Ski Resort and Snow News - April 2017
Heavy Snow then Blue Skies For Final Weekend of Season
Published : 29-Apr-2017 08:27
There are some great conditions in the Alps for the final weekend of the season at some still-open ski areas after heavy snow over the last few days was followed by still conditions and blue skies today (Saturday 29th).
Verbier reported 30cm/a foot of snow in 24 hours to this morning but is now showing a perfect day on its webcams.
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Snow in Australia
Published : 27-Apr-2017 08:17
Australian ski slopes were coated in snow yesterday and temperatures are still well below freezing at most areas, variously reported at -3 to -5C.
(Pictured: Australia's Hotham above, Thredbo below, earlier today)
The Australian ski season traditionally kicks off on the first or second weekend of June, the 'Queen's birthday' long weekend back holiday there …but often there is little or no snow to ski on, with the season often not really getting going until later in June or even July.
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Snow in Spain!
Published : 27-Apr-2017 07:43
The Alps are experiencing some great late snowfall just now, but it's not the only place for late-season snow. Spain is also enjoying (?) snow, down to 900m.
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Scottish Ski Centre Plans To Re-open For Skiing Tomorrow
Published : 26-Apr-2017 08:41
A ski centre in Scotland has said it hopes to re-open some terrain for snowsports tomorrow after 48 hours of heavy snowfall.
The Lecht, which has been cut off by snow-blocked access roads this week said that runs were 'filling in nicely' in an online statement and that it hoped to open on Thursday, April 27th.
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Snow Falling for End of Season
Published : 25-Apr-2017 02:01
It looks like the 'final weekend of the season' for most of the ski areas that are still open in Europe, will be a snowy one.
Snow has begun falling this afternoon and forecasters are predicting 30-60cm will fall on higher slopes over the next 48-72 hours.
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J2Ski Snow Report - April 20th 2017
Published : 20-Apr-2017 09:36
J2Ski Snow Report - April 20th 2017
Winter has returned to (parts of) Europe!
We know we said last week was the last weekly snow report of the season... but there have been some big snowfalls in Europe and this odd season has gone for one more roll of the dice, so we thought we'd let you know...
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Has anyone tried pond-skimming in a ski resort?
Published : 19-Apr-2017 12:57
It's that time of the year when ski resorts dig out some snow, fill it with water and invite you to ski over it as fast as possible. Will you sink or will you skim?
Have you ever tried it?
Here are a few of the resorts offering it this week:
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Fresh Easter Snowfall in the Alps
Published : 17-Apr-2017 10:11
There's been fresh snow for Easter in the Alps, with the biggest accumulations reported in Western Austria and Eastern Switzerland so far.
More than half of ski areas have now closed for the season or will do later today so the fresh snow may be seen as an end-of-season-onus or perhaps too-little-too-late at areas that have struggled to offer good conditions during a largely dry, warm and sunny April to date.
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J2Ski Snow Report - April 13th 2017
Published : 13-Apr-2017 09:10
J2Ski Snow Report - April 13th 2017
Spring skiing continuing for The Alps, with some fresh expected, and the first snows for the southern hemisphere.
This is our final weekly round-up for the winter; after Easter we'll be reverting to a monthly summary until the snows come again to the North.
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Aspen Buys Intrawest
Published : 11-Apr-2017 09:12
Although the North American ski industry has long since got used to groups of ski resorts coming under the ownership of one corporation, and in recent years often that corporation being Colorado's Vail Resorts, it comes as more of a surprise that Vail's long-rime fellow big-name Colorado resort, Aspen, is this time the buyer.
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35% Jump In British Skier Visitor Numbers to Swedish Resorts
Published : 06-Apr-2017 04:44
SkiStar, the group which runs half-a-dozen of Scandinavia's leading resorts, has reported a surge of more than a third in visitor numbers to several of its Swedish resorts following the launch of a new Easy Jet service from London to a nearby airport.
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J2Ski Snow Report - April 6th 2017
Published : 06-Apr-2017 11:01
J2Ski Snow Report - April 6th 2017
Spring Snow at altitude for The Alps, and Pyrenees.
It's Spring in Les Arcs, France
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Fresh April Snow on Alpine Glaciers
Published : 05-Apr-2017 08:41
As might be expected for this time of year, the best snowfall of the past few days has been falling on Europe's glaciers.
This is good news for altitude resorts that have another month of the season left through top early May – such as glacier 3000 near Gstaad and Tignes and Chamonix in France, all of which have reported 20-40cm of fresh snow on higher slopes, but even better news for ski areas that stay open to June or July.
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