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This travel topic contains information and links for winter-related activities worldwide including both snow sports and winter festivals. Snow sports cover downhill or alpine skiing, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, ice skating, and dog sledding. Winter festivals cover worldwide festivals and carnivals including those where you can view ice sculptures. It is organized into the sections shown below. Click on a section name to go directly to it on this page. |
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slidingonthecheap.com.
For the latest deals and special fares at
United States ski resorts, try this
website. You can also sign up for their free email newsletter. |
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Budget Travel-Ski
Articles
They
have good articles and reports on skiing worldwide. Resorts |
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Ski Resorts All the comprehensive sites listed above also have ski resort information. If you want to know about a ski resort in a certain place (country, region, mountain range, state or province) sometimes it is faster just to do a web search. Enter the name of the place or the resort name, if known, and indicate skiing. Almost all ski resorts also offer snowboarding. |
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Wikipedia-List of Ski Areas and Resorts. A good list of ski areas and resorts around the world. |
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Ski Resorts
Guide. A comprehensive, popular
ski resort website. |
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SkiResorts.com.
Another popular and comprehensive website with ski resort
listings. |
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Skisnowboards.com. Excellent
worldwide coverage of ski and snowboard resorts. |
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Resorts Online - Skiing.
An excellent worldwide resource for
the world's leading ski resorts,
lodges and hotels. They are also a reservation system for many
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GoSki.com. Click on
US Resorts or
Global Resorts on the navigation bar at the top of their
home
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Onthesnow.com
- 50 Most Popular Ski Reports Today. They have reviews
and ratings by skiers of 50 popular ski resorts worldwide along
with the latest snowfall, and ratings for nightlife,
family-friendliness and the downhill terrain. |
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Google - Snowboarding Resorts A good list of
snowboarding resorts. Maps |
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Ski.com-Interactive Maps. 3-D maps of worldwide ski
resorts. |
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Skiindex.com - Trail maps. Ski trail maps for
countries of the world.. |
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Alpine Ski Maps.
Ski maps of many European ski resorts. |
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Trails.com
- Ski Resorts and Areas. This is their Ski Resorts and
Ski Areas section covering the United States and Canada. |
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Skiinfo.com-Ski Maps. They have ski maps for seven
European countries: Norway, Sweden, Austria, Germany, Italy,
France and Switzerland. Downhill |
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Downhill Skiing also known as Alpine skiing |
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Hal Higdon's Beginner's Skiing Guide. His website provides good information for learning to downhill ski. |
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Become an Expert
Skier. Online ski lessons to help you become an expert
downhill skier. |
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| Discoverahobby.com-Learn To Ski. Good information and links to websites with online downhill skiing insturction, Books, video and gear. | |||||||||||||||||||
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Cross-Country Skiing also known as XC skiing |
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Wintertrails.org.
Excellent information on opportunities to go cross-country
skiing in the United States. |
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Trails.com-Cross-country skiing This is the Trails.com
Cross Country Skiing section with United States and Canadian
coverage. They also have excellent cross-country ski maps. Snowshoeing |
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Snowshoe Magazine.
An excellent magazine devoted to
snowshoeing.
Snowshoe Magazine's Guide to
Snowshoeing includes Knowing What to Buy, Where to Go, How to
Get Started and Learn What's Important when snowshoeing.
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Carlheilman.com/Snowshoes.
All about snowshoes and techniques and
choosing the right snowshoes. |
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Trails.com - Snowshoeing. Excellent list and maps of
snowshoeing trails in the United States and Canada. |
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Yahoo! Snowshoeing Directory. A short list of some
popular snowshoeing websites. |
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www.trekkinginthealps.com. Snowshoe guided holidays and treks in the French, Swiss, and Italian Alps. Snowboarding |
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Snowboarding and snowboarding Resorts. Most ski resorts also offer snowboarding. |
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Google - Snowboarding Resorts A good list of snowboarding resorts. |
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Google - Snowboarding Places A good list of places to
go snowboarding. |
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Snowboarding.com
One of the premier snowboarding websites. |
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Transworldsnowboarding.com An excellent,
comprehensive, beautiful website covering all aspects of
snowboarding. |
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About.com -
Snowboarding. Excellent coverage of all aspects of
snowboarding. |
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ABC of
Snowboarding. This is the world's largest Snowboarding
Portal! They offer news and information of interest to both
beginners to professionals. You have everything you want to know
about snowboarding including online lessons. |
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Jump Into
Snowboarding. ThinkQuest's information on snowboarding from
learning to equipment. Includes a history. Oriented toward young
people. |
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Yahoo Directory - Snowmobiling They have a good list of snowmobiling websites. |
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Snowtracks.com They cover snowmobiling in the U.S and Canada |
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Trail Conditions -
Snowmobiles. The best website we have found that
reports on snowmobiling train conditions. They also have a
forum with a number of categories of interest to snowmobilers. |
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Gordon's
Guide-Snowmobiling. A good list of snowmobile vacation
websites. |
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Ice Skating We focus on recreational ice skating. O.K., so the girl in the picture seems to be doing something fancy for a recreational skater. Some have more talent than others! |
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| Sometimes the fastest way to find information is to do a direct search on the web. If you are looking for a local ice skating rink or ice skating instructions or one in a place you will be visiting, just type in those words and your city, region, state or province name. If you know a lake or river that freezes over where you want to skate, try typing in its name in the following form ice skating on <lake or river name>. |
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Ice Skate Cafe.
The only international directory of ice skating rinks we have
found. A beautiful website with over 1400 ice rinks listed
worldwide complete with pictures. |
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DMOZ Open Directory - Ice Skating Clubs and Rinks.
Organized by regions of worlds, then alphabetically by countries
within the region. To find a club or rink in your area,
enter or city, state or province name using your browser -
Find on this page option. |
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Ice Arena and Rink Locator.
Enter a United States - state, city or arena name to see
locations in your area. |
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Recreational Ice Skating Magazine.
You can download a free pdf version of their quarterly magazine
published by the Ice Skating Institute. |
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Skatelog - Recreational Ice Skating.
Although this website is focused on various forms of roller
skating, they were kind enough to have a section about ice
skating. Thanks Kathie. |
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Where To Ice Skate Outdoors on Lakes and Rivers
in North America. A nice article
listing popular places in Canada and New England. |
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Nordicskater.com. The best website we have found that covers Nordic skating. Nordic skating is cross-country ice skating using Nordic ice skates. This website is comprehensive with information on gear, tours, and everything else you want to know about Nordic skating. |
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Away.com - Nordic Skating. They have 3 wonderful
articles on Nordic skating -
Overview and Players,
The Gear You Need,
Top Skating Destinations Worldwide (they cover places in
Canada, the United States and Europe). |
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New York Times Travel - Wild Skating. A good article
on wild skating. Dog |
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Dog
Sledding "On King, on you huskies" said Sgt. Preston of the Yukon. You too can take dog sled rides, vacations and trips. |
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DMOZ Open Directory - Dog Sledding. They have the most comprehensive list we have found on the web. Sled Dog Central If you are interested in finding an outfitter that offers dog sledding rides, this is the best website we have found. They cover worldwide dog sledding activities. Gordon's Guide - Dog Sledding Vacations. A good list of vacation packages for those who want to go dog sledding. Wintergreen Dogsled Lodge. The Wintergreen Dog Sledding Lodge is in Ely. Minnesota, USA. They have many types of dog sledding tours on scenic trails and cozy lodging.. They have been the north country’s premier recreational dog sledding. center & the nation’s only lodge devoted exclusively to dog sledding for over 25 years. GORP-Dog Sledding. They list a few websites related to dog-sledding. Adventures in Good Company - Dog Sledding Trips for Women. Adventure travel for women of all ages. Winter |
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