Mount Hutt, New Zealand, starts July with over a metre, top-to-bottom...
Where to Ski in July 2025
July is the month when the southern hemisphere's ski season gets into full swing, with ski areas in Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, and southern Africa open. The season has started well in Australia, and ok in Chile, Lesotho, and New Zealand, while Argentina had limited autumn snowfalls, but most centres have at least some runs open as we start the new month.
In the northern hemisphere, we are approaching high summer, with just 10 centres open across Europe, Asia, and North America. More than half of these are in the Alps; however, those in France are due to close later in the month. The last resort open in Japan/Asia, Gassan, is also expected to close in the next few weeks as its remaining thin snow cover melts away. July will see the first northern hemisphere ski area open for the 2025-26 season, Saas-Fee in Switzerland.
Australasia / Oceania
Australia
Despite forecasts suggesting a challenging season for Australian ski areas due to above-average ocean temperatures, the season started well last month.
After nearly a metre (39in) of snowfall over opening weekend, several more decent snowfalls followed.
Aussie resorts start July with 30-90% of their slopes open and base depths of 50cm (20in) to 1 metre. Thredbo has now topped a metre (39in) and starts July with a snow depth of 105cm (41in). That qualifies as "pretty good."
New Zealand
Most of New Zealand's ski areas are open for the 2025 season, with one of the last big names, Treble Cone, opening on the final weekend of June.
Most centres opened on schedule earlier last month after positive weather conditions, including good early snowfalls and low temperatures for snowmaking.
Mount Hutt has been the standout with over two metres (79in) of snowfall so far. It starts July almost fully open with a snow depth of more than one metre from top to bottom.
Argentina
Argentina has not had the best start to its 2025 winter with limited early-season snowfall.
However, as we start July, most of the country's ski areas are open, with the majority starting their seasons on the last weekend of June, albeit with limited terrain initially. So far, most areas have only 2-10% of their slopes open, but a few good snowfalls could change that quickly.
Chile
In contrast, the western side of South America has seen significant snowfalls over the past month, particularly in the southern Andes.
Nevados de Chillan is the standout, reporting over 2.5m (98in) of snowfall last month.
All of Chile's ski areas are open, with most having good base depths. The Tres Valles area, linking Valle Nevado (which opened a week early in June), La Parva, and El Colorado, offers the largest amount of terrain open on the continent as we start July.
Africa
Lesotho's Afriski is open for its 2025 season.
Although it doesn't report snow conditions, the webcam currently shows that the main run is open, created from machine-snow.
There have been a few good snowfalls in June and low overnight temperatures for snowmaking, so the outlook is optimistic for the next few months.
Europe
The Alps
Six ski areas are open in the Alps as we start July, with the most (three) in France. However, by the end of July, half of the centres will have closed—specifically, the half in France!
Les 2 Alpes, which now has the country's longest season, and has been open for more than seven months since the start of December last year, expects to end its season on the first weekend of the month. Val d'Isere, which closed and re-opened, ends its four-week summer ski season that same weekend. Neighbouring Tignes continues for a further fortnight until the 20th.
Three European ski areas will stay open through July: Passo Stelvio in Italy, Hintertux in Austria, and the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise accessed from both Cervinia and Zermatt. Additionally, Saas-Fee is due to start its 2025-26 season with summer skiing on July 12th.
Scandinavia
Usually, the Fonna and Galdhopiggen glacier ski areas are open in Norway in July.
However, this year, Fonna isn't operating properly due to an ownership change that still appears to be unresolved. There has been some private cat skiing, but the centre's lift hasn't run.
Scandinavia's highest lift at Galdhopiggen is running, with about a metre (39in) of snow and some fresh snow falling in the last week of June. It starts the month with all runs open.
North America
USA
Two U.S. ski areas are expected to operate through July.
The main option is the Palmer Snowfield high above Timberline Resort on Mount Hood in Oregon, used by national teams for summer training. It typically stays open into August, although its base thawed quickly through June.
Freestyle skiers can also access the hike-to terrain park at Colorado's Copper Mountain on Fridays to Sundays through July, reserved for private ski camps from Mondays to Thursdays.
The Beartooth Basin summer ski area on the Montana/Wyoming border, which hoped to open in the first week of July, instead closed in mid-June after a three-week season, its first since 2023.