ninth October 2025
Final modified on October tenth, 2025
Kitzsteinhorn and Molltal in Austria open some slopes this weekend after contemporary snowfall. It is going to carry the entire variety of ski areas open in Europe to greater than a dozen. NEW
The autumn ski season within the Alps is off to an excellent begin after some contemporary snow up to now week.
The climate within the Alps is now extra settled, with delicate temperatures and however sadly no contemporary snow.
Austria and the jap Alps has seen the perfect of the current snowfall.
The Molltaler glacier space in Carinthia opened on Friday tenth October.
It saved a complete of 300,000 m³ of snow on the finish of its final ski season and it has been making snow due to the chilly October temperatures.
We can have an replace on the opening day afterward PlanetSKI.
It’s wanting good at Kitzsteinhorn that opens on Saturday eleventh October.
“Snow circumstances on the alpine glaciers are typically good, particularly on the northern Austrian glaciers the place the heaviest of the current snow has fallen,” mentioned the alpine climate knowledgeable, Fraser Wilkin from Weathertoski.co.uk, on Friday tenth October.
“Nevertheless, with no new snow in prospect for fairly a while, piste circumstances could turn out to be extra hard-packed or scratchy over the subsequent few days however, all in all, circumstances ought to stay fairly cheap for the time of yr.”
Glacier ski areas at present open within the Alps:
Austria: Pitztal, Hintertux, Stubai, Soelden, Kaunertal & Molltal.Italy: Passo Stelvio & Val Senalis.Switzerland: Zermatt & Saas-Charge.
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Within the Alps circumstances stay chilly at altitude although there isn’t any vital snow within the forecast.
In Scandinavia the resorts of Ruka and Levi in Finland are additionally open.
They used snow saved from final season to open a couple of trails.
Norway’s Galdhøpiggen glacier ski space stays open, with round 3km (2 miles) of runs and a few contemporary snow.
It comes because the season within the southern hemisphere ends with resorts closing in Australia, New Zealand and South America.
There was snow falling in North America.
Right here’s Sunshine Village in Canada.
No resorts are at present open in Canada or the USA, however some snow-making has begun in Colorado.
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