Tignes Glacier, France, Opens for Summer Skiing The vast Tignes Ski Resort located in the French Alps is known for its expansive terrain and year-round skiing just announced the summer opening of Glacier de la Grande Motte. The ski area is open this summer from June 29 to July 21. The summer ski season began a week later than initially planned, as the Savoie region experienced […] Industry News Luke Guilford | July 4, 2024 0 Comments
Striking Comparison Pictures of Horstman Glacier at Whistler Blackcomb, BC, Show Just How Much the Glacier has Diminished Skiing and riding on the Horstman Glacier at Whistler Blackcomb are a summer tradition. Multiple summer glacier camps are offered there every year, including freestyle and race camps. This year the camps ran from June 10 to July 16. However, a recent Instagram post from professional freeskiing legend Mike Douglas shows two pictures portraying the glacier hasn’t held up well […] Industry News Brent Thomas | September 6, 2023 1 Comment
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
[VIDEO] Skier Catches Terrifying Drop Into Massive Crevasse on Helmet Cam One lucky skier caught the scary moment he dropped into a massive crevasse but managed to edge his skis into the wall and come to a halt on his helmet cam. The French ski group Les Powtos shared the incredible footage from last year a couple of days ago on their social media channels. It shows one of their group […] Featured Video SnowBrains | April 22, 2023 0 Comments
European Glaciers Are Back in Business as Several Ski Areas Reopen Good news is coming from all over Europe where athletes have been able to return to alpine training on many of the European glaciers. Colder temperatures, and even some early season snowfall, have enabled many of the glacier resorts in the European Alps to reopen. Recreational skiing has been able to resume in some resorts as well. Only a couple […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | September 29, 2022 0 Comments
Tignes Resort, France, Opens for Summer Skiing Operations View this post on Instagram A post shared by Snow Forecasts * Snow Reports (@snow.forecast) World-class French ski area Tignes is now open for summer skiing. The resort opened on Saturday, June 19, and will remain open until August 1, conditions permitting. Tignes has joined two other French ski areas, Val d’Isere and Les 2 Alpes, for glacier […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 23, 2021 0 Comments
Whistler Blackcomb Will Not Be Open for Glacier Skiing/Riding This Summer The coronavirus strikes again. Due to pandemic concerns, Whistler Blackcomb has announced that it will not be opening its glacier for skiing and snowboarding this summer. The summer tradition will have to be put on hold until further notice. “Due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, we are unable to include glacier skiing/riding in our 2020 summer operations plan.” โ Whistler […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 3, 2020 0 Comments
Chamonix Trip Report: Alpine Climb And Ski From Aiguille du Midi, France Report from 12th January 2020 Chamonix, France is home to some of the most spectacular mountaineering in the world. For this reason, I have chosen to call it home for this winter. Even though I have done a fair share of mountaineering in my past stepping into the more technical side of things here is a major eye-opener. This past […] Trip Report Ryan Nadiak | January 16, 2020 0 Comments