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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
The "Land of the Midnight Sun" has always been an amazing source of raw, rugged beauty and many think of Alaska only as a great summertime vacation destination. On the other hand, if you like to ski you may want to consider Alaska when planning your next ski vacation because it has some of the best skiing in the world.And one of the top resorts in all of Alaska is the Alyeska Resort. Alyeska has a top elevation slightly above 2,700 feet, a vertical drop of 2,500 and the area gets an average annual snowfall of 631 inches.In addition to ....
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Breckenridge Ski Resort is located in Breckenridge, Colorado, where there is no shortage of amazing snow. The ski season runs from early November to late April.Twenty-eight lifts service 2208 acres and 147 trails. The mountain is 12,998 feet tall, which makes for long trails and more time on the slopes. The longest trail is 3.5 miles long and is a combination of intermediate and beginning levels. 15% of the trails are for beginners, 33% are intermediate level, 32% are advanced and 20% are expert level. Many of the advanced and expert level runs feature bumps, glades and are often almost ....
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Modern Borovets is one of the larger and increasingly popular winter resorts in the Balkan region. and situated on scenic northern slopes of the Mousala Ridge in the east of the panoramic Rila Mountains. The resort lies huddled in thick pine forests some 1390 meters above sea level. The area has a long history attracting people to ski here since as early as 1896 taking advantage of the many piste which rise to a staggering 2,600m!The resort is a perfect place to enjoy excellent facilities off piste as well as on the snow. Many restaurants are clustered around ....
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Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
The Wisp Ski Resort, located in Western Maryland, is less than three hours by car from Washington D.C., Baltimore, Pittsburgh and Annapolis. For the Atlantic area, Wisp has a long ski season, (on average 140 days) which runs from before Thanksgiving into late March. The season is consistently long because of Wisp's state of the art snow making capabilities. The resort has one of the world's largest and most efficient snowmaking systems with computerized weather and pumping stations.The resort has 32 trails and 132 acres of skiable terrain. The difficulty of these trails is spread nicely between three levels with ....
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