The amount of terrain available at already open ski areas in the Alps is set to jump for some this weekend.
Although more than a dozen glacier ski areas have already opened for their 23-24 seasons, mostly in Austria and Switzerland, the majority have only 5-10km of slopes open so far.
However Sölden has announced that its going beyond glacier terrain and will open its winter ski area from the Friday 10th November, 2023 when it will have around 60 kilometres of slopes open.
Sölden is already posting the most terrain open in the world at just over 30km with Zermatt/Breuil-Cervinia, due to host the first ever World Cup cross-border ski race this coming weekend, weather permitting, in second place with 27km of slopes. It often has the most terrain open in the world is late November and early December so is also likely to open more.
The Hintertux and Stubai Glaciers also have more than 20km of slopes open.
The expanded terrain availability comes as more high-profile ski areas including Arosa, Davos, Kitzbühel, Schladming and Verbier are due to start their seasons this weekend too.
60km swill be the most available anywhere in the world since Australia's Perisher and Argentina's Cerro Catedral each had that much terrain open or more, three months ago in August.