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	Switzerland Verbier
		Verbier has a very active apres-ski scene and many fine restaurants (60 in all) to please any palate.
		Verbier is centrally located in one of the world's major ski arenas–the 4 Vallees.
		Verbier is a great place, well worth the time and effort it takes to get there.
	www.bluebookski.com /bluebook9/Switzerland_Verbier.htm (925 words)

	Ski Verbier, Switzerland - the best snow resort in the Alps for your ski holiday
		Verbier is recognised worldwide as being Europe’s leading ski resort, in terms of skiing possibilities equally impressive from the beginner to the expert skier, as well as its' enviable snow record.
		Verbier has been purpose-built for the skier while maintaining the Alpine charm of traditional wooden chalets blending with the breath-taking scenery to radiate a warm welcome.
		Verbier is a skiers resort and the preferred choice of millions of skiers from all around the world.
	www.ski.co.za /verbier.htm (1774 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Verbier at Epinions.com
		Verbier itself stands at an altitude of 1200m, and the resort stretches to the top of the Mont Fort glacier (3300m).
		In general, Verbier has a lot to offer intermediate to advanced skiers, but some of the so-called "easy" runs can be a bit steep and narrow, which is a bit disconcerting to beginners, snowboarders in particular.
		On the whole I would say that Verbier is well worth it, but entry level skiers and snowboarders may want to make sure they are of a reasonably good standard to make the most of the excellent runs which are on offer.
	www.epinions.com /content_6770232964 (475 words)

	Verbier - a Musical Delight in the Alps - PRAVDA.Ru (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Verbier, the music festival created by Deutsche Grammophone Executive Martin Engstroem ten years ago to bring art and money into a Swiss skiing resort has become world wide known as well as extremely popular.
		The phenomenal success of Verbier Festival is an attractive coupling of impressive works by two partners UBS, the leading Swiss Bank, and Martin Engstroem the Director of the Festival.
		The Orchestra opened the celebrations of the 10th Verbier Festival & Academy with a concert performance of Strauss "Elektra" - the first Opera to ever be performed at the Verbier Festival.
	english.pravda.ru /printed.html?news_id=10740 (798 words)

	About Verbier Ride (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		First run in 1999, the Verbier Ride began as a social event and friendly competition for young free skiers and Verbier locals.
		The Verbier Ride is not an invitational event; all three disciplines are open to accomplished aspiring skiers that are eager to compete with the pros and sponsored riders.
		Verbier Ride 04 what another step forwards for the freeskiing event and it's athletes gathering up over 390 hours of television distribution.
	www.verbierride.com /2002/about/about.html (255 words)

	Verbier Ride Homepage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Verbier Ride 05 was the official 2005 IFSA (International Freeskiing Association) European Freeskiing Tour Final and a Skier Cross Winter X-Games TEN Invitaition.
		Winner of the overall Verbier Ride 05 was Ted Davenport.
		Verbier is of course world renowned as a hotbed of freeriding.
	www.verbierride.com (456 words)

	Verbier - Switzerland - Holidaze Ski Tours
		Verbier is located in the southwest corner of Switzerland situated approximately in between Chamonix, France and Zermatt.
		It is a city in the heart of the extensive "Four Valleys" ski region, and provides access to what has been called the most challenging and varied skiing in the Alps.
		A great advantage for the beginning skier is that the nursery slopes are right in the village, and one can find many English speaking instructors ready to offer their expertise.
	www.holidaze.com /verbier.html (521 words)

	_ Verbier skiing ski Switzerland guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		For years, Verbier has suffered from notoriously long queues and poorly planned lift transport, but these days, with the opening of new gondolas almost every season, things are getting better.
		Verbier is the main resort of the Four Valleys ski area, covering a vast swathe of some 400km of piste at all levels of difficulty, stretching from Thyon, Veysonnaz and Nendaz in the west, through the central Savoleyres and Mont-Fort areas, out to far-flung corners like the Super-St-Bernard.
		The lift-pass system is complicated: a Verbier pass (Fr.50/day, Fr.283/week) covers the Ruinettes, Mont Gelé and La Chaux runs, as well as Tortin, Thyon and Savoleyres, but isn’t valid up to the high pistes on Mont-Fort.
	switzerland.isyours.com /e/guide/valais/verbier.skiing.html (386 words)

	Liftlines :: View topic - Verbier - 01/04/05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		That said, Verbier is a really nice resort and should be visited once during a week trips to Chamonix (1.25-1.5 hrs away).
		Verbier is the only area for which I have hard data.
		The distance between Chamonix and Verbier is plenty to have radically different snowfall (think of Alta and Park City, and there are many other examples).
	www.firsttracksonline.com /boards/viewtopic.php?t=481 (1198 words)

	Ski with Julia
		Verbier is one of the world's best resorts, known not only for the fabulous skiing and snowboarding but also for the sunshine and social side.
		The marvellous views across the valley and the friendly atmosphere in the village are just part of what brings people back to Verbier year after year.
		Children are always welcome, and I try to make sure parents get as much skiing as possible before being reunited with their children in the afternoons.
	www.skijulia.co.uk (263 words)

	Ski Travel: Verbier, Switzerland
		Verbier, of course, is the mega-resort of southwestern Switzerland, sprawled across high peaks above the Rhone river valley in the French-speaking half of the Canton of Valais.
		Verbier is not only big (gigantic might be more accurate with ck\lose to one hundred lifts spread across its four valleys), and challenging (the bump run beneath the Mont Fort cable car makes Telluride's Plunge look trivial), it's also an area designed for skiers who want to do a lot of skiing.
		Verbier memories are like that, they just don't fade And you can referesh them any winter with a plane ticket to Geneva.
	www.breakthroughonskis.com /Pages/_ski_travel/travel11.html (967 words)

	Verbier Festival and Academy
		The Verbier Festival and Academy was created in 1994 by the Swedish impresario Martin T:son Engstroem in cooperation with the local government and the Tourist office.
		Among the artists who have already performed in Verbier are Isaac Stern, Zubin Mehta, Kent Nagano, Barbara Hendricks, Bobby McFerrin, Björk and the actors Ben Kingsley and Marthe Keller.
		Situated at an altitude of 1,500 meters or 4,920 feet, Verbier lies in the heart of the Swiss Alps, near the Italian border and the famous Grand-St-Bernard "hospice", well-known for its rescue dogs ("Barry").
	www.cosmopolis.ch /english/cosmo9/verbiermusic.htm (1677 words)

	Verbier - Ski Resort Guide - Ski Club of Great Britain
		Verbier is expensive so take your credit cards.....value for money Val d'Isere is better.
		We just returned from Verbier and although I agree that it is naturally very beautiful and has lots of off piste potential, I was shocked how little investment in infrastructure there was - especially as the lift tariffs are amoung the highest around.
		I enjoyed my skiing in Verbier but overall it felt that I was spending more time on lifts than on the snow and that's not really a good thing.
	www.skiclub.co.uk /skiclub/resorts/gssg/readerfeedback.asp?intContactID=44950&strOrganisationName=Verbier (1491 words)

	Verbier Mountain Resort: OnTheSnow Spotlight of Verbier Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Verbier attracts skiers who are ambidextrous in the pursuit of fun.
		Verbier dominates, but it has compatriots in promoting the region, the smaller villages of Thyon, Veysonnaz, Nendaz, La Tzoumaz and Bruson.
		Verbier is 90 miles from Geneva and half that to Montreux and Lausanne, two cosmopolitan cities on the lake to consider on a bad weather day.
	www.onthesnow.com /CH-VA/484/feature.html (838 words)

	Transworld Snowboarding.com \| Features \| Kurt Hoy In Europe: Verbier, Switzerland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Verbier is only an hour from Chamonix, but a much different, more Swiss village vibe: not the big city that Cham is. Town is centralized on a hillside and chalets spread out from there in a tasteful sort of Alpine sprawl.
		Verbier should be on the top on your "places to spend a season" list for both town and terrain.
		I left those guys in Verbier after riding a half day on Wednesday (still snowing) and split for a little town called Sierre to pick up Shannon Melhuse--we're going to rally around for a while together.
	www.transworldsnowboarding.com /snow/features/article/0,13009,244601,00.html (588 words)

	V E R B I E R - Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In effect, the mandates of both the tourist industry and political authorities are to be voted on for the 2005-2008 period.
		A new traffic concept for Verbier is to be put on trial throughout the winter season.
		It is located in the building “ La Pastourelle ” on Rue de Verbier Station and it is there that Lise Michellod is presenting examples of decorations she can propose.
	www.verbier.ch /flash/it/newsletter.cfm (760 words)

	Verbier.net - Holiday Accommodation And Real Estate In Verbier, Switzerland
		Verbier is located at an altitude of 1500 metres, in the French-speaking part of the Valais and in the heart of the sublime chain of the Alps.
		The high plateau of Verbier benefits from exceptional sunshine since it faces south-west, and opens onto a magnificent Alpine panorama ranging from the Combins massif to that of the Dents du Midi, and including Mont Blanc.
		The true capital of freeriding in Europe, Verbier hosts one of the world's best-known competitions in this discipline in mid-March of each year: the Red Bull XTREME by Swatch, which takes places on the North face of the Bec des Rosses.
	www.verbier.net /verbier.htm (701 words)

	_ Verbier Switzerland guide (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It’s the skiing that put VERBIER on the map: few places in the world offer such breadth of possibilities with such awe-inspiring scenery as a backdrop.
		Before 1910, the plateau on which Verbier sits was an empty summer pasture; the first hotel opened in 1934, and even by 1950 the place was still a tiny village.
		Following the 1960s ski boom, Verbier now sprawls, characterized by unattractive apartment blocks and modern housing.
	switzerland.isyours.com /e/guide/valais/verbier.html (237 words)

	Great Performances . All-Star Piano Extravaganza: The Verbier Festival & Academy Concert \| PBS
		In just a decade, Switzerland's annual Verbier Festival has become one of the premier international musical celebrations, attracting a who's who of world-renowned artists to the Swiss countryside, in the shadow of the Alps, for more than two weeks of classical music performances.
		Also featured is Bach's "Concerto in A Minor" for four pianos, performed with the Verbier Birthday Festival Orchestra: Renaud Capuçon, Sarah Chang, Ilya Gringolts, Gidon Kremer, Vadim Repin, Dmitri Sitkovetsky, Christian Tetzlaff, Nikolaj Znaider, Yuri Bashmet, Nobuko Imai, Mischa Maisky, Boris Pergamenschikow, and Patrick de Los Santos.
		The dream team of pianists performing together on the same stage at Verbier is a rare sight, and one perhaps more common to concerts from past centuries.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/gperf/shows/verbier (356 words)

	Skiing Europe - Ski Packages to Verbier with Adventures on Skis
		Verbier, “the resort that smiles at the sun”, and the second largest resort in the Swiss Alps, is a delightful French speaking village located on a sunny plateau, in the grand circuit of the “4 Valleys” ski area.
		Verbier's ultramodern sports center enables you to play tennis, squash, ice-hockey, curling, skating and swimming.
		Verbier has some 60 restaurants plus 9 nightclubs and pubs, and though sporty and active, appreciates an equally calm and relaxing atmosphere.
	www.adventuresonskis.com /Verbier.html (341 words)

	VirtualTourist.com - Verbier Tips - Pictures, Tips and Reviews
		Verbier skiing area is part of the 4 Vallées network (Verbier, La Tzoumaz, Nendaz, Veysonnaz, Thyon).
		Verbier highlights are: - efficient and modern lifts (experience the confortable ride of the Funspace 2000p/h, the brand new Chaux Express 2005 mix of chairlifts and gondolas 2400p/h or a squized trip aboard the famous Jumbo cabin with 150p ;-) - Snow park availabe in La Chaux sector to be closer of the Sky...
		Verbier is also wonderful in the summer, hiking through the mountians' is great.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Switzerland/Canton_du_Valais/Verbier-689942/Things_To_Do-Verbier-BR-1.html (693 words)

	FREEZE Online \| VERBIER RIDE 2003
		This year's freeski festival was a celebration of skiing's new wave and a competitive showcase for both the riders and their sport.
		The Slopestyle Jam session on the final day of the Verbier Ride 2003 was a change of pace from the frantic action of the Slopestyle.
		Leading freeskiers from around the world gathered to showcase the sport and judging from the whoops and cheers of the crowds, their efforts were much appreciated.
	www.freezeonline.com /freeze/article/print/0,13977,435581,00.html (776 words)

	Great Performances . All-Star Piano Extravaganza: The Verbier Festival & Academy Concert . Essay . Monster Concert \| PBS
		In fact, with its measly eight pianos, the Verbier event was rather tame by Gottschalkian standards.
		But while we see a lot of fun and pianistic pyrotechnics at Verbier, performers' mannerisms in our age have changed too much for a true, Victorian-era sentimental monster concert -- ironically, since we equate such reserve with the Victorians.
		The only pianist who looks anything like the descriptions of the wizardly Liszt is Lang Lang, who appears to be having the time of his life singing along to "Yankee Doodle Dandy." He's the one performer from Verbier known for a showy attitude onstage.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/gperf/shows/verbier/essay2.html (495 words)

	Verbier : Active Pursuits \| Frommers.com
		Throughout the winter, comprehensive passes that entitle skiers to access on all the ski lifts and slopes in the 4 Vallées region cost 115F ($75) for 2 days, 263F ($171) for 5 days, and 306F ($199) for a full week.
		There are around 21km (12 1/2 miles) of footpaths in and around Verbier that are open for hiking in summer and hiking or cross-country skiing in winter.
		A bit farther afield from Verbier you'll find almost 402km (250 miles) of hiking trails of varying degrees of difficulty.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/verbier/2584010020.html (681 words)

	CSO Verbier 2005
		Verbier et le Val de Bagnes sont heureux de pouvoir mettre une fois de plus à disposition des cavaliers de l’Europe entière le cadre magnifique de ce haut plateau ensoleillé, avec le massif des Combins en arrière-plan.
		La particularité du concours de Verbier réside également dans l’atmosphère conviviale qui résulte de la rencontre du monde équestre et d’une clientèle cosmopolite.
		L’élite suisse des poneys sera présente sur le paddock de Verbier avec en apothéose, le dimanche 14 août, un Grand Prix PV qualificatif pour le championnat Suisse Poney.
	www.verbier-cso.com (316 words)

	Verbier Extremes, Switzerland 2002
		After spending this winter attending most of Europe's competitions I have developed a highly technical criterion for rating a competition - fear of the terrain, quality of nightlife and quantity of food.
		The Verbier Xtreme, on terrain alone, is the perfect competition - 24 of the worlds best free-riders taking on a 500 metre vertical slope angled between 45 & 55 degrees.
		Truly the most spectacular event thus far, the Verbier Extreme uses nothing but the overwhelming environment to entertain fellow mountain lovers.
	www.boarderzone.com /summer02/sian-5.htm (800 words)

	Ski and snowboard at Verbier, Switzerland
		With some of the most challenging ski terrain and scenic vistas in the Alps, a southwesterly orientation that maximizes sun exposure, and the 850-year history of the surrounding “Val de Bagnes” region, Verbier epitomizes the kind of adventure unique to the European “superski” networks.
		Though sizable at nearly 15,000 beds, Verbier is dominated by chalet-style houses and mid-size hotels, giving it a traditional Swiss feel that is at odds with the multi-story hotel blocks and modern atmosphere typical of many major French resorts.
		Most of all, however, Verbier is renowned for its mountains and the skiing.
	skisnowboardeurope.com /verbier (314 words)

	Transworld Snowboarding.com \| Magazine \| V16N07 - Spot Check: Verbier, Switzerland
		Verbier is the original James Bond-style European resort-there are fur coats on every street, extortionate hotels, and Porsches with eighteen-inch snow alloys on every corner.
		Such is the size of the place that it's possible to ride for over three hours in one direction taking lift after lift and still not reach the edge of the resort-but as you get farther away from the town of Verbier, the quality of the lifts drop.
		The secret to Verbier is that it's for the weekend warriors.
	www.transworldsnowboarding.com /snow/magazine/article/0,14304,438673,00.html (416 words)

	MegèveSki - a season in the french alps: Back from Verbier
		Unfortunately the weather was against us and there was very little snow in Verbier on the first week in December.
		There were only two runs open but the runs were better and more varied than the stuff we skied in Saas Fee in September and were more than adequate for the drills that Warren had us doing.
		In Verbier almost everyone on the course stayed with Peak Ski but we were split over multiple apartments and the apartments were spread out over Verbier.
	www.megeveski.com /archives/000018.html (364 words)

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