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Heatwave Causes Tignes Glacier, France to Close for the Summer | Earliest Closing Ever

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The heatwave sweeping across central Europe has caused Tignes glacier to close early for the summer, more than a month earlier than scheduled. The Grande Motte glacier, which opened for skiing on 22nd June, has been gradually melting throughout the summer and with poor conditions, the resort announced that skiing is over. “The glacier has been subjected to high temperatures since […]
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TransWorld SNOWboarding Closing After 32-Years

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TransWorld SNOWboarding announced last week that they are calling it a day after 32 years of the most epic stoke. Owners Adventure Sports Network notified advertisers that it will be consolidating snowboard brands and as a result, the Transworld Snowboarding brand will exist no more. “Effective immediately, Snowboarder will be the sole snowboarding brand of the new Adventure Sports Network Group, part […]
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More Chilean Resorts Closing Weeks Early Due to Lack of Snow

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According to OnTheSnow, many of Chile’s popular ski resorts reported closing on Sunday 9th September, due to lack of snow. Hopes had been pinned on a large storm that was forecasted to hit the area, but unfortunately, that never materialized. Ski Arpa, Chile’s only snowcat operator, closed on 2nd September. 2018 season: Ski Arpa is officially closed as of September 2, 2018. See you […]
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All Tahoe Ski Resorts Will CLOSE This Weekend:

This is your last chance to get up and ski in Lake Tahoe this winter. Kirkwood, Squaw, Mt. Rose, and Heavenly are the only ski resorts still open in Tahoe and they’ll all be closing this Sunday, April 19th. Despite being a low snow year, Tahoe hung very tough. Ski Resorts opened in November and stayed open until mid-April. Not bad. This year may very well be the worst snow year on record in Lake Tahoe. Our snowpack is somewhere around 3% of average right now, but the skiing up high has still been great. Just last week the boys were […]
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Headwall, Mountain Run, & Lower Mountain Close @ Squaw Today

Snow is melting away fast at Squaw Valley. High temperatures were in the 60 everyday this week and you can tell. Waterfalls, creeks, and cascades are ubiquitous at Squaw right now. It’s loud out there with all the water flowing. The lower mountain is losing about a foot of snow per day. This melting has lead to the Mountain Run winding down to a 3 foot wide strip of snow that doesn’t actually connect to the base area any longer. Hopefully Squaw farmed some snow last night and fixed that zone a touch just get us through the day today. […]
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