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It’s dumping in South Africa right now, as Tiffindell Alpine Resort, the country’s only ski area, has been on the end of over 4″ of fresh snow the last day or two. The resort opened early-June for a season that lasts through until September.
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Tiffindell Ski Resort a year-round alpine resort, the only ski resort in South Africa and one of the two ski resorts in Southern Africa. It was established in 1993 in the Southern Drakensberg, Tiffindell is rated number 19 on CNN’s “Top 100 Ski Runs of the World”.
With resorts in Morocco, Algeria, Egypt (indoors), Lesotho, and South Africa, Africa is the only continent to have ski areas in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres!
There is another private (but guest can get there) ski resort in Matroosberg in South Africa with both fixed and portable lifts: http://skiclubsa.co.za