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Opening of Summer-Only Ski Resort Passo Stelvio, Italy, Overshadowed by Fatal Accident

The Italian summer-only ski resort Passo Stelvio opens today, June 1, 2023. Unfortunately, this year the seasonal opening is overshadowed by the fatal accident of one of the men working hard to clear the narrow-winding road to allow cars to get to the remote ski resort. On May 22, 2023, Anton ‘Toni’ Reinstadler was working with his brother Olaf on […]

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Julia Schneemann | June 1, 2023
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America’s Sole Summer-Only Ski Resort, Beartooth Basin, WY/MT, Pushes Opening Back to This Saturday

America’s only summer-only ski resort, Beartooth Basin, WY/MT, will open this Saturday, May 27, 2023. The ski area is located at the border of Wyoming and Montana at almost 11,000ft (3,322m) and is not accessible by car in the winter due to snow accumulations on Beartooth Highway, which can be as high as 26ft in snow drifts. The Beartooth Highway […]

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SnowBrains | May 26, 2023
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Fonna Glacier Ski Resort in Norway Opens Today

Fonna Glacier

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. […]

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Julia Schneemann | May 6, 2023
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Northern Hemisphere Heatwave: Austria’s Hintertux Glacier is the Last Summer Ski Resort Open to the Public

Hintertux Glacier

Following the announcement by the Fonna Glacier in Norway and Timberline Lodge and Ski Area, OR, to close their operations on August 21 due to the record heatwave, the Northern Hemisphere now has only one summer ski resort left open to the public for skiing. The last man standing amongst the roughly forty summer ski resorts is the Hintertux Glacier […]

Julia Schneemann | August 15, 2022
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Norwegian Summer Ski Resort ‘Fonna’ is Closing Early Because of Europe’s Heatwave

Walter Wallberg

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 […]

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Julia Schneemann | August 15, 2022
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Beartooth Basin, MT/WY Will Open for the Season on May 30th, 2020

Beartooth Basin summer only ski resort!

Beartooth Basin ski area off Beartooth Pass in Wyoming/Montana will open for the season on May 30th, 2020. Beartooth Basin is a summer-only ski operation with soul. Beartooth will be operating with new special rules via Coronavirus guidelines. “We will be operating in compliance with all federal and state COVID-19 guidelines. There will be special rules in place for our […]

SnowBrains | May 13, 2020
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VIDEO: Timy Dutton Backflip Off at Beartooth Basin This Summer

This summer Beartooth Basin held a fundraiser for Squaw Valley’s late Timy Dutton. They decided to have a backflip off. It went well and there were a helluvalotta backflips. This video shows us just how many backies there were. Thanks for putting this together, Beartooth. And thanks to all who participated. We miss you Timy. “With great help from Strafe Outerwear, ON3P Skis and LIBtech NAS, the 2104 Rubber Ducky Backflip-Off at Beartooth Basin, MT helped raise money in Timy’s name to support the BASICS program put on by High Fives Non-Profit. Here are the backflips.” – Not Sad […]

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SnowBrains | July 30, 2014
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A Opinionated Canadian Perspective of Beartooth Basin, MT/WY…

A lot of ski trips start by reading magazines or internet articles about sweet places to ski. This was no different. After having read a Powder Magazine article last spring on this place and a Snowbrains.com article this spring, I decided it must get done. These type of ski hills are disappearing – they don’t fit the corporate model and the snow is […]

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Guest Author | July 1, 2014
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