0
0
Share with your friends










Submit
  • Home
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Privacy
  • Property
  • Contact
  • Sitemap

Logo

Navigation
  • Ski Resorts
  • Where to Ski
  • How to Ski
  • Snow
    • Snow Report
  • Gear
    • Ski Clothing
    • Ski Equipment
  • Family Skiing
  • Ski Holidays
  • Deals
  • Summer

The Summer Ski Season is Underway in the Alps

By Sean Newsom | on June 12, 2017 | 0 Comment
Snow Report

They’ve cleared the road over the Col de l’Iseran, above Val d’Isere in France; and the Pisaillas glacier is open once again for skiing. So we can declare the summer ski season officially underway.

Here’s a taste of the effort required to get the snow off the road. The Col is the highest paved pass in the Alps, so it’s no wonder there’s still a lot of it about.

And here’s how it looked on the glacier on Sunday, with Val’s Club Des Sports about to get some turns.

The Summer Ski Season is Underway in the Alps | Welove2ski

Photo: Radio Val d’Isere/Twitter

Of course, in the Alps the skiing never actually stopped. Val d’Isere didn’t finish its “winter” season till May 1. Tignes finished on May 6. And in Austria and Switzerland, a handful of glacier ski areas have been spinning their lifts ever since.

Some of these have now closed (the Kaunertal, for example, closed on June 3). But the Stubai glacier will stay open till June 18, and the Kitzsteinhorn until June 23. The highest pistes at Hintertux and Zermatt are open all year.

These will be joined by the Molltal glacier on June 15, Tignes and Les Deux Alpes on June 24, Cervinia on June 28.

For more about skiing when most people are at the beach, check out our guide to the best resorts for summer skiing.

 

Meanwhile, on two wheels…

The mountain-biking season is upon us too. The parks in Chatel, Les Gets, Verbier and Paganella – among others – are already open, and Solden’s Bike Republic, in the Austrian Tirol, opens on June 15.

Here’s some mind-boggling video shot by Charly Frison-Roch in Les Gets recently…

The first big biking event/festival – the Crankworx – runs in Les Gets from June 14-18.

Of course, there’s lots more to do in the summer besides skiing and riding straight off ludicrously high jumps. For more on the summer scene in the Alps, check out guides to e-biking, adventure parks, summer-friendly resorts, and holidays with kids.

 

In the southern hemisphere, the Andes and NZ are expecting snow

In all three of the main southern-hemisphere ski regions – New Zealand, the Andes and Australia – the winter season is underway. Not all resorts are open yet, but by the end of the month the lifts will be spinning in most of them.

Currently, the high resorts of the Andes have the best conditions. The Tres Valles near Santiago in Chile opened early this season thanks to heavy snow. There was more snow there last week, and now the forecast is predicting a really big storm. Thursday and Friday should be the most bountiful days, and they’ll add up to the dump of the season so far if they live up their billing.

Here’s how Valle Nevado in Chile looked last week after the most recent snowfall.

The Summer Ski Season is Underway in the Alps | Welove2ski

Photo: Valle Nevado/Facebook

Meanwhile, in New Zealand, last weekend saw the first significant ski fields open, including Mount Hutt, the Remarkables and Cardrona.

Here’s James Woodsy Woods’ opening-day video for Cardrona…

As you’ll see from the shot taken in The Remarkables below, the cover is still pretty thin, away from the snow cannons, but the forecast is for snow this week, starting on Tuesday.

The Summer Ski Season is Underway in the Alps | Welove2ski

Photo: The Remarkables/Facebook

Share this story:
  • tweet

Recent Posts

  • Morzine – For Skiing and Non-Skiing

    March 8, 2023 - 0 Comment
  • Six Reasons We Love Going to St Anton by Train

    February 1, 2023 - 0 Comment
  • 7 of the Best Wines to Sip on A Dolomites Ski Trip

    January 24, 2023 - 1 Comment

Author Description

Sean Newsom

As well as founding Welove2ski in June 2007, Sean has written about skiing and snowboarding in the British press for 28 years. For the last 20 of them, he’s also been the ski travel editor at The Sunday Times.

No Responses to “The Summer Ski Season is Underway in the Alps”

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Free Updates

Join 16,000 clever people who get the latest Welove2ski content delivered to their inbox

RSSSubscribe 15139 Followers 10135 Fans

The Loveometer

Zermatt: Cool Chalets, Certain Snow and The Majestic Matterhorn
100 %
Tweenager Tips: How to Enjoy Ski Holidays with Older Kids
98 %
How to Go Green On Your Ski Holiday
98 %
St Anton, Austria: Wild Nights, Steep Pistes and Challenging Backcountry
97 %
Weird and Wonderful Ski Fads and Fashions
94 %
  • Home
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Privacy
  • Property
  • Contact
  • Sitemap
© 2020. All Rights Reserved. Created with love by WL2S