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Ski Resort and Snow News - June 2014

Snow Reports by e-mail - New Ski Resorts 2014

Published : 29-Jun-2014 07:47

Please use this Topic to request Ski Areas to be added to our Snow Reports, or to the list of resorts available by e-mail (see your Profile area) for the 2014/2015 Ski Season.

Before making a request, please do double-check that the ski area is not already on our list; we now cover a vast list and it's easy to miss one! Quite a few ski areas are known by several names, so check alternatives too... e.g. Cervinia is listed under Breuil-Cervinia.

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£7.6m Awarded to British Alpine and Para-Alpine Teams in Run Up To 2018 Olympics

Published : 26-Jun-2014 03:21

The public funding body UK Sport, has announced awards of £2.749 million to Para-Alpine skiing and £4.89 million to the British Ski and Snowboard to cover the four year run-up to the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic and Winter Paralympic Games in South Korea.

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Charity Challenge To Ski 150km Across Portes du Soleil

Published : 26-Jun-2014 12:36

A ski charity is looking for teams to compete in its challenge to ski across the Portes du Soleil across the French/Swiss border and raise funds in the process.

The Snow Camp Alpine Challenge involves teams of 4-5 riders covering 150km on the piste over two days. Last year the event raised over £40,000 to be raised for innovative youth charity Snow Camp.

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Over A Metre Of Snow Falls in Australia

Published : 25-Jun-2014 08:46

After its dry start to the season on June 7th following a 'warmest ever' May, Australia is now seeing one of its biggest snow storms with up to 1.2m of snow fall over the last 72 hours – and it is still falling.

There are 19 lifts open at the continent's largest resort, Perisher, which promises more terrain and lifts will open as the storm clears – which is expected towards the weekend.

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Four Valleys - terminated by Verbier

Published : 23-Jun-2014 02:24

News just in, to be filed in the "didn't see that coming" drawer...

Reported by Le Matin (article in French) :-

Le Matin wrote:By June 30 of this year, no agreement will govern the relationship between the resorts of Nendaz, Thyon, Veysonnaz and Verbier, reveals Nouvelliste Monday. ??Verbier has released its new price list, without the Four Valleys product.

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Big Weekend on World Ski Slopes

Published : 20-Jun-2014 08:13

June 21st is quite a significant day on the world calendar for ski area openings.

Most South American ski areas that have not already opened are scheduled to open on Saturday – the shortest day of the year in the southern hemisphere. Snowfall through the first half of May has been excellent across the continent and many areas opened early already, but some, like Valle Nevado, having partially opened two weeks ago, will be fully open from this weekend.

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Skiing Under the Midnight Sun Tonight in Sweden

Published : 19-Jun-2014 08:34

Sweden's famous northern ski area of Riksgransen is re-opening this morning at the start of its annual midsummer ski weekend.

Located 200km north of the Arctic Circle, there has been 24 hour daylight here for the past month, but after a ski season running from February to May, the centre has been closed for the first three weeks of June before this final special weekend celebration. The limited accommodation available is normally booked out months ahead.

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Learn Ski Cross from Emily Sarsfield in Les 2 Alpes!

Published : 18-Jun-2014 12:23

Anyone seriously thinking of trying Ski Cross (or adding to existing skills) should clear their diaries for the end of July and head out to Les Deux Alpes! Regular readers will know that we're big fans of Ski Cross, so we're delighted to see that Emily Sarsfield will be helping pass on her skills.

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€30,000 Fine for British Ski Teacher Found Guilty of Illegally Ski Teaching in France

Published : 17-Jun-2014 08:16

Simon Butler, the ski teacher who was charged with teaching in France without qualifications accepted to teach in France by the French has escaped a jail sentence, but has been handed a €30,000 (approximately £24,000) fine. Mr Butler may still be jailed if he does not pay it. Five ski instructors employed by Mr Butler were fined a further €20,000 in total.

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French 2014 Summer Ski Season Underway

Published : 13-Jun-2014 06:51

Val d'Isere is scheduled to have re-opened this week, the first ski area in France to operate ski lifts since Tignes and Val Thorens ended their long 2013-14 winter seasons a month ago.

It's the first of the four French summer ski destinations to open for 2014, with the two 'big hitters' Les 2 Alpes, which claims to have Europe's largest skiable glacier, and Tignes (again) scheduled to open in just a week's time on June 21st.

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South American Ski Areas Opening Early Due To Snow

Published : 11-Jun-2014 08:16

South America is off to an excellent start to the 2014 ski season with heavy snowfall reported across the continent's ski regions for the past few weeks.

Lagunillas in Chile was the first area in the entire southern hemisphere to open for the season, a week ago today, and now Valle Nevado has announced it will be opening two weeks ahead of schedule, this Friday, June 13th.

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Katie Ormerod lands Double Cork 1080

Published : 10-Jun-2014 10:43

British snowboarder Katie Ormerod becomes first female to land a double cork 1080

Impressive stuff from 16-year-old Katie Ormerod - one of Great Britain's up-and-coming young riders!

Photo courtesy of Redbull

Click here for a full report (and the all-important video)...

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Ski Resorts Open Today in Australia, France and New Zealand

Published : 07-Jun-2014 09:55

June 7th may not seem a likely candidate for a busy day on world ski slopes, but the season has kicked off in Australia and New Zealand earlier this morning and the lifts are scheduled to be running again France after four weeks with none operating, as the glacier at Val d'Isere re-opens for five weeks of summer skiing.

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Southern Hemisphere 2014 Ski Season is Go

Published : 04-Jun-2014 08:40

The southern hemisphere's 2014 ski season is due to kick off in the tiny African kingdom of Lesotho tomorrow when Afriski (afriski.com) says it will open.

The resort, which has just over a kilometre of runs, has been snowmaking and says its slopes are in good shape.

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J2Ski’s Where To Ski or Snowboard in June 2014

Published : 01-Jun-2014 09:42

J2Ski's Guide to Where to Ski in June 2014

1st June, 2014

Snow Report Summary

After the 'quiet' month of May, when most Northern hemisphere ski areas (including glacier areas) are closed, and most Southern hemisphere areas have not yet opened, June sees the skiing world wake up from its mid-spring hibernation. Those Southern hemisphere ski areas should get in to full winter ops by the end of June and Europe's glacier ski areas will be re-opening too.

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Arapahoe Basin extends 2013-14 ski season into June

Published : 01-Jun-2014 09:00

They're still going in Colorado (at weekends, at least). Full PR follows below, but here's the latest summary of June openings for Arapahoe Basin :-

Arapahoe Basin wrote:A-Basin will be CLOSED Monday through Thursday starting June 2. The mountain will REOPEN for skiing and riding on the following Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays: June 6-8, June 13-15 & June 20-22, 2014 from 8:30 am - 2:30 pm.

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