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Ski K2 Expedition arrives at K2 base camp

K2 Base Camp, Pakistan – After arriving in Islamabad on 30 May, Fredrik Ericsson and Trey Cook were told of unusually deep snow conditions on the Baltoro glacier. The team changed their plan and decided to approach the peak via the Gondoro-la with an attempt on Laila Peak which would enable them to acclimatize and allow the deep snow to consolidate.

Ericsson and Cook travelled from Islamabad to Hushe via Skardu where the trek into Laila Peak base camp began. As reported the team found the deepest snow in the Gondogoro valley in at least 15 years. The team attempted a ski descent of Laila Peak but were turned back 300 meters from the summit by deep, unstable snow. However, Ericsson did enjoy a 1000 vertical meter descent on Laila's pristine, 45-degree northwest face.



Following their attempt to ski Laila Peak, Ericsson and Cook and 18 porters took three days to cross the Gondogoro-la pass, swing through Concordia and arrive at K2 base camp.

The team reports that conditions on K2 are favorable and will be heading up the Cesen Route tomorrow to Camp 1 for an early round of acclimatizion and to scope the route.

The latest updates are on Frederik's Facebook Page.

broom wrote:so of those 4 which is the best

It'll depend hugely on current conditions but I'd probably choose either Les Deux Alpes or Tignes, for summer ski area, over Val d'Isere.

All three have lots to do in the afternoon but 2 Alpes looks good for biking/hiking (not done either there, but the terrain looks ideal). Depends what you want to do, of course, but I think all three are quite well setup for tennis, biking, paragliding, etc.

Three glacier ski areas are now open in Italy following the re-opening of Val Senales at the weekend. It joins Passo Stelvio and the Presena glacier above Passo Tonale, which had one red and one black run open at the weekend but is likely to close in the near future. However Cervinia will re-open a week on Saturday for summer skiing and boarding keeping the Italian choices up at three.

Val Senales, in Italy's South Tyrol, opened its Nitro Snowpark for the summer season on Saturday with a special opening party including barbecue BBQ, beer and "Tirolerpfeif".

Events coming up during the six-week summer snow season includes Girls Weekend on the 25th-26th June , a Rookie Camp for children from July 23rd to 10th and a 'Koolt Action Weekend' with Skate/Snow/BMX and soccer and beach volleyball tournaments.

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The Dachstein glacier in southern Austria has re-opened for summer skiing, two weeks later than planned. A technical issue following the replacement of the steel cable, for the first time since the lift was installed in 1969, on the Dachstein access cable car led to the postponed opening. As a gesture of good will operators the Planai-Hochwurzen-Railways decided to lower season-ticket prices.

The area's popular Horsefeathers Superpark has now opened however, with a new design for summer 2010 and is reported by the operators to be in perfect shape. New features include a row of four rails and a line of new boxes designed for beginners and intermediates.

Following Stubai's closure last weekend, all other Austrian glaciers are now closed except Tux which has 25km of runs to enjoy on a 295cm (10 foot) deep snow pack with nine lifts operating. The Kitsteinhorn glacier above Kaprun and the Molltral glacier will both re-open in the next few weeks.

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Fresh snow across Australia's ski areas helped get the season off to a positive start last weekend when the country's resorts began opening for winter 2010. Temperatures were low for the best part of a month allowing for plenty of pre-season snowfall and with 10-15cm (4-6 inches) of natural snowfall just before the resorts were scheduled to open, it's been a very good start to the season.

Perisher in New South Wales was the first to open, reporting 110cm of new snow on a base the resort had been building for over a month with their snowmaking equipment.

Mt Buller has four lifts open with the resort's Bourke Street run is in good shape. Mt Hotham has three lifts operating and Thredbo six lifts, four runs and a basic terrain park. Falls Creek has 10cm (four inches) of snow lying too, and three lifts running.

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Les 2 Alpes became the first of France's three ski areas - that still offer summer glacier skiing and boarding - to open, last Wednesday, June 16th.

The lists open from 7.15am daily until the 28th August; the resort reports there is currently 2.4m (eight feet) of snow lying on the glacier.

The resort's summer ski area, one of Europe's largest, covers 200 hectares and has eight runs and a large snow park complete with two half pipes and a superpipe located between 2900 and 3600m of altitude.

The other two glacier summer ski areas still operating are neighbours Tignes and Val d'Isere. Alpe d'Huez, La Plagne and Val Thorens have all stopped offering summer snow sports in recent years.

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bandit wrote:Not according to the official website...

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I have shot the messenger... and amended the title! As you were...

Midsummer skiing in Scotland! :shock: :D