Ski Resort and Snow News - January 2016
The Snow is Back in the Alps
Published : 31-Jan-2016 04:55
After a period of warmer weather and slightly diminishing bases in the Alps some healthy snowfalls have been reported over the past 24 hours.
Chamonix has reported one of the biggest snowfalls so far with 40cm of snow in the last 24 hours, whilst Val d'Isere and La Plagne in France and Lech in Austria say they've had a foot of fresh (30cm).
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J2Ski Snow Report - January 28th 2016
Published : 28-Jan-2016 09:57
J2Ski Snow Report - January 28th 2016
It's Freeride Week in Arc1950 this week!
This Week's Snow Headlines
- Warmer in the Alps, but more snow in the forecast.
- More huge snowfalls in Western North America, still more forecast.
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Charity Ski 4 Cancer Search For Skiers To Join World Record Breaking Event
Published : 27-Jan-2016 03:54
Over 100 Brits have already signed up for the Ski Everest World Record Attempt in support of UK ski charity Ski 4 Cancer. The challenge will take place on the slopes of Austria's largest ski area (Saalbach) on Friday 11 March 2016.
To secure a new world record, 251 skiers will need to descend the height of Mount Everest (29,029ft/8848metres) on Friday the 11th of March 2016. This is the first time such a world record has ever been attempted.
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Skiers More Likely to be Injured Than Boarders
Published : 27-Jan-2016 08:35
A survey of over 1,000 skiers and snowboarders has found that a quarter of skiers obtain injuries compared to only 13% of snowboarders. Half of these injuries (52%) were considered to be 'not that serious', but over a third (38%) were rated as serious, and over half (58%) ended up going to hospital as a result of their injury. On average, skiers and snowboarders lost nearly two days of their holiday as a result of the injury they sustained.
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Piste Noire Chocolate From Courchevel
Published : 27-Jan-2016 08:22
Piste Noire, the artisan chocolate factory in Courchevel not only works with the best chocolates in the world, but has launched its own varieties.
Brought up since childhood by the flavors of the famous chocolate mills in Rio Negro in Argentina, Florencia Malbràn - owner of Piste Noire - was trained by the elders of this famous South American location.
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Two Skiers Killed in Head on Collision
Published : 26-Jan-2016 08:42
Two skiers died on Sunday in an accident at a German ski area.
Mystery surrounds exactly what happened as the two men, a French and a German national aged 29 and 30 respectively, are reported to have been skiing on an almost flat beginner slope at the ski area of Feldberg when they appear to have collided.
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How Does Your Home Town Measure up to your Ski Town?
Published : 25-Jan-2016 04:11
(What happens when you pop a map of a big ski area on top of a map of Blighty?)
You've probably never even thought about it before, but a new app released today by the promotional organisations for French ski areas and French holidays - France Montagnes and Atout France – will tell you how your local town or city measures up to a selection of French ski resorts.
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Free Bus Service Launched Linking Megève and Chamonix
Published : 24-Jan-2016 08:53
The Compagnie du Mont Blanc is running a free bus service to Megève and Saint Gervais this winter from Chamonix for all MONT BLANC Unlimited lift pass holders.
The service is designed to highlight the fact that the company now runs the lifts at Megève's ski area, creating one of the world's largest lift pass systems.
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Canada, Norway and Switzerland Getting Cheaper Fastest for Skiers
Published : 23-Jan-2016 07:52
A new study which compared the exchange rates in a number of ski countries this week with the prices in the same week a year ago has found that Canada and Norway have got considerably cheaper. Switzerland too is more affordable than 12 months ago whilst the US Dollar has got more expensive still. The rate against the Euro is almost unchanged.
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North American Resorts Already Past 14-15 Snow Totals
Published : 22-Jan-2016 02:05
Glen Plake at Mammoth earlier this week.
Several resorts on the West Coast of North America have already passed the total snowfall they received in the whole of last season, with the 15-16 ski season not yet half way through.
Mammoth Mountain in California has received 188 inches (around 4.7m) of snow so far this season, over taking their 14-15 season total of 176 inches (4.4m) earlier this week.
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J2Ski Snow Report - January 21st 2016
Published : 21-Jan-2016 12:12
J2Ski Snow Report - January 21st 2016
More snow this week, although not everywhere...
This Week's Snow Headlines
- Some claiming powder conditions in Austria are currently amongst the best ever.
- Base depths at resort level in France pass the metre mark at several altitude stations.
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Les 2 Alpes Snow Report, Wed 20 January
Published : 20-Jan-2016 08:30
Just out in Les 2 Alpes, arrived yesterday. Perfect conditions for skiing today, perfect snow on-piste. The off-piste wasn't quite as good as expected - evidently not as much snow here as Northern French Alps, but still some decent patches of powder to be had.
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New Gondola Announced For Jackson Hole
Published : 20-Jan-2016 07:21
World famous Jackson Hole ski area in Wyoming, USA, which has reported the most fresh snow in the world this week with four feet of new snow, has also just announced it's to build a new gondola lift ready for a winter 2016/17 opening.
The new Sweetwater Gondola will be located between the Bridger Gondola and Teewinot High Speed Quad and will include a mid-station approximately a third of the way up the mountain in the Solitude area, then continues up to terminate just uphill of the Casper Restaurant. The Doppelmayr built lift will have eight-passenger cabins capable of carrying up to 2000 people per hour.
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More than 18,000 Skier Days In First Week Of Scotland’s Season
Published : 19-Jan-2016 08:06
(Jamie Trinder of TeamGB Competes in a Rail Jam at The Lecht on Saturday)
More than 18,000 skier days were clocked up during the first full week of Scotland's ski season last week.
A combination of good weather and pent up demand helped boost numbers after ski areas were prevented from opening (with a few brief exceptions) through December and until January 8th by various weather extremes including gales and rapid thaws of the initial snowpack.
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Big Snow In Austria
Published : 18-Jan-2016 01:25
The biggest snowfalls in Europe over the weekend have been in the Austrian Alps.
It's especially welcome news for low lying areas of the Tirol and Salzburgerland which had missed out on the autumn snowfalls, which were mostly about 2000 metres, and also had not seen much of the big snowfalls that have hit the Western Alps over the past fortnight, but until now had not quite made it in to much of Austria – with only really the western Arlberg area posting significant January snowfall before now.
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World Snow Day Today
Published : 17-Jan-2016 04:11
Today (Sunday 17th January, 2016) is the fifth edition of World Snow Day, an international event created by the International Ski Federation (FIS) to try to promote a love of snowsports.
It's particularly aimed at children with the aim of helping to stem a gradual decline in snowsports participation in Europe and North America.
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J2Ski Snow Report - January 14th 2016
Published : 14-Jan-2016 01:53
J2Ski Snow Report - January 14th 2016
It's been another (very) snowy week in The Alps... and most other places too!
This Week's Snow Headlines
- Up to 3m / 10 feet on snowfall reported in Western Alps in last seven days.
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Avalanche Kills Three At Les 2 Alpes
Published : 13-Jan-2016 08:37
The French resort of Les 2 Alpes has issued a statement this evening stating that it is 'in shock' after two school children along with a tourist from Ukraine were killed in an avalanche on it slopes at 3pm this afternoon.
Two other children and their teacher suffered serious injuries on the black slope, which has been closed since the start of the season, initially due to too little snow cover.
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Nearly 2.4m/8 Feet Of Snow in 7 Days In The Alps
Published : 12-Jan-2016 09:36
(A lift gate at Paradiski pictured this morning)
One French resort is claiming over two metres of snow has fallen on its slopes in the last week. However it remains a very mixed picture across the Alps with some areas still having received little or no snowfall since the current snowstorms started 10 days ago.
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J2Ski Snow Report - January 7th 2016
Published : 07-Jan-2016 02:00
J2Ski Snow Report - January 7th 2015
Well, what a New Year week that was!
This Week's Snow Headlines
- Huge snowfalls in the Alps, particularly in the West (France, Switzerland and Western Italy).
- Big snowfalls in the Pyrenees.
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Scottish 15-16 Season To Start This Weekend?
Published : 07-Jan-2016 08:50
(Cairngorm team working to prep the slopes on Tuesday)
The 2015-16 ski season looks like it might get partially underway at last this coming weekend with Cairngorm ski area above Aviemore hoping to open a few runs.
The Scottish hills have been bombarded by weather extremes over the past few months, seeing some decent snow accumulations wiped away by double digit temperature rides in 12 hour periods, along with torrential rain and gales.
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Snow in Piau-Engaly
Published : 07-Jan-2016 08:11
Occasionally we get sent PR and lovely pictures that have us scratching our heads a little...
Whilst not on the epic scale of Les Arc's bare-chested Santa of a few years ago, we *think* the message here is that it's snowing in Tattooine... 8)
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Dave Ryding skis to 13th - Slalom World Cup
Published : 06-Jan-2016 02:51
Ryding claims 13th in Santa Caterina Slalom World Cup
Delancey British Alpine Team athlete Dave Ryding has secured another world class performance with a 13th place in today's Slalom World Cup in Santa Caterina, Italy.
Following his 24th place finish in Madonna di Campiglio before Christmas and his best ever World Cup result, 12th in Val d'Isere in mid-December, this second top 15 World Cup finish of the season firmly cements Ryding as a force to reckoned with on the circuit.
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Where the snow fell - New Year 2016
Published : 06-Jan-2016 10:27
The folk at Pistehors (an excellent resource for French backcountry and Avalanche/Safety news and reports) have created this map showing where the snow of the past week has fallen.
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Looking good in Cauterets
Published : 06-Jan-2016 09:59
French Pyrenees very nice and white now... some snaps of Cauterets from Matthieu Pinaud @ Cauterets.
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High Avalanche Danger In the Alps
Published : 06-Jan-2016 08:45
With the ongoing heavy snowfall in most of the Alps, ski resorts are warning skiers and boarders in the mountain this week to stay on the pistes.
"Fresh snow + beautiful sunshine = magical atmosphere in Tignes today!" said a spokesperson for the French resort, who added, "We know you just want to enjoy a bath of powder snow right now, but the avalanche risk is very high (4/5), so please, be strong, stay on the piste."
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Fresh Snow Accumulates In The Alps, More Forecast
Published : 04-Jan-2016 05:34
(Tignes today)
The fresh snow that has been falling since the end of last week in the Alps and other European ski regions is beginning to add up.
After the first wave of heavy snowfall on Friday/Saturday, a second in the past 24 hours has left resorts publishing 24-hour accumulations of 20-30cm in France, Italy and Switzerland. Some resorts have now received over 50cm of snow in the past 72 hours.
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Snow Starts to Accumulate in the Alps
Published : 03-Jan-2016 09:41
The snow that started to fall lightly 48 hours ago and more seriously in the past 24 hours is rapidly accumulating a base depth on Western European ski slopes.
French areas have mostly reported 20-25cm of fresh cover overnight with snow down to the valley. It is now sunny in many French Alpine resorts before the next wave of snowfall arrives, expected in the next 24 hours, providing ideal conditions for those who arrived in resort yesterday for what was at one time the quietest and cheapest week of the season, the week after New Year week.
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Here it comes - Webcams of the Day - 2nd January 2016
Published : 02-Jan-2016 09:36
[Start of the snow - the first few of the 20-25cm expected for Chamonix today]
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"Pack Your Chains" Warning As Snow Starts to Fall
Published : 02-Jan-2016 09:23
The 3 Valleys earlier this morning picture posted by http://chillalp.com/
Leading French ski resorts have been posting warnings in English to drivers heading to their slopes this weekend to make sure that they have snow chains and that the chains are accessible and that they know how to fit therm.
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Travelling in The Alps on Saturday 2nd 2016? Check this
Published : 01-Jan-2016 11:22
Snow is forecast for tomorrow - check your route!
Mostly applicable to French and Swiss ski areas in the Northern Alps, but do check your location / destination.
As we said in our Snow Forecast for The Alps post yesterday :- widespread snow, that will be heavy in places, is expected across wide areas of the French and Swiss Alps tomorrow.
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