Ski Resort and Snow News - January 2021
Upto 11 Feet of Snowfall in USA, 2 Metres in Alps
Published : 30-Jan-2021 05:39
Few people can travel to ski at present of course, and police increasingly seem to be catching and fining people who try to take a ski trip against the current rules, but the snow keeps falling and the past four days have seen huge totals reported in the Alps and in the Western US.
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J2Ski Snow Report - January 28th 2021
Published : 28-Jan-2021 09:35
J2Ski Snow Report 28th January 2021
Pisteurs at Val d'Isere are up already, making the mountains safer... they're going to be busy over the next few days!
Serious Avalanche Situation in European Alps (see below)
The mountains are waiting for us, and it's snowing... be patient, stay safe and follow your local advice and rules on travel. Most of us can't travel yet, but for those who can; please be careful!
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Inghams Cancel Ski Holidays Up To Easter, Report Strong 21-22 Bookings
Published : 28-Jan-2021 09:35
The ongoing restrictions on leisure travel has led one of the UK's leading ski holiday companies to cancel all bookings up to 2nd April – shortly before Easter.
Hotelplan, which runs the Inghams, Ski Total and Flexiski holiday companies, said they hope there's still a chance that there might be holidays at the every end of the season, but noted that they were seeing very strong bookings now for next winter.
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Big Snowstorm Hitting California
Published : 27-Jan-2021 09:31
It has not been an "epic" start to winter 20-21 in the Western USA, ski resorts in California and Colorado are both well-down on their snowfall averages to date. Breckenridge just hit the 100 inches of snowfall this season mark more than a month later than it did last season and Mammoth has had only 11 inches (27cm) of snowfall so far this month. As a result many resorts have only limited terrain open …although with far fewer people allowed on the slopes anyway due to pandemic operating conditions, that's perhaps not being noticed as much as it might be.
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Wingsuit daredevil swoops down Val d’Isère’s legendary Face de Bellevarde
Published : 26-Jan-2021 03:55
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's skydiver Fred Fugen soaring in his wingsuit above the famous Face black run in Val d'Isere.
Fugen, from nearby Annecy, is a leading member of the Red Bull-sponsored 'Soul Flyers' team. Even if this had been a normal season, Fugen was always planning to fly the 2830m Face de Bellevarde this winter with his team mate, Vince Reffet.
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Kitzbühel Warns of “Rigorous Action” To Stop Visitors To Hahnenkamm
Published : 21-Jan-2021 10:38
Kitzbühel is warning anyone thinking of trying to visit the resort to see the Hahnenkamm races this weekend not to do so.
The big downhill race will take place this Saturday, preceded by a downhill on Friday, replacing the cancelled Lauberhorn downhill in Wengen a week ago, and there's also a GS race on Sunday.
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J2Ski Snow Report - January 21st 2021
Published : 21-Jan-2021 08:39
J2Ski Snow Report 21st January 2021
Big Bear Mountain, California. Snow's coming...
Loads more snow, and more in the forecast...
The mountains are waiting for us, and it's snowing... but be patient, stay safe and follow your local advice and rules on travel.
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French Ski Season Start in February "Highly Improbable" Say Government
Published : 20-Jan-2021 09:49
Reports from France this evening indicate that the government has confirmed what most people were suspecting - that ski resorts would not be able to start running their ski lifts at the start of February.
The French government has not given a specific new "we hope to open by this date" but have said it is "highly improbable" - given the current state of the pandemic - that ski areas will open in mid or even late February.
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Tahoe Ski Area Seeing “More Skiers Than We Thought We Would”
Published : 20-Jan-2021 12:56
A ski area by Lake Tahoe in California, which has one of the strictest lockdowns in North America, is saying that it is busier than it thought it would be.
Mount Rose Ski Tahoe reports that although they have seen fewer skiers arriving from the Sabn Francisco Bay area than they normally would, they have seen an increase in local skiers visiting which actually led to the resort not seeing the usual early January "lull" in skier numbers following the Christmas and New Year holidays.
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Austria's Ski Tourism Unlikely To Resume Before March
Published : 17-Jan-2021 03:22
The Austrian government has announced that its current 'hard lockdown' will be extended again to at least 8th February.
If things are looking better with the pandemic then the Austrian government says there may be small easings of restrictions, however they say re-opening restaurants and hotels is unlikely before the end of February at the earliest.
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First Turns of 2021 Made in Australia
Published : 17-Jan-2021 10:46
A skier has made what are believed to be the first turns of 2021 in Australia, and possible the southern hemisphere.
The skier is reported to have taken to the slopes in the small hours of the morning at Mt Buller ski area in Australia after an unseasonal snowfall deposited a few inches of snow there. It's not clear how much skiing was actually achieved.
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Italy Delays Opening Ski Areas to February 15th
Published : 16-Jan-2021 09:00
*** UPDATE 16.01.21: Since this piece was published it appears the Italian Government have now said all of the country's ski areas must stay closed to at least 15th February. ***
Italy's largest ski region, the Dolomiti Superski, which includes many of the country's leading ski resorts and is reputed to take a third of the total Italian ski holiday market has announced it won't open for the season until at least February 15th.
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Macedonia Has Big Plans for Leading Ski Resort
Published : 15-Jan-2021 04:29
North Macedonia has announced plans to privatise and upgrade its Popova Sapka ski resort in 2021, one of the largest of the country's half-dozen ski areas.
Currently state-run Popova Sapka currently has nine lifts, but many date back to the era when the country was part of Yugoslavia. However a fast new six-seat chairlift built by the Leitner group was reported to have been installed ahead of last season.
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Major Snowstorm In the Alps
Published : 14-Jan-2021 10:09
The first big snowstorm of the winter has deposited up to 1.2 metres (4 feet) of snow on ski slopes in the Alps, and it is still coming down.
Most people cannot travel to the open ski resorts in Austria and Switzerland but for those with an optimistic outlook, the snow could be seen as good news for base-building later in the season, when we just might be able to travel.
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J2Ski Snow Report - January 14th 2021
Published : 14-Jan-2021 08:23
J2Ski Snow Report 14th January 2021
We think it's snowing in Verbier, Switzerland, this morning... but it's difficult to see!
Oh look, more snow...
The mountains are waiting for us, and it's snowing... but be patient, stay safe and follow your local advice and rules on travel.
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Will Italy’s Ski Slopes Open on Monday?
Published : 12-Jan-2021 12:52
Italy has set next Monday, January 18th, as the opening date for its ski areas, but there are doubts as to whether this will, or should happen.
The slopes had originally been due to open on 7th January after they were kept closed through Christmas and New Year, but this was delated to the 18th at the last minute, and with lots of issues concerning reopening still uncertain, many think this will happen again.
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Lauberhorn Racers Cancelled, Moved to Kitzbuhel
Published : 11-Jan-2021 03:48
The International Ski Federation (FIS) has just announced that the famous Lauberhorn World Cup races due to take place next weekend have been cancelled, instead most of the races will be staged in Kitzbuhel, which was due to host its own Hahnankamm races the weekend after.
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UK’s Largest Tour Operators Set-Back Holiday Sales To Mid-Feb or Later
Published : 07-Jan-2021 11:04
What's the earliest departure date you'd risk booking a ski holiday right now?
The UK's two largest ski holiday companies, Crystal and Inghams have both announced they're suspending ski holiday sales until mid-February.
With much of the world currently inaccessible for non-essential travel due to the travel ban and the UK in particular banned by many countries due to the rapid spread of the new variant of COVID 19 in Britain, this is of course not a huge surprise.
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J2Ski Snow Report - January 7th 2021
Published : 07-Jan-2021 10:06
J2Ski Snow Report 7th January 2021
Sierra Nevada, Spain, early this morning and expecting snow...
2021 arrives with snow... and uncertainty!
The mountains are waiting for us... please stay safe and follow local advice on travel. We can't all go skiing just yet but we can dream!
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Scottish Ski Centres Closed by Scottish Government
Published : 04-Jan-2021 02:43
Scotland's first minister Nicola Sturgeon has announced that the remaining still-open Scottish ski areas will have to close from tomorrow, Tuesday 5th January, as the country tightens restrictions on movement due to the virus.
Cairngorm and Nevis Range ski areas had already closed, but Glencoe (pictured above at the weekend), Glenshee and The Lecht ski areas were still allowed to operate for people living in their local regions only.
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Italian Ski Centres May Open From January 18th
Published : 02-Jan-2021 06:56
Italy's government appears to have now formally agreed that January 18th will see the country's ski areas allowed to open for the season, or in the case of Cervinia and several others, re-open.
The date, the same as one suggested by Austria as the likely date for it opening its slopes, already open to locals, to ski holidaymakers, had been proposed by several of the country's autonomous regions as the most suitable as it became clear that the originally mooted date of January 7th wasn't realistic.
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