Ski Resort and Snow News - February 2017
Snow Starts Falling Again in the Alps
Published : 28-Feb-2017 11:31
The first of what is expected to be 'significant' snowfall in the Alps over the next 48 hours has been reported in many ski areas this morning.
The first 'powder alarms' for 20cm (or more) of snow in 24 hours were issued this morning by ski areas on the swiss side of the giant Portes du Soleil ski region which reported 25cm/10 inches of fresh snow overnight.
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Riksgransen Opens For 2017
Published : 27-Feb-2017 09:34
Riksgransen Ski Area in northern Sweden has opened for its 2017 ski season.
Riksgransen has one of the most unusual ski seasons in the world, opening in late February each year, and then staying open to late June.
Located 200km north of the Arctic Circle it is located in a zone of perpetual darkness for more than two months around mid-winter when the sun stays down below the horizon so is too cold and dark to open when most other other resorts in the northern hemisphere do.
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150cm New Snow and 10 New Trails As Waterville Valley Celebrates 50 Years
Published : 26-Feb-2017 09:05
It's a big season for Waterville Valley ski resort in New Hampshire which is celebrating 50 years of skiing this winter.
The resort has added 10 brand new trails on the 45-acre Green Peak Expansion. The new runs, initially simply numbered 51 to 60, were finally named yesterday, Saturday 25th February, after 550+ entries were received in a run naming competition.
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Learn To Speak German And Get A Job Next Winter in St Anton with one Summer Course
Published : 25-Feb-2017 04:05
A new course offered by snowsports instructor company SnoworksGAP this summer offers participants the chance to learn German, pass ski instructor qualifications and (if successful at both) take up a job as a ski instructor in St Anton next winter 2017-18.
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Snow Falling in The Alps
Published : 24-Feb-2017 03:13
The first significant snowfall in Europe for several weeks has been reported, with much more snow expected in the coming week.
Snow was first reported in Austria with Lech and St Anton in the Arlberg each posting 20cm of fresh cover in 24 hours this morning. Other resorts including Kuhtai reported 10cm of fresh snow.
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Vail Buys Stowe
Published : 23-Feb-2017 02:31
Vail Resorts has bought (another) one of North America and the world's leading ski areas, Stowe.
It's the latest on an ever more impressive shopping list for Vail which most recently acquired Whistler Blackcomb, and previously made a 'hostile take over' of Park City in Utah which it merged with the neighbouring Canyons area to create the new largest ski area in the US. It has also bought Australia's biggest resort, Perisher, in the past few years.
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New Airline To Offer Swiss Ski Routes Launching For 2017-18 Season
Published : 23-Feb-2017 01:45
A brand new airline which will fly skiers and boarders from eight UK airports to the Swiss Valais airport of Sion is set to launch in December.
PowdAir, plans to offer 40 flights per week throughout the ski season with services operating from Thursday to Monday each week.
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J2Ski Snow Report - February 23rd 2017
Published : 23-Feb-2017 08:21
J2Ski Snow Report 23rd February 2017
A glimpse of Spring before Winter returns to The Alps, and still snowy in America...
J2Skier Wanderer sent us this great shot of The Dolomites this week
This Week's Snow Headlines
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Africa To Open First Indoor Snow Slope
Published : 17-Feb-2017 10:34
The first indoor snow centre in Africa is due to open on March 3rd, 2017,
'Ski Egypt' is part of a huge retail mall complex from the same corporation that created Ski Dubai which opened 11 years ago. The Majid Al Futtaim group are also reported be now working on as third mall and indoor snow slope in Saudi Arabia.
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Nearly Five Feet of Snow in Five Days in Eastern North America
Published : 16-Feb-2017 10:50
Although the focus has been on California and Western North America for big snowfalls this season, the Eastern side of the country is also reporting a very good winter which in place is reported to be the best 'in years' or 'for at least five years.'
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J2Ski Snow Report - February 16th 2017
Published : 16-Feb-2017 08:31
Sunny in The Alps and Snowy in America...
There's a lift in here somewhere... Mammoth this week
This Week's Snow Headlines
- Sunny skies in the Alps.
- Storm Brings Heavy Snow to Eastern North America
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Mammoth Nears 9 Metre / 30 Foot Snow Depth
Published : 13-Feb-2017 10:00
After a week of dry weather at the end of January failed to stop Mammoth Mountain in California smashing through it's all time monthly=snowfall record last month, the heavy snowfall has returned again over the past week and taken the resort's upper slope base depth through the 8m mark – it currently stands at 864cm or 28.3 feet.
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J2Ski Snow Report - February 9th 2017
Published : 09-Feb-2017 08:58
There's been new snow across much of the Northern Hemisphere this week...
Thanks to J2Skier Gareth for sending in this shot of an "epic morning in Courmayeur" this week
This Week's Snow Headlines
- Up to a metre of fresh snow in the French Alps.
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Jackson Hole Closed for At Least Five Days
Published : 09-Feb-2017 08:11
Jackson Hole ski area (JHMR) in Wyoming says it will be closed for at least five days due to power outages.
The world famous destination lost power on Tuesday night when winds gusting at up to 75mph at the ski area's summit, and at up to 159mph on Mount Coffin to the south of the resort brought down electricity cables along highway 390 between the town of Jackson and Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.
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Scotland’s 2016-17 Ski Season Finally Starting, Hopefully
Published : 07-Feb-2017 10:06
It's looking like Scotland's five Highland ski areas will finally be able to open for the 2016-17 ski season this week.
Nevis Range reports it has terrain open this morning and the other four centres say it's snowing heavily and they are looking at the slopes to consider opening soon too.
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Snow In The Dolomites (And Many Other Parts of Europe)
Published : 06-Feb-2017 11:46
The weekend has seen significant snowfall in much of the Alps as well as the Pyrenees and the Dolomites.
The snow in the latter range of mountains is perhaps most worthy of reporting on as whilst the Alps and the Pyrenees got significant January snowfalls after the (mostly) dry December, the Dolomites (largely) missed out and skiers saw generally green and brown hillsides on each side of their groomed slopes. This was thanks to the region's massive snowmaking arsenal which successfully kept around 90% of slopes open despite the lack of natural snowfall.
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Snow Forecast For The Weekend
Published : 03-Feb-2017 12:45
Snow has already been falling in the Alps and forecasts expect this to intensify over the weekend – with the possibility of transfer day disruption – over the coming 72 hours.
Many areas report 5-15cm of snow overnight yesterday (Meribel with 10cm overnight is pictured above) – the biggest accumulations – 20cm – were reported in the Milky Way region on the French/Italian border and at Bonneval Sur Alp and Risoul in France as well as in Madesimo, Italy.
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Decathlon Create All New Type Of Ski For Very Low Retail Cost
Published : 02-Feb-2017 04:25
The French sports retailing giant Decathlon has launched an all new type in its stores this year, priced at just £99.
The new Boost 300 ski from the company's Wed'ze ski and snowboard division has been manufactured using an all new process at a car production plant in Portugal, a company spokesperson said.
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J2Ski Snow Report - February 2nd 2017
Published : 02-Feb-2017 08:46
Snow's back in The Alps this week, with lots coming this weekend...
Thanks to Ventusky for this map of total precipitation over 4 days from 2nd February, Central Alps. Visit their site for glorious animations of the incoming weather systems!
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Fresh February Snow In The Alps
Published : 01-Feb-2017 08:28
After a fairly dry and often very cold 2-3 weeks in the Alps the snow is falling again and is expected to continue doing so for at least the coming week.
The first snowflakes were recorded on Monday evening and most areas have seen light snows through Tuesday, and in many it continues to fall.
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