Four Areas in Alps Remain Open for Summer Skiing
19th June 2025
Last modified on July 8th, 2025
Skiing & snowboarding is on offer, but the recent heatwave has had an impact. Snow though has been falling in places. Two areas closed at the weekend with one set to open later in July. UPDATED
The glacier resort of Hintertux in Austria has seen some fresh snow at altitude.
Here was the scene on Monday 7th July.
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The glacier resort of Passo Stelvio in Italy has also seen some snow.
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Snow has been falling elsewhere at altitude in the Alps as the temperatures have dropped.
Les2Alpes and Val d’Isere closed their summer skiing operations on Sunday July 6th.
The Swiss resort of Saas-Fee is set to open for summer skiing on July 19th and preparations are underway for its summer ski and snowboard season.
Tignes was the last resort to open part if its ski area as it fired up some lifts on June 21st.
Its neighbour Val d’Isere opened earlier in June as we reported at the time.
Tignes has four weeks of operations planned from 21st June through to 20th July.
The Grande Motte glacier has slopes at an altitude of nearly 3,000 m.
Up to 20 km of glacier runs are available between 3,456m and 2,724m.
The lifts run daily until early afternoon, though the situation is dependent on the snow and weather conditions.
Areas now open in the Alps:
Austria: Hintertux
France: Tignes
Italy: Passo Stelvio & Cervinia (shared with Zermatt)
Switzerland: Zermatt (shared with Cervinia)
The freezing level in the Alps rose to well over 4,000m at the end of June/beginning of July as Europe was hit by a heatwave.
It was the first time that June had seen the entire Alpine range above 0C (32F).
The weather station at Colle Major (4,750m) on Mt Blanc recorded a maximum of +3.7°C on Saturday June 28th.
In Switzerland the government declared the second-highest danger level for large parts of the country.
The temperatures across the Alps are having a significant impact on the summer glacier skiing conditions but no resort has had to shut.
See here for some PlanetSKI reports on summer skiing and what else is on offer:
- PlanetSKI goes summer glacier skiing
- Glacier skiing: go while you still can
- Summer skiing in Les2Alpes: A sports lover’s dream
- Top resorts in the Alps for summer skiing
In Scandinavia two of Norway’s three glacier ski areas remain open.
- Galdhøpiggen Summer Ski Area (40/120 cm) is fully open.
- Stryn Glacier (120/200 cm) is also open.
The situation in Fonna remains unclear as the new operators have not yet stated when summer skiing may start.
In the southern hemisphere, resorts in Australia have opened with some good early snow conditions.
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Resorts in New South Wales, including Perisher and Thredbo, report early season depths at around 1m.
Mt Hutt in New Zealand opened on Friday 13th June.
See here for a roundup of when and where the best snow conditions are in Australia and New Zealand:
In South America Ski Portillo in Chile opened on June 21st.
It hopes to stay open until September 27th, conditions and weather permitting.
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Other ski areas in Chile are also open, and Nevados de Chillan reports 2m of fresh snow.
In Argentina Las Leñas opened on June 28th, kicking off the 2024-2025 ski season.
The resort has 14 lifts and 30 runs.
If you want to keep up to date with summer skiing across the globe then do check back…
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