Ski resort
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A ski area is a developed recreational facility, usually on a mountain or large hill, containing ski trails and vital supporting services. It is common for a ski area to have food, rental equipment, parking facilities and a ski lift system catering to the sports of skiing and snowboarding. Normally located in high mountain areas (or at least on well-built-up hills) for optimum snow coverage, they have become ubiquitous in areas where skiing is a popular pastime. The paths are usually marked and known as runs, trails or pistes. Ski areas typically have one or more chair lifts for moving skiers rapidly to the top of hills, and to interconnect the various pistes. Rope tows can also be used on short slopes (usually beginner hills or bunny slopes). Larger ski areas may use gondolas or aerial trams for transportation across longer distances within the ski area.

• Branäs - Swedish ski area offers alpine and cross country skiing and snowboarding with a recreation centre open year round. Ski school available for children aged 3 to 9. Also provides accommodation information and local activities.
• Cyprus Ski Club The - Provides daily ski condition reports for the Troodos Mountains and Sun Valley lifts and prices for use of the club facilities. Offers temporary membership to foreign visitors.
• Hemsedal - Scandinavian ski area with a snowboard and terrain park. Includes trail map, ski school, lift and rental prices, weather report, and activities.
• Pas De La Casa Grau Roig - Located in Andorra. Includes slope specifics and conditions, trail map, snow and weather reports, webcam, ski school, prices, news, events, and local lodging information.
• Åre - Swedish alpine and nordic ski area. Includes prices, rental, ski school, climate, and night skiing information. Also features activities, lodging, and details about the local villages.
• Sionvalais - Webcams in ski resorts throughout Europe.
• Ski Andorra - Includes summary of Ordino-Arcalís, Pal-Arinsal, Pas de la Casa-Grau Roig, and Soldeu el Tarter ski areas, directions, calendar, and summer activities. Also provides information about ski passes valid at all five areas.
• Ski Park Ruzomberok - Provides information about the ski area located at the base of the Velká Fatra mountains in Slovakia, hotel accommodations, and local tourist, historic, and recreation activities.

    > Austria

• Lech Zürs am Arlberg - Skiing, snowboarding, and general resort information including snow and weather reports, travel information, nearby lodging and dining facilities.
• Planai Hochwurzenbahnene - Ski resort information including day and evening hours of operation, ski ticket prices, upcoming events, mountain statistics, and lodging.
• Skiing in Gastein - Provides photos, prices, weather report, news and events, newsletter, slope tips, school and local accommodation information.

    > France

• Alpe d'Huez - Booking office and webcams of the resort. Activity summaries, accommodations, prices, and contact details. [French/English]
• Deux Alpes Services - Information on the resort and surrounding area.
• La Clusaz - Official site of the resort - La Clusaz is a friendly and lively small village in the heart of the Aravis Mountain Range.
• La Tania - Contains snow reports, ski and snowboarding guides, and information on accommodation, lessons, insurance, ski guides.
• Le Grand Bornand (official site of the resort) - Le Grand Bornand (Aravis mountain range) - French Alps. Enjoy the mountain, summer and winter alike...
• Les 2 Alpes - Big resort with the largest skiable glacier in Europe. One can ski there winter and summer.
• Les Aillons - Information about Les Aillons, the winter and summer sports resort in the french Alps.
• Les Saisies - Tourist Office of Les Saisies Ski Resort. Includes virtual visits, webcam, resort information and facilities, tourist information, holiday planning, weather report, brochure forms.
• Maitechnology: Corchavel - Interractive and panoramic piste map and photos.
• Maitechnology: Merribel - Interractive and panoramic piste map and photos.
• Maitechnology: Val Thorens - Interractive and panoramic piste map and photos.
• MEGEVE - Official site of the Megève Tourist Office, Featuring information about the international winter and summer resort in the Mont Blanc region
• Meribel - The independent information site for the french ski resort of Meribel.
• Meribel 360 - 360° panorama views of selected locations around Meribel Mottaret.
• Monts-Jura Resort - Official Site - Offers summer and winter activities. Weather reports, accommodation listings, events, photo gallery, and booking and contact details.
• Morrilon - Resort located in the northern alps with winter and summer activities. Map, services, accessibility, events, accommodations, images, and snow report. [English/French]
• Méribel Experience - Introduction to the resort, slope information, local activities, rates, and contact details. [English/French]
• Notre Dame de Bellecombe - Located in the Val d'Arly mountain range. News, weather updates, activities, lodging details, rates, and contact information.
• Peisey Vallandry - Official site edited by the Office de Tourisme of Peisey Vallandry.
• Saint Martin de Belleville - Official web site for the village. Information on summer and winter events, accommodation and shopping.
• Serre Chevalier Ski and Summer Resort - Accommodations, lifts, ski school, special offers, and general information.
• Ski France OK - Lots of information on skiing and snowboarding in Notre Dame de Bellecombe .
• Ski New Generation - British ski tuition in the French Alps. Lesson summaries, team profiles, resort information, FAQs, photos, tips, and booking information.
• Ski Summit - Accommodation and general information about Courchevel including suggested ski routes, bars, restaurants and shops, and travel from the UK.
• Ski Val D'Isere - Unofficial Val D'Isere web site.
• Ski Webcams France - More than 100 ski webcams in the French Alps, ski and resort information, weather, maps, and snow conditions.
• Skiinfo.fr: all the French Skiing Resorts ! - All the French skiing resorts, a daily snow report and on-line booking to make your winter holidays easier: ski lessons, ski pass, accommodation, ski equipment.
• Ski-Savoie - Ski resorts and villages either linked to or close to the major ski resorts of the French Savoie region and some of the best places to stay, eat and party.
• SMA- Ski area of Les Arcs - Official site on skiing in the Les Arcs area
• snow reports from alpine la clusaz in the french haute savoie savoy - snow and weather reports and skiing conditions from la clusaz in the haute savoie, savoy, france. currency conversion to the new euro
• Snow Safari - skiing holidays in the alps - Chalet Savoy & Snow Safari. Skiing vacations and ski holidays in Chamonix Valley, France
• Station de Tignes - Ski lifts, skipass prices, weather forecast, opening slopes in real time, ski domain and the Carte Tignes for skiing and snowboarding, as well as activities in the off-season. [Site in English, French, and German.]
• Val d'Isère - Official site with information about accommodation, ski area, and "apres-ski", entertainment.
• Val Thorens - The highest ski resort in Europe part of the Three Valleys.
• Virtual Mountain - Details of activities you can participate in, hotel listings, and town descriptions.

    > Italy

• Dolomiti Superski - Information on ski resorts in the Dolomites with one ski pass valid for all. Directions, areas, activities, accommodation, ski schools, ski hire, ski insurance, news, weather and snow reports. Includes webcam.
• Seiser Alm/Alpe di Siusi - A ski and winter sports resort in South Tyrol in the Western Dolomites. Includes events calendar, ski school information, rates, photos and accommodation links. In English, Italian, and German.
• Ski Center Latemar - Alpine ski area located among the provinces of Trento and Bolzano. Includes maps, directions, photos, history, news, snow and weather reports, ski pass details and prices, and related links.
• Ski Passion - Official site of Livigno Skipass Association. Includes map, slope and snow conditions, lifts, prices, and information on schools and lessons.
• Val Gardena - Gröden - Part of the Dolomiti-Superski. Includes slope details, general tourist and local information, events, lodging, kids section, snow reports, and webcams.

    > Switzerland

• Annuaire des stations suisses - Annuaire des stations, des webcams, des sports d'hiver en Suisse. Tout sur les équipements de ski. Snowboard de A à Z, et tous les sports fun. Même les recettes de fondue.
• Bodmer, Corinne - Présentation de cette vice championne du monde de ski de bosse et de skiercross.
• Budgettravel - Switzerland Skiing - Links to Swiss ski resorts.
• Club de ski de Bernex - Présentation des activités, programme et manifestation. Genève.
• Cuche, Didier - Site officiel du skieur neuchâtelois.
• Davos - Contains weather and skiing reports, web cam pictures, trail maps, and online booking capabilities for this Swiss ski area.
• Eiger Skitour - Pictures of an ascent by ski up to the eiger summit in the swiss alps.
• Handi Demo Team - Equipe de démonstration sportive : des skieurs handicapés physiques de haut niveau montrent une autre image du sport. Fun, performances, courses.
• My Switzerland - Official vacation, holiday and travel site for Switzerland Tourism: Contains news and travel tips, special offers, city and resort information, pictures and movies, national events calendar, travel forums and online hotel reservations
• Randonnées à ski - Guide interactif sur des courses en montagne, avec de nombreuses ressources, liens, adresses.
• Shilthorn Piz Gloria - Skiing conditions, weather reports, and details on nearby lodging, restaurants, summer and winter attractions.
• Ski club Bottens - Présentation du club, programme et photos, inscriptions en ligne aux sorties. Vaud.
• Ski Valais - Information sur les différentes disciplines du ski et du snowboard, cadres, compétitions, clubs régionaux, agenda et photographies.
• Skiinfo Suisse - Informations pour organiser des week-ends à la neige : hébergement, réservations, bulletins neige, prévisions météorologiques des stations de ski.
• Telemark Ski Team of Zermatt - Le télémark sous toutes ses facettes ou presque. Agenda et annuaires.
• Telemark Swiss - Annuaire suisse des magasins vendant du matériel de télémark.
• Top Ski Resorts in Switzerland - Swiss ski resort weather and trail maps, lodging, attractions, pictures, and general resort information.
• Trifji Bump Bash Web Site The - 4 day event on the "Triftji" glacier at the foot of the Matterhorn, Zermatt.
• Trophée du Marchairuz - Course populaire à skis de fond de 15 ou 30 kilomètres. Résultats, inscriptions et renseignements pour la prochaine édition.
• Wengen-Muerren-Lauterbrunnental - Ski reports, photos, and tourist information including history of the areas, cable-car and railway transportation details, lodging and dining facilities, and upcoming events.
• Zermatt - By the Zermatt Tourism Office: General information, accommodation, links to ski- and snowboard schools, weather and snow reports.
• Zinal - Site offers weather and ski reports, a trail map, and other information relating to skiing in and around the town of Zinal, located in the Swiss Alps.

    > U.K.

• Glasgow Ski Centre - Dry slope facility in the West of Scotland, including off-slope leisure facilities.
• Hemel ski centre - Dry ski slope in the UK.
• Kendal Ski Club Artificial Ski Slope - Artificial ski slope at Kendal, Cumbria on the edge of the English Lake District.
• Sheffield Ski Village - An all-season dry slope ski and snowboard resort. Features map, directions, prices, and school information.
• Ski Resorts of Northern England - Guide to skiing and snowboarding on real snow with real ski lifts in the mountains of Cumbria, Northumberland and County Durham. Includes reviews, directions, cost, unofficial maps, and links.
• Ski Rossendale - Artificial Ski and Snowboard centre in the North West of England.
• Ski Scotland - Scottish Tourist Board site including the latest Ski conditions at all of Scotland's main Ski areas.
• 1ski.com - Detailed guide to ski resorts in Europe, Scandinavia, the US and elsewhere.
• Skiing and Snowboarding in Scotland - Amateur site with basic info on the five Scottish centres, includes photo galleries with British skiers and snowboarders.
• SkinetUK - A forum based site aimed at British skiers and snowboarders.
• SOS No Limits - Information on the campaign to support British skiiers. Details of how to help through building an e-commerce web site or organising an event.

    >Nordic

• Branäs - 26,5 km of trails. Located in Sysslebäck, Sweden.
• Hotel Olos - More than 200 km of maintained trails connecting Olos, Pallas, Jeris and other well-known ski-centres into one extended ski route. Olos, Finland.
• Kuusamo - 500 km of groomed trails, of which 40 km are illuminated. Northern Finland.
• Laajavuori - 62 kilometers of maintained cross country tracks, of which 10 kilometers are lighted. Located in Jyväskylä, Finland.
• Levi - 230 km of trails in untouched natural surroundings of Lapland’s nature conservation areas. Levi, Finland.
• Lumikeskus Messilä - 40km of trails. Located in Hollola, Finland, not far from Lahti.
• Salla - 76 km of machine maintained tracks, of which 5 km are illuminated and heated. 34 km of hiking trails. The skiing season starts in November and lasts until late May. Of all the regions in Finland, Salla has the highest snowfall.
• Sjusjoen Norway - Mountain wilderness in the Olympic area of Norway. 350km of prepared cross-country trails. The tracks run all the way to Lillehammer and Hafjell area and connect with the Olympic track at the Birkebeineren Ski Stadium. Both forested and mountain terrain, and all the trails are clearly signposted.
• Vemdalen Sweden - More than 180 kilometres of marked trails. Machine-groomed trails, totalling 50 km, are made especially for skating and classic style skiing.
• Ylläs - 250 km of mechanically prepared trails, 38 km of these are illuminated. Includes so-called warm tracks where it might be as much as 15 degrees warmer than down in the village. The skiing season begins in October and lasts until May. Ylläs, Finland.