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Thredbo Ski Resort, Australia, Announces 2023 Ski Season Event Calendar & Artist Line-Up

Thredbo

Thredbo Ski Resort, Australia’s top voted ski resort, announced their 2023 events and line-up of music artists that will be headlining its infamous series of après events this winter. Boasting Australia’s biggest winter calendar of live music and entertainment, Thredbo is renowned for its huge festival-style music events that rival the international après scene. There are a huge number of iconic Australian acts set to take […]

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Julia Schneemann | May 25, 2023
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FIS Approves 23/24 Alpine World Cup Season Calendar

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The International Ski & Snowboard Federation ‘FIS’ held their annual meeting on Wednesday, May 24, 2023, and approved the FIS World Cup Calendar for the 23/24 season. All calendars were approved across the disciplines, but the Alpine calendar was probably the most anticipated, so let’s take a closer look at the proposed 23/24 Alpine World Cup calendar. There had been […]

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Julia Schneemann | May 25, 2023
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Cheap Ski Wear Flooding Social Media — A Look at Dope Snow and Montec

Jesper Tjaeder

You may have noticed either on your local mountain or even on your social media feed an influx of ads from skiwear brands Montec and Dope Snow, and wondered about these brands. I will admit, I liked some of the Montec designs, but never clicked on any of the ads, thinking it was probably some sub-standard gear made in China. […]

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Julia Schneemann | May 24, 2023
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10 Days Until the Start of Winter in Australia

Falls Creek

While it is only ten days until the start of winter in Australia, ski resorts down under seem to have gotten a head-start on the white stuff, as resorts in New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria (VIC) woke up to up to 20cm (8 inches) of snowfalls on Monday morning. Temperatures across the south-east have been below the May average, […]

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Julia Schneemann | May 22, 2023
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Tragic Death of Australian Man on Mt Everest, Nepal

Jason Kennison from Australia died while descending Mt Everest on Friday, May 19, 2023. The 40-year-old had learned to walk again following a devastating car crash in 2006 when an overtaking truck clipped the front of his vehicle, which left him with several broken bones and severe spinal cord injuries. Doctors had told him that he would never walk again, […]

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Julia Schneemann | May 22, 2023
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[PHOTOS] Ghurka Veteran First Double Above-Knee Amputee to Climb Mt Everest, Nepal

Amputee Hari Budha Magar became the first ever double above-knee amputee to conquer Mt Everest in Nepal. In fact, the 43-year-old was instrumental in overturning a ban by Nepal that had stopped blind and double-amputee climbers from ascending the highest mountain above sea-level in 2018. Hari Budha had lost his lower legs while serving as a Ghurka in the British army, […]

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Julia Schneemann | May 21, 2023
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2023 Skier Visits Down 9% in Switzerland

While US ski resorts booked a record season in 22/23 with 64.7 million skier visits, Swiss ski resorts had an average season with 23.2 million skier visits. Skier visits in Switzerland were down 9% on last year, however 21/22 had been the second best year in the last ten years, putting this season’s ski resort visitation number in line with […]

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Julia Schneemann | May 21, 2023
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Husband of 6-Time Olympic Medal Winner Killed in Avalanche in Jungfrau Region, Switzerland

Kacper Tekieli

The husband of six-time Olympic medal winner and 8-time World Championship medal winner Justyna Kowalczyk-Tekieli perished in an avalanche near Stechelberg in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland. Kacper Tekieli was an experienced mountaineer who had climbed the most important Polish and Slovak peaks and had also climbed internationally in Alaska, Norway and European Alps, where he had conquered the ‘Alpine […]

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Julia Schneemann | May 19, 2023
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