Ski Resort and Snow News - January 2020
China Closes All Ski Areas Due To Coronavirus
Published : 31-Jan-2020 10:56
China is reported to have closed down all of its 700+ ski areas in response to the Novel Coronavirus outbreak.
The country is in the process of becoming the world's largest ski nation with the country's president wanting at least 300 million Chinese to try wintersports by the time of the Beijing Winter Olympics in two years' time. If successful and if skiing that's more than twice the estimated number of skiers and boarders in the rest of the world combined.
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Verbier Warns About Current “Very High Avalanche Danger”
Published : 30-Jan-2020 01:45
Verbier ski resort in Switzerland has issued a statement today warning of very high avalanche danger on its slopes, following the recent heavy snowfall in the region.
Although the snowfall was very widespread, ski areas in the Swiss Valais region actually posted the biggest accumulations in the Alps, with up to 107cm of snow reported in the past 72 hours.
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J2Ski Snow Report - January 30th 2020
Published : 30-Jan-2020 08:17
J2Ski Snow Report 30th January 2020
Meribel yesterday, picture (c) Tristan Benwell, Snoworks coach.
Big snowfall for The Alps, and a big one incoming for Whistler...
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Nearly 3 Feet of Snowfall in 48 Hours Reported in Parts of the Alps
Published : 29-Jan-2020 10:28
48 hours in to the snow storm currently hitting most of the Alps and several resorts in the Swiss Valais region have posted 85cm (nearly three feet) of snow falling so far, with a larger swathe of resorts across France, Italy and Switzerland reaching 50cm.
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Elton John Recreated In Austrian Snow
Published : 28-Jan-2020 04:21
British snow sculptors Justin Scott and Martin Sharp have created a likeness of Sir Elton John on the slopes of Ischgl in the Austrian Tirol.
The two Yorkshiremen are frequent visitors to Ischgl to take part in the resort's annual Shapes in White competition – in fact Justin met his wife Jasmina there – and with this year's theme being 25 years of Top Of The Mountain rock concerts, it was the perfect opportunity to create a homage to Sir Elton John, who has twice performed open air gigs in Ischgl.
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Big Snowfalls Heading to the Alps
Published : 27-Jan-2020 02:06
It appears that after a mostly dry January, the high pressure system that's been hanging over much of Western Europe since Christmas is finally on the move and more unsettled, frequently snowy conditions are moving in.
The Pyrenees saw big snowfalls last week and there have been smaller accumulations there over the past few days, but the Alps now look set to see the most substantial snowfalls for nearly two months over the coming week too.
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J2Ski Snow Report - January 23rd 2020
Published : 23-Jan-2020 06:17
J2Ski Snow Report 23rd January 2020
This week, they have been mainly digging out, in Les Angles, French Pyrenees...
Some fresh for The Alps, and The Pyrenees get hosed!
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Huge Snowfalls in the Pyrenees
Published : 22-Jan-2020 09:39
Snowfalls in the Pyrenees this week have exceeded even the most optimistic expectations with one resort in the French Pyrenees reporting up to 1.8 metres (six feet) of snowfall on its upper slopes with more forecast.
Ski star Wadeck Gorak is pictured today at Les Angles in the French Pyrenees which has been closed due to the heavy snowfall and, at times, storm force winds, but is now working to re-open.
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Big Snowfalls Forecast for the Pyrenees Over Next 48 Hours
Published : 21-Jan-2020 08:24
Very heavy snowfall is being forecast for ski areas in the Pyrenees over the next few days.
Unusually the numbers – as much as 115cm (nearly four feet) over 48 hours and as much as 85cm (nearly three feet) in 24 hours are being forecast the day before the snow I due to arrive – rather than a week or more away when forecasting models do sometimes give big number possibility extremes, before these diminishing as the forecast day gets nearer.
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Sam Bolton first male ski jumper to represent Team GB since 2002
Published : 20-Jan-2020 08:32
This weekend Sam Bolton became the first male ski jumper to represent Team GB in any Olympic event since Glynn Pedersen at Salt Lake City 2002, as he made his Youth Olympic debut in the men's individual competition at Les Tuffes Nordic Centre.
Bolton scored 199.9 from his two jumps to secure 18th position – a strong finish in a field of 37.
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Fresh Snowfall in the Alps
Published : 18-Jan-2020 10:09
There's been fresh snowfall across large parts of the Alps overnight and temperatures have dropped to well below freezing in many areas.
For many areas it is the first snowfall of the New Year and new decade, having enjoyed mostly dry and sunny weather for four weeks, since just before Christmas.
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Mani Cooper to make ski jump history for Team GB
Published : 17-Jan-2020 07:27
GB Snowsport athlete Mani Cooper will make history tomorrow (Saturday) in Lausanne when she becomes the first ever female GB athlete to compete in Nordic Combined (Ski Jumping and Cross Country skiing) discipline at an Olympic event.
The Kettering-born athlete has been competing in Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined events since the age of 12. Tomorrow she represents Team GB for the first time at Lausanne 2020 Youth Olympic Games.
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Britain’s Katie Ormerod On The Podium at Laax Open 2020
Published : 17-Jan-2020 05:45
British snowboard star Katie Ormerod took third place in today's Slopestyle finals at the 2020 Laax Open in Switzerland.
It was Ormerod's first competition since returning from injury and she had already posted online that she was "Super happy to qualify into Friday's finals …Thanks Laax for creating such an epic and fun course!"
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SkiBro Brings Back Ski Area Guiding
Published : 16-Jan-2020 12:15
SkiBro, the online platform that aims to make it simple to compare and book ski schools, independent instructors and guides says it has brought back the "ski-guiding" or "Ski hosting" service that a number of tour operators used to offer skiers at the start of their holidays to introduce them to the local region.
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One European Resort Has Posted More Than a Metre of Snowfall this Week
Published : 16-Jan-2020 09:15
Hopes are currently high that after four weeks with little or no fresh snowfall in most European ski areas, this weekend will bring a change in the weather with 20-40cm of snow widely forecast across the continent.
However one part of Europe has been seeing snow over the past month and the last seven days have seen totals falling increase, with one resort now posting 127cm (over four feet) of fresh snow in the past seven days, including 80cm in the past 72 hours, 30cm in the last 24.
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J2Ski Snow Report - January 16th 2020
Published : 16-Jan-2020 08:26
J2Ski Snow Report 16th January 2020
A sunny day dawning above La Clusaz, France this morning...
More snow in America, more sun in Europe... but snow coming...
The Snow Headlines - 16th January
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Canadian Ski Resort Closes as it is Too Cold
Published : 15-Jan-2020 06:16
Marmot Basin ski area near Jasper in Alberta, Canada, has been closed for several days this week as it is too cold to operate safely.
The resort reported temperatures as low as -35 degrees this week and expects these lows to continue until the weekend when it's expected to warm up.
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Fresh Snow for Scottish Slopes
Published : 15-Jan-2020 12:50
Scottish mountains are white once more after an alarmingly warm, wet and windy month which saw the five Highland ski centres rely on their special all-weather snowmaking systems to create limited snow-covered terrain, mostly for beginners, on what would have otherwise been bare grass and heather.
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North America Overtakes Europe For Deepest Snow Base in the World
Published : 13-Jan-2020 03:53
A US ski resort in Washington state in the Northwest of the country has posted a deeper snowbase than any ski area in Europe for the first time this season - although its published stat has since dropped back slightly.
Ski resorts in the Alps got off to a snowy start to winter 2019-20 in the Autumn with base depths reaching 4 metres on the Presena Glacier in Italy in early December and then Andermatt in Switzerland posted a 4.2 metre base just before Christmas following ongoing snowfall in the Alps.
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Fresh Snowfall in the Pyrenees
Published : 10-Jan-2020 12:50
Ski areas in the Pyrenees are celebrating following fresh snowfall across the region.
Ski areas have posted 5-20cm accumulations in the past 24 hours – for many, the first significant fresh snowfalls since before Christmas.
Despite the lack of snow for three weeks though until today, conditions on pistes have been generally excellent in the region, thanks to decent bases built up from snowfalls earlier in the autumn.
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The Stranglers to Play Free Concert in Portes du Soleil
Published : 10-Jan-2020 08:32
Rock band The Stranglers have signed up to play a free concert in the huge Portes du Soleil region which straddles the French-Swiss border with 600km of slopes.
The band, who have been touring for 45 years and retain two members of the original line up, will play above Morgins on the Swiss side of the ski area as part of the annual Rock the Pistes music festival in the region.
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92-year-old Hits the Slopes For First Time
Published : 09-Jan-2020 04:01
A 92-year-old has taken to the ski slopes for the first time thanks to the efforts of the care home where he lives, and indoor snow centre Snozone in Milton Keynes.
Robert Trulocke, a resident at Care UK's Millers Grange in Witney, had always wanted to go skiing, describing it as a "boyhood ambition" but thought he'd missed his chance.
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J2Ski Snow Report - January 9th 2020
Published : 09-Jan-2020 08:08
J2Ski Snow Report 9th January 2020
Finding fresh in the shade, Snoworks Ski Courses in Ste.Foy, photo (c) Bryan Hogg.
Great snow cover in Europe, fresh stuff for America and Japan.
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Two Feet of Snow in 72 Hours Puts Whistler’s Season Back on Track
Published : 06-Jan-2020 08:43
Whistler Blackcomb in BC, Canada appears to be getting its season back on track following significant snowfall since new Year, including 60cm (two feet) on higher slopes in the past 72 hours.
The resort, which has the largest ski area in North America and more than 200 ski runs had less than 10% of its terrain open for much of December due to warm temperatures and precipitation falling as rain on its lower slopes. It's snowfall totals were about 25% the average.
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Most Australian Ski Areas Threatened by Bush Fires
Published : 04-Jan-2020 09:24
Almost all of Australia's ski areas are reported to currently be under serious threat from the bush fires currently ravaging the country.
Charlotte Pass, Falls Creek, Hotham, Mount Buller and Mount Stirling Alpine Resorts and their surrounding communities are all under serious threat and in most cases have been evacuated due to the severe danger to life posed by the fires.
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Oslo To Open Biggest Indoor Snow Centre in Europe For Over a Decade on Jan 15th
Published : 02-Jan-2020 08:02
The biggest indoor snow centre to open in Europe for at least 15 years is set to open on January 15th.
SNØ (which probably doesn't need translating…) has been five years in planning and construction and will be among the six biggest in the world and four biggest in Europe at 505 metres long and 100 metres wide at its widest point. The height difference of 90 metres will also be one of the biggest indoors yet.
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J2Ski Snow Report - January 2nd 2020
Published : 02-Jan-2020 08:25
J2Ski Snow Report 2nd January 2020
Mont Blanc, viewed from Les Arcs, France this morning.
Happy New Year! There's snow in America, sunshine in Europe...
The Snow Headlines - 2nd January
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