Ski Resort and Snow News - May 2015
One Last Day at Killington as Arapahoe Basin Extends Season
Published : 28-May-2015 08:02
Three US resorts remain open in to June, the near year-round Timberline ski area in Oregon, Arapahoe Basin in Colorado – one of the world's 10 highest ski areas, and Killington in Vermont on the east coast. Arapahoe Basin has just announced its extending its season towards mid-June whilst Killington says it plans to stay open in to June by not opening again before then.
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Summer Ski Season Starts Soon in France and Italy
Published : 27-May-2015 01:55
With work underway on new lifts on the Presena Glacier above Passo Tonale in Italy, usually open for spring skiing through to June, it's believed there's currently no ski area open, with operating ski lifts and groomed pistes at least, in either France or Italy, assuming you don't include France's sole indoor snow slope at Amneville in the north East of the country where British speed skier Jan Farrell set a new indoor ski speed record last week, breaking the 65mph mark on the 620m long slope.
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€100m+ Courmayeur Mont Blanc Lifts ‘Complete’
Published : 26-May-2015 03:29
The Courmayeur Mont Blanc Funivie S.p.A lift company which runs the ski lifts around Courmayeur has announced that a remarkable, four year, 110 million Euro project to rebuild lift access to Point Helbronner on the Italian side of Mont Blanc is, pretty much, complete. The company says that the installations will open to the public next month on a date still to be announced.
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Good Pre-Season Snow For Southern Hemisphere 2015 Season
Published : 25-May-2015 09:30
Conditions are looking good at many southern hemisphere ski areas as the start of the 2015 season nears.
In New Zealand the latest southerly storm has given Queenstown's Coronet Peak and The Remarkables (Pictured above) the best possible start to winter with up to half a metre of snow blanketing both ski areas. This follows other May storms which have brought up to 1.5m of snow to some NZ areas.
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Big Late May Snowfalls in the Alps
Published : 21-May-2015 09:44
It's late May but some big snowfalls have been recorded in the Alps over the past 36 hours.
Austria has the most glacier ski areas open and the Stubai has reported 45cm of fresh snow (pictured above) with the year round Hintertux glacier also reporting significant new snow.
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Saalbach To Link Slopes To Fieberbrunn Next Season
Published : 18-May-2015 10:38
A new lift under construction in Austria is believed tol be the first to cross the provincial boundary between Salzburgerland and Tirol and create one of the country's largest ski areas in the process.
A new 3.5km (2.1 mile) long piste will run from the Reiterkogel in the area around the Vierstadlalm, with a vertical height difference of 780 metres and will be equipped with powerful snowmaking facilities.
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Neilson To Offer Free Ski Guiding and Teaching in France
Published : 12-May-2015 08:51
Neilson are to offer free of charge ski guiding in France and other countries next season.
The tour operator will use established ski schools to provide the service, avoiding the controversy of recent years with prosecutors, particularly in France but also now in other countries, questioning whether staff offering hosting and guiding have acceptable qualifications.
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Heavy Snow in Western North America Leads to Spring Season Extensions
Published : 10-May-2015 05:08
Up to 45cm of fresh snow in the past few days has led both Mammoth in California and Whistler Blackcomb in Canada to announce they'll be offering snowsports for several more weeks.
Mammoth Mountain has, like the rest of western North America endured which in some cases has been declared the warmest driest winter on record. It is usually open in to June and sometimes to the July 4th US Independence Day weekend holiday but this season said it hoped to stay open instead to the Memorial Day holiday on the last weekend of this month. However it then announced it would close for the season today, May 10th.
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Flooding in Final Week of French Ski Season
Published : 07-May-2015 08:30
It's the final week of the ski season in France with only Tignes and Val Thorens still operating their higher runs, both are set to close on Sunday (May 10th).
But warm weather in parts of the French Alps have led to a combination of rapid snowmelt and heavy rain has led to swollen rivers and in some cases flooding
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J2Ski Guide to Where to Ski in May 2015
Published : 01-May-2015 08:54
J2Ski's Where to Ski in May 2015
Snow Report Summary
This is the first of our monthly guides of where to ski and what's happening during the months of the Northern Hemisphere Summer.
After a very odd winter 2014-15, more than 4,000 ski areas in the northern hemisphere closed last month (April) leaving only a select few dozen heroes to stay open in to May. With the majority of those closing after the first weekend in the month, no Southern Hemisphere destinations yet open and even some Summer and Autumn glacier ski areas taking a break, mid-May is actually the quietest period in the whole ski year with the number of open areas dropping below 20 worldwide.
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Nepal Earthquake Toll reaches 6000
Published : 01-May-2015 08:34
Many amongst us who ski, climb, spend time in the mountains or have travelled in Asia will identify with the iconic landmarks, mountains and people of Nepal.
Here are the latest updates from the UK's Disasters Emergency Committee...
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