The Shocking Demise of Norway’s Folgefonna Summer Ski Area The remains the Folgefonna ski lift lie twisted on the melting ice of the Norwegian glacier, home to one of only six summer-only ski resorts in the world. Just last year, Fonna was a popular training ground for Olympic and FIS skiers. Now the glacier resort is a sad symbol of climate change and financial collapse, leaving the future of […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | September 5, 2025 0 Comments
Norwegian Summer-Only Ski Resort Folgefonna Delays Opening to June The iconic Folgefonna Glacier Ski Resort in Norway will not reopen before June 10, the resort’s new operators announced Thursday, citing delays in the permitting process required to restart lift operations. The update, shared via social media on May 15, comes as the resort works to relaunch under new ownership after declaring bankruptcy in fall 2024. “We are doing everything […] Industry News SnowBrains | May 15, 2025 0 Comments
Record Arctic Heatwave Forces Closure of Summer-Only Ski Areas in Norway A historic heatwave shuttered the glacier ski area Fonna in Norway last week, with operations ending on August 16. Fonna is one of Norway’s three summer-only ski areas, the other two are Stryn and Galdhøpiggen. Stryn was forced to shut down after just three and a half weeks of operations in mid-June this year, while Galdhøpiggen Sommerskisenter is taking a […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | August 19, 2024 0 Comments
Where in Europe Can You Ski Right Now? If you’re in Europe and cannot find it in your heart to apply the storage wax and mothball your wintergear, there are several options to keep the season going. Even though it is July, several resorts in the Alps and Scandinavia offer summer skiing and boarding. There used to be many more ski resorts open for summer skiing in the […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | July 7, 2024 0 Comments
A Tale of 2 Summer Ski Areas: Norway’s Stryn Sommer Ski Announces Early Closure While Fonna Sees 3 Feet of Fresh Snow Not all Norwegian summer ski areas are created equal, and while Fonna near the Hardangerfjord is having a fantastic season with record snowfalls, Stryn Sommer Ski has announced the resort will be closing early. Stryn’s last day for the 2024 season will be this Sunday, June 16, as the warm temperatures have melted too much of the resort’s snow. ”The […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | June 13, 2024 0 Comments
Incredible Gourmet Restaurant Pops Up in Norwegian Mountain Fjord Near Fonna Ski Resort In the middle of the Norwegian mountains, in a beautiful fjord near the famous summer ski resort Fonna, you will find a strange organic-shaped object floating like an outer-worldly giant ellipsoid. It is a floating art installation called ‘Salmon Eye’ in the Hardanger fjord in Western Norway and houses a gourmet restaurant. The only way to get to it is by electric boat from the town of […] Julia Schneemann | August 2, 2023 0 Comments
Fonna Glacier Ski Resort in Norway Opens Today The Fonna Glacier Ski Resort is a summer ski resort on the Folgefonna Glacier in Norway. To reach the ski resort, you have to travel along a 12 mile (19km) glacier road, that is closed usually until the end of April. Therefore, Fonna is only open from about late April or early May until September, when the roads are clear. […] Conditions Report Julia Schneemann | May 6, 2023 1 Comment
Norwegian Summer Ski Resort ‘Fonna’ is Closing Early Because of Europe’s Heatwave Latest in the long list of summer ski resorts closing in Europe is the Fonna glacier in Scandinavia. Fonna is located on the Folgefonna Glacier in Norway, about seven hours west of Lillehammer, location of the 1994 Winter Olympics. Fonna is typically open from April to September. This year it did not open until 16 May as the roads leading to […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | August 15, 2022 0 Comments
VIDEO: Fridays At Fonna | Mushroomcrew Continue their Annual Series of Norwegian Glacier Shredding [arve url="https://vimeo.com/271928752"] Steven Agar | May 30, 2018 8 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
Norway Ski Resorts are BURIED in Snow Right Snow May saw insanely abnormal snowfall in Norway this year. Meters upon meters of snow fell in May to the point where they couldn’t even find some of their ski lifts at Norweigen ski resorts. Summer glacier skiing ski resorts have been forced to remain closed due to too much snow. At Fonna ski resort in Norway, they had to dig 10-13 feet down just to locate their T-bar this week… Styrn ski resort in Norway is closed today due to heavy snowfall. More snow is forecasted for the area on Sunday. […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 4, 2015 0 Comments
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