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Fresh Snow in the Alps and The Rockies

J2SkiNews posted May-2014


(Sunshine after the snow at Arapahoe Basin in Colorado today)

There's been heavy snow in the Alps and Rockies, just as most ski areas have now finally closed for the 2014-15 season.

The latest snow fall follows a similar post-main-season fall in the first week of May – meaning that May is starting to look a snowier month than April at altitude in some resorts.

Of the areas that are still open, the Kitzsteinhorm glacier at Kaprun reported 20cm of fresh snow over night this morning. It's open in to June.

It was a similar story across the Atlantic where most areas have closed already, but Arapahoe Basin in Colorado, also open to June, also reported a 20cm snowfall.

Snow also fell at Tignes and Val Thorens, which had been the last two ski areas still open in France, but they closed at the end of Sunday, as did Ruka, the last area open in Finland.

Lake Louise closed in Canada leaving Sunshine and Whistler as the only areas still open there, for one more week. In the US Squaw Valley closed too leaving less than half a dozen areas still open there.
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