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Thanks to some intelligence gathering by our intrepid news editor, here's a quick heads-up on some options for late season and summer skiing in the Northern Hemisphere this year.
NOTE - All dates are provisional and subject to operational constraints and snow conditions nearer the time! Open (almost) All Year Hintertux Timberline (Closes in September for 2/3 weeks) Zermatt April 29 - Opening : Folgefonn Glacier May 1 (Sunday) - Opening : Dachstein Glacier Begins Summer operations (through to start of winter 2016) 8 (Sunday) - Closing : Tignes, Val Thorens, Molltal and Solden Glaciers, Val Senales Glacier, Lake Louise, Marmot Basin. Squaw Valley announced open at least to May 8th, may extend further. 9 (Monday) - Closing : Ruka. 22 (Sunday) - Closing : Cervinia (open weekends in May), Engelberg. 23 (Monday) - Closing : Sunshine (Pond Skimming World Champs) 28 (Saturday) - Opening : Stryn Glacier, Passo Stelvio Glacier, Beartooth Basin 29 (Sunday) - Closing : Kaunertal and Stubai Glaciers, Mt Bachelor (Open weekends in May). 30 (Monday) - Closing : Whistler (Blackcomb mountain) June 4 (Saturday) - Opening : Galdhoppigen. 10 (Friday) - Opening : Whistler. 18 (Saturday) - Opening : Les 2 Alpes, Molltal Glacier. 25 (Saturday) - Opening : Cervinia. 26 (Sunday) - Closing : Beartooth Basin, Riksgransen. July 2 (Saturday) - Opening : Tignes. 16 (Saturday) - Opening : Saas Fee opens (skiing to noon daily). 18 (Monday) - Closing : Whistler. 19 (Tuesday) - Closing : Stryn Glacier. 24 (Sunday) - Closing : Kitzsteinhorn Glacier. August 27 (Saturday) - Closing : Les 2 Alpes. 28 (Sunday) - Closing : Tignes. 28 (Sunday) - Saas Fee extends daily opening hours to 1pm daily. September (Pitztal, Kaunertal, Kitzsteinhorn, Val Senales re-opens?) 4 (Sunday) - Closing : Cervinia, Folgefonn Glacier. 21 (Wednesday) - Solden scheduled glacier season start subject to snow condition. October (Engelberg will re-open early-mid Oct depending on conditions…; Cervinia at weekends? Tignes? Diavolezza? Ruka?) 1 (Saturday) - Stubai projected opening date. 2 (Sunday) - Saas Fee extends daily opening hours to 2pm daily. November 6 (Sunday) - Closing : Galdhoppigen. |
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Well, I reckon you should be ok to drive up without snow chains... 8) It'll be Spring, but there's a lot of snow at altitude so the skiing will be good for the time of year. There are some useful snowfalls in the forecast for next week but whether they'll run much into April remains to be seen... Blue skies, warm afternoons, and typical Spring conditions most likely. 8) |
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With impressive high altitude snow depths pretty much across The Alps now, prospects for Spring Skiing (and, of course, an Easter break if you can leave this weekend) could hardly be better.
The long-range forecast is a mix of classic warm Spring days mixed in with a good number of cold and snowy top-ups. If anyone's out in the mountains now, please feel free to post up some pictures but - for starters - here's what late-season skiing looked like in Les Arcs this week... 
The view from the Aiguille Rouge 
Les Arcs resident freerider Thibaud Duchosal last week 
They do silly things in Spring in Les Arcs (PR shot from last Spring) |
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What Tony said... you'll be there more than three weeks before season ends.
That's April 30th Tony - Muse headlining Ischgl's Top of The Mountain concert |
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Hang on... I think there was a plan developing for a J2Ski group trip to deliver you to Suisse, dob you in and claim the reward... :lol: We could share the reward with you (well some of it) if they'll pay it in toblerone? |
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Well, let's not be hasty; there might be a reward for his apprehension... :lol: |
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That's still a week away... and the forecast models have been swinging between a warm and cold progression so certainly not locked in yet... keep the faith! (but make sure your gear is well waterproofed just in case...) |
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You might be a little rusty for an hour but it soon comes back...
Sadly, what you're more likely to lose over time... unless you work at it... is fitness. :( |
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