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Ski Resort and Snow News - July 2020

Work progressing on Men's Downhill Course for 2023 World Ski Championships

Published : 30-Jul-2020 11:03

It's still two and a half years away, but work is well underway on creating the course for the Men's Downhill event for the 2023 World Ski Championships.

This will be the 47th World Champs and is being co-hosted by the French ski resorts of Courchevel and Méribel, with the former hosting the men's events and the latter hosting the women's events.

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Tour Operators Put Reassuring Skiers First in 20-21 Holiday Sales Push

Published : 30-Jul-2020 09:04

After months of silence, the UK's two largest ski holiday companies have begun pushing 20-21 ski holiday sales.

Media releases received by J2Ski were clearly compiled after the government removed the requirement of a two-week quarantine to most ski destination nations, unofficially kickstarting the return of international holidays, but before they re-introduced the quarantine requirement on holidays to Spain, which has stalled the process again.

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Ski Area Seeks Nominees To Be First to Ride New Chairlift

Published : 29-Jul-2020 01:26

The Remarkables ski areas in New Zealand says it expects to open its new six-seater chairlift, Sugar Bowl, this weekend and it's launched a contest to choose who should be the first six people on the lift's first chair to ascend.

After reporting fresh snow and good business during the country's busy holiday season, the Remarkables has now reverted to weekend-only operations for the remainder of the season, due to the overall drop off in business for most of New Zealand's ski areas whilst is international borders are closed to all except those who can quarantine for a fortnight on arrival before hitting the slopes.

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Indoor Gondola Replaced By Indoor Chairlift at Giant Chinese Indoor Snow Centre

Published : 24-Jul-2020 10:40

Three of the world's seven largest indoor snow centres have opened in China in just the past year and two of these feature indoor gondola lifts.

These centres have indoor snow areas of over 50,000 square metres - about five times the size of most of the British centres.

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South America's 2020 Season Starts Tomorrow

Published : 22-Jul-2020 09:46

The 2020 ski season in the Andes will finally get underway on Thursday, 23rd July, about a month after the normal season start on the continent.

An early and strict lockdown in Argentina seems to have limited infections and deaths in the country far more than in other leading South American countries, including its badly-hit neighbour Chile, and restrictions are being gradually eased on a region-by-region basis.

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No Social-Distancing On At Least One French Ski Lift

Published : 19-Jul-2020 09:57

An interesting development at Les 2 Alpes, where summer skiing is currently underway and the resort reports business is brisk and glacier conditions good – in fact in both cases better than 2019.

The resort reports that is key Jandri Express lift up to the summer slopes, which has cabins that can each hold up to 20 people each, is no longer operating with any social-distancing required in cabins.

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Bracknell Dry Ski Centre Won’t Re-open

Published : 15-Jul-2020 04:13

Another of the UK's diminishing number of dry ski slopes has announced it is closing for good.

The Bracknell Centre, one of five run by John Nike Leisuresport Limited, closed in March due to the coronavirus lockdown, and it was announced in May that it was under threat of closure due to costs identified as needed for required upgrades, along with ongoing operating costs, being unlikely to be justified by future income.

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Big Snowfalls in Australia

Published : 14-Jul-2020 04:19

There have been some big snowfalls in Australia over the past 48 hours, dramatically improving conditions at still-open ski areas.

Perisher and Thredbo in New South Wales had both reported around 90cm (three feet) of snowfall from the current storm, enabling them to open much more terrain.

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Eurostar Cancels Ski Train

Published : 09-Jul-2020 08:40

In a blow to the ski industry, and to the environment, Eurostar appears to have cancelled the direct Ski train service between England and the French Alps.

"Skiers and snowboarders are gutted by the loss of this hugely popular train. This cancellation is a damaging step backwards by Eurostar. While there are indirect train routes to the French Alps, these can't compensate for the loss of the direct Ski Train," said Daniel Elkan, founder of independent rail-ski guide Snowcarbon.

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All Main Australian Ski Areas Now Open For 2020

Published : 07-Jul-2020 10:43

All of the main ski areas in Australia that can open are now open for winter 2020 – a month after the pre-pandemic planned season start date which would have been June 6th.

Mt Hotham and Falls Creek were the last to open. They were due to open on June 24th but delayed doing so twice due to limited snow cover. They finally opened on July 6th, yesterday, following fresh snowfall.

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Russians Summer Skiing on 4th of July

Published : 06-Jul-2020 03:17

The Russian ski resort of Khvalynsk re-opened for snowsports on Saturday, 4th July.

The ski area, located close to the Volga river, used 1,000 square metres of snow it had stockpiled since mid-winter and then spread back out on the slopes to create a ski run.

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Big July Snowfall on European Ski Glacier

Published : 03-Jul-2020 05:12

The Fonna (Folgefonn) Glacier in Norway was closed today due to a big snowstorm that deposited at least 35cm (14 inches) of fresh snow on the area (pictured above this morning).

The road up to the glacier was closed due to the snow.

Fonna is one of three glacier areas currently open to skiers in Norway and one of 11 in Europe.

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J2Ski's Monthly Snow Report - July 2020

Published : 01-Jul-2020 01:13

J2Ski Snow Report 1st July 2020

Whakapapa just before the latest snow swept in... check roads before traveling!

New Zealand opens with a flurry of snow (and high winds), and you can ski in Europe (if you can travel).

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