Tuesday, 15 October, 2002

Val Thorens Bouquetin Funitel News

One of our informers was up at Val Thorens a few days ago.  He took a look at the work on the new Bouquetin Funitel (two wire cable car) which will replace an exiting chair and give quicker access to the other parts of the Three Valleys.

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Friday, 13 September, 2002

New Ski Lifts for the Three Valleys

Here are the new lifts for the 2002/2003 season in the Three Valleys.

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Tuesday, 18 June, 2002

Kaprun Funicular Inferno Trial Starts

16 people begin trial in Salzburg today for the Kaprun tunnel fire which killed 155 people in November 2000 on the Kitzsteinhorn funicular.

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Sunday, 05 May, 2002

Twelve Polish skiers rescued from Mt Blanc

Twelve Polish ski mountaineers, trapped since Tuesday by bad weather in the small Vallot refuge (4 362 meters) were rescued today during a short break in the bad weather.

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Saturday, 20 April, 2002

Serac Fall kills 4 Skiers on Mt Blanc

Five skiers were caught in a Serac fall on Saturday at around 4,000 meters in the sector above the Grands Mulets refuge in the Mont Blanc massive.  The skiers were a group of four Austrians and a French legionnaire who appeared to have joined the group to cover classic access route to the mountain. 

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Thursday, 04 April, 2002

Catastrophic Ski Season for the Alpes Maritimes

The Alpes Maritimes ski stations, faced by a lack of snow, have had one of their worst winter seasons for 10 years and, according to initial estimates, have suffered a drop in visitors to the order of 30 to 40 percent.

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Wednesday, 03 April, 2002

Exceptional Season in the Pyrénées

A dozen ski stations from a total of 37 in the Pyrénées massif will be able to stay open throughout the Easter holiday period due to exceptional end of season snow.

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Friday, 29 March, 2002

Resort Worker killed in Freak Accident

A resort worker was killed early on Friday morning in the Cote de Deux Mille ski area near Villard de Lans in the Vercors massif.  The accident followed a party for pisteurs and season workers in a mountain restaurant. 

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Tuesday, 26 March, 2002

Mont Blanc Tunnel Woes

We have a round-up of the woes surrounding the repairs to the Mont Blanc tunnel after the disastrous fire in 1999 that killed 37 people.

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Thursday, 07 March, 2002

Missing Val d’Isère skiers found dead

The bodies of the remaining five skiers were recovered in Val d’Isère today.  They had been skiing the popular off piste itinerary: the tour du Charvet.  The skiers had been hit by a large avalanche near the exit from a narrow valley.  They were buried to a depth of 6 meters. 

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