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Loveland, Colorado, USA, looking fabulous this week... Snow in Japan, and in North America, as many more ski areas open across the northern hemisphere. Milder temperatures in the Alps this weekend, to be followed by cold next week. The Snow Headlines - November 28th - French ski season underway as Tignes and Val Thorens open. - Ski season expected to start in Eastern Europe and the Pyrenees this weekend. - Most US ski areas open in time for Thanksgiving weekend. - Scottish ski centres get a foot of snow on Saturday, but much thaws on Sunday. - Four of Finland's leading ski areas are now open. - Good snowfalls in Japan ahead of the main season start this weekend. 
See where it's going to snow.
World Overview As we approach the start of December, there are now over 200 ski areas open in the northern hemisphere. The majority of these are in North America, where US resorts have endeavoured to open in time for the coming Thanksgiving Holiday weekend, but we're well past 50 in Europe now too, with the French season getting underway last weekend. The weather has been fairly quiet this week in the Alps after the big snowfalls last, there have been some lighter showers and cold temperatures for snowmaking, but plenty of sunshine too. The snow has kept falling in North America, very heavily again in the west and things are improving now on the East Coast where ski areas had previously been struggling to open much terrain as it was too warm and dry. Japan's season kicks off this coming weekend and there's been plenty of snowfall there. Europe Austria There were some very low temperatures last weekend in Austria, getting down to -20C after the snowfalls. It's warmed up since, but overnight lows have still been at -10C allowing pre-season snowmaking to continue at the majority of Austrian areas not yet open, and there have been light snowfalls too. A dozen ski resorts are now open, with Schladming and Obertauern among the latest. This weekend sees Ischgl, which often posts the most terrain open in the Alps as it opens, starting its 24-25 season. France The French ski season got underway last Saturday with Tignes and Val Thorens the first two resorts to open. Both report snow depths at the metre mark on their highest slopes after heavy snowfall earlier this week ended a long spell of dry, sunny weather. Val Thorens has the most terrain open posting 23km of slopes available for its 'Grande Premiere' opening weekend. Tignes reported that 10km of slopes were initially open. It's been a mixed week since with some snow showers and very cold temperatures, with warmer, sunny spells in the mix too. This coming weekend, resorts including Alpe d'Huez, Argentiere, Avoriaz (for an early-opening preview weekend), Montgenevre and Les 2 Alpes are among those expected to open. Italy There are half-a-dozen Italian areas open for the season now with 3 Zinnen Dolomites and Cortina d'Ampezzo amongst the latest to open. Most only have a few kilometres of slopes open with a thin base reported at this early point in the season. This weekend should see much of Dolomiti Superski begin opening, and several other Italian areas. There was some light snowfall midweek but otherwise, most of the country has been largely sunny and it's looking like more of the same into the weekend. Cold though with lows below -10C so good news for snowmakers. Switzerland Zermatt has doubled its available terrain to 65km of slopes open so far, as it aims to stay ahead of Samnaun which opens with its Austrian neighbour Ischgl this weekend. That's one of about 20 Swiss areas expected to be open this weekend with Crans Montana and Laax among those starting their 24-25 seasons, whilst resorts like Verbier switch from weekend to daily operation. A mostly sunny weekend ahead with the snowline moving between 500 and 2,000m, snowfall returning around Tuesday next week. Scandinavia We're still waiting for Scandinavia's bigger ski centres to open, at least those in Norway and Sweden. In Finland, Pyha and Yllas opened last weekend, joining already-open Levi and Rukas so that's the big four there open for 24-25, just as polar night begins to descend and the sun comes close to its annual dip below the horizon until January. It's still just small ski areas - with a kilometre or so of slopes - open in Norway and Sweden though, but big players including Norway's Geil, Hemsedal and Trysil as well as Sweden's Are, are expected to start their 24-25 seasons this weekend after several false dawns. All have been posting images of snowy slopes and temperatures have been dipping to allow snowmaking with a good dump of natural snowfall for many this week too. Pyrenees There's nowhere open yet in the Pyrenees but that should change this weekend with some of the region's big players including Spain's Baqueira Beret and Andorra's Grandvalira expected to open. Quite how much will be open from day one remains to be seen as daytime highs have been rather warm with plenty of sunshine and the Pyrenees have not had as much snowfall as the Alps, although some areas did get a decent dump earlier this week. Scotland Scottish ski areas saw some good snowfalls at the weekend as storm Bert blew through, depositing up to a foot of snow on their slopes. Glencoe had also already started its all-weather snowmaking machine to add to the mix. Alas, much of the Saturday snow melted in warmer, wetter weather on Sunday. Temperatures dropped again to as low as -10C on Wednesday/Thursday but are expected to rise back to +10C through the weekend, so nowhere seems likely to open just yet. Eastern Europe There have been more promising pre-season snowfalls and cold weather for snowmaking in Eastern Europe. Nowhere is open as yet but one of the region's largest centres, Slovakia's Jasná has released images of slopes covered in deep, fresh snow and says it plans to open this Saturday, November 30 and it seems likely other centres in the wider region will follow suit. It's looking like a snowy end to the week, a sunny weekend, then a snowy start to December. North America Canada There's an East-West divide in Canada with east coast ski areas still battling mild temperatures preventing snowmaking as well as little or no natural snowfall, whilst in the West most areas are now open and are being repeatedly dumped on. Sun Peaks has the most open terrain, with about 75% of its runs. Whistler only has about a third of its trails open so far but is already posting a 1.2m (four feet) base up top. The week ahead looks to be remaining cold, typically in the -5C to -15C range on the slopes, with further light-moderate snowfalls. USA Thanksgiving is underway in the US and thankfully it's been a good week for snowfall in most of the country's ski regions. About 100 centres, including most of the larger destination resorts, have opened in time for the holidays. The Northeast has been having the most challenging conditions and there's still not a lot open at the centres where lifts are turning, but there was 10" of snowfall last weekend which was a big boost on top of the snowmaking efforts and it has been snowing again over the past 24 hours. That's arriving a bit late for quite a few areas with Vermont's Stratton among the latest to delay its opening to at least next week. More snow is forecast. There were similar falls in the west too which were further boosted by 1-2 feet of snow midweek. The Pacific Northwest continues to post the best snow in the continent and the most snowfall anywhere in the world in November. Among last weekend's openers was Park City in Utah, which has America's largest ski area. |
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Snow Reports by e-mail - New Ski Resorts
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The forecast for Kronplatz is listed as "Bruneck-Kronplatz" HTH. |
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Kicking Horse, BC, Canada, looking good with fresh! Heavy snow in much of the Alps, and in North America, as more early-opening ski areas get their seasons underway. The Snow Headlines - November 21st - Huge snowfalls in the Western Alps with some areas expecting over a metre in total. - BC ski areas report up to 2.5m (8 feet) of pre-season snow, several open early. - French ski season starts Saturday with Tignes and Val Thorens due to open. - Cold and snowy weather in the UK, including in Scottish ski areas. 
Snow is forecast!.
World Overview The big news this week is heavy snowfall in the Alps which is still dumping as we complete this week's report. So far, several feet of snowfall has been reported on high slopes and it is expected that several ski areas will have more than a metre accumulated by the time skies clear at the weekend. Although the focus is on the Alps there's been snowfall for most European mountains, including the Scottish peaks and Scandinavia, where several of the bigger resorts are due to open this weekend. It's been dumping in many parts of North America, too, and some resorts in the Pacific Northwest say that they've now had over 2.5m (100") of snowfall ahead of the season's start! More big-name resorts, including the continent's biggest, Whistler Blackcomb, have opened, and several are starting their seasons early because of the good conditions on the western side of the continent. Europe Austria Austria is the first European country to reach 10 ski areas open with Obertauern the third non-glacier ski area opening, joining Obergurgl - which opened last week and now has one of the largest areas of terrain open in the world so far, with almost 50km of slopes. There is also Kitzbuhel which did so with snow farming the week before. The country's seven glacier ski areas have seen the best of the fresh snowfall in recent days though. The weather quickly turned fairly sunny again for much of the country though temperatures are low allowing snowmaking to continue in most areas. France France has seen the best of the recent snowfalls in the west and that's expected to continue until sunshine returns at the weekend. Half-metre accumulations at 2,000m have been widely reported so far after 20-30cm accumulations on Wednesday. So the timing looks perfect for Tignes and Val Thorens kicking the French season off on Saturday. Both have confirmed they plan to open although it's unclear if a cable car accident on Cime Caron at Val Thorens on Tuesday will impact operations at all. More snowfall is forecast for next week. Italy Italy has had some fresh snowfall too, with more forecast through to the weekend. Four centres are currently open with two more – San Martino and Madonna di Campiglio, currently expected to join them this weekend. Cervinia's areas shared with Zermatt having just about the most terrain accessible in Europe at present, more than 40km of slopes with the Plan Maison, Fornet and Bontadini slopes opening on Wednesday to increase the area open on the Italian side of the border. It reported 50cm of snowfall on its high slopes in the 24 hours to Wednesday. Drier weather is ahead for most Italian areas but staying cold up high. Switzerland Switzerland should hit double-figures for centres open this weekend too with Andermatt and Davos-Klosters expected to be amongst the next to open this coming weekend, joining Verbier (which opened, for the weekend, last weekend and will also reopen this). Swiss ski slopes have seen plenty of snowfall too over the past few days, heaviest in the west and expected to continue through to the weekend. Already open are Adelboden, Engelberg Gstaad (Glacier 3000), St Moritz (Diavolezza), Saas-Fee and Zermatt – some of these only open at weekends in November. Scandinavia All eyes were on Scandinavia at the weekend as the Alpine Skiing World Cup tour came to Finland's leading resort Levi. The weather at the weekend was typical of recent weeks – hill fog, sleet and snow. So far not many areas have opened but currently, some big names including Sweden's Are and Norway's Trysil are expected to open this weekend. There's light snowfall in the forecast, temperatures down to as low as -20C overnight, and staying sub-zero in the daytime. Pyrenees The 24-25 season is yet to start in the Pyrenees but things are coming together with a good snowfall earlier this week giving 15-30cm for many areas. Low overnight temperatures have also allowed snowmaking systems to fire up. Baqueira Beret has previously said it would start its season this weekend but most resorts in the region are waiting to the 30th or later. The coming week is looking sunny with temperatures ranging from -10 to +10C. Scotland After the warm and sunny first half of November, temperatures have plummeted and there's been light snowfall across Scottish mountains and down to low elevations with temperatures down to -8C. It's unclear how fast centres will be able to open any terrain but Glencoe has started its all-weather-snowmaking and temperatures are forecast to stay low. Eastern Europe There's nowhere open in Eastern Europe this year, or expected to open for at least another week, but the snowfall in the Alps has been continuing east and south with resorts like Bansko in Bulgaria and Jasna in Slovakia posting images of natural snowfall and snow cannons firing up to build bases. North America Canada It's been a cold and snowy week in Western Canada, where BC's season is getting underway with Sun Peaks opening and now being joined by Big White and Whistler Blackcomb, both opening earlier than expected. Their decision comes as cold and snowy weather continues. Yet to open Revelstoke says it has had 2.5m (100") of pre-season snowfall already. Centres already open in Alberta now include all three Banff resorts. Canada's East Coast has also seen the season get started with Summit-St-Sauveur opening limited terrain as temperatures dropped to allow snowmaking. But the largest centre Tremblant has put its opening back from this weekend to next week as they catch up after a mostly warmer-than-average autumn. Conditions continue to look quite marginal for the coming week in the east unfortunately but much colder and snowier still in the west. USA A mixed picture on both sides of the US right now with ski centres in the West continuing to see heavy snowfall, particularly in the north, whilst it's a battle to open much terrain, if anything can open at all, in the East. In the west, centres like Aspen and Heavenly have opened earlier than planned whilst in the East, resorts including Vermont's Sugarbush have announced delays to their expected opening dates. All in all, however, more than 50 US ski areas will be open this weekend, more than 90% of them in the west, although some East Coast areas including Killington and Sunday River have managed to open high altitude terrain, most of it suited to advanced skiers only. Things look set to change for the better on both sides of the country though with a 'weather bomb' set to hopefully bring plenty of snow at last to the East (albeit with rain at lower levels and violent winds), whilst an 'atmospheric river' is due to deliver a similar scenario on the west. |
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A piste basher doing it's thing at Verbier, Switzerland - weekend opening from Saturday 16th Snow in the western USA allows more ski areas to open there, while light snows fall in Europe; with cold and (more) snow forecast for next week. The Snow Headlines - November 14th - More than 20 US ski areas now open for 24-25 season. - Snowfall in the Alps, with heavier falls forecast next week. - BC resorts report more than four-feet (1.2m) of pre-season snowfall. - More than 50 ski areas open across northern hemisphere. - Verbier announces season start for this weekend. - Big North American names incl. Mammoth, Park City, Vail & Whistler to open this weekend. - US East Coast season gets underway. 
Snow forecast for many ski areas.
World Overview North America has had a big step forward in terms of areas open over the last week, going from just a handful to over two dozen as heavy snowfall led to areas opening early to get the season off to a positive start in the west. There's been less good news for the eastern side of the continent, but it is an improving picture there too with snowmaking systems firing up and two of the largest resorts announcing they've quickly opened (with advanced terrain only). In the Alps, after several weeks of dry, sunny weather, there was some snowfall in the west on Tuesday and heavier falls are forecast next week. If they arrive, as current models suggest, it could be perfect timing for the start of the season at some big-name resorts. There's also been more snowfall for the Pyrenees and cold enough temperatures for overnight snowmaking in Eastern Europe. Europe Austria Another sunny week in Austria hasn't been great news for the fast-approaching main ski season but two more ski areas have opened nonetheless and whilst the natural snowfall keeps capriciously disappearing from the forecast, temperatures have been markedly dipping allowing overnight snowmaking systems to fire up, especially on higher slopes. Solden and Hintertux continue to post the most terrain open, about 30km each with the Stubai on 20km. The past week has seen Obergurgl and Kitzbuhel open, the latter making use of snow-farming to open about a kilometre of its slopes at Resterkogel. Four more Austrian glacier areas remain open daily. There is now significant snowfall forecast for Austria for the start of next week. France The French ski season is just over a week away, at last, with Tignes and Val Thorens expected to be the first to open. After some good snowfalls in September and October up high it has been rather dry and sunny since so they may not be able to open all their terrain from day one. However, the past few days have seen the freezing point drop and some snow flurries so things may still improve yet. Next week several feet of snowfall is in the forecast which could be perfectly timed for that season start. Italy Italy's autumn ski season has been in a bit of a holding pattern the past few weeks with little natural snowfall and temperatures too warm for snowmaking until recently. The Presena Glacier and Sulden ski areas, both with terrain well above 3,000m, often open in October or early November but have so far put off doing so, although Sulden now says they will open at last this weekend. For now though, with the Passo Stelvio summer ski area now closed, there remains just a few kilometres of runs at Val Senales open, although it too has announced it will open more runs this coming weekend. The lifts up to Zermatt's glacier slopes from Cervinia are also now open again. The past week has seen progressively cooler temperatures, the freezing point reaching valley floors and allowing snow-making at higher elevations, but it has continued mostly dry. Snowier days are expected next week. Switzerland Four ski centres are now open daily in the Swiss Alps, with Gstaad's Glacier 3000 the latest to open. Another four areas are open at the weekends. The amount of terrain available is also increasing with Zermatt now offering 30km of slopes, the most this autumn so far. As with the rest of the Alps the past week has been mostly dry and sunny, as were the previous two, but it has been getting colder - and snowier conditions have been moving in from the west. Much snowier weather is currently in the forecast for early next week, all being well. Scandinavia Not much change in conditions or what is open in Scandinavia over the past week, but this weekend things will begin to happen with the World Cup tour arriving in Levi and more larger ski areas due to start opening in Norway and Sweden. Hafjell, Kvitfjell and Trysil are all scheduled to open. It has warmed up again this week, a little, after sub-zero temperatures dominated in the north last week, but we're heading back to double-digits below with light snow showers so great conditions for snowmaking. North America Canada After Lake Louise opened early last week, two more Canadian centres joined it at the weekend. They included fellow Banff area Lake Louise and Nakiska, towards Calgary. However Banff's local ski hill Norquay delayed a second week and is now targeting this weekend. All have limited terrain open so far, just a few kilometres of slopes each. The heaviest snowfall has continued to be in British Columbia where some areas say they've had over a metre of pre-season snowfall to date. Sun Peaks is due to be the first to open there this coming week with Whistler opening later next week too. It continues to look promising for a good snow season in the West whilst in the East snowmaking systems have fired up now. USA It's been a busy week in the US with lots of ski areas opening across the west including big names like Breckenridge, Copper Mountain and Winter Park in Colorado, where snow depths are reported to be above average for this very early point in the season. A five-day snowstorm helped boost early season bases. Wolf Creek, the first to open in the US back in October is now almost 100% open with the most terrain open in the world at present. Ski areas opened for the first time this season in other states like Idaho and Utah as well as southerly locations like Arizona and New Mexico. Big names like Park City and Vail are going to join them in the coming week. Several ski centres in Oregon also plan to open several weeks early. It's been less good news with warm temperature on the East Coast but that has changed in the past few days and temperatures are low enough for snowmaking systems to fire up at resorts like Killington and Sunday River which announced on Wednesday night they'd be open from Thursday morning (although initially with largely ungroomed, hike-to, expert-only, thin-cover type terrain!). |
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Breckenridge, Colorado, have had 2 feet of snow this week... and open tomorrow, Friday 8th November! North American ski areas starting to open, with heavy snow for the West Coast. Temperatures forecast to drop in Europe. The Snow Headlines - November 7th - More US resorts open after colder weather and snowfall. - Kitzbuhel opening for the season this weekend thanks to snow farming. - Canada's delayed season start is now underway with lake Louise opening. - Scandinavia gets much-needed temperature drop and some snowfall. - 8 Areas due to open in Colorado this weekend. - Cooler temperatures starting to appear in European forecasts. 
Incoming! Snow Forecast for the West Coast, and a little for Europe?.
World Overview With sunny weather dominating in the Alps over the past week, much of the activity related to ski areas opening has been in North America where the number of resorts open jumped from 1 to 6 last weekend. With a plethora of resorts announcing opening this weekend, it looks set to triple again and give the US the most areas open of any country in the world, with North America also drawing equal with Europe for areas open. There have been some good snowfalls, with up to 2 feet (60cm) reported in Colorado and, more crucially, some very cold temperatures for snowmaking to keep things moving along. It wasn't quite enough for Banff's Norquay to hit its target opening date, with the resort initially announcing a one-week delay (now two weeks) but Lake Louise opened Wednesday to start the Canadian 24-25 season anyway. In the Alps it's been a fairly mild, mostly sunny and largely dry week so there's been little change on a week ago. Things can change quickly though and, in a positive sign, forecast updates over the last 24 hours show temperatures dropping and snow forecast to move in from the west at the weekend. Bookmark the J2Ski forecasts! We've completely revamped our forecasts for this winter, using the best of current forecasting models and now looking 16 days ahead (of course, no forecast is reliable at that timeframe, but we'll see major pattern changes show up earlier). Europe Austria Austria continues to have the most ski areas open for the time being at least with seven glaciers to choose from. They've been posting webcam images of gorgeous blue sky conditions each day of the past week, the only problem being with the freezing point up towards 4,000m altitudes it's very warm for early November so lower areas can't start snowmaking ahead of their seasons. Be that as it may, Solden has the most terrain open anywhere in the world at present with over 30km of runs. Hintertux has almost as much, the Stubai about 20km. The Kaunertal, Kitzsteinhorn, Molltal and Pitztal glaciers are also open. Kitzbühel is due to become the 8th Austrian ski area to open for the 24-25 season, this Saturday, using snow farming to create a few kilometres of runs at its Resterkogel sector. The good news is that temperatures are now dipping and there's some cloud (and a little snow) forecast so the zero (freezing) line should be down to 2000m by the weekend - with more changeable conditions. France There remains nowhere open in France and with a week of predominantly warm and sunny weather behind them and not a particularly exciting forecast for the week ahead in terms of imminent cold and heavy snow, there's no current likelihood of anywhere opening early. That said temperatures are now dropping and there is light-moderate snow forecast up high in a few places. Currently, Chamonix, Tignes and Val Thorens are set to be the first in the country to open in just over a fortnight. Italy Italy's summer ski centre Passo Stelvio ended its six-month 2024 opening at the weekend leaving Val Senales, with just 2.5km of slopes available, the only centre currently open on Italian soil. With the recent warm, dry, sunny weather there haven't been any other areas rushing to join it but Sulden, which sits at 1900m and has slopes up to 3250m is expected to open this weekend. You can also access Zermatt's glacier ski slopes, just over the Swiss border, from Cervinia now the connection has re-opened. It is getting cooler and back down to seasonal norms in Italy but there's not much snowfall in the forecast as yet. Switzerland Switzerland is just about holding its own in second place for number of ski areas open, although it might be overtaken by the US at the weekend, whilst drawing equal with Austria. Like the rest of the Alps, the past week has been predominantly dry, sunny and mild, with temperatures getting a few degrees above freezing on glaciers. Zermatt is posting the most open terrain in the country with 24km of slopes available. This is about when they would have hosted the planned cross-border FIS Alpine Skiing World Cup Downhill season opener had the race not been (seemingly) permanently cancelled. Ironically this year it looks like it might have been good to go. The Titlis glacier above Engelberg is posting the world's deepest base at this very early point in proceedings – just over three metres lying up top they claim. Murren is the latest ski area to open, last Saturday, thanks to snowfarming, like Adelboden the week before. You can also ski at Saas-Fee and St Moritz (Diavolezza Glacier). The forecast is looking more changeable now – cooler and cloudier to start with. Glacier 3000 near Gstaad is expected to start its season this weekend. Scandinavia Colder weather has finally arrived in northern Scandinavia to the delight of Finland's Levi and Ruka as well as Kabdalis in Sweden which had been struggling to maintain slopes made from snow saved from last season. Now there is fresh natural snow and snow-making systems can work. More smaller northern Norwegian and Swedish centres are planning to open over the next few weekends, and the bigger players later this month. It's looking fairly dry into the weekend but colder, and remaining cold enough for snowmaking up north. North America Canada There is snow on the ground at Mount Norquay near Banff but it ultimately opted not to start the lifts on its self-declared tentative season start date last Saturday, as there wasn't enough. It initially said it planned to open this coming weekend but has now announced a further weeks' delay blaming sunny weather. Fellow Banff resort Lake Louise did open earlier this week to claim first in Canada. The third Banff area of Sunshine opens on Friday. Albertan ski areas Marmot Basin near Jasper, as well as Nakiska, are also targeting this weekend to start their seasons and we may also see the first East Coast area opening; most likely Quebec's Sommet St Sauveur. The heaviest snowfall this week - several feet (60cm) in some cases - has been reported in British Columbia resorts like Apex, Big White, Red Mountain, Silver Star and Fernie - which aren't planning to open quite yet. It's been drier the past few days but there are colder temperatures and more snowfall in the forecast now. USA The US has had an exciting week. Ski areas in the Pacific Northwest posted some of the world's first heavy snowfall pics of the 24-25 pre-season, while more resorts opened in Colorado (some reporting two feet/60cm of snowfall this week). There was a big drop in temperatures, with overnight lows down as far as -20C in the Colorado Rockies, leading to snowmaking systems firing up in states across the country – including (initially) New England and the Midwest although its unfortunately now back to very warm there. At the time of writing, 13 ski areas plan to be open in six states in the western US this weekend including 8 in Colorado and the first for 24-25 in Arizona (Arizona Snowbowl), California (Mt Rose), Idaho (Lookout Pass) and Utah (Brian Head). Nevada's Lee Canyon which opened last weekend will also re-open. In Colorado, centres opening last weekend were Arapahoe Basin and Keystone which joined already open Wolf Creek; they were joined by Eldora, opening more than a week early on Thursday. Two more centres – Breckenridge and Copper – had already said they planned to open this weekend but they're now being joined by Loveland and Winter Park too. It has turned a little drier the past few days but stayed sub-zero Celcius for snowmakers and there's more snow forecast to end the week. |
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Lake Louise is opening today (5th November), with free lift passes next week for veterans ("Canadian military personnel, past and present")
The Banff ski areas of Banff Mount Norquay, Nakiska and Sunshine Village should open this coming weekend. For more season starts this week and for the rest of the month (and 2024); see our opening dates for ski resorts in Canada, and for snow conditions check the Canadian snow forecasts. |
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Impatient more than worried... it's 3 weeks until the first French resorts (including Tignes) open and 6 weeks until the majority start their seasons, which should (fingers crossed...) be plenty of time for the weather to change.
We'll certainly be highlighting any change to the current weather outlook here! Keep the faith... |
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