Snow Alert. Birds of Prey World Cup Race Training Cancelled at Beaver Creek Today Due to Heavy Snowfall With 8 Inches on Course
November 28 2007 - 5:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
Breckenridge receives 9 inches, with Vail reporting 4 inches BEAVER
CREEK, Colo., Nov. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- A winter storm blew through
the Colorado Rockies delivering a powder day with 9 inches of new
snow at Breckenridge and 6 inches at mid-mountain at Beaver Creek
and 8 inches on the race course as of 6 a.m. this morning. Race
organizers in Beaver Creek today cancelled downhill training due to
the snowfall. The Charles Schwab Birds of Prey World Cup races will
begin at Beaver Creek tomorrow at 11 a.m. and continue through
Sunday. (Photo:
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071128/LAW119) A snow and
blowing snow advisory will be in effect today for Vail, Beaver
Creek, Breckenridge and Keystone. Road conditions are snow-packed
in the Colorado Rocky Mountains with chain restrictions in place
for commercial vehicles on stretches of Interstate 70 and some of
the mountain passes. The following are the 6 a.m. mid-mountain
24-hour snow totals for the Vail Resorts' Colorado resorts.
Breckenridge 9 inches Beaver Creek 6 inches Vail. 4 inches Keystone
3 inches The snow continues to fall today and additional snowfall
and chilly temperatures are forecasted through the weekend with
another potent storm predicted to hit the Colorado Rockies on
Friday night. Today Vail Mountain expanded its terrain to 175
acres. By this weekend skiers and snowboarders should anticipate
additional terrain and lift offerings at Vail Resorts' mountains.
In addition to the World Cup, Keystone kicks off its fourth annual
36 Hours of Keystone event Friday, Nov. 30 and Vail's Snow Daze is
set for Dec. 3-9 with snowball eating contests and live concerts
with Ziggy Marley, Social Distortion, and Ludacris and the Roots.
Guests can book two nights of lodging and two days of skiing at
Beaver Creek and get a third night and third day free for just $370
per person in a two-bedroom condominium with quad occupancy Nov.
24-Dec. 18. For more event information, snow reports and for a
flurry of ski vacation deals, visit http://www.snow.com/. For more
information about the World Cup races in Beaver Creek, visit
http://www.bcworldcup.com/ or call (970) 949-1999. PHOTO ALERT
Photo Cutline: Vail skier Darcy Zimmerman gets first tracks on
Bwana Trail on Wednesday, November 28th. Vail Mountain expanded its
terrain today to 175 acres thanks to more than six inches of new
snow. Credit: Jack Affleck, Vail Resorts LIVE WEB CAMERA and B.ROLL
ALERT: For LIVE web camera shots of Beaver Creek and Breckenridge,
click here:
http://beavercreek.snow.com/mtn.camslarge.asp?camera_id=16http://breckenridge.snow.com/mtn.cams.large.asp?camera_id=8
For VIDEO footage today of Beaver Creek and Breckenridge, visit:
http://videotransfer.vailresorts.com/Beavercreek or
http://videotransfer.vailresorts.com/Breckenridge Username = snow
Password = blizzard VIDEO NEWS FOOTAGE COORDINATES for Beaver Creek
today: Wednesday, November 28 Eastern Start: 16:45 EST Eastern End:
17:00 EST Mountain Start: 14:45 MST Mountain End: 15:00 MST
Satellite Galaxy 17 / K12 Lower (18 MGHz) UPLINK FREQUENCY: 14231
horizontal DOWNLINK FREQUENCY: 11931 vertical Symbol Rate: 13.3331
FEC: 7/8 UPLINK PROVIDER: In Front, Mark (405) 833-5795 mobile or
(970) 748-6950 truck *IMPORTANT NOTE: Satellite signal can be
tested 5 minutes prior to feed time Beaver Creek footage shows
Birds of Prey World Cup race course workers using shovels and skis
to remove snow from the course after today's race training was
cancelled due to snowfall. Tomorrow's Super Combined race starts at
11 a.m. The racing action continues through Sunday. Footage also
includes an interview with Greg Johnson, Chief of Course for the
races. Breckenridge footage includes Breckenridge patrollers taking
turns in the resort's 9 inches of snow, snowplows removing snow in
town and people shoveling on Main Street.
http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20071128/LAW119
http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: Vail Resorts, Inc. CONTACT:
Christina Schleicher, Beaver Creek, +1-970-754-5292, Birds of Prey
Press Center, +1-970-845-0406, , or Nicky DeFord, Breckenridge,
+1-970-453-3210, , or Jen Brown, Vail, +1-970-754-3001, , all of
Vail Resorts, Inc. Web site: http://www.snow.com/
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