It’s Still Possible to Ski in Europe – Just
15th May 2023
Last modified on May 30th, 2023
The year-round glacier resorts of Hintertux in Austria and Zermatt in Switzerland are open with a few others still offering some skiing and snowboarding. UPDATED
The glacier resort of Hintertux in Austria has seen some of the best May conditions in recent years.
PlanetSKI is heading out to Hintertux in the last week of June so look out for our reports.
We’ll be skiing and taking part in a hots of other summer activities.
Kitzsteinhorn in Austria closed on May 29th.
Zermatt in Switzerland is open through the summer, if conditions allow.
Zermatt, Switzerland. Image © PlanetSKI
Les2Alpes in France has re-opened it glacier area for summer skiing after the resort closed last month.
In Norway one resort has opened for its summer ski season, Fonna.
The Fonna glacier ski area is in the district of Hardanger.
It is around 2 hours and thirty minutes from Bergen, and six hours and thirty minutes from Norway’s capital: Oslo.
As well as the slopes it has cross-country ski trails, rentals, and a lodge with a restaurant.
The lift is open daily from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The glacier usually keeps its lift open until September.
The Fonna Glacier Ski Resort is a summer ski resort on the Folgefonna Glacier in Norway.
To access the ski area people have to travel along a 12 mile (19km) glacier road, that is closed usually until the end of April.
Fonna Glacier Ski Resort has 3 miles (5km) of slopes across four different runs serviced by a single T-bar.
The T-bar base is at an elevation of 3,947 ft (1,203m) and services up to 4,757 ft (1,450m).
The park is expected to open in the middle of June.
Resorts are still open in the USA.
PlanetSKI has been enjoying the spring skiing on offer in California, visiting Palisades Tahoe and Mammoth Mountain:
Mammoth Mountain. Image © PlanetSKI
See here for our other posts from California:
- PlanetSKI arrives in California for Spring skiing
- PlanetSKI takes to the cable cars of San Francisco
- PlanetSKI hits the road to go Spring skiing in California
- Plenty of ski resorts still open in North America
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