Fernie ski resort is one of the world’s best known ski resorts featuring ‘steep and deep’ terrain. The ski resort, located very close to the town of Fernie in the southeastern British Columbia in western Canada. The town is situated in the Lizard Range of the Rocky Mountains. Fernie is known for its high rate of annual snowfall (the highest in any resort in the Canadian Rockies) of around 875 centimetres and also for the powder skiing. Fernie ski resort was called by the name of ‘Fernie Snow Valley’ till 1997 when it was sold to Resort of the Canadian Rockies (RCR). Fernie Skiing: Fernie ski resort has 10 lifts that cater to 112 different trails with a vertical drop of 857 metres. The total skiable terrain at the resort is 2,500 acres. The skiing season at Fernie extends from December  [...] 

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Steamboat ski resort is located on Mount Werner in Park Range in Routt National Forest in Colorado in the United States. The big ski resort (2,965 acres in area), which is operated by Steamboat Ski & Resort Corporation, was opened in January, 1963. Intrawest, a noted Canadian resort management company, owns Steamboat ski resort. Earlier, it was owned by the American Skiing Company. The base of the resort is 2,100 metres while the summit elevation is 3,221 metres high. Steamboat Springs is the nearest city to Steamboat. The breathtaking view of the Yampa Valley from the ski resort is an added attraction. Skiing at Steamboat: Steamboat ski area has 165 named trails (longest run is ‘Why Not’ from Thunderhead, measuring 4.8 km in length) out of which around 44 per cent is for the experts,  [...] 

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Sauze d’Oulx is a commune located in the province of Turin in piedmont Region in northern Italy and very close to the French border. It is located 80 km from the city of Turin in Val di Susa near the feet of Monte Genevris (2,536 metres). Sauze d’Oulx is a famous skiing resort in Alpine Italy. Along with the villages of Sestriere, Pragelato, Claviere, Cesana Torinese, San Sicario and Montgenèvre (in France), Sauze d’Oulx makes up Lia Lattea skiing area. The location of Sauze d’Oulx at the lap of nature has facilitated its reputation as a remarkable winter sports venue. The famous winter resort here called Sportinia was a favourite destination of the old Turin aristocracy. The first skiers had arrived at Sauze from Switzerland way back in the 1890s. Sauze also hosted the 2006 Turin  [...] 

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Serre Chevalier ski resort, which is located close to Parc national des Ecrins (Ecrins National Park) in the Haute-Alpes region of the southern French Alps, is one of the major skiing resorts in France. The resort is near the Italian border in the glaciated upper Durance Valley. Parc des Ecrins is located within the Ecrins Massif mountain range. Serre Chevalier organised the MTB French championships in 2008. Serre Chevalier is a friendly, good-value resort with a fine range of pistes to suit any skier or boarder. The presence of the tree cover ensures potentially good skiing even in poor weather. Serre Chevalier has a very big skiing field (about 250 km of slopes) and enjoys sunny weather almost throughout the year. The resort elevation is 1,200 metres while top elevation is 2,735 metres. Serre  [...] 

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