Ski Resort and Snow News - October 2016
Scotland and Iceland Offer Joint Season Passes
Published : 31-Oct-2016 04:43
(Above: Blafjoll in Iceland is one of the ski areas where Scottish season pass holders can now ski free)
In what is being heralded as a landmark agreement, holders of season tickets for the five Scottish ski areas will be able to ski free at any of Iceland's nine ski areas this season, and vice versa.
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And Best Specialist Travel Agent goes to Skiline!
Published : 28-Oct-2016 05:12
J2Ski are delighted that our long-time friends at Skiline have been rewarded for their efforts in finding skiers the best holidays.
A Kent company has scooped a prestigious national award for outstanding customer service, beating off stiff competition from 100s of travel agents across the UK. Beckenham-based ski travel specialists Ski Line Limited collected "Best Specialist Travel Agent" at the 2016 World Snow Awards run by the Daily Telegraph.
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Davos Decides to Start Season Early - This Weekend
Published : 28-Oct-2016 03:36
The lift company at Davos Klosters in Switzerland has decided to open for the ski season earlier than planned – tomorrow, Saturday 29 October in fact – due to favourable weather and snow conditions.
The funicular railway and lifts on Davos Parsenn (Parsenn 1st and 2nd section, Totalp 4-seater chairlift) will be open this coming weekend and the Parsennhütte, Höhenweg and Weissfluhjoch restaurants will all be open to provide sustenance to skiers and snowboarders.
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J2Ski Snow Report - October 27th 2016
Published : 27-Oct-2016 07:59
As October draws to a close, here's our roundup of the world's snow.
Snow on the peaks this morning; Mont Blanc seen from Les Arcs.
This Week's Snow Headlines
- Switzerland's Arosa Lenzerheide and Glacier 3000 opening this weekend.
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Ski Trip To Antarctica On Sale From £19K
Published : 26-Oct-2016 08:52
An Australia-based travel company (with a London office) has launched a new month-long ski 'holiday' to Antarctica. Scheduled to set off from southern Argentina in just over a year's time on 19th November 2017, prices for the trip start at £20,495
Chimu Adventures are an experienced Antarctic operator and are offering those who can afford it the chance to sail to Antarctic and along the coast, hiking up to earn turns on the unspoilt continent. Only five people will be able to book on to the company's purpose-built yacht, meaning that the exact itinerary can potentially be flexible.
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Killington Opens
Published : 25-Oct-2016 01:08
Killington ski area in Vermont is scheduled to open for the season just about now after a weekend snow storm in New England boosted snow cover at the resort famous for its snowmaking and resulting long ski season.
Killington will be the second ski area to open for 16-17 in the US (and indeed North America) following the opening of Arapahoe Basin, one of the world's highest ski areas, in Colorado last Friday.
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Kitzbühel Opens
Published : 23-Oct-2016 06:06
Kitzbühel has managed to get its winter 16-17 ski season underway, the first non-glacier ski resort in Europe to do so with fresh snow, and opening less than 20 hours after Arapahoe Basin became the first on-glacier ski area in the northern hemisphere to open for the16-17 season with fresh snow.
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Resorts Open in Austria, France, Switzerland & US
Published : 22-Oct-2016 12:56
Ski resorts have opened for the 2016-17 ski season in four countries in the past 24 hours.
First up was Arapahoe Basin in Colorado, USA, pictured above, which opened yesterday.
It's the first area in North America to open for winter 2016-17 with a mix of natural and machine made snow.
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Saas Fee Sell Season Passes For £183 - They Hope
Published : 21-Oct-2016 05:23
Swiss ski resort Saas Fee has announced an unusual and innovative idea to make skiing cheaper, but also bring in a lot of money for the resort – a 222 Swiss Franc (approximate £183) season pass!
The catch? Yes surprisingly there is one… they need to sell 100,000 for the low priced deal, which places a season ticket at least the a five day pass price, to kick in.
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J2Ski Snow Report - October 20th 2016
Published : 20-Oct-2016 08:17
More resort openings, and more early snows to report this week...
Les 2 Alpes this morning, ready to open this weekend!
This Week's Snow Headlines
- Swiss glacier ski areas push back opening dates.
- 10cm of fresh powder at the only southern hemisphere ski centre still open.
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Arapahoe Basin Ski Area to open Friday 21st October 2016
Published : 19-Oct-2016 10:02
Arapahoe Basin Ski Area announces opening day for 2016-17 ski and ride season
Photo: Dave Camara/Arapahoe Basin Ski Area
Ski area will kick off its 70th season this Friday
ARAPAHOE BASIN, Colo. – Arapahoe Basin Ski Area (A-Basin) will open for the 2016-17 ski and snowboard season on Friday, October 21, 2016. Starting at 9:00 a.m., skiers and snowboarders will be able to access the intermediate High Noon trail via the Black Mountain Express lift. Arapahoe Basin is generally the first ski area in Colorado to open, and also often the first ski area to open its lifts to the public in North America.
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Les 2 Alpes Opens For 10 Days From Saturday
Published : 19-Oct-2016 08:40
It has been snowing in the Alps and Les 2 Alpes in France will open for 10 days from Saturday for 10 days from Saturday for a full feast of snowsports.
It's traditional end-of-October opening week sees it join Tignes, the other open French resort and offer a full on 10 days of new season gear testing, snowsport competition and events.
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Japan Installs First 6 Seat Chairlift At Major Resort
Published : 18-Oct-2016 07:44
It may be hard to believe but until now, despite having more than 500 ski resorts, Japan has never built a six-seater chairlift in a major resort.
The reason is that the country where there was an incredible demand in the ski market in the 1980s leading resorts to open for 24 hours a day and out up parallel lifts to serve one ski run, had suffered a steep decline in interest in winter sports subsequently, meaning that for more than two decades there's been little money to invest in new infrastructure, and little need for it. This is the era that has seen the rise of the six-seater chairlift globally.
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Win Tickets to the London Ski Show
Published : 18-Oct-2016 06:59
We're coming up to that time again. No doubt you saw the TV ad (yes, it was advertised on the telly), but next week it's the London Ski and Snowboard Show.
After losing its ancestral home in Earl's Court, it returns to the Battersea Evolution in Battersea Park for the second year. It's moved into half term week though and will be 'an immersive après experience for the whole family'. The show takes place just before Halloween, from the 27th – 30th October.
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Still Snowing in Australia
Published : 17-Oct-2016 09:59
It's still snowing heavily on Australia's ski slopes nearly a month after the 2016 season ended at the country's dozen or so ski areas.
Some area are expected to get another 50cm of snow over the coming week too, but there are no plans for resorts to reopen.
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Heavy Snowfall In Western North America
Published : 16-Oct-2016 11:10
Ski resorts in north western North America are currently receiving significant pre-season snowfall.
On Thursday/Friday the most excited predictions were for up to 40 inches/a metre of snow to land on Whistler by Monday.
That volume doesn't quite seem to be being reached but it looks like there'll be at least a foot and possibly 50-60cm on upper slopes.
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Swiss Areas Open As Snowstorm Hits
Published : 15-Oct-2016 08:19
Three more Swiss glacier ski areas are scheduled to open today just as a major snowstorm hits the area.
Crans Montana, Engelberg and the Diavolezza glacier near St Moritz in the Engadin region all say they'll open for snowsports for the first time for the 2016-17 ski season this morning.
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New Mountain Film Festival
Published : 14-Oct-2016 08:39
A new Mountain Film Festival launches in the UK for the first time this November.
Known as 'Mountains on Stage' and originally launched in France three years ago, the festival aims to bring an exciting and varied mix of winter mountain films.
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J2Ski Snow Report - October 13th 2016
Published : 13-Oct-2016 08:44
Hello, and welcome to our first Weekly Round-Up of the World's Snow for the 2016/17 season.
We'll kick right off with our usual caveat that it's way too early to predict how the snow's going to go this winter... BUT... there has been snow, at altitude, this past week and there's a fair bit more in the immediate forecast...
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Ski Train Price Comparison Webpage Launched
Published : 13-Oct-2016 08:38
A service which constantly checks prices on various ski train routes has been launched today.
'Live Train Prices' has been created by independent rail-ski website Snowcarbon, providing skiers with live rail prices for journeys from London to 14 train stations in the Alps, serving over 50 ski resorts (see list below) in France, Switzerland, Austria and Italy using the following types of journeys
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Snow In The Alps
Published : 10-Oct-2016 12:53
There's been fresh snow down to around 1500m across the Alps in the past 24 hours.
Resorts including Livigno (pictured above) and Obergurgl, both around 1800m, reported up to 10cm of snow at resort level.
The Pitztal glacier, Austria's highest ski centre and one of six glacier areas already open for the season in the country, issued a powder alarm when it got 21cm of snow in 24 hours.
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Ruka Ready To Open
Published : 09-Oct-2016 10:07
Ruka in Lapland, northen Finland says it intends to open for its eight month 2016-17 ski season tomorrow, Monday, October 10th - six days earlier than last year.
Ruka has the reputation for the longest snow season for a non-glacier or permanent-snow-field resort in the world and was formerly open from October to June for snowsports although in recent seasons has closed mid-May.
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Aussies Overtake Russians in Lux Chalet Market
Published : 07-Oct-2016 02:39
In what is perhaps a reflection of the current state of the global economy, an annual study of the luxury ski chalet market has found more Australians are booking lux chalets than Russians.
According to the annual Chalet Ski Stats 2016 report which gathers data from 43 of the UK's "top ski influencers," the number of bookings from Australians last winter doubled from 5 to 10% whilst the Russian share has dropped from 12% to 9% compared to the previous year.
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Snowmaking For 16-17 Underway on Some of World's Highest Slopes
Published : 05-Oct-2016 08:53
After natural snowfall last month, snowmaking for the start of winter 16-17, hopefully later this month, is now underway at Loveland Ski Area (pictured) in Colorado, as well as at Copper Mountain, Colorado and Arapahoe Basin Ski Area, some of the world's highest ski areas.
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New Gondola And Wider Pistes For Arabba
Published : 04-Oct-2016 08:00
The cult Italian destination of Arabba in the Dolomites will unveil a new eight-seats-per-cabin gondola lift this winter.
The Leitner built "Portados" gondola is just under a mile (1,438m) long, climbs 492m and can carry 2,400 people/hour.
Arabba, located next to the Marolada glacier, is known for having more extensive steep and off-piste terrain than most areas in the region.
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5 Star Hotel For Les Arcs
Published : 03-Oct-2016 05:43
The big news from Les Arcs this season is the opening of the resort's first five star hotel.
The news is most telling perhaps as it epitomises the move of the French ski resort model from the cheep-and-cheerful apartments for 4, 6 or 8 guests which resorts like Les Arcs grew world famous with from the 1960s to 1980s, with little or no hotel accommodation offered to increasingly luxurious hotel and 'residence' (semi-hotel) accommodation created in the past 5-10 years.
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Vonn Poses Naked in Book Promo
Published : 02-Oct-2016 04:34
Lindsey Vonn has been posing naked to promote her new book, published this Tuesday October 4th, 'Strong Is The New Beautiful!'
The book contains lessons from 31-year old Vonn, the world's most successful ever female skier (and by some measures the world's most successful ever skier of either gender), on strength, fitness, food, and attitude.
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J2Ski's Where to Ski in October 2016
Published : 01-Oct-2016 11:11
Where to Ski in October 2016
Welcome to our global snow round-up for October; very much a quiet point between the seasons... but all about to change.
Saas Fee this morning
This Month's Snow Headlines
- September snow across Northern Hemisphere raises expectations for 16-17. Too soon?
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