level. Even today, the Jungfrau Railway is the railway line with the highest railway station in'Europa and, if the project goes through, between 2015 and 2016, a new section lift will take visitors up to''Ostgrat.
When autumn begins, tentatively at first to feel the rigors of the climate, in the Engadine ski resort St. Moritz is already time to ski. On Diavolezza, reached by cable car from the Bernina Pass, lift openings is scheduled tobegin (almost of the first chairlift) on October 22.
After a Freeride World Tour season filled with outstanding riding by the world's best freeride athletes, all the excitement comes to a head this weekend at the Nissan Xtreme Verbier 2011 by Swatch where the 2011 Freeride World Champions will be crowned. The event, the sixth and final stage of the 2011 season, will be held on Verbier's legendary Bec des Rosses on Saturday, 19 March (weather permitting). This year's event will be a true battle royale with more than five men skiers who, with a win in Verbier, can still be crowned Freeride World Champion.
Experienced veterans, unpredictable wildcards and hungry young FWQ qualifiers join the defending 2010 Freeride World Champions to form the best field of competitive freeriders ever. The 22 January start of the Chamonix Mont-Blanc leg of the FWT11 is just around the corner and excitement is building as the world begins to ask which of these outstanding freeriders will climb the podium at the first FWT event of the season.
The Freeride World Qualifier Events (FWQ) is a series of qualifying competitions in which highly-skilled skiers and snowboarders compete with the ultimate goal of grabbing a spot on the Freeride World Tour (FWT).With the high interest and much at stake, the FWQ 2011 will feature some of the most exciting competitive freeriding going, in 30 ski resorts around the world. In addition, the Freeride World Tour is launching its first ever Junior Competitions to further promote grassroots freeriding and fuel young talent.
The Freeride World Tour is expanding to six stages in 2011. Following the success of its three previous editions, the Freeride World Tour 2011 grows from four to six tour stops with new events in St. Moritz, Switzerland, and Fieberbrunn, Austria.
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