Austrian Snow and Resorts
In the last few days, the snowy white powder has been falling in Austria. The heaviest snowfall was in the western Austrian resorts but snow fell across the country, so fresh powder skiing be easily located. On Thursday, Mayrhofen (3/25cm) opened for the first time this season, thanks to the fresh snowfall. Pitztal (36/164cm) has three opened lifts and Solden (15/130cm) has six lifts have been operating.
New Snow in France
Significant amounts of fresh snow have been falling across the French Alpine resorts, advantage to the fresh snow. Tignes (82/140cm) and Val d’Isere (82/140cm) now have remarkable piste depths and there is fresh snow across the whole Espace Killy area. Les Deux Alpes (10/100cm) had a fantastic day skiing on Thursday.
French resorts scheduled to open on Saturday, December 10th, include Les Menuires (32/80cm) and Meribel (30/80cm) in The Three Valleys. Courchevel (40/70cm) and Val Thorens (100/130cm) are now open. (more…)
In Austria, Saalbach is ready to welcome the new season with new charilists and gondola. Further upgrades and eplacement lifts are also ready to welcome visitors in Hintertux, Schladming and Kitzbühel.
In France, Val d´Isère, already a top-tier resort, now boasts almost 160 ski slopes. Valpark, one of the best snow parks in Europe has installed 8 new snow cannons. The old Rochassons chairlift in Châtel has been upgraded and to a comfortable 6-seater lift up to the 650km of the Portes du Soleil area! Valmorel also has a new 6-seater chairlift which will open for the Christmas holidays.
In Switzerland, Champéry has replaced the Grand-Conche chairlift to the Portes du Soleil ski area.
More news as it becomes available…
If you’re planning a ski trip for this coming season, there is a great article in the Guardian UK which lists the top 10 ski resorts for early snow. Of the top 10 ski resorts, the first 8 listed are European:
- Val Thorens, France
- Chamonix, France
- Ischgl, Austria
- Tignes, France
- Hintertux, Austria
- Breuil-Cervina, Italy
- Obergurgl, Austria
- Saas Fee, Switzerland
- You can read more about these resorts on the SkiEurope website:
- http://www.ski-europe.com/
- Read the full article here:
- http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2007/sep/27/skiing.top10
