This ancient transportation mean, widespread for centuries amongst the mountainous communities, returns in the snow resorts as a new trend.
With excellent trained dogs, usually husky, and with the continuous support of very professional instructors, you can enjoy the feeling of the speed sliding in the fresh snow in company with the man’s most faithful friend. Lately in many installations they have started to bread their huskies. During the sport season, numerous regional or / and national competitions and races are taking place.
Tamarack Lodge Resort is located in Mammoth Lakes, near Mammoth Mountain, in California’s eastern Sierra about 100 mi/161 km south of Nevada State line Mono County, California, USA.
Mont Gabriel is a famous ski resort, located in Sainte-Adele, a municipality in Quebec, Canada. It is about at 70 km/43 mi far from Montreal and just a few steps away from Quebec City. It is a place, where you can have fun with family and friends. Mont Gabriel offers to its visitors a variety of snow activities, fun and friendly and familiar environment. It is also famous as one of the most economical and comfortable ski resorts in Quebec, Canada.
Northstar California is a ski resort, located near Truckee, California, USA. It is a very big ski resort, covering 3170 skiable acres/12.83 km².
Heavenly Mountain Resort is located near the city of South Lake Tahoe, on the California-Nevada border, El Dorado County, California, USA.
Mont-Tremblant is one of the most well-known ski resorts in Laurentian mountains of Quebec, Canada, at 130 km/80 mi of Montreal. It's a tourist destination for those who want to have fun and get in touch with the snow environment. Mont-Tremblant offers to its visitors breathtaking view of Laurentians and a wide range of winter activities.
Queenstown is considered by many sportsmen as the capital of extreme sports and adventure activities. It is situated in Otago region, in the South Island, New Zealand.
Trentino – Alto Adige region, in northern Italy, is considered to be the home place of cross country skiing and not without a good reason.
The stand up paddling (SUP) has been practiced in Lake Garda, Veneto region already a couple of years ago. However, it has only recently become a very popular sport with lots of fans.
In Trentino-South Tyrol, in north Italy, ice climbing is a seriously widespread sport activity. The Italian Alps are a natural shaped arena for the fans of ice climbing. Here, the environment offers the unique possibility to challenge you both in alpine and in water ice.
Nordic trekking is a widespread new trend in the mountain sports. Trentino-South Tyrol region, near the Italian- Austrian borders, is regarded as one of the the top destinations for the fans of Nordic walking.
Cortina d' Ampezzo has been since the 70' the most important flying area in Italy and Europe as well. The Free Flight Italian Federation has been founded on the spot in 1976, while many free flight clubs have started to operate in the same year.
Nowadays, snow kiting has become a new trend in the winter resorts. In Trentino – Alto Adige, in Northern Italy, the right spot for exercising your preferred sport is Passo Tonale, which separates the Stelvio National Park from the Madonna di Campiglio ski area.
In the foothills of Monte Brento, on the Trentino side of Garda Lake and just 10 minutes from Arco town, Base Jumping lovers can really enjoy their favorite sport in one of the most challenging and amazing walls in Europe.
Ski boarding is a new trend among skiers around the world. Ski boarding has shorter skis than normal ones and it looks more like the small snowboards. It’s safer and easier to learn while it is getting funnier for the practitioners, since its design allows the skier to move and jump freely without loosing the control of the skis.
