Ski Resort and Snow News - February 2020
"Ski Resorts Exempt From Coronavirus Ban on Big Events" Says Swiss Big Event Organiser
Published : 29-Feb-2020 07:17
Major events being staged in ski resorts ae exempt from a new Swiss national ban on events of more than 1,000 people, the organisers of one such upcoming event have announced.
The organisers of the SnowpenAir Festival, which markets itself as Switzerland's biggest music winter event staged more than 2000m up in the Jungfrau region, have issued a statement:
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Heavy Snowfall in the Alps Continues
Published : 27-Feb-2020 12:09
It's currently snowing hard in the Alps with ski areas reporting up to 75cm of snowfall in the past 24 hours and up to 90cm since the storm started on Tuesday.
The heaviest snowfall so far has been reported the Western Alps with Crans Montana in Switzerland posting 50cm of snowfall in the past 24 hours and La Rosiere in France, 45cm. Crans Montana also reported its 48 hour snow total at a metre, for La Rosiere that stat was 65cm.
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J2Ski Snow Report - February 27th 2020
Published : 27-Feb-2020 07:57
J2Ski Snow Report 27th February 2020
Sunrise at Les Arcs this morning, snow is coming...
Sun then snow for the Alps, and lots of it.
The Snow Headlines - 27th February
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Coronavirus Confusion on the Slopes
Published : 26-Feb-2020 11:52
Just how big a threat is Coronavirus (Covid 19) to skiers heading to (or back from) Italy, or indeed the wider Alps region?
There appears to be confusion over whether skiers should be concerned, and whether they should be doing anything; not helped by mainstream media reports of school parties returning from region going in to 'self-isolation' and having their schools 'deep-cleaned'.
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Snowstorm Heading For The Alps This Week Could Be Biggest This Season So Far
Published : 24-Feb-2020 08:23
Snowfall currently forecast for the Alps looks like it could be the heaviest of the winter so far, if it arrives as forecasting models are predicting.
After temperatures got uncomfortably warm again in places at the weekend, temperatures are falling and snowfall should begin to arrive in the next 24 hours, bringing 30-60cm of snowfall to mot areas in the Alps over a 72-hour period to the end of Thursday.
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First Ski Area Gondola in Australia Under Construction
Published : 23-Feb-2020 07:33
Work is underway on what will be the first gondola lift to serve ski slopes in Australia, due to open this coming winter 2020.
Thredbo Resort are replacing the Merritts double chairlift with a high speed, eight-person gondola that will quadruple the capacity of the old lift.
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Riksgränsen Digs Out Lifts Ahead of 2020 Season Start
Published : 22-Feb-2020 07:13
Riksgransen ski area in northern Sweden begins its 2020 season next Friday, but staff have found they'll need to dig out the resort's lifts first.
Access to the railway station many skiers use to access the resort's compact base (most of it one giant hotel complex) via an underpass also needs digging out.
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Austria’s Steepest Ski Run Opening
Published : 21-Feb-2020 08:27
A ski run with an average pitch of 41.3 degrees and with a gradient of 87.85% opens at the Austrian glacier ski area of Kaunertal on Saturday, 22nd February.
Christened the 'Black Ibex' the run is the latest in a line of Austrian slopes that claim the 'steepest lift-served groomed run in the country' title.
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J2Ski Snow Report - February 20th 2020
Published : 20-Feb-2020 07:42
J2Ski Snow Report 20th February 2020
The view from Cauterets, French Pyrenees, picture (c) Iain @ Skipedia
Snow then sun for the Alps, a real mix elsewhere.
The Snow Headlines - 20th February
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French Pyrénées Road Trip: Cauterets, Grand Tourmalet, Pic du Midi
Published : 19-Feb-2020 07:05
Wanted to see if it was possible to take the kids on a ski trip at half-term without breaking the bank, so picked the unfashionable French Pyrénées, rather than the Alps. We flew to Toulouse on Monday which was our first success as flights were super-cheap (£50 each when I booked back in August), with the added bonus that we weren't flying on Saturday ex-LGW, when most flights were cancelled.
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Despite lots of Snow, Scottish Ski Centres Battle To Open
Published : 18-Feb-2020 08:52
Scotland's ski centres may have had some of the heaviest snowfall in Europe over the past week, and the forecast snow at the five centres for the wee ahead is also amongst the most for anywhere in Europe.
The problem skiers are having is getting on to it top ski or snowboard it, and for the five highland centres the battles include keeping the snow on the slopes and opening the lifts to access the slopes.
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Strike Appears to Have Limited Impact In French Ski Resorts
Published : 16-Feb-2020 11:10
A strike by seasonal workers called by two unions and actively observed at around 50 French ski resorts appears to have had limited impact.
The unions are unhappy about new French government employment laws which makes it harder for seasonal workers to claim benefits by asking them to work longer before they can get them. In some cases unions say the term now required exceeds the length of the ski season, which is diminishing anyway, they say, due to climate change.
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Phil Spencer to Push Himself To Limit in Charity 'Everest Challenge'
Published : 15-Feb-2020 07:57
TV presenter Phil Spencer is to take part in the tough 'Everest in the Alps' challenge later this month - skiing 8,848 metres uphill, the height of Everest, in the Swiss Alps.
The first Challenge took place in 2015 when Rob Ritchie and 13 of his friends and family travelled to Verbier where they took on the very first Everest in the Alps.
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New Colorado Ski Area With No Uplift Opening
Published : 14-Feb-2020 06:10
A new ski area is due to open in Colorado tomorrow (Saturday 15th February) with the unusual selling point that it will have no ski lifts, nor any other form of uplift, except human powered.
Whiteley Peak ski area, run by Bluebird Backcountry, is being marketed as the world's first defined ski area without any form of motorised transport.
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Macron Visits Vallee Blanche to Witness Climate Change in Action
Published : 13-Feb-2020 04:41
French president Emmanuelle Macron was in Chamonix today to visit the rapidly retreating Mer de Glace glacier, upon which the (sometimes) world's longest lift-accessed ski run, the famous Vallée Blanche, descends.
Unfortunately the full 20km descent, with a potential vertical descent of around 2,700m down from the Aiguille du Midi lift station at 3,842m all the way back down to Chamonix at 1,100m altitude is rarely skiable in full. It has not been possible to ski down to Chamonix this winter to date, the warmest so far in French history.
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J2Ski Snow Report - February 13th 2020
Published : 13-Feb-2020 08:01
J2Ski Snow Report 13th February 2020
They're busy with the shovels in Val d'Isere this morning...
Big snows and strong winds this week.
The Snow Headlines - 13th February
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Austria Reports Europe’s Biggest Snow Accumulations From Storm Ciara / Sabine
Published : 12-Feb-2020 09:15
Storm Ciara (in French and English speaking countries) and Sabina in German-speaking ones has final started to 'moved on' and ski areas in the Alps that were partially or fully closed for several days this week whilst the gales blew in and the snow dumped are now re-opening.
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Scottish Centres Ask Skiers To Wait and See
Published : 11-Feb-2020 08:43
[b]Anticipation levels are rising in Scotland after days of mountain snowfall thanks to Storm Ciara.
However the gale force winds Ciara has brought with it have largely prevented the centres opening since the end of last week, so whilst enticing pictures and video of fairly deep snow are appearing on social media, skiers and boarders have not yet been able to reach it. Glenshee is pictured above.
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ABTA Launches New Safety Campaign For Ski Festival Goers
Published : 11-Feb-2020 10:41
With the main music festivals on the slopes spring snow season nearly upon us, ABTA - The Travel Association, has teamed up with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) to run a new digital campaign providing advice for young adults (18-24) to help them have a safer winter festival experience.
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French and Austrian Ski Resorts Close Slopes Due to Storm Ciara
Published : 10-Feb-2020 10:00
At least one leading French ski resort and one Austrian area have closed their lifts and runs this morning as Storm Ciara passes by.
"Exceptional weather conditions require a total closure of the ski area of Avoriaz 1800 this morning. The lit company will decide in the middle of the day what will happen next," a statement from the resort issued at 9am read.
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Third Major Snowstorm in Three Weeks Heading to the Alps
Published : 09-Feb-2020 03:34
February is continuing to be a much more changeable, and much snowier month than January was in the Alps.
Snowfall is due to start arriving across the region from Monday and currently it looks like rather than the 48-72 hour periods of snowfall in the middle of the past two weeks, this coming week should see snowfall on and off through to next weekend.
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Strike Action May Close Lifts at French Resorts During Half-Term
Published : 08-Feb-2020 09:51
The Local, an English-language French website, is warning of strike action by seasonal workers in leading French ski resorts during the February half-term holidays which could mean "possible disruption" on the slopes.
The website reports that the strike has been called by the CGT union over French government proposals to change the country's unemployment system which the union says will make seasonal workers much worse off.
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Big Snowfalls in The Rockies
Published : 07-Feb-2020 02:43
Two major storm systems are currently beginning to impact ski areas on both sides of North America bringing expectations of some big snow accumulations over the next 48-72 hours.
The first of these have been reported in Colorado and Utah this morning (there), with ski areas reporting 20-50cm of snowfall since yesterday (8-20 inches).
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New Will Ferrell Ski Film is Black Comedy
Published : 06-Feb-2020 07:02
A new cinema film starring Will Ferrell and based round a family ski holiday in the Alps is set for general release later this month.
The Hollywood movie, 'Downhill', a remake of the 2014 Swedish film 'Force Majeure', centres on an incident on the ski holiday when it appears the family of four are about to be engulfed by an avalanche.
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J2Ski Snow Report - February 6th 2020
Published : 06-Feb-2020 08:23
J2Ski Snow Report 6th February 2020
Dude, where's my car? Lech, Austria, yesterday...
Every sort of weather this week, more snow on the way!
The Snow Headlines - 6th February
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Europe’s Snow Depths Grows At Last As US Base Depth Passes 5 Metre Mark
Published : 05-Feb-2020 09:37
The deepest snow lying in Europe has finally started to climb above the deepest level reported in December after two successive snow storms over the last 10 days deposited up to 2 metres of snow in the Alps.
At the same time the deepest snow in North America (and the world) has gone past the 5 metre mark for the first time.
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Latest Snowfall Arrives in Western Europe, Driven in on Strong Winds
Published : 04-Feb-2020 10:57
The latest heavy snowfall has moved in to much of Europe, with between 1 and 3 feet (30-90cm) expected to fall across much of the alps and the Eastern Tatras by the end of Thursday.
However, the snow is arriving accompanied by very strong winds leading to a repeat of last week's widespread closure of many resorts, with those that are staying open generally only having limited low-level slopes open, due to the blizzard conditions.
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More Snow on the Way to the Alps
Published : 02-Feb-2020 07:51
Another period of heavy snowfall is expected in the Alps through the coming week.
The snow follows heavy snowfall last week with some ski areas in the Swiss Valais region reporting more than a metre of snow, although the weekend saw unseasonably warm temperatures in most areas and rain at quite high altitudes for some.
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