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Dave Felius, a world-renowned authority on ski-course design, is laughing in front of his slopes-style course at Phoenix Snow Park. [Pyeongchang]“The Olympics will take place for two we...

Quick: What’s the highest mountain in Europe? If you said Mont Blanc, you’re off by 1,740 miles (2,800 km). It’s Mount Elbrus, a dormant volcano that tops out at 18,510 feet (5,642 m) i...

Despite ongoing conflict and economic meltdown, Bukovel is probably the world’s fastest growing winter sports resort.The conflict may be grinding on in eastern Ukraine but on the slopes...

As the number of Chinese taking to the slopes each year grows by leaps and bounds, one local company has positioned itself at the centre of the country’s ski boom.Whistler-based Ecosign...

The story of Ruka and the Aho family began in 1967, when Doctor Juhani Aho bought his first little piece of Kuusamo: a site on Lake Kitkajärvi shore, and a permanent room at Hotel Rukah...

Click HereEcosign Featured at Thaiwoo Resort Grand Opening Brand Launch November 12, 2015 Video produced and supplied by Beijing Raissun Investment Co. Ltd.Click HereEcosign’s VP of Res...

Park Hyatt Niseko, Hanazono and Park Hyatt branded residences will bring Hyatt’s luxury brand to oneof Asia’s top ski resort destinations.HONG KONG/ TOKYO/ CHICAGO (November 9, 2015) – ...

Georgia’s most popular winter resort is undergoing a transformation to equip the facility with the latest technology and infrastructure ahead of an anticipated busy winter season.Today ...

Meet the man who designs ski resortsNo fewer than 370 ski areas have been developed with the help of Ecosign, the company founded by Paul Mathews, the architect of Sochi. Ben Clatworthy...

ECOSIGN is on hand in Beijing for the final submission of the Beijing bid in 2014, a year before it came out on tops to host the 2022 Winter Olympics.It doesn’t need to snow a lot in Ch...

WHISTLER, July 31, 2015 – Ecosign Mountain Resort Planners of Whistler British Columbia, would like to congratulate the Beijing Bid Committee on successfully being awarded the honour of...

In China, winter is no longer just about big dinners with family and late night mahjong. China’s ski market is entering a golden period with millions of ski fans. Why China, a country w...

Ecosign Mountain Resort Planners, the international firm that calls Whistler home, can add another Olympic feather to its cap — Beijing 2022.Ecosign has designed the snow cluster venues...

Text by Toby Skinner Modelmaker⁄Jethro Haynes Photos⁄Liz McBurneyCanadian Paul Mathews is the world’s pre-eminent ski resort designer, having created more than 400 of them around the wo...

Had it not been for some homegrown Whistler expertise, Russia’s Olympic Games may not be taking place in Sochi this month; in fact, they may not be taking place in Russia at all.As it t...

Salomon Free Ski TV Video Interview on Worldwide Ski Area Development - The Architect Published on Dec 17, 2013...

The Government of Montenegro has selected the Company that will be preparing a detailed Spatial Plan for the Bjelasica and Komovi region, a mountainous region in northern Montenegro.Aft...

by Damian Inwood Pique Magazine - December 12, 2012Whistler`s Ecosign Designs the World`s Snowy PlaygroundsAs Eric Callender thundered across a mountain plateau, high above Beirut, he m...

The new Genting Secret Garden Resort makes Zhangjiakou a top winter sports Destination • Sienna Parulis-CookWhen it comes to winter sports in China, Yabuli has long been considered the ...

By Jessica Dacey in Grindelwald - Dec 22, 2011 - 14:09 - swissinfo.chOne of the biggest and best known Swiss ski areas needs a major revamp if it wants to maintain its reputation, a res...

Words: Antti Laiho, Nieto Magazine, FinlandAs a young man, Paul Mathews 64, disliked the indifferent attitude of American ski resorts towards the environment. He was about to join the f...

The Jungfrau Railways Group has devised a concept for future access to Männlichen and Kleine Scheidegg. Working together with the Gondelbahn Grindelwald Männlichen AG (GGM), the company...

Even by the big-thinking, grand-planning standards of contemporary China, the under-construction Secret Garden, a $6 billion ski, golf and adventure resort in the country’s northeast, i...

By JOANNE BLAIN - Published: December 10, 2009, The International Herald Tribune, The Global Edition of The New York TimesAt any ski resort, a fast downhill ride is a good thing — unles...

The Globe and Mail - Thursday October 14, 2010 by David Ebner VancouverA Russian àcid trip`The scouting trip was a surreal scene: Private jets, helicopters, senior Russian government mi...

Ski hills used to be built on gut instincts and gravity. Paul Mathews has spent 35 years changing thatCourchevel is the peak of luxury in the French Alps, a sprawling ski resort at the ...

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Feb 6, 2010 - 15:26 - Tim Neville in Whistler, swissinfo.chWhistler Olympic Park designer Paul Mathews has helped craft 320 ski areas in 34 countries, including Switzerland, where being...

Von Guido Schätti - 6 December, 2009A gondola that glides 480 meters above the Gotthard Pass road, an aerial tramway from Göschenen railway station directly to the Nätschen ski area, mo...

By Boaz Joseph - Surrey North Delta LeaderGive her the facts and figures – topographical contours, roads, rivers, lakes, tree lines, proposed building footprints, parking lots and lifts...

by Andrew Mitchell, Pique Newsmagazine, July 5 ,2007The last time Russia hosted an Olympic event, the world was a very different place. It was the Moscow Summer Games of 1980, and some ...

On July 4, the 111 members of the International Olympic Committee will gather in Guatemala City to decide who will host the 2014 Winter Olympics. It’s expected to be a very close vote.T...

by Michel Beaudry, Pique Newsmagazine, June 28, 2007He’s the Forrest Gump of the ski business. And like the fictional movie character, he’s never forgotten his roots. Although Kiwi Roge...

Whistler-based Ecosign Mountain Resort Planners Ltd has been assigned by the Serbian government in charge of a major development Stara Planina. Horwath Consulting Zagreb, member of Horw...

The Sochi 2014 delegation celebrated their selection as Candidate City for the Olympic Winter Games in 2014 as the news was announced today at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerl...

Deutsche Welle 12.02.2005 Author: DW staff (jam) © Deutsche WelleFew things are more European than Alpine skiing, which was developed in the Alps a century ago. But today, many of these...

The ski resorts of Hasliberg, in the Bernese Oberland, with Engelberg-Titlis, and the Melchsee-Frutt ski area in Central Switzerland are planning to connect their ski slopes. In connect...

Key FactsPaul Mathews of Ecosign is one of the world’s leading mountain resort planners.The company has played a key role in the redevelopment of several Swiss resorts, including Davos,...

By Bob Barnett - The Pique Newsmagazine April 11, 2003One of the great laments of most people who have “discovered” Whistler in the last decade is that they weren’t in on things before ...

Translated from article taken from Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Saturday, 4 January, 2003 By Christoph FranzenThe Development of a Rural Town into a Ski Resort for the Rich and FamousRussia’s ...

Snow Stories (4) These resorts where our winter vacations are played outLE TEMPS GENEVA NEWSPAPER ARTICLE OF DEC 28, 2002“Most ski resort managers are hotel owners, entrepreneurs or law...