December 7th, 2008 by mat
So the final part of the ineedsnow snow and resort search is now online. Using live weather data the ineedsnow snow search allows the user to search after resorts with forecast snow in resorts that are located close to a regional airport.
ineedsnow snow and resort search
Our press release is going out on Tuesday announcing this new development – you can see it first right here:
With growing numbers of skiers / boarders, a changing climate and more independent travellers, the new and unique www.ineedsnow.com snow search allows users to match the best and latest snow conditions to their preferred airport or location.
“Please find us a resort that is snow-sure near Salzburg, we have already booked flights.”
It was from endless enquiries like the above, that the ineedsnow snow & resort search was conceived.
2 steps to snow:
Need snow next week, next month, next year?
Snow next week- resorts with forecast snow
For the ‘Powder Hound’ with a week off work and in need of powder. The search is powered by live weather data to allow a user to find all resorts near an airport that have snow forecast in the following week, sorted in descending order of distance.
Snow next month – good existing snow
Designed for the ‘mid season booker’ who are flying into a regional alpine airport and want resorts with good snow depths. The snow search allows the user to find the resorts with the best snow depth in the region around the airport.
Snow next year – high resorts / high lifts
For the ‘early bird’ booker who wants to book in advance and need either a high resort or high altitude lifts to ensure good snow.
Priorities beyond the ‘white stuff’
Need a family resort, après ski resort, advanced skiing, ski-in, ski-out resort? The ineedsnow search also finds these resorts near regional alpine airports, with resorts listed in descending order of distance from the airport or by user rating.
© ineedsnow.com means we have filmed, photographed and yes have been to all the European destinations that we feature! We have offices in Innsbruck, Austria and the UK and write all our own content, host all our own images and video. But what do we know? No better than visitors who write and rate their own experiences on our site. We offer equal prominence to user ratings and comments. The ratings also go to power aspects of the resort search.
more information – www.ineedsnow.com
more company information – http://www.ineedsnow.com/more/about-us/about-us.html
October 24th, 2008 by mat
The ineedsnow snow and resort search is now online. The search has run for many weeks on our test server and seems stable, any issues that you find then please let us know. Basically the search has been developed to facilitate online what we have often been asked by customers, namely ‘where has got high altitude skiing near Geneva?’ ‘We want an après ski resort near Salzburg, we have already booked flights.’ We hope it becomes a useful tool in the planning of ski and snowboard holidays.
The ineedsnow snow and resort search is a 2 step process. First select the feature of a ski holiday that you want and then select an arrival point. The search can be used to find either snow or resort criteria. For those looking to book a ski or snowboard holiday some time before departure then select high altitude skiing or high altitude resort and your arrival point. Some weeks before a planned departure then the current snow depth option is probably the best indicator of snow conditions. For those looking for certain resort or skiing requirements then the further search options are designed to cover most requirements.
October 12th, 2008 by mat
So the season got off with a sensational start last weekend at the Stubai Glacier, you can see the latest pictures and a short video here – Stubai Glacier, 5th October 2008. The new site features are ready to go online tomorrow and ineedsnow is set to go live with a press release. We are holding back on a couple of features to keep people interested throughout the winter but the much tested and long agonised over ineedsnow snow and resort search should be availble for you Monday 13th Oct. Have a play around with it and please let us know what you think. Thanks to anyone who added their input.
September 28th, 2008 by mat
October means the start of the ski season as well as the ‘hard launch’ of ineedsnow, with the arrival of the search that will occupy that really obviously vacuous left section of the header. That dark blue area has produced everything between polite inquisition to bewilderment – all is set to be revealed. The trial version has lived for some time on the test servers and our hope is the roof doesn’t fall in when it goes online. Thanks to all those who took time to look at the site and offer feedback during the soft snow launch of the site – very helpful.
Note – For feedback submitted after 20:00, I have a bulging folder of nonsense that will never enter the public domain. And advice to those Austrian colleagues / contacts / acquaintances venturing wisdom: drink with more restraint and spend less time admiring farm machinery 