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Worst Ski Season in Decades for Mt. Ruapehu, New Zealand: Staff Made Redundant as Ski Field Closes Temporarily

Mt. Ruapehu in New Zealand is experiencing one of the worst ski season in decades. Large areas of the dual ski resort are closed at the moment—a shocking situation in the middle of the southern hemisphere winter. The beginning of the season started promising, with large snowfalls in early June, however, precipitation has since decreased. The resort operated snow machines […]

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Julia Schneemann | August 24, 2022

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Snow Falls on Both Sides of the Planet as the Seasons Change

On the week the seasons changed, both sides of the globe received snowfall. Related: Which Ski Resort Will Open First This Year? #RaceToOpen Ski areas in the southern hemisphere saw snowfall in Australia as winter turned to spring. In the northern hemisphere, snow began falling across North America on ski resorts in the PNW, British Columbia, Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming […]

SnowBrains | September 27, 2021

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Against All Odds, New Zealand Ski Resorts See Record Number of Visitors

The Kiwis are shredding! That’s right- despite predictions of an economic downturn and the fairly recent lifting of lockdown laws, New Zealand ski resorts are not just surviving but thriving. On both the North and South Island, ski resorts are seeing a significant increase in the number of visitors when compared to previous seasons. Related: VIDEO: Double-backflip Off Huge Cliff […]

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Spencer Cox | July 20, 2020

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New Zealand Winter Outlook: High Stoke, Low Profit

With winter in the Southern Hemisphere just kicking off, New Zealand ski area operators have mixed thoughts on the season ahead. New Zealand implemented one of the most comprehensive quarantines in the world when the COVID-19 pandemic first began. As a result of those drastic measures, the New Zealand government has given ski areas the green light to open for […]

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Taylor Stephan | June 26, 2020

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African Resort First to Open in Southern Hemisphere

The first resort in the southern hemisphere has opened for the 2020 season. Afriski is one of two resorts in southern Africa, and has opened for skiing on June 6th. Afriski had planned to open on June 4th but was delayed due to COVID-19 closures. Afriski is located in the country of Lesotho, which is surrounded entirely by the larger […]

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Lynn Barlow | June 9, 2020

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60+mph Wind-Gust Derails Gondola and Chairlift in Bariloche, Argentina Today

A monster 60+mph gust of wind derailed the Amancay Gondola and Militares Chairlift at Cerro Catedral in Bariloche, Argentina today at about 2pm local time. We were skiing at Cerro Catedral today and we hiked to the summit (summit chair, Nubes, was closed due to high wind) and we experienced possibly the strongest winds we’ve ever walked in up there […]

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SnowBrains | September 19, 2019

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Bariloche, Argentina Report: A Couple of Powder Turns & Some Splendid Views

Report from September 10th, 11th, & 12th, 2019 Brought to you by Cerro Catedral It’s been a little while since our last good snowstorm here. The last good one was on August 28th. We did get a bit of snow early this week that made for some powder, some crustiness, and some dust on crustiness. The storm dropped only about […]

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Miles Clark | September 13, 2019

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Ikon Pass Offers All Year Access with These Summer Southern Hemisphere Hotspots

Brought to you by Ikon Pass This planet we ski and ride on, it provides a never-ending supply of snowy adventure. In the north, the season warms and the snows begin to recede, uncovering a summer of hiking and mountain biking, scenic gondola rides and mountain exploration. But winter never really ends and in the Southern Hemisphere buckets of white […]