Ski Resort and Snow News - February 2021
Lizards Lead to Planned Lift Relocation
Published : 26-Feb-2021 09:21
A New Zealand ski area that had planned to extend its terrain ion one direction, has changed its plans after rare lizards were discovered in the area.
Instead Cardrona ski area has upcycled/refurbished their former McDougall's Quad, originally proposed for the Pringles terrain expansion plan now abandoned due to the lizards, and expand in their recently acquired Soho ski area instead.
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J2Ski Snow Report - February 25th 2021
Published : 25-Feb-2021 07:17
J2Ski Snow Report 25th February 2021
Dawn light on the Matterhorn, Zermatt...
Snow and cold in America and Japan, sunshine in Europe.
The mountains are waiting for us... be patient, stay safe and follow your local advice and rules on travel.
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Verbier Announces New Lifts For 21-22 and 22-23
Published : 23-Feb-2021 05:49
Verbier's lift company, Téléverbier, has announced that despite a bad revenue year due to the pandemic, they have decided to press ahead with new lifts and other infrastructure upgrade plans.
Projects to be completed for next winter include:
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Bumper Business on Indian Ski Slopes
Published : 22-Feb-2021 02:17
Managers, ski instructors, rental shops and travel companies are all reporting bumper business this winter at India's Gulmarg ski area.[/b]
Gulmarg, the world's highest 'proper' ski area by some measures, is fully booked until April 10th, according to resort managers.
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Herd Immunity In Ischgl
Published : 20-Feb-2021 08:00
Austrian ski resort Ischgl has hit world headlines during the pandemic as an epicentre of infections in the early months of 2020.
Along with making it a target for a massive legal action by those who believe they were infected on holiday there last winter, the resort has also been seen as a great place for scientists to study the long term impacts of COVID infections.
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Huge Snowfalls in Utah
Published : 19-Feb-2021 02:13
Although the mainstream news is naturally focussed on the unusual cold and snowy weather in Texas at present, there's been unusually snowy weather for many US ski areas too.
Of course big dumps of snow in the Rockies in February aren't unusual, but the mountains had been having a below average snowfall winter until a few days ago, and Snowbird described the 1.1 metres (nearly four feet) of snow that fell there in 60 hours there this week as a storm the like of which they had not seen for two decades.
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Inghams Also Cancels All Ski Holidays This Season
Published : 18-Feb-2021 09:32
Hotelplan, the company which runs the UK's second largest ski holiday company Inghams, as well as Flexiski, Ski Total and Ski Esprit, have cancelled all ski trips for the rest of this winter.
The news was not unexpected and followed a similar announcement from the UK's largest operator, Crystal, 48 hours before. Hotelplan had previously cancelled all trips up to Easter for most of its brands leaving just a few weeks at the end of the season, although it cancelled all ski holidays this season for Ski Esprit several months ago.
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J2Ski Snow Report - February 18th 2021
Published : 18-Feb-2021 07:49
J2Ski Snow Report 18th February 2021
Niseko, Japan, got 60cm in the village this week...
Good skiing, but cold weather, excess snow and virus all cause closures!
The mountains are waiting for us... be patient, stay safe and follow your local advice and rules on travel.
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Norwegian ambassador proves you can ski in Athens
Published : 17-Feb-2021 08:02
Greece has been hit by an unseasonal and rare snowstorm, coating the Parthenon in snow.
The 'medea' (Greek for snow) in the capital is very unusual, although Greece does have its own ski resorts. You can read our guide to ski resorts in Greece here.
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Crystal Cancel All Ski Holidays This Season
Published : 16-Feb-2021 03:17
Crystal, the UK's largest ski holiday operator, have announced that due to the continued impact of Covid-19 on worldwide travel and ski resorts, it won't be operating any holidays this season.
All impacted customers will be proactively contacted to discuss a range of flexible options, the company says. These include amending their holiday to a future season with an incentive, or cancelling and receiving a refund.
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Some Leading Austrian Resorts Close As Tighter Operating Restrictions Come In
Published : 15-Feb-2021 07:43
Several ski areas in Austria's Tirol region have closed until further notice after the province brought in new operating restrictions.
The most high-profile change is that skiers must now either be in possession of evidence that they have recently had a negative coronavirus test result (within the preceding 48 hours), or evidence that they have had, and recovered from, coronavirus within the past six months.
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GB Snowsport athlete Charlotte Bankes crowned 2021 Snowboard Cross World Champion
Published : 12-Feb-2021 09:37
GB Snowsport athlete Charlotte Bankes has been crowned the 2021 Snowboard Cross world champion at the International Ski Federation Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships in Idre Fjall, Sweden.
25-year-old Charlotte was first in yesterday's qualifying and followed that up with a dominant performance in today's action. In a close final she beat current Olympic champion, Michaela Moioli, who took the silver and the current world champion, Eva Samkova who took bronze.
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J2Ski Snow Report - February 11th 2021
Published : 11-Feb-2021 07:27
J2Ski Snow Report 11th February 2021
Andermatt, Switzerland, skiing above the clouds...
Saharan dust, summer snow in NZ, and powder in Scotland!
The mountains are waiting for us... be patient, stay safe and follow your local advice and rules on travel.
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World Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding Championships Now Spread Across 4 Countries
Published : 10-Feb-2021 08:15
[b]It has been announced that the final parts of the dissected 2021 World Freestyle Skiing and Snowboarding Championships are to take place in Aspen next month. The event is now spread across four resorts and countries on three continents over five weeks. Most sections have moved location three times in most cases across two or three continents, over the past two months, due to the pandemic.
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Italian Resort To Open Longest Night Skiing Run in Europe
Published : 08-Feb-2021 07:16
Italy's Aprica ski resort is to unveil what they believe is the longest floodlit run for night skiing in Europe, at 6km (3.75 miles) in length, when Italian resorts are hopefully allowed to re-open next week.
The resort's lift company had the lighting on the Superpanoramica, a blue piste descending from 1,972m that offers fantastic panorama views in the daylight hence its name. The lighting was installed last year but the run has not yet been able to open due to lockdowns.
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Sirocco brings Sahara to the Alps
Published : 08-Feb-2021 01:37
The French Alps woke to a coating of red sand this weekend beneath apocalypic skies.
The picture above shows Avoriaz.
The lifts remain closed but it's not the end of the world yet (even allowing for Brexit and Covid). This is not such an unusual event as the Sirocco wind often brings some of the Saharan sand to the Alps, but rarely in the quantities seen this weekend.
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Alpine Ski World Championships Are Here
Published : 05-Feb-2021 01:34
Some people thought they wouldn't happen - including, at one point, the organisers - but the 2021 Alpine Skiing World Championships get underway in 48 hours' time with the opening ceremony at 6pm local time on Sunday 7th February, in Cortina d'Ampezzo.
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Most Italian Ski Areas Cleared to Open from Monday 15th February
Published : 04-Feb-2021 06:52
Most Italian ski areas will be allowed to re-open their ski lifts from Monday 15th February, it currently appears.
The date has been in the calendar for some time but previous dates have come and gone without any real hope resorts would re-open. This time it currently looks more promising for most areas.
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Survey Shows Half of Skiers Hope to Ski This Season But Don’t Think They’ll Be Able To
Published : 04-Feb-2021 11:33
A recent survey of current skier attitudes conducted by The Mountain Trade Network has revealed pent-up demand for ski holidays meaning that once travel opens up, skiers are prepared to book.
The survey was sent to active skiers (defined as having skied at least twice in the last 3 seasons) and more than 400 responded to the questions in full.
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J2Ski Snow Report - February 4th 2021
Published : 04-Feb-2021 07:13
J2Ski Snow Report 4th February 2021
Big Bear Mountain, California got snow... again!
Big snow, both side of the Atlantic, and a bit more more coming.
The mountains are waiting for us... be patient, stay safe and follow your local advice and rules on travel.
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Study Finds Chances Of Catching Virus in Ventilated Gondola Cabins Is Very Low
Published : 03-Feb-2021 01:31
Swiss media reports that a scientific study into the danger of catching the coronavirus on a gondola ride works out about 100 times less than the danger of catching it in a working day in a two-person office.
The study from the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA) looked at the airborne transmission of virus droplets on a variety of lifts at Engelberg ski area ranging from small gondolas to 80 passenger cable-car cabins. They used pressure sensors to measure airflow.
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Zermatt Reconnected After Avalanche Cuts Off Resort
Published : 03-Feb-2021 12:56
Zermatt was cut off by an avalanche last weekend. For about 24 hours, both the road and railway were closed and the resort was isolated from the rest of Switzerland.
It's actually not that uncommon for Zermatt to spend some time cut off during the winter. Three years ago in January 2018, the situation was more severe with 13,000 tourists stranded in resort.
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