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J2Ski Snow Report 2nd April 2020
Maybe you can't go skiing, but you could win these! Win some Panda RS1 Goggles A handful of ski areas soldier on... Please follow your local authority's advice, stay safe and well, and look out for your neighbours! In the meantime, there is still snow in the mountains... The Snow Headlines - 2nd April - Deepest base at an open ski area passes 5-metre mark again. - Fresh snowfall reported in Alps, Cascades, Dolomites, Pyrenees, Rockies and Tatra mountains, among others. - Leading ski centres in Sweden due to start closing from next week. - US resort crowd-funds enough money to keep grooming slopes for those who want to skin up. - Ski centres still open in Japan and Iceland. After the frantic round of sudden resort closures in the Alps and Pyrenees in mid-March, due to the coronavirus outbreak, and the more gradual closures of ski centres in Finland, Scotland and western North America, the past seven days have not seen many big changes in terms of what's open and what's not - ski areas in Iceland, Japan and Sweden remain open. But that's changing in Sweden; Skistar, which operates Scandinavia's biggest resort, Are, along with Salen and Vemdalen, say they'll be closing their Swedish resorts from next Monday in response to tightened rules in the past few days from the Swedish government. It's not yet clear if all Swedish ski areas will follow suit, but that has been the pattern in other ski nations to date. We have though, entered April and whilst some ski areas in Japan and Sweden haven't closed yet because of the virus pandemic, some are closing because it's the usual end of their seasons. Other, bigger, higher resorts in Japan are open through to May though, pandemic permitting. Both countries did see fresh snow to end March. Sweden saw some of the biggest and best snowfalls of the season to date - pushing one area up to a 5 metre plus base, another to issue a rare powder alarm for a 20cm+ accumulation. Japanese areas too saw one of their snowiest weekends of the season to date, unusually late in the season (it was the closing weekend for many), although it has warmed up since. Across the closed majority of slopes in Europe and North America, there has been fresh snow for many too, causing anguish for some, nostalgia and optimism for others, depending on your point of view. The main issue in many ski countries now is persuading backcountry skiers and ski-tourers to stay home too. Some countries are doing it by tightening regulations, others just by public shaming of those who do still hike into the mountains, potentially requiring medical help if things go wrong when medical services are stretched to the limit by the pandemic. That hasn't stopped Snow King ski area in Wyoming raising $6,000 in a crowdfunding exercise to fund slope grooming, even though its lifts are closed, so that people can skin up the slopes to ski down. When might it all end? For most ski nations the worst appears to be still ahead of us although equally most hope things will be improving by the end of April. Several areas that typically open in May, June or July due to glaciers or some other late-season snow cover, are beginning to take bookings for skiing from June so there's optimism, but no certainty, that some slopes might re-open by the end of spring. 
It's still snowing, somewhere...
EUROPEAN ALPS Austria Austria is on lockdown and the lockdown is tightest on some ski areas in the Tirol including St Anton, Ischgl and Solden, where residents require government papers to be able to leave, as they have more cases of the virus than other areas. It has been snowing though, down to low levels, but warming up again now. Many of Austria's ski areas would have closed for the season, if it was a normal season, at the weekend, or next weekend, in any case. Several glacier areas, including the Hintertux and Molltal glacier, have indicated they'll re-open their slopes in late spring if (and it's a big if) such a move is deemed safe by then. In the meantime, the next national review of the lockdown policy is due on April 13th in Austria. France French ski slopes remain closed with the country in full lockdown and ski touring and backcountry skiing and boarding banned. As with the rest of the Alps and the Pyrenees, the country enjoyed a snowy start to the week with resort staff posting pictures of fresh snow from their windows. The country's three glacier summer ski areas have announced June opening dates for 2020. They say on their web pages that lack of snow might delay opening but don't mention that the virus pandemic might do that too... Italy There's little new to report from Italian ski areas, although here too some fresh snowfall has been reported in both the Alps and the Dolomites in the past few days. Several areas may be able to open later in the spring, or the summer if deemed safe to do so. They'd include summer ski areas Passo Stelvio and Cervinia. Switzerland Swiss ski centres including Saas-Fee excitedly posted pictures and video of fresh snowfall at the weekend, even with the country in lockdown and no one able to do much more than head out into the garden (if they have one) and build a snowman. Since then the weather has turned sunny and that looks to be how it will stay for the coming week. No one knows when the lockdown will be able to end but when it does one can presume resorts like Zermatt may be among the first to re-open their slopes – endeavouring as it does to open them every day of the year, weather permitting, in normal times. Scandinavia Although it's an ever-changing picture, ski areas in Sweden were still open at the time of writing as the government there continues to take a different approach to most of the rest of Europe and goes for herd-immunity. However the government has now tightened the rules and the first Swedish area, including the biggest Are and Salen, as mentioned in the introduction, will be closing after this coming weekend, four weeks earlier than planned. It's not yet clear if all Swedish areas will follow suit. Against that, the good news for skiing and snowboarding Swedes is that the past week has been a snowy one with one of the few 'powder alarms' that can still be issued reported by the ski area of Storlien on Monday after it got 20cm of snowfall in the previous 24hours. Riksgransen, up in the north, has had a week of nearly non-stop snow and now has a base of 5.4 metres, the deepest in the world of an open resort and one of the few ski areas anywhere to go past the 5-metre base depth mark this season, even including areas that have now closed. Pyrenees Ski areas in the Pyrenees, like almost all of the rest of Europe's ski areas, remain in lockdown with Northeastern Spain where the mountains are located hit particularly hard by the virus. March was a snowy month there though, and colder at times than the first two months of the year had been. The snow kept falling right through to the start of this week although it has turned sunnier in most parts of the Pyrenees now as we start April. Scotland Scottish slopes remain closed too. It is a shame as conditions continue to be good for spring skiing at the five centres, which isn't always the case, with the past week providing mostly benign conditions (again not often the norm in the Highlands) and only a slow rate of thaw, with a few fresh snow top-ups. Eastern Europe It is surprisingly snowy in the Balkans considering is the start of April. In fact, March was generally colder and snowier than much of the winter and it's been a snowy start to the week (and end of March). More snowfall with sub-zero temps are forecast for the next few days. Of course, all ski areas are closed. North America Canada Canada has been mostly cold and quite often snowy from east to west coasts over the past week. All ski areas there have now been closed for nearly a fortnight (most longer than that), but several that stay open to late May in normal years – including sunshine near Banff and Whistler in BC, are still holding out a hope that they may be allowed to operate again before the end of spring, if it is deemed safe to do so. Many other Canadian resorts would otherwise be entering their last week or two of operations in a normal season anyway. The forecast is for more snow in the West over the rest of this week getting warmer in the East. USA The last ski area open in North America still operating lifts for the 2019-20 season stopped doing so on Tuesday last week. Record numbers of people have been hiking up for backcountry skiing, with more than 400 people reported at one popular spot in New Hampshire at the weekend, so there's now a concerted effort to encourage people to stop doing that and stay home. Some states, including Colorado, have effectively banned it, elsewhere there's more of a public shaming exercise going on of those who continue to go backcountry skiing. In contrast, though, many ski areas have been donating ski goggles and unused medical supplies to hospitals in the fight against the pandemic there. |
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So, to give you some new gear to look forward to... the lovely people at Panda Optics have given us a set of their "new for 2020" RS1 ski goggles for someone to win in one of our easy-to-enter competitions.
These are very cool with a deep blue, mirror lens with magnetic clip for an easy swap to the included low-light lens. Although we never got the chance to test these on the snow (boo!), they look great and should complement most helmet styles. 
They feature :- - Mirrored Ocean Blue Cylindrical UV400+ polarised lens - Maize yellow low light HD lens included - 8 point magnetic lens change system - Integrated Guma® anti fog technology - TPU grade 4 rigidity Frame - 3-layer dual density foam with fleece finish - Frameless design - Fully helmet compatible frame - Easy adjustable strap - Twin silicone grip bands on inner strap - OTG (over the glasses compatible) max frame width 128 - Moulded storage/packaging box - Micro Fibre cleaning cloth and bag There's more info at the Panda Optics site at https://www.pandaoptics.co.uk/product-page/rs1-black Full price is £129 (GBP) but they're currently on sale at 35% off... or you can just win them in our competition and get them for free! Head to THE COMPETITION PAGE to enter.     
Also available in Red... ( https://www.pandaoptics.co.uk/product-page/rs1-red )  |
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BOGOF on all Airbus - Extensive Choice!
In a J2Ski Exclusive, we can reveal that British EasyLines are running their Buy-One-Get-One-Free offer on all Airbus models until noon today. What better way to isolate yourself from your fellow travellers next winter, than with your own plane? 
Picture courtesy of NPAS (see below) A number of fine examples are available, including; GB-BARF Pilot's Note :- A nice little runner. We've managed to get most of the stains from Barry's last tanked-up trip out of the carpets. GB-WOAH Pilot's Note :- A few loose rivets from the last crazy landing at Chambery, but a perfect souvenir of that time you were left stranded in the plane for 6 hours because there was no room in the terminal. GB-ISCHGL Pilot's Note :- Despite the name, this minty number has never, ever been anywhere near Austria. The smell of disinfectant is nothing to do with us, guv, honest. P.s. please don't sue me. GB-8MILE Pilot's Note :- Slim and Shady, you'll be wanting to bring some M&Ms to chew on the flight. Test drives available on presentation of a CPL, proof of insurance and ATC Clearance. No tyre kickers or timewasters please. New stock arriving daily! 
Picture courtesy of NPAS (see below)
All enquiries should be directed to :- Inspector Avril Fish Copper Chopper Plod Squad Bourneyesterday Airport UK PICTURE CREDIT Pictures courtesy of NPAS - thanks guys and girls! Visit https://twitter.com/NPASSouthWest for updates #StayHomeSaveLives |
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J2Ski Snow Report 26th March 2020
When you still get to drive to work... La Clusaz, France this morning... Almost everywhere is shut, but some ski areas are hanging on... Please follow your local authority's advice, stay safe and well, and look out for your neighbours! In the meantime, there is still snow in the mountains... The Snow Headlines - 26th March - Ski areas in China begin re-opening. - Ski areas in Finland and Scotland close due to the coronavirus pandemic. - Fresh snow reported in many areas including the Alps, Pyrenees, Scandinavia, Dolomites and much of Eastern Europe, as well as the Canadian Rockies. - Ski areas still open in Sweden, Iceland and Japan. - All but one ski area in North America now believed to be closed. - Several ski countries step up 'lockdown' on all outdoor activity, including ski touring. It's been a week of consolidation of ski area closures in most of Europe and North America. Resorts in Finland and Scotland have joined most of the rest of Europe's skiing nations in ending their seasons early, only Sweden and Iceland continue to run their lifts. Almost all North American ski areas have closed although in Japan they're still open. Looking out of their windows those in lockdown in much of the Alps, as well as the Pyrenees and eastern Europe, will have seen fresh snow falling in recent days. Nothing too heavy, in fact, the biggest reported was in North-eastern Europe for a change, but if these were normal times we'd be saying that it was nice, so late in the season and at the start of spring, to see low temperatures and fresh snowfall. The snow has been proving tempting to ski tourers in many countries, who don't need lifts of course, but for these people too the rules have been tightened in many countries, particularly France, to stamp out spring touring. Some countries believe it's good to keep skiing and boarding, so long as there's social distancing and measures in place in indoor shops and cafes, if indeed they're kept open. At the time of writing at least, ski areas were generally still open in Sweden and Japan, with Iceland (which ran national headlines a few weeks ago about infected skiers returning from ski areas in the Alps and advising against ski holidays to all Alpine resorts) still operating its ski areas too. The hopefully good news for those looking for signs of light at the end of the tunnel is that ski areas have been re-opening this week in China, two months after the lockdown there was imposed and a few weeks after a big drop in the number of new cases - to zero in fact - apart from those arriving from outside the country. People wanting to ski have to submit medical proof they're virus-free at least 24 hours in advance and are advised to still wear masks on the slopes, but the slopes are still open. 
They may be out of reach for now, but at least the mountains will be looking good this week...
EUROPEAN ALPS Austria Austrian ski areas are of course on lockdown with all centres closed. For those living in ski resorts there, it's been a pleasant start to Spring with sunny conditions over the past few days in most parts of the country, temperatures yoyoing and more thaw than freeze on lower slopes at most areas. Slightly more unsettled weather with light snowfall (and/or rain) is forecast for the rest of this week. Austria may be one of the first countries to open ski slopes once the lockdown ends, as it has a number of glacier areas that are usually open late spring and early summer, more than any other country. It's too early to know for sure though of course. France These are very strange times in the French mountains, with the lockdown which began nearly a fortnight ago ever tighter. Initially in mountain towns like Chamonix ski touring continued as before, with - if anything - more people hiking uphill now the lifts were closed. But the French authorities have increasingly cracked down on this, with the thinking being that any potential rescue and medical resources would be better employed elsewhere. The risk was illustrated when two freeriders were caught in an avalanche last week, one being killed, the other needing rescue and medical treatment. Those living in ski resorts are now allowed one hour outdoors for not-potentially-dangerous exercise each day. The snow? Well, it is still lying there and keeps falling, mostly lightly, at present, so conditions would be very good if they were still accessible. Italy We're into the third week of the Italian lockdown so there's no one out on the slopes there; or at least there shouldn't be. Our snowfall reporting and forecasting, however, shows that it has kept snowing (confirmed by webcam images) across many Italian ski slopes – just lightly in most cases with 5-15cm of snowfall in the past few days in the Alps, Dolomites and Apennines. Similar snowfall is expected over the next few days in many areas. Temperatures are freeze-thaw and getting quite warm (5-10C) in valleys and on lower slopes so in some places it's now snow up top, rain down below as spring takes hold. Switzerland The main debate in Switzerland this week has been whether to tighten the lockdown to French/Italian levels. People are being discouraged from going out ski touring but some ski area hotels are still open and some have been calling for resorts like Verbier, which has a number of reported cases of the virus, to be locked down more tightly. In terms of snowfall, it's cold and there has been some light snowfall in many areas on higher slopes, with more forecast for the rest of this week. Scandinavia Scandinavia has been the only place where you could still ski in Europe for a number of weeks now. Norway did close its slopes nearly a fortnight ago and Finland has followed suit more recently, with centres there closing in the past few days, but Swedish centres are for now at least still open. They've also been reporting some good fresh snowfalls in the past week, with most Swedish centres getting 10-30cm more snow, Riksgransen in the north, reporting 50cm, and more heavy snowfall in the forecast. It has the deepest snow in the (fast-shrinking) skiing world at present with 4.4 metres lying. Pyrenees The Pyrenees too were forced to close just as the season was getting better with some big snowfalls to start March after a mostly dry period from Christmas through January and February. To add to the frustration for skiers it has been snowing again here over the past few days and looks like it will stay cold and snowy over the next few days too. Scotland Scottish ski areas continued to enjoy some of their best conditions for several years and were operating right up to Saturday or Sunday when they finally gave in to mounting external pressure to close down and did so. They had previously shut down indoor public spaces like cafes and rentals, closed ski schools, enforced social distancing and increased other hygiene measure but were getting increasing criticism for attracting people to go visit, just by being open. Eastern Europe Eastern European ski areas – particularly in the North-eastern corner of the continent have seen the biggest snowfalls in Europe over the past week with ski areas in Poland and Slovakia reporting up to 50cm of fresh snow over 72 hours from Saturday to Monday. Of course, all ski areas in the region are closed as are national borders in and out. Bulgaria too has probably seen more snow in March than in January and February combined, and it has been snowing again here over the past few days, but centres are closed, with Bansko under special quarantine due to the virus cases there. North America Canada The last half-dozen ski areas that were still open in Canada when we compiled last week's report all closed down by the end of Sunday, with the remote Hudson Bay Resort in northern BC the last to do so, as restrictions were tightened up across the country. Some areas are still hoping to re-open later in the spring if things improve enough for that to be sensible and restrictions are eased. Whistler is the most obvious candidate as it offers glacier skiing to late June in normal years. Sunshine near Banff, which still had two months of its season to run and seemed one of least keen to close when Alberta ordered a provincial shut down, might be another. It posted images of lots of fresh snowfall yesterday. Most Canadian ski areas do close in early April though so they're just accepting the season is over. USA As with Canada, the closure of ski areas in the US has been piecemeal with some corporations closing their centres, then a few individual states, but in most cases, it has been resorts themselves making the decision, usually on the basis of advice from state governors and medical boards. The country's northwest corner saw ski areas holding out the longest against closing, most arguing that skiing was better for health than staying indoors and that they had measures in place to stop the virus spread. However, the last centre that had been open daily, 49 Degrees North in Washington state, decided to close on Wednesday as the state's governor ramped up the advice to stay home. One area in Montana, Teton pass, is (at time of writing) planning to re-open from Friday to Sunday; its second-to-last weekend of the season, and so far hasn't announced it won't be opening, but that announcement may still come before Friday. Elsewhere a number of US areas have announced they might re-open later in spring if the all-clear (or something like it) is given. Killington in Vermont and Breckenridge in Colorado, both of which normally offer snowsports to late May, say they'll re-open if they can. Heavenly in California has also said they might. Stay safe and well... |
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J2Ski Snow Report 19th March 2020
From the pisteurs of Val d'Isere this morning... Ok, what just happened? Our world has paused, but the mountains remain. We have some tough times ahead, so please follow your local health advice, stay safe and well, and look out for your neighbours! All the best from all of us! In encouraging developments, we checked the webcams and the mountains are all still there waiting for our return, so let's lift our gaze from the gloom... The Snow Headlines - 19th March - Riksgransen posting the world's deepest snow for an open resort (as centres with 5m+ bases close). - Heavy snowfall in California; up to 2.5 metres of fresh snow and a few resorts still open. - Scottish ski centres still open. - Most resorts close in Canada and US, but some stay open, especially in Idaho. - Ski centres stay open in Scandinavia; most resorts open still in Finland and Sweden. - Japan takes a different approach to Europe and North America; most resorts still open. - Pre-2020 season snowfall reported in New Zealand. With around 80% of the world's ski areas being instructed to close their lifts over the past week, it's a bit more difficult than usual to produce the J2Ski weekly snow report. However always ones for a challenge, we thought we'd give it a go! There are in fact ski areas currently open in at least six major ski nations and of course, mother nature seems oblivious to coronavirus and keeps sending snow, along with lots of other weather, so we can still look at the closed slopes and dream. Beyond dreaming we also have an optimistic eye on which resorts might re-open first once things begin to return to normal. And as noted they're not all closed; some ski centres in Canada, the US, Finland, Japan, Sweden and Scotland remain open (at least they did when we wrote this). It has kept snowing too, with California seeing some huge snowfalls in the past week, and snow in still-open Sweden too. As we know, the Alps and Pyrenees are closed for skiers, at least in terms of lift-accessed ski slopes. First Italy, then Austria, followed by Switzerland, Spain and Andorra and finally, France shut down over six days last week. In the few days since restrictions have been tightened in the latter three nations placing communities there pretty much in 'lockdown' with only essential services operating. But we are still hearing of people heading out ski-touring on the empty slopes, or cross-country skiing. Resort operators are warning slopes are un-prepared and un-patrolled and ski insurance policies will likely be invalid for those who ski closed slopes. They also say it is irresponsible to ski when, if you have an accident, you'll take essential services away from fighting the outbreak. How long will ski centres remain closed? Well for many it will, of course, be the rest of this season although many in North America are currently saying they're closed this week but will reassess their position by next weekend, perhaps with an eye to fellow resorts that have so far stayed open. There are 50 or so ski areas in Europe and North America that can open in late May, June or July thanks to glaciers, northerly latitudes or just deep snowpacks so it will be interesting to see if any of these look to re-open later in the spring depending on how the pandemic actually plays out. J2ski will keep an eye on what their plans are. 
You can still ski in Sweden (if you can get there) at the time of writing...
EUROPEAN ALPS Austria Austria has been in an increasingly tight 'lockdown' since last Friday. First Ischgl announced its closure but that was followed within 24 hours by first to Tirol and Salzburgerland regions, then the whole country. Initial closures were announced for March but then most resorts began saying the season was definitely over. Austria has a number of glacier ski areas and some like Hintertux and Molltal are open year-round, or nearly- year-round, so will presumably be among the first to re-open when the crisis passes. Nobody is sure when that will be but some have been re-scheduling summer events to September so obviously feel that's a good bet for some return to normality. France The season, of course, looks to be over in France. Tens of thousands of skiers newly arrived in resorts, getting their rentals, lift passes and groceries in on Saturday afternoon were not happy when the French government announced that evening their resort had to close by midnight. Tour operators then scrabbled to find buses (with few planes still flying), to bring them home. Most resorts say they have closed now for the season, although there are plenty of reports of people heading out ski touring in the classic ski resorts like Chamonix, with others questioning the wisdom of that due to possible medical need if things go wrong. It remains to be seen now if there may be summer skiing in 2020 – Val d'Isere, Tignes and Les 2 Alpes. Italy Italy was the first ski nation to close, more than a week ago now. Again here it's believed some people have been out ski touring but all lifts are closed. There's not been much fresh snowfall reported this week and conditions are reported to have been more spring-like – although there's now less live reporting of course. The next ski area due to open is Passo Stelvio, which usually opens from late spring through to Autumn if the country starts to relax restrictions within the next three months, but that, of course, is unknown at this point. Switzerland Swiss ski areas started to close down at the end of last week, initially canton by canton and then the federal government ordered all closed. In the days since, there have been a few twists and turns – with some cantons initially announcing restaurants, most non-essential shops and hotels all had to close, but then it was decided hotels could remain open, although most have closed anyway. Resorts are also trying to tread a middle ground between obeying the restrictions and helping people to avoid depression and inactivity. So some are still highlighting that cross country skiing, ski touring, Nordic walking, tobogganing and the like are all still possible and setting up outdoor pop-up food counters to supply meals in as safe a way as possible. Scandinavia Besides Japan, Scandinavia has the most ski areas open in the Northern Hemisphere with (at the time of writing!) most centres in Finland and Sweden still open. Norwegian centres have closed, primarily after the government there asked centres to consider if they had adequate medical facilities to cope if visiting skiers all got sick as well as locals. Most concluded "no" and closed slopes at the end of that last week. Since then even those that thought they could cope seem to have done the same. In Finland and Sweden slopes are still open and there's even been 15-30cm (6-12 inches) of snowfall for many areas. Riksgransen in the north, only three weeks into its 2020 season which started at the end of February, now has the deepest base of any still-open resort in the world at 4.3 metres. Pyrenees Alas, all ski areas in the Pyrenees are now closed. Spanish centres began closing first on Friday, followed by Andorra's resorts and finally, ski areas in the French Pyrenees, as well as the rest of the country, on Saturday evening. Although unavoidable, the closures come at a time when the mountains had had a lot of fresh snow and were in some of the best shape of the season. Scotland Scottish ski centres have so far remained open and are hoping to continue through the Easter period if conditions allow and the ever-changing public health measures being announced by the Scottish and British governments don't lead to their closure. If we ignore the virus, the five Highland centres are enjoying some of their best conditions for the past few years, particularly in the West where there's been more fresh snowfall in recent days and bases at Glencoe, in particular, are several feet deep with almost all runs open. This being the Highlands there have also been the usual periods when warmer temperatures have caused a little thawing, rain on lower runs and temporary lift closures due to gales, but all in all, conditions are very good. Eastern Europe A fragmented picture across Eastern Europe with the Czech and Slovak Republics as well as Poland closing resorts at the end of last week then closing borders. Bulgarian ski areas were still open at the start of this week but were closed down from Monday with more draconian total quarantine restrictions inflicted on Bansko after several positive coronavirus results were reported there. North America Canada Canada has had a fragmented approach to the coronavirus impact over the past few days with Quebec issuing a provincial order that saw all ski areas there close at the weekend but ski areas in the West of the country make their own minds up on a resort-by-resort basis. Some of the corporate-owned ski areas like Whistler decided quickly they were closing but others took several days to get round to their decision, Big White and Revelstoke for example only doing so on Tuesday; Marmot Basin and sunshine following on St Patrick's Day. And, at the time of writing at least, some are still open... USA Sunday, March 15th is being described as "the powder day that never was" in California as that was the day the sun came out after several feet of snow had been dumped on the state's mountains, the biggest and best fall of the year so far ...but most ski areas closed due to the coronavirus. Most but not all... the big Alterra and Vail groups closed their resorts first and then many others followed suit. But a few dozen spread across the country are still open and they've been enjoying fresh snow and good spring conditions where they are. As several more close each day it seems like we're tempting fate to name names as to what's open, at time of writing. However, Idaho is something of a 'hot spot' of resorts rebelling against the trend with around 75% of the centres there still open. One of them that you may not have heard of, Pebble Creek, reports the most fresh snow of any still-open centre anywhere in the world in the past 72 hours with 77cm (2.5 feet) of fresh snow. Until next week, take care... |
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Ugh, that sucks - although it seems the tourist offices are refunding lift passes quickly. Hope your "repatriation" goes smoothly! |
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Tyrol to close on Sunday...
See https://www.suedtirolnews.it/chronik/lh-platter-tirol-beendet-die-wintersaison Translated...
[Swingbeep beat me to it!] |
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Thanks for the updates Swingbeep - please keep us informed if you see more info. Difficult to keep up with developments at the moment!
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