Ski Resort and Snow News - September 2020
Austrian Ski Areas Open Additional Terrain as More Centres Open
Published : 30-Sep-2020 02:04
We may still be at the end of September and the start of Autumn and the beginning of what promises to be a very 'different' ski season but Austrian ski centres are already jockeying for position for the 'Oktoberfest' skier market.
Several of the four Austrian glacier resorts that are now open (currently second only to New Zealand in terms of the number of areas open, and set to move to the top spot next week) have announced they're opening more terrain ahead of four more areas opening at the weekend, including big hitter the Stubai.
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Chemmy Alcott To Present Ski Sunday
Published : 27-Sep-2020 09:25
Chemmy Alcott has announced that she will be hosting Ski Sunday this winter, the show which has run for over 40 years now on the BBC.
Regular presenter Graham Bell has been announced as a competitor for the Dancing on Ice TV show and Chemmy Alcott will fill his role.
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Up to 50cm Snowfall in Northern Hemisphere, 45cm in Southern Hemisphere
Published : 26-Sep-2020 01:43
Snow has kept falling over the latter half of this week on slopes in Australia and New Zealand in the southern hemisphere, where ski areas are winding down or have already closed for winter 2020 there; and in Europe and North America where the 20-21 season is just getting started.
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Snowfalls in the Alps, Australia, Dolomites, Pyrenees, Scandinavia, North America and NZ
Published : 25-Sep-2020 08:56
It's one of those rare 24 hour periods hat happens once or twice each year (often in May and September), when snow falls on ski slopes on almost every continent.
It's the start of autumn in the northern hemisphere so all eyes are on the start of the 20-21 season, whereas in the southern hemisphere spring is here and the season is winding down.
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Well would you look at that... some snow!
Published : 25-Sep-2020 06:36
Here's a view above Les Arcs this morning, with some early snow. There's a lot forecast over the next couple of days, so this should continue for 48 hours or so.
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“Tourism is Part of our Identity” Stresses Austrian Chancellor
Published : 24-Sep-2020 03:20
Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has outlined the country's plan for ski resort operations this winter at a winter tourism press conference earlier today.
Several Austrian glacier ski areas are already open with three more due to join them this weekend, and there were no surprises in the announced measures which were in line with what the country's ski areas had already outlined, and broadly in line with other European ski nations, in so far as they have announced their plans.
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Major New Gondola for Serbia’s Largest Resort
Published : 24-Sep-2020 10:23
[b]A new gondola lift with 10-passenger cabins is due to go in to service this winter, forming a direct connection between the resort development at Brzeće up to Mali Karaman in the mountains of Kopaonik ski resort.
He new lift, built by Leitner, is an upgrade on a route previously served by two successive double chairlifts. The new lift brings greater speed and capacity to the route, ascending four kilometres with a vertical rise of over 843 meters and can carry 2,400 visitors per hour in is 110 cabins. One of these will be a VIP version which offers, "additional exclusive comfort" Leitner say.
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Dry Ski Slope Christened Tubey McTubeface
Published : 22-Sep-2020 11:03
One of the UK's most northerly dry ski slopes, at Aberdeen in Scotland, has been re-named Tubey McTubeface.
The dry ski slopes at the Adventure Aberdeen Snowsports centre enjoyed some restoration and upgrading work whilst the complex was closed during its six-month closure during lockdown, and the centre's managers decided to launch a competition to rename the slopes upon re-opening this week.
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A Week of Snowfall Expected in the Alps as Glaciers Open For 20-21 Season
Published : 21-Sep-2020 03:30
After a largely sunny few months, the start of astronomical autumn this week looks set to be accompanied by a week (so far) of snowfall for mountain peaks, and glacier slopes in the Alps.
Forecasting is always a little hit and miss at these altitudes and at this time of year but the most optimistic forecasts call for potentially 60cm (two feet) of snowfall in total over the next seven days.
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French Resorts announce COVID-19 adaptations
Published : 20-Sep-2020 05:49
France Montagnes have published the guidelines they expect French ski resorts, and their visitors, to adhere to for this coming winter.
We expect very similar measures to be adopted at all ski areas (in Europe and elsewhere) but if we do come across any significant departures from these rules we'll let you know (and please let us know if you know of any!).
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New 6-Seat Chairlift at Sainte Foy
Published : 18-Sep-2020 07:57
Thanks to the virus hitting the bottom line of ski areas around the world, and impacting construction work even where they do have the finance, we're seeing less new lifts being announced for the coming winter than usual.
But the small ski centre of Sainte Foy in the Tarentaise Valley, with 43km of runs and located between the giant ski regions of Les Arcs/La Plagne, La Rosiere/La Thuile and Tignes/Val d'Isere, has announced some significant improvements for the coming winter.
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Some Fresh Snow as Glacier Resorts Ready 20-21 Seasons
Published : 17-Sep-2020 01:14
The Kitzsteinhorn glacier above Kaprun in Salzburgerlad in Austria reported a dusting of fresh snow this morning, a fortnight before it is due to open for its 20-21 ski season.
The Kitzsteinhorn is set to be one of the last of eight glacier ski areas in Austria set to open, all being well, over the next three weekends.
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British woman completes extreme 'triathlon’ in French Alps
Published : 16-Sep-2020 07:05
In a bid to raise awareness around women's reproductive health, Andrea Mason, 39 from Blackpool, has completed an iconic 'triathlon', completing a jaw-dropping 'Sea to Summit Extreme' challenge in the French Alps.
Mason set out by swimming 38km around the circumference of Lake Annecy, followed by cycling 330km with 9000m of climbing around Mont Blanc, before finally running 170km with 12000m of climbing around the Ultra-Trail du Mont Blanc route.
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Courchevel Christens New 2023 World Championships Downhill
Published : 11-Sep-2020 11:48
Courchevel say they have finished building their new downhill race-course ahead of the 2023 Alpine World Ski Championships which they are due to stage with Meribel, and that the run will also be open for anyone to ski from this winter onwards.
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Some Swiss Ski Areas Report Business Up (Others Not)
Published : 11-Sep-2020 11:46
Although the news is not universally good, and sometimes careful quoting of some statistics can hide less positive numbers, two Swiss ski areas have just posted apparently good trading stats whilst another has not.
The Andermatt Swiss Alps Group say that despite the impact of the virus in spring, other factors offset the negative impact for the first six months of the year overall. Gstasad has issued a similar report, saying their figures – after tax, depreciation and the rest were taken into account – were 34% above costs, one percent better than the same time last year.
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Snow in The Rockies
Published : 09-Sep-2020 05:03
Fresh snowfall has been reported on ski slopes from Alberta to Colorado over the past 48 hours. The snowfall was mostly light, but reached down to resort level at some higher ski areas.
It's the second snowfall in a week a some resorts in Colorado, and came after a dramatic 50 degree Fahrenheit drop in temperature in a little over 24 hours in the state, from the 80s to the 30s.
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More Fresh Snowfall as Austrian Glacier Resorts Prepare to Open From Next Week
Published : 08-Sep-2020 07:18
The Hintertux glacier has reported another 15cm (6 inches) of snowfall in the past 24 hours after several snowfalls in August.
Hintertux is currently the only ski area open in the Austrian alps but it's due to be joined by half a dozen Austrian glacier areas planning to open over the next four weeks, the first three the weekend after next.
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Indoor Snow Centre Sends Up Empty Chair First on Re-Opening day In Honour of Virus Victims
Published : 06-Sep-2020 02:18
The Big SNOW indoor snow centre within the American Dream Mall in New Jersey, USA, re-opened on September 1st, sending the first of its quad chairlifts up empty in honour, they say, of those who have died from COVID-19.
"Yesterday was definitely a day of celebration. We are so happy to be able to share the snow with you all again, but the world has changed in unimaginable ways since we were last together. In recognition of that fact, we sent our first chair up empty yesterday... To honor those we have lost globally to the pandemic as well as those we continue to lose at home to the racially motivated acts of violence that plague our nation. We honor and remember those that we lost, and we stand with those who have lost," a statement issued by the centre on Wednesday 2nd September reads.
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Transatlantic Divide on Pandemic Lift-Capacity Rules
Published : 03-Sep-2020 11:16
Although the situation remains uncertain for the winter ahead, and rules vary to some extent between individual countries, it does seem to be becoming increasingly clear that most and possibly all leading ski resorts in Europe will be running their lifts at capacity when demand is high, whereas in North America the norm looks like it will be limited numbers on individual chairs and in gondola cabins – unless the people boarding are already a group together.
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First Snow on US Peaks
Published : 02-Sep-2020 07:03
Ski areas in the US have been excitedly reporting on the first snowfalls of autumn, spotted on high peaks across the west of the country.
Ski areas in Colorado, Wyoming and Montana were among those posting images of snow-covered peaks and in some cases a thin and reportedly short-lived dusting of snow on their ski runs.
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J2Ski's Monthly Snow Report - September 2020
Published : 01-Sep-2020 07:49
J2Ski Snow Report 1st September 2020
Coronet Peak, New Zealand, just got a decent bit of snow...
Summer draws to a close with snow high in the Alps, NZ and the Andes!
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