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VIDEO: Finnish snowboarder pulls crazy stunt on roof

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | February 14, 2020
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First Non-Glacial Ski Resort in the Northern Hemisphere OPENED This Morning

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Winter has begun in the northern hemisphere as the first non-glacial resort started their lifts turning this morning. Ruka Resort in Lapland, opened this morning, beginning one of the longest seasons in the world. The resort will remain open until at least May 2020. Related: 6 Resorts Have their Snowguns Blazing | Keystone, CO Joins #RaceToOpen for First Time in Over […]

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Mikaela Shiffrin Begins her World Cup Defence with a Dominating Slalom Victory in Finland

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First Non-Glacial Ski Resort in the Northern Hemisphere OPENED Last Week for Winter 2018/19

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With all the talk this side of the pond being about Loveland, A-Basin, and now Wolf Creek racing to open first, this resort in Finland got in there and beat them all by a clear week. Their 2018-19 ski season got underway last Friday at Ruka in Lapland, making it the first ski resort in the northern hemisphere that doesn’t […]

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Avatar photo SnowBrains | October 12, 2018
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Europe on Fire: 70 Dead in Greece as Wildfires Burn in the Arctic

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It’s so hot in Europe that even parts of the Arctic are on fire. Temperatures this month reached 86 degrees Fahrenheit well inside the Arctic Circle in Sweden, where the worst fires the country has seen in decades are now burning. More than 50 wildfires have ignited across the country, forcing evacuations. Finland and Norway are also fighting flames. “This […]

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Firebrains | July 25, 2018
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How To Guarantee Early Opening for Ski Resorts

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In the summer of 2016, Ruka Ski Resort in Finland conducted a test using their latest method of snow storage in order to guarantee an opening date. They set a goal for an opening time on the 10th hour of the 10th day of the 10th month this year and they succeeded. On October 10th, they opened the resort with a […]

Dylan Cautela | October 31, 2016
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May 2016 Shatters Global Temperature Records For The Eighth Month In A Row

According to NASA, May 2016 is the hottest May on record, making it the eighth month in a row to break the monthly temperature record. Despite one of the strongest El Niños ever recorded finally on the decline, the planet continues to warm at an alarming rate. The latest figures that were released by NASA now make it even more certain that […]

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Chris Wallner | June 24, 2016
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