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Alpine ski resorts melting away
by zopemaster published Feb 28, 2008 last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM — filed under: , , ,
A quick demise looks to be on the cards for two ski resorts in the Ticino/CH. Indeed the ski station at Abondance/F did not even go into operation this season.
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The Andes and the Alps on a single rope team
by zopemaster published Sep 25, 2008 last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM — filed under: , , ,
This year mountain guides from Peru are carrying out part of their training in the Alps at the invitation of their Swiss counterparts. Already back in the early 1980s, the Swiss Mountain Guide Association initiated a professional mountain guide training course in Peru.
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2018 Olympics - How green are France's candidatures?
by zopemaster published Jan 15, 2009 last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:19 AM — filed under: , , , ,
Four French towns are bidding to stage the 2018 Winter Olympics:
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French municipality against heli-skiing
by zopemaster published Jan 29, 2009 last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:19 AM — filed under: , , ,
In mid-November 2008 the municipal council of Pralognan la Vanoise/F voted unanimously to put a stop to tourist helicopter traffic on its municipal territory in the Chavière/F valley.
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First carbon-footprint calculation for a ski school
by zopemaster published Jun 25, 2009 last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: , , , ,
The carbon footprint of a ski school in France has been measured for the first time.
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Why do you go hiking?
by zopemaster published Jul 30, 2009 last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: , , ,
Together with the French Ramblers' Association and the French Alpine Club, the French association "Grande Traversée des Alpes" are trying to find the answer to the simple question, why do tourists go hiking on mountain and woodland paths or through dunes and deserts?
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Mountain hike for climate protection
by zopemaster published Aug 27, 2009 last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: , , , , ,
On 15 August 2009, some seventy hikers went up to the Goldbergkees glacier on the Hoher Sonnblick in Salzburg/A to draw attention to the impacts of global climate change.
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Hiking right across the Alps
by zopemaster published Jan 12, 2010 last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: ,
The recently published book Via Alpina - 2500 kilometres from one coast to another (Via Alpina - 2'500 kilomètres d'une mer à l'autre) recounts the adventure of crossing the entire Alpine range. In 2007 Vincent Tornay followed the Via Alpina Red Trail for a total of 119 days in search of the people and landscapes that make up the Alps of today. He covered 2500 km and 124,000 metres of difference in altitude as he hiked through the eight Alpine states, from the Adriatic coastline to Monaco.
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Turin/I: Olympic sports facilities left to waste away
by zopemaster published Jan 12, 2010 last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: ,
Since the close of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin many of the sports facilities and installations have been left abandoned. The five ski jumps in Pragelato, for example, for which the building costs exceeded 34 million Euros, are now closed off and unused.
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Low-carbon travel from the UK to the ski slopes
by zopemaster published Jan 12, 2010 last modified Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM — filed under: ,
Taking the train from London to go skiing in Sestriere/I sounds like a nightmare scenario. But, as a new specialist website proves, it's not. For a number of weeks now, avid skiers can go to www.snowcarbon.co.uk/ (en) to find the most convenient train journeys to take them from London/UK to the Alps or the Pyrenees to go skiing.
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