https://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/45.page Latest messages posted in the topic "Resorts in Alps and Pyrenees re-Open For June Snowsports" <img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-kYa5QUgB9Ts/UadbjZ1HNMI/AAAAAAAABj8/SyLSBbO-C4s/s640/IMG_2876.JPG" border="0" class="mpimg" /> <br /> <br /> Two resorts, one of them Verbier, have said they'll be re-opening this weekend because of the cold weather in central Europe while the jet steam lingers too far south. <br /> <br /> Verbier ran a Facebook campaign promising to re-open ungroomed slopes for snowsports this Saturday, June 2nds, only, if they got 1000 Facebook 'Likes' They quickly got double that and say they'll make a final 'weather dependent' decision shortly. <br /> <br /> Meanwhile in the French Pyrenees the ski area of Porte Puymorens had already said it would definitely re-open this weekend, for the first ever time in June, and it will also be the only French resort open. <br /> <br /> Four lifts are scheduled to operate over a 900 metre vertical and ruin from 9am to 1pm on Saturday and Sunday. A decision on whether to open on subsequent June weekends will be taken after the result of this weekend are considered. A maximum of 600 people will be allowed on the slopes. <br /> <br /> The Pyrenees had huge snowfalls in the winter and with spring continuing cool on the continent, it is still lying metres deep. <br /> https://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/preList/14162/136193.page https://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/preList/14162/136193.page Thu, 30 May 2013 15:19:24 GMT