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Huge Snowfalls In The Alps, 10-11 Ski Season May Start on 10th September!
By Patrick Thorne 01.09.10 There's been heavy snow falls in the Alps in the past few days, with up to 70cm (2 feet, 4 inches) of snow falling in the past 24 hours on the glaciers, so it's slightly ironic that the number of ski areas open has dropped to seven, after the two French centres of Tignes and Les 2 Alpes ended the country's summer ski season last weekend. Cervinia in Italy is due to follow suit this weekend. Read more
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Ski as the pros in Val di Fiemme
By Val di Fiemme 02.09.10 “Rampa con i campioni” is an international, promotional OPEN race that will take place on January 9th, 2011; the start (mass start) will be at 10.00 a.m. at the cross country stadium in Lago di Tesero, and the finish will be at the intermediate station of Alpe Cermis. Read more
Last Week Of The Season In Africa
By Sally Brookes 01.09.10 Afriski, the only ski area that's been officially open in Africa for the southern hemisphere's winter in the continent is due to close this weekend after a successful season. Read more
30cm Of Snow In 30 Hours In New Zealand
By Sally Brookes 01.09.10 Several resorts in New Zealand have reported up to 30cm (a foot) of fresh snow as well as staging world class competitions, with the FIS Junior World Championships at Cardrona and SnowParkNZ declared a success as they drew to a close. Read more
Some South American Snow Depths Pass 3 Metres / 10 Feet
By Sally Brookes 01.09.10 Snow depths have reached 3.3m (11 feet) in South America after the latest big snowfalls. Read more
Australia's Ski Areas Celebrate Best August Snowfall For 25 Years
By Patrick Thorne 28.08.10 Australia's leading ski areas are currently being dumped on and are reporting the best August snowfalls for more than two decades. Much of the snow has been falling in the past week. Read more
Only Seven Glacier Ski Areas Open In The Alps Next Week
By Patrick Thorne 29.08.10 After the big August snowfalls on Swiss glaciers a few weeks ago, there's been little new snow in Europe. The two remaining French summer ski areas are due to end their season this weekend, followed by Italy's Cervinia the weekend after, which along with premature closures in Austria due to limited glacier snowcover, means only seven areas will be open next week. Read more
Huge Snowfall In Argentina
By Sally Brookes 29.08.10 It's been a quiet week for fresh snow in most of South America's ski areas, but Catedral has bucked the trend with huge falls in the past 24 hours. Read more
Les 2 Alpes Announces October Snow Events
By Sally Brookes 22.08.10 With the summer ski season ending in France, there are now a few weeks when the country will have no ski slopes open before Tignes re-opens in mid-September. It then operates more-or-less alone for nearly 10 weeks until all the other French ski areas begin to open in late November and early December. Read more
World’s Best Young Snowsports Athletes Competing in New Zealand
By Patrick Thorne 28.08.10 Over 300 of the world's elite junior snow sports athletes from some 30 nations are in Lake Wanaka, New Zealand, this week to compete in the inaugural joint FIS Snowboard & Freestyle Junior World Championships which began last Thursday 19th August and continue to Tuesday the 31st. Read more
Up To 45cm Fresh August Snow In 24 Hours on Swiss Glaciers
By Patrick Thorne 22.08.10 Saas Fee has reported half-a-metre of fresh powder falling on its glacier in the past few days and neighbouring resorts Zermatt and, over in Italy, Cervinia, have also seen big snowfalls setting off Skiinfo powder alarms. Read more
New Snow in Australia and New Zealand
By Patrick Thorne 22.08.10 There has been fresh snow in Australia and New Zealand this week, the latter also receiving some extreme weather and some international snow stars. Read more
Skiing In North and South America
By Sally Brookes 18.08.10 In North America Timberline Lodge on Mt Hood in Oregon remains the only area open, despite temperatures hitting 75F. There's a metre (3.3 feet) of snow and the public terrain park and several runs are open. Read more
Fresh Snow In The Alps, But Kitzsteinhorn Glacier Closes Temporarily
By Patrick Thorne 18.08.10 There has been fresh snow once again in the Alps, however temperatures are also still warm, and one glacier in Austria has had to close temporarily as a result, taking the number of open centres down to 10. Read more
Huge Snowfalls in New Zealand
By Patrick Thorne 18.08.10 New Zealand's ski slopes that have seen huge falls in recent days, with one, Mt Hutt, receiving over a metre of snow in 48 hours at the weekend, 68cm (2.3 feet) of it on Sunday the 8th alone. Read more
Good Snow Conditions Across South America
By Sally Brookes 18.08.10 There's been a little new snow In South America in the past week, but with temperatures low conditions are good at almost all of the continent's ski areas. Read more
More Fresh Snow in Australia
By Sally Brookes 18.08.10 Conditions are largely good in Australia with most resorts now having at least a 60cm (two foot) base, temperatures hovering around freezing, and snow flurries. More of the same is expected for most through the rest of the week and hopefully some bigger snowfalls too. Read more
Two Feet Of Snow In Two Days In Australia
10.08.10 It's Australian ski areas that have been reporting the world's best snow conditions over the past few days with more than 60cm (two feet) falling in 48 hours at one centre, truly epic by Aussie standards and by far the biggest snowfalls of winter so far - which had been mostly cold to date, allowing for lots of snowmaking, but with limited natural stuff until now. Read more
Fresh Snow In The Alps
By Patrick Thorne 10.08.10 Changeable weather in the Alps has led to a mix of rain and fresh snow on the 11 glacier ski areas that are currently open. Fortunately temperatures have dropped a lot from a fortnight ago when they were up in double figures at some areas, but they are still above freezing at some - which means thaw of course. Read more
Fresh Snow, But Cold, In South America
By Sally Brookes 10.08.10 In South America conditions remain good, but cold, at Catedral in Argentina, the continent’s biggest resort in terms of uplift. Read more
Fresh Snow On Europe's Summer Ski Slopes
By Patrick Thorne 01.08.10 Temperatures have finally dropped in the Alps and fresh snow has fallen on the glacier ski areas that remain open. On the 11 still-open glacier ski areas the snow depth remains little changed but conditions are much improved with temperatures dropping from near double-figures to around zero, the melt largely topped and the fresh snow making surfaces much more ski and boardable. Read moreNewest articles
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