Ski News from J2Ski - February 2016

Ski Resort and Snow News - February 2016

Eddie ‘The Eagle’ Joins ‘Ski Everest’ Charity Challenge

Published : 29-Feb-2016 02:12

(Image credit: Alp Leisure Ltd www.alpleisure.com)

Eddie 'The Eagle' Edwards will attempt to set a new World Record a week on Friday 11 March as part of a team trying to ski the equivalent of the height of Mount Everest in one day to raise funds for charity Ski 4 Cancer.

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XGames Bronze Medal For Brit Billy

Published : 28-Feb-2016 06:16

GB Park and Pipe's Billy Morgan claimed a prestigious bronze medal in last night's Snowboard Big Air finals at X Games Oslo.

Morgan performed a backside 1440 triple cork to take the bronze on one of the largest ski or snowboard jumps ever built.

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Heavy Snowfall in Alps, Dolomites and Pyrenees

Published : 28-Feb-2016 06:10

The promised heavy snowfall in the Alps has arrived with powder alarms for Saturday-Sunday snowfall of at least 20cm in 24 hours issued by hundreds of ski areas in France and Western Italy and Switzerland.

There were also some powder alarms in the Pyrenees with several resorts on the French side including Pyrenees 2000 reporting 20cm of snow.

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Big Snow Storms Due To Hit Europe

Published : 26-Feb-2016 02:36

A major snowstorm that's expected to bring up to a metre of snow to parts of the Alps is imminent, according to forecasters.

After a comparatively dry week, Chamonix has reported the biggest accumulation of the past 24 hours, reporting a foot of fresh snow on upper slopes since yesterday. Some forecasts predict it is one of those set to see the biggest snow accumulations in the coming few days.

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J2Ski Snow Report - February 25th 2016

Published : 25-Feb-2016 01:44

J2Ski Snow Report - February 25th 2016

It's snowing in Arc1950 right now...

More snow to report this week, with regular top-ups and some substantial snow now in the forecast.

This Week's Snow Headlines

- Big snowfalls expected again in the Alps over the next few days.

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Bullet Train Line Opening From Tokyo to Hokkaido

Published : 24-Feb-2016 08:04

A new bullet train line opening in Japan in a month's time will make it possible to travel overland (and sea) to the northern island of Hokkaido, and see the rugged beauty of northern Honshu and southern Hokkaido, rather than taking an internal flight, as most skiers heading to Niseko and other ski areas on the island have done up to now.

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Muse To Play Ischgl

Published : 22-Feb-2016 02:38

The leading British rock band Muse have been announced as the headline act for this year's Top of the Mountain concert which is the traditional highlight of the closing weekend at Ischgl.

Ischgl famously starts and ends its five month log ski season with a major concert, the spring event being the slightly larger of the two, attracting around 20,000 concert-goers.

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Les Arcs Sets Record For Biggest Torchlit Descent

Published : 19-Feb-2016 05:37

Les Arcs has set a new world record for the number of people simultaneously participating in a torchlit descent.

2,887 people signed up at the French resort and skied-down the Vagère piste as dusk was falling yesterday.

The record seems to be a popular one for larger ski resorts around the world to tackle but apparently had been held for a decade by Fribourg ski resort in Switzerland where 2854 people took part.

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Riksgransen Opens for Winter 2016

Published : 19-Feb-2016 09:27

(Riksgransen's staff prepare the slopes for re-opening)

Riksgransen, Europe's most northerly ski area, set high within the Swedish arctic circle, has opened for its 2016 ski season this morning (February 19th).

The centre, which does not open until the second half of February because it is too cold and too dark at its latitude until now, reports a 120cm base, temperatures of -11C and that it's snowing.

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J2Ski Snow Report - February 18th 2016

Published : 18-Feb-2016 02:06

J2Ski Snow Report - February 18th 2016

The view from Brevent, Chamonix, this afternoon

A lighter week to report, but the snow keeps coming...

This Week's Snow Headlines

- Chamonix passes the 4m Snow Depth Mark.

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Views : 16,816

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€45m Plan To Link Lech and St Anton Next Winter

Published : 18-Feb-2016 01:22

St Anton and Lech have simultaneously announced plans to connect their two halves of the Arlberg ski region in time for the start of next winter

The €45m project will see four major new lifts installed and a 1.8km run created too, connecting the two halves of the area to create Austria's largest linked ski region by some margin, with 305km of piste and 87 ski lifts.

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11 Year old Caught In Net After Falling from Chairlift

Published : 18-Feb-2016 08:41

An 11 year old boy was unharmed yesterday after he was caught in a safety net after a 'controlled fall' from a chairlift at whistler Blackcomb in BC, Canada on Monday.

According to media reports the boy half fell beneath the safety bar of the chair when reaching down to try to grab a dropped ski pole on boarding the lift.

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100 CHF Daily Refund If Davos Not Sunny Enough

Published : 17-Feb-2016 09:26

The Davos Klosters ski region has launched a new cash back offer if the sun does not shine for at least three hours per day between 29 February 2016 and 28 March 2016, and then again between 04 April 2016 and 17 April 2016.

The famous Swiss resort is marketing the offer as a guarantee against bad weather.

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Olympic Skiing Gold For Britain

Published : 16-Feb-2016 08:08

Britain got its first ever Olympic Gold medal in snowsports on Sunday – but not many people heard about it because our winner was just 15 years old and was competing at the Winter Youth Olympic Games in Norway.

GB Park and Pipe skier Madi Rowlands (Maidstone) made history as she became the first ever Team GB athlete to win a Youth Olympic medal, taking gold in the Ski Halfpipe at Lillehammer 2016.

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New Spring Music Festival For Verbier

Published : 13-Feb-2016 09:17

There are a few new music festivals coming up this spring as the ever popular concept of music and skiing during the more 'chilled out' period later ion the season continues to gain ground.

The band Texas will headline the new Verbier Impulse Music and Ski Festival in April, which also promises "a great international surprise guest." Along with the big bands, Swiss stars, tribute bands and young talent from the Valais region will be appearing.

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Courchevel and Meribel Launch Joint Bid To Host 2023 World Skiing Championships

Published : 12-Feb-2016 06:15

Neighbouring 3 Valleys resorts Courchevel and Meribel have launched a joint bid to host the FIS World Alpine Skiing Championships in 2023.

If successful the resorts would join a group of less than 10 ski areas worldwide to have hosted Olympic, world championship and World cup competitions.

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J2Ski Snow Report - February 11th 2016

Published : 11-Feb-2016 01:29

J2Ski Snow Report - February 11th 2016

The Cars in Vars... were hard to find this week...

There's plenty more snow to talk about this week, and a heads-up if you're heading to the mountains this coming weekend.

This Week's Snow Headlines

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Significant Snowfall in the Dolomites At Last

Published : 10-Feb-2016 10:07

(The Dolomites this morning)

The Dolomites are seeing big snowfalls at present – the first really significant snowfalls of the season in the North Eastern Italian mountains.

Accumulations reported in the last 24 hours include 28cm (11 inches) at Arabba and 40cm (16 inches) in Cortina. Alta Badia posted 20cm (8 inches) and Canazei 30cm (a foot).

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Scottish Ski Centres All Operational Again

Published : 09-Feb-2016 12:14

The five Scottish Highland ski centres are all operating again after a fortnight of stormy weather and yoyo-ing temperatures led to all five being closed for a period due to stormy conditions and/or snow melt.

Storm Henry hit the area quite hard and unusually seemed to cause more problems at the normally more snowsure higher centres like Cairngorm and Nevis range, whilst Glencoe and The Lecht came through with quite good snow cover still. Glenshee however lost most of theirs as temperatures rose around 15 degrees Celcius following a period of stable, sub-zero days, with little wind or precipitation.

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Snow at Last in South-Eastern Alps

Published : 08-Feb-2016 09:33

Resorts in the Eastern Alps which had missed out on some of the big snowfalls in Western Europe over the past months have finally seen their first significant snowfalls of winter 2015-16 over the past 48 hours.

St Moritz, which had been posting a base of just 20-40cm, through January, and like many ski resorts in the region had been using snowmaking equipment to keep runs in good condition, has had more than 50cm of snow in the last few days including 11 inches (27cm) in the past 24 hours.

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Snow Reports by e-mail - New Ski Resorts

Published : 07-Feb-2016 09:55

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).

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!

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Les Arcs to Officially Open Mille8 With Big Party

Published : 04-Feb-2016 03:33

The French ski resort of Les Arcs is trying to re-invent mountain tourism with an all new concept that seeks to bring together summer and mountain activities at the heart of their ski area – and they've spent over €40m on it.

The heart of the idea is that rather than have skiing for part of the day, then evening activities in another place, and different locations again in the summer, you build a giant one-stop complex above your resort that is open for at least 12 hours a day and is home to snow fun activities and learner slopes as well as indoor venues, restaurants and water parks so it appeals to skiers and non-skiers alike.

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J2Ski Snow Report - February 4th 2016

Published : 04-Feb-2016 02:52

J2Ski Snow Report - February 4th 2016

Heavy cloud around Les Arcs this afternoon

Our first February Snow Report is a bit of corker! We're excited...

This Week's Snow Headlines

- Big resorts in the Alps report up to 60cm+ snowfalls in 24 hour periods over the last few days.

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Big Variation In 'Winterisation' Charges Where Chains Compulsory

Published : 03-Feb-2016 11:05

The average costs for 'winterisation' of rental cars varies considerably depending on where you fly in to, according to a new study by iCarhireinsurance.com which provides car hire excess insurance.

Winter tyres and/or carrying/using snow chains are often compulsory in snowy conditions, or in some cases just in winter, in many European nations but car rental companies tend to see them as an 'add on extra' cost.

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Athletes Training on 2018 Olympic Downhill Run

Published : 03-Feb-2016 10:31

The world's best downhill racers (at least, those who are not currently injured from races earlier this season) are currently training at the newly completed venue for the 2018 South Korean winter Olympics.

"I guess you never get a second chance to make a first impression. And PyeongChang just aced it. This will be a fantastic venue," Norwegian racer Kjetil Jansrud (pictured above), commented this morning, adding, with a reference to the lack of natural snow,

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Snow in the Forecast - 2nd February 2016

Published : 02-Feb-2016 09:32

This an early heads-up for anyone away next week (Nelly!), and those of you moving around the mountains this coming weekend.

The forecast models have been teasing us with hints of big change for about a week now, but are starting to point at the end of this week with a good degree of consistency.

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