Ski Resort and Snow News - June 2022
Ski Resort Changing Name Over Mental Health Concerns
Published : 29-Jun-2022 07:24
One of America's longest established ski areas has announced it is to change its name, with a new name decided but not yet announced.
Vermont's Suicide Six ski area says it will be "retiring" its current name this summer.
"Our resort team embraces the increasing awareness surrounding mental health and shares the growing concerns about the insensitive nature of the historical name. The feelings that the word "suicide" evokes can have a significant impact on many in our community," a resort statement explains, going on to say a new name has been chosen and will be announced later this summer.
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Banff Ski Area Considers Re-opening For July 1st
Published : 25-Jun-2022 02:09
The Banff ski area of Sunshine in Alberta, Canada, says it is considering re-opening its slopes next Friday, July 1st, in celebration of Canada Day.
The centre, which has one of Canada's longest ski seasons staying open to late May each year, was one of several in the area reporting fresh snowfall in recent days.
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Norway Stages Annual Monoski Championships
Published : 25-Jun-2022 08:43
The Norwegian Monoski Association will stage their annual National Championships this afternoon, Saturday 25th June, at Stryn Summer Ski Centre, one of three glacier areas currently open in the country.
The championships traditionally have a very relaxed atmosphere with a retro skiwear code dating back to the brief heyday of monoskiing in the mid-late 1980s. The summer weather also often leads to quite a lot of flesh being exposed.
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10 Glacier Ski Areas Open in Europe From Tomorrow (Possibly)
Published : 24-Jun-2022 10:38
The number of ski areas open for summer skiing and boarding in Europe is set to get back into double figures for the first time since early-May, potentially, with Cervinia set to open on Saturday, 25th June.
'Potentially' because Tignes, which opened last weekend for a planned six-week summer ski season has been closed the past two days and its unclear if it can reopen. On Thursday it said there was "technical issue" but it has not given a reason why its closed today. However its snow report notes just 15cm (six inches) of snow cover on its glacier, with above freezing temperatures and webcam images show a lot of blue melting ice exposed on the Grande Motte.
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2030 Winter Olympics May Return To Former Host City
Published : 22-Jun-2022 06:55
The three confirmed candidates in the battle to host the 2030 Winter Olympics have all hosted the Games in the past five decades.
2010 hosts Vancouver in Canada, 2002 hosts Salt Lake City in the USA and 1972 hosts Sapporo in Japan are the three confirmed with two more former host, the Savoy region of France and 1984 hosts Sarajevo, then officially in Yugoslavia now in Bosnia and Herzegovina as potential bidders but not yet confirmed.
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Two Indoor Snow Centres Announced For Texas
Published : 20-Jun-2022 06:46
Although work is yet to begin on their first indoor snow centre, the Alpine-X company has began naming more US cities where it plans to open indoor snow slopes in the future.
Alpine-X have been working on an initial slope in Virginia, known as Fairfax Peak, for several years but has always said the plan is to initially build 20 and then potentially more facilities across the US. It has now said it aims to open facilities in Austin and Dallas in Texas by 2025.
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Scandinavian Ski Centre Operator Sees Record 6 Million Visits
Published : 19-Jun-2022 06:16
The SkiStar Group which runs several of Scandinavia's largest ski resorts and claims about a quarter of the total ski market for Norway and Sweden says it had more than six million visitors last winter, a new record.
It also saw record profits.
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Skiing in the Andes Reopens to the World For First Time Since 2019
Published : 18-Jun-2022 07:41
South America's 2022 ski season has got underway this weekend and it's the first winter since 2019 that skiers from outside the region can again travel in to ski or board the Andes.
Argentina and Chile closed their borders through the first two years of the pandemic but its possible to visit again so long as you arrive with comprehensive medical travel insurance, particularly covering repatriation if you're unlucky enough for that to be required.
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Tignes Warns Shortened Summerski Season May Be Shorter Still
Published : 16-Jun-2022 02:16
Tignes is warning that its summer ski season, due to start on Saturday, may be impacted by the hot weather in much of Europe, including the Alps.
"The winter season went well despite relatively dry conditions. Spring has also been drier and warmer than usual, and the last few days have been scorching," an online statement from the resort advises, continuing, "We will keep you regularly informed of the evolution of the conditions on the glacier and we advise you not to purchase your ski passes more than two days before (you plan to ski.)"
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Ski Lifts And Runs Operating on Six Continents
Published : 16-Jun-2022 01:10
The start of the 2022 ski season in South America this weekend means that ski centres are currently open on all of the six populated continents.
This period usually lasts for 2-3 weeks each year when most southern hemisphere ski nations are starting their seasons and the last centres are ending theirs in Asia and North America, but some years seasons end early/start late and it doesn't quite happen.
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Canadian Ski Resort Re-opening For Father’s Day Skiing This Weekend
Published : 15-Jun-2022 03:00
Mount Washington ski area on Vancouver island has announced it's going to re-open its slopes this weekend only, in celebration of Father's Day.
Announcing this weekend's opening as the "Snowmer Ski & Soar" the resort said in a statement that the Whiskey Jack Chair will be spinning from 10:00 am - 3:00 pm offering access to "limited terrain" with Coaster and the Terrain Park.
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‘FuniFlaine’ lift to Flaine cancelled
Published : 15-Jun-2022 07:52
[b]Last month, the 'FuniFlaine' organisation behind the proposed new lift to Flaine – scheduled to open in 2025 -announced that they would not be continuing with its plans.
The idea had been to join Magland, near Cluses in the Arve valley, to the ski resort of Flaine at 1800m. The lift would have been built by POMA and include 68 gondola cabins with 16 seats each.
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New Zealand’s 2022 Season Starts With Snow Storm
Published : 10-Jun-2022 03:35
New Zealand's 2022 ski season is expected to get properly underway this weekend as a major 'Antarctic Blast' hits the country's ski areas.
Earlier in the week, Mt Hutt, which had been due to open first, on Friday, announced its opening day was a "moving target" but that it wouldn't now be until some time next week due to, "strong winds and blizzard conditions in the weekend forecast."
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New Study Finds ‘Greening’ of Europe’s Alps Over past 40 Years
Published : 09-Jun-2022 03:44
A new study that has used satellite images to study changes to snow cover in the Alps has reported a "rapid greening" since the 1980s.
Findings of the study, the results of which have been published in the journal Science, have confirmed all previous studies that have shown retreating snowlines, shorter winters, shrinking glaciers, less reliable snow cover and flora and fauna moving to higher elevations for more of the year than they previously could.
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Ski Holiday Packages By Rail For Next Winter Go On Sale
Published : 08-Jun-2022 10:24
The company that started running ski holidays to a number of French ski resorts by rail last winter has just sent us a press release announcing the service is go again for the coming winter 22-23 and that holidays are on sale from today.
Here's a quick reminder of the key facts then the press release they've sent is below.
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Travelski Express returns for 22/23 season
Published : 08-Jun-2022 08:00
The Travelski Express will again be offering the direct Eurostar train service from London to the Alps.
Available solely as part of a Travelski Express package, the service will be running each week for the 2022/23 ski season. The first train is scheduled to depart on 17 December 2022 with the final departure on 08 April 2023.
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Australia’s Season Start Snowiest For 22 Years
Published : 07-Jun-2022 11:00
The heavy snowfall that has hit Australia over the past week is starting to hit the country's snowfall record books with ski areas posting that it's the most snowfall reported in one storm for 22 years and the second snowiest start to the season ever in Australian skiing history.
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Australia enjoys best start to season for 20 years
Published : 07-Jun-2022 07:04
Australian resorts are reporting record levels of snow for early June.
Mt Buller in Victoria confirmed on Tuesday 07 June that they currently have the second most snow on record for this time of year and the best levels for 22 years. The resort opened early on 04 June.
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J2Ski's Where to Ski in June 2022
Published : 02-Jun-2022 10:17
J2Ski Snow Report June 2022
Snow in the car park for Perisher, Australia - opening this weekend!
Southern hemisphere winter is coming!
The Snow Headlines - June 2022
- Southern hemisphere season starting imminently, closest to 'normal' for 3 years.
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Australian Ski Areas Opening Early for 2022 Season
Published : 01-Jun-2022 09:53
A growing number of Australia's ski areas will open a week earlier than planned, this coming weekend, for the 2022 ski season.
The move follows a huge pre-season snowstorm that has so far dumped up to 60cm (two feet) of snow on the countries slopes and is still ongoing. Clear weather expected at the weekend means that this could be one of the best season openings in the country in years.
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