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Lindsey Vonn becomes oldest ever World Cup winner at St Moritz Downhill

Published : 15-Dec-2025 07:08

[b]Lindsey Vonn came out of the 2025/26 alpine skiing start gate in stunning fashion on Friday morning to win the first FIS World Cup downhill race of the season at St. Moritz by a huge 0.98s margin.

Vonn returned from a five-year break last year looking to mix it with the best downhill skiers of this current generation such as Italian Sofia Goggia - who won 2018 gold and 2022 silver medals.

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Record Snowfall Launches New England Ski Season

Published : 14-Dec-2025 10:46

Whilst ski areas in the US Rockies and on North America's West Coast are enduring one of their worst season starts in many years, with some still unable to open due to warm wet weather, New England ski resorts on the East Coast are enjoying a historic start thanks to early, abundant snowfall.

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J2Ski Snow Report - December 11th 2025

Published : 11-Dec-2025 08:56

Kicking Horse, BC, Canada yesterday...

Heavy early-season snowfall has led to widespread ski-area openings across Europe, big snow hits Japan's Hokkaido, and improving but still uneven conditions in North America. The 3 Valleys leads global terrain availability and Pyrenean areas report strong starts.

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Report Authors Warn of Impact of Weaker Pound

Published : 11-Dec-2025 12:37

An annual study into resort pricing has found that a slide in the value of Sterling compared the 12 months ago means prices are up in all resorts it studies, except Andorra's Soldeu (Grandvalira), where it claims overall prices are down due to lower ski tuition costs.[/b]

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Funifor cableway between Mürren and Birg opens

Published : 10-Dec-2025 03:12

[b]The second Funifor cableway between Mürren and Birg has now started operating, almost a year after the opening of the first Funifor track on the same route.

The staggered opening in the Swiss ski resort was to ensure that in the event of maintenance, the lift could remain operational for 365 days a year.

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