Ski Resort and Snow News - December 2015
J2Ski Snow Report - December 31st 2015
Published : 31-Dec-2015 12:23
J2Ski Snow Report - December 31st 2015
Hello, and welcome to our final round-up of 2015,
And it's a good one... with snow (lots) in the forecast for Europe, but first... A Happy (and snowy) New Year from all of us at J2Ski.
This Week's Snow Headlines
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The Snow Forecast for The Alps - 31st December 2015
Published : 31-Dec-2015 11:08
Hopefully you'll be aware that the game's about to change in Europe... or at least the weather most certainly is. If you had missed that, you should a) come here more often and b) sign up for our Snow Mails... 8)
As there are some rather hyperbolic (or "ludicrously optimistic" as you may prefer) predictions floating around we thought we'd give our take on things; the forecast's looking good but it's not indicating a new Ice Age at this time...
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First World Cup Points for Alex Tilley
Published : 29-Dec-2015 02:03
Delancey British Alpine Team athlete Alex Tilley has claimed a top 20 finish and 12 World Cup points, finishing 19th after the second run in the World Cup Giant Slalom in Lienz, Austria.
After a frustrating start to the season for Tilley, from Aberdeenshire in Scotland, where she has been skiing well but not managing to pin down a result, the Scot rose from joint 27th in run one to 19th, after some impressive splits at the top (second fastest) and at the bottom (fifth fastest).
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Heavy Snow Expected In The Alps
Published : 28-Dec-2015 07:23
(Could this be the Alps in about a week's time?!)
Snow forecasters appear increasingly confident that the December drought of precipitation in the Alps will end with the end of this year and that the first week of January will be a snowy one.
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Limited Opening of Scottish Ski Centres
Published : 28-Dec-2015 09:32
Several Scottish ski centres opened small amounts of terrain briefly yesterday after fresh snowfall and calm conditions enabled marginal opening.
Cairngorm above Aviemore had enough snow in the Ptarmigan Bowl and the Ptarmigan T Bar was operational as well as the Polar Express.
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Get your Snow Dance on for a Happy New Year
Published : 27-Dec-2015 10:16
The major forecast models have been swinging into agreement over the past few days, and it does - at last - look as if the mild, high pressure system that has been bothering the European Alps will be moving on at the end of the year.
That weather system has effectively been blocking out more wintry weather in The Alps, and it will be giving way to cold air from the East.
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J2Ski Snow Report - December 24th 2015
Published : 24-Dec-2015 02:09
J2Ski Snow Report - December 24th 2015
Firstly, this week, we'd like to thank you for using J2Ski and to wish you all a Very Happy Christmas / Yuletide / Solstice. Wherever you are, and whoever you're with; have a great time - and if you're lucky enough to be skiing then enjoy!
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FIS Bans Drones At Races
Published : 24-Dec-2015 08:46
The International Ski Federation (FIS) has rapidly decided on a completed ban on the use of drones for filming at its official sanctioned events including World Cup races.
The decision came after a drone carrying a TV camera fell to earth just behind Marcel Hirscher as he made his descent in a World Cup race at Madonna di Campiglio in Italy on Tuesday evening.
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Pyrenean Resort Opens 130km of Terrain For Christmas
Published : 23-Dec-2015 08:02
Baqueira Beret ski resort in Spain says it will open more runs for the Christmas Holiday weekend and expects to operate more than 130km of skiable pistes giving it one of the largest open areas in Europe at present.
The Pyrenean ski centre got nearly a metre of snowfall in late November but like much of Europe has had virtually no snow in December and battled warm temperatures at times.
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Huge Snowfall Continues On Pacific Coast
Published : 22-Dec-2015 08:32
Whilst much of the skiing world continues to have a 'slow' start to the season in terms of snowfall, North America's Pacific Coast is enjoying incredible snowfalls after a near five year drought.
The snow started falling in late October and has been fairly constant for nearly two months now, with some ski areas nearing 5m (17 feet) of snowfall to date. Revelstoke in BC, Western Canada currently has the season running as its second snowiest ever on its historical snowfall graph.
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Study Finds Helmet Cams Don’t Increase Risk
Published : 21-Dec-2015 04:40
Concerns that fixing a cam on your helmet might lessen its protective qualities in an impact have been laid-to-rest, to some extent, by an exhaustive new study carried out by the Transport Research Laboratory (TRL).
The august body was commissioned by BBC Safety to investigate the potential effects that mounting a camera, such as a GoPro®, may have on the safety performance of helmets and their findings were that there weren't really any. In fact in a few cases they found the camera mounting appeared to actually absorb some of the impact before the force reached the helmet itself.
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Did First Deployment of Airbag In World Cup Race Help Or Worsen Accident?
Published : 21-Dec-2015 08:30
The Austrian downhill racer Mathias Mayer, the Sochi Olympic gold medallist, suffered a high speed crash in the Men's World Cup Downhill in Val Gardena on Saturday, spinning through 180 degrees in the air before landing at high speed on his back.
Mayer was not seen to move much after the crash and was airlifted to hospital. However initial reports, including quotes from the Austrian team boss, were good, stating that he had been helped by the first deployment of the new airbag system for World Cup racers, and had been cushioned from serious injury, only suffering bad bruising.
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New Ski Resort Opening Tomorrow
Published : 20-Dec-2015 09:14
A new ski area will open in Utah in the USA tomorrow (Monday 21st December). Cherry Peak ski area, located close to the border with Idaho, is believed to be the first new ski area to open in North America since the 2008 economic crash.
It is also reported to have been planned since before that crash, and delayed opening as planned last season due to final design changes. Even for opening day one of the three triple chairlifts is not fully complete so will not open, but the other two, and a fourth lift, a 165m long carpet conveyor, will.
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World Cup Bronze For Britain
Published : 19-Dec-2015 06:14
In an achievement that's being described as historic, the 23 year old British cross-country skier Andrew Young took bronze in the World Cup event in Italy today.
"First final, first podium, it was an amazing day. I had perfect skis. The whole team worked really hard," saidYoung, adding, "I had worked a lot on the qualification before the winter. Last season I was a lot between 30th and 45th place. I felt strong the whole day. I had a good start and a very good middle part."
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Grand Tourmalet 70 percent open...
Published : 19-Dec-2015 08:00
Grand Tourmalet will have 70km of pistes open from this weekend...
Grand Tourmalet wrote:Here comes christmas time and here we have got everything : Sunshine, Snow,...and Hot drinks !
if you are wishing skiing...let's go to the Pyrenees and enjoy our 100km slopes !
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Christmas In The Alps – Better Than Last Year
Published : 18-Dec-2015 01:17
(Les Arcs this week)
December weather conditions in the Alps look like they're going to be warm for Christmas for the second season in a row, but two things have been different this autumn to autumn 2014: firstly the big snowfalls at the end of November and secondly periods of cold enough weather for snowmaking.
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Les Arcs Snow - December 18th 2015
Published : 18-Dec-2015 11:38
Some snaps from this morning; pistes hard first thing but softened quickly in the sun. More pebbles coming through in the odd place, so best to keep an eye out - but another lovely day's skiing...
More great views from the Arpette ridge.
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J2Ski Snow Report - December 17th 2015
Published : 17-Dec-2015 04:40
J2Ski Snow Report - December 17th 2015
The skiing world is once again divided into extremes.
This Week's Snow Headlines
- Some fresh snow in the Alps – up to 15cm reported on Wednesday/Thursday.
- Still more huge snowfalls in Western North America.
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(Some) Snow In The Alps
Published : 17-Dec-2015 03:36
It's perhaps not enough to get excited about, but there has been some fresh snow in the Alps over the last 24 hours, the first this month in many cases.
In most resorts it is a case of 'a dusting' on higher slopes but some heave measured what they've got – the biggest 15cm/6 inches claimed by Obergurgl, slightly ahead of the Stubai with 14cm. Verbier, Ischgl and Laax have all reported 10cm a piece.
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Les Arcs Snow - December 16th 2015
Published : 17-Dec-2015 07:59
A very brief summary of conditions yesterday...
A light overnight snowfall had freshened things up; around 10cm at the top of the Arc2000 bowl, with lesser quantities lower down made for great piste skiing (and a little dabbling besides) all day long.
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Les Arcs Snow - December 15th 2015
Published : 15-Dec-2015 05:44
Conditions on the pistes in the 1950/2000 bowl are still good; nightly grooming and top-ups from the snow cannons is keeping them in good order. On the 1600/1800 side of the ridge, and up toward Peisey, the snow is notably thinner below about 1800 metres; particularly on slopes that get a lot of sun.
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Crystal Launch 2016/17 Ski Holidays
Published : 14-Dec-2015 09:13
Although the 2015-16 ski season has hardly begun, Crystal has, as is now traditional. Launched their programme for the winter after this, and bookings up to April 2017 are now possible.
Crystal do not normally make their big announcements of new ski destinations, flight routes and other new initiatives until the spring, but it does provide a few new titbits and tells us what's back for the coming season.
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Les Arcs Snow in pictures - December 13th 2015
Published : 13-Dec-2015 04:34
Pistes a little busier than yesterday, but a full day of great skiing under blue skies (after a little cloud this morning).
Thought I'd post up a few pictures to try and show the reality of the snow cover; above about 1700m it's actually pretty good and 99.9% of the pisted surfaces above Arc2000 are in good shape.
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St Moritz Upgrades
Published : 13-Dec-2015 11:18
St Moritz has launched a wide range of improvements to it ski experience this winter including earlier opening of its most famous runs each day, a new lift, snowpark upgrades, snowmaking improvements, better connections between its key sectors and a new ski safari.
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Les Arcs Snow Reports - 12th to 19th December 2015
Published : 12-Dec-2015 08:40
This winter, we're kicking off our season in the familiar surrounds of Les Arcs; we say familiar but it's been a few years so it'll be interesting to see what's changed...
Having previously stayed in pretty much every "Arc" village from Villaroger to Peisey, a recent presentation from Arc 1950 persuaded us to try the most recently built of the Les Arcs stations. Cheap flights from easyJet and the promise of quiet slopes in the opening week sealed the deal and here we are.
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Val Thorens Snow Report - 11 December 2015
Published : 12-Dec-2015 11:20
I'm currently out in Val Thorens and have been lucky enough to enjoy blue skies and sunshine over the last couple of days.
There's some great skiing to be had. Pistes are in good condition in general - hard-packed in most places, but on many runs with nice, grippy snow.
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Dolomiti Superski Open Both Ways
Published : 11-Dec-2015 10:08
Unfortunately The Dolomites largely missed out on the snowfalls of late November which provided a pre-season boost to ski areas in the Alps and Pyrenees – albeit since followed by warm weather in December until the last few days when it has got colder again.
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J2Ski Snow Report - December 10th 2015
Published : 10-Dec-2015 03:41
J2Ski Snow Report - December 10th 2015
The Snow This Week
- Turning more wintery in the Alps after another dry, sunny week.
- Over two feet of snow in the last week at Whistler.
- Some larger resorts now have more than 100km of terrain open, including St Anton.
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Sports Minister Says Snowsports Affordable
Published : 09-Dec-2015 09:14
Britain's Sports Minister Tracey Crouch visited the Chatham Ski and Snowboard Centre recently to meet local school children as well as GB Paralympic Games gold medalist Charlotte Evans and English Park and Pipe skier Mike Rowlands.
The minister emphasised her belief that skiing is affordable, particularly on Britain's dry slopes; that the government wanted everyone to be able to choose sport, including snowsport; and that it was important for children to start skiing or boarding young.
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London Ski Show Sees 10K Visitor Numbers Drop
Published : 06-Dec-2015 04:56
Figures released by the organisers of The Telegraph Ski & Snowboard Show report that numbers visiting this autumn's show at its new venue were down from an estimated 35,269 in 2014 to 25,587 at the show last month.
However although visitor numbers saw a big fall, headline admission prices more than doubled so it is not known how revenues held up.
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Chemmy Alcott Joins Foreign Office and ABTA In “Check Insurance” Warning
Published : 06-Dec-2015 04:34
Four-time Winter Olympian and friend of J2Ski.com Chemmy Alcott has joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and ABTA in recommending more Brits ensure they have insurance on the slopes this winter, and that if they do have insurance, they check it's adequate for their needs.
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Canada's Warmer Winter May Mean More Snow
Published : 04-Dec-2015 03:19
Canada meteorological service has announced that it expects the next two months to be an average of around 2C warmer than usual in the country. They say this is predominantly down to the current El Nino affect from the Pacific.
The news has brought mixed reactions. Last January parts of the country experienced record cold temperatures, so it being slightly less cold is being widely welcomed.
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J2Ski Snow Report - December 3rd 2015
Published : 03-Dec-2015 06:53
J2Ski Snow Report - December 3rd 2015
The Snow This Week
A pause for Europe, but it's snowing elsewhere...
Courchevel today - courtesy Courch. Tourist Office
This Week's Snow Headlines
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60th Critérium de la Première Neige coming up in Val d'Isère
Published : 03-Dec-2015 07:29
It's now just over a week until the Critérium de la Première Neige celebrates its 60th birthday!
That means two big weekends when the world's top skiers compete against each other.
From 11th to 13th December the men's slalom and GS will be held on the Face de Bellevarde, one of the World Cup's most technical courses. American Ted Ligety, Austrian Marcel Hirscher, and French racers Alexis Pinturault and Thomas Fanara are the front runners.
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Aldi’s Annual Ski Kit Sale This Week
Published : 01-Dec-2015 10:53
There are £999.00 ski jackets and then there are £19.99 Aldi ski jackets, is the price difference justified?
Aldi haven't yet covered that one in their TV advertising campaign, but they believe the skiwear they sell during special weeks each winter does make the quality grade for its customers to be warm and dry on the ski slopes.
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