Heavy Snow Falls in North America with Winter Edging Closer in the Alps
25th October 2024
Last modified on October 30th, 2024
The first resort has opened in the USA with World Cup ski racing underway in Europe. Check out the updated PlanetSKI snow report. UPDATED
It’s looking wintery in Sunshine Village near Banff in Canada as more fresh snow falls.
The resort is planning to open at the end of November.
It is none too shabby in Utah too.
It’s snowing hard this morning! Bring it on, winter. ❄️🥶 pic.twitter.com/6NF1MX0G69
— Solitude Mountain Resort (@SolitudeMTN) October 29, 2024
Wolf Creek in Colorado USA opened last week, the first major US resort to do so.
It came after some good natural snowfall and snow making, that followed some unseasonably warm autumn temperatures in the US ski states.
Image c/o Wolf Creek.
There have also been snowmaking systems fired up, not just at the expected high-altitude ski areas in Colorado, but also in California, Utah, and even Arizona and New Mexico.
In Europe winter is edging closer.
“After the recent snowfalls up high, the weather has been milder and more settled, with little precipitation to report over the past seven days,” said Snow Forecaster.
“Most resorts are reporting excellent conditions, with fairly fresh snow cover and temperatures remaining close to freezing on glaciers.”
In a sure sign that winter is approaching as the first World Cup alpine ski races of the season took place last weekend in Soelden in Austria.
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We have reported on the races over the weekend:
Here are the resorts with some ski terrain currently on offer in the Alps:
- Hintertux, Austria
- Pitztal, Austria
- Stubai, Austria
- Soelden, Austria
- Kaunertal, Austria
- Moltaller, Austria
- Val Senales, Italy
- Passo Stelvio, Italy
- Adelboden, Switzerland
- Engleberg, Switzerland
- St Moritz, Switzerland
- Saas-Fee, Switzerland
- Zermatt, Switzerland
In Val Senales skiing is only for race team training and not the general public.
There are no resorts open in France with Tignes and Val Thorens planning to open on November 23rd.
Skiing is also underway in Scandinavia with snowsports on offer in Levi & Ruka in Finland, plus Kabdalis in Sweden and the Galdhopiggen summer ski area in Norway.
Do check back for updates…
