Ski Resort and Snow News - August 2021
Wildfire Reaches Sierra At Tahoe Ski Resort in California
Published : 30-Aug-2021 11:19
[b]A wildfire that has been burning and growing for several weeks in California has reached Sierra-at-Tahoe ski resort.
The Caldor fire began on August 14th, has now destroyed 170,000 acres and Sierra-at-Tahoe has been known to be in its likely path for some time.
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North American Resorts Line Up For More Normal Ski Season They Hope
Published : 29-Aug-2021 10:07
The start of North America's 2021-22 ski season may be less than two months away and Canadian and US resorts are beginning to publish tentative opening dates and plans for operating in another pandemic season.
Most of the continent's ski areas were open all of last season but a number opened in autumn 2020 with restrictions in place. The world's largest ski resorts operator, Vail Resorts, for example, only allowed its Epic Pass holders on the slopes in the run-up to Christmas, then gave them priority at peak times through the season.
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CopenHill Not Closing
Published : 28-Aug-2021 03:47
The operators of the iconic CopenHill ski slope on top of a waste-to-energy power plant near Copenhagen have denied Danish media reports that the slope is in danger of closure.
The Danish media reports indicated that there were problems with the slope, which opened in autumn 2019, and that there was uncertainty over how repairs needed would be paid for, with the danger of a short-term or possibly permanent closure if these could not be resolved.
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August Snowfall in North America
Published : 24-Aug-2021 01:31
Ski areas in Canada and USA have been celebrating the 'first snows of the season' on high slopes over the past week.
'Dustings' of snow were reported up high at ski areas in the Canadian Rockies first, and then south into the US with ski resorts in Colorado and Utah among those posting pictures of mountain tops turning white.
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Les 2 Alpes Says Work to Replace Jandri Express Will Start Next Year
Published : 23-Aug-2021 07:25
Les 2 Alpes, one of the few remaining summer-ski destinations in the Alps and home to what they claim is Europe's largest skiable glacier is to replace its main Jandri Express lift.
Work is due to start on the replacement, part of a projected €128 million spend by the resort's new lift company over the next five years, in 2022, with the lift scheduled to open for the 2024-25 season.
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Continued Easing of Travel Restrictions To and From European Ski Nations
Published : 16-Aug-2021 03:28
Things currently appear to be continuing to move in the right direction when it comes to travel to European ski nations from the UK, and home again.
Separately a survey published by the Mountain Trade Network in partnership with Skitude found that 97% of snowsport travel businesses expect to operate this winter, with an increase in visitor numbers. That's a considerable increase in confidence on the last survey.
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Glacier Resorts in the Alps Plan September and October Season Starts
Published : 14-Aug-2021 10:11
Last year saw some great August, September and October snowfalls leading to superb ski conditions for autumn in the Alps.
Skiers and boarders lucky enough to make it to the slopes in September and October 2020 enjoyed great conditions at the 20-odd areas that had opened by mid-October. Then, at the end of that month, everything stopped and the second lockdown began.
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Less Than 6 Months to Start of 2022 Winter Olympics
Published : 12-Aug-2021 10:19
With the Tokyo Summer Olympics behind us it's suddenly only six months – a little less in fact – until the 2022 Winter Olympics and Paralympics are due to kicks off in China.
Although it seems odd today that the summer and winter Olympics are taking place so close together, thanks to the year's delay in staging Tokyo Games due to COVID, we only need go back to the early 1990s when the decision was made to start staging the summer and winter Olympics two years apart, prior to that both took place in the same year.
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First Planned 2022 FIS World Cup Ski Competition Cancelled Due to COVID 19
Published : 11-Aug-2021 04:47
There's an early sign that COVID will still be a factor next winter (if anyone doubted it) with the news that a stage of the Ski Cross World Cup and Snowboard World Cup this coming winter has been cancelled.
The events had been scheduled to be held in Feldberg in Germany on 29 and 30th January 2022 as the final events before athletes moved to China for the Beijing Winter Olympics.
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US Ski Area Closes After Nearly 70 Years
Published : 08-Aug-2021 11:08
A small US ski resort which opened in the early 1950s is to close permanently.
Toggenburg Mountain ski resort opened near the town of Fabius, south of the city of Syracuse and about 50 miles from Lake Ontario and the Canadian border back in 1953.
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New Courchevel Craft Beer arrives in Les 3 Vallées
Published : 05-Aug-2021 07:16
The French ski resort of Courchevel has announced the launch of a new craft beer: 'La Bière de Courchevel', described as a blonde beer "as sweet as the freshly groomed Saulire valley".
The new beer has been created by Léo Delmau, owner of the microbrewery Les Mousses du Dahu.
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J2Ski Snow Report - August 1st 2021
Published : 01-Aug-2021 03:15
J2Ski Snow Report 1st August 2021
The sun sets on a snowy weekend at Hotham Alpine Resort, Australia
Heavy snow in Australia... if you can get there.
The mountains are waiting for us... be patient, stay safe and follow your local advice and rules on travel.
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New Plans For Superyacht With A Ski Slope Unveiled
Published : 01-Aug-2021 10:14
A Dutch design company has released its concept for redeveloping a former aircraft carrier into a super yacht.
The company's plans for the 60 year old former French Naval ship would see the boat's large surface area switch to 'interchangeable decks' which could include a ski slope, as well as a golf course.
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