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
VIDEO: Giant Inbounds Avalanche Triggered by Control Teams at Closed French Ski Area [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXw8U-39drk&feature=emb_title"] AvyBrains | January 21, 2021 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
20-21 French Ski Season to Begin on Oct. 17 With Opening of 2 Ski Areas It’s ski season in France on Saturday. Two ski resorts — Tignes and Les Deux Alps — are opening on Saturday, Oct. 17 to commence the French ski season. Hoorah! Way to make all of us North Americanos jealous… In a usual year, ski areas in France open in early to mid-November. But this is no ordinary year. Related: Photo […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | October 15, 2020 0 Comments
UPDATE: The Alps Getting Even More MASSIVE November Snowfalls Ski areas in the Southern Alps are reporting up to 5 FEET of new snow in the past 72 hours! Parts of the Southern Alps along the France/Italy border are reporting the most snow (up to 5 feet over the weekend!) but really its been snowing all over the continent with large snow totals being reported in Bulgaria, the French […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | November 26, 2019 0 Comments
30+ Inches of New Snow in the High Alps 2 French ski areas, Tignes and Val Thorens, are reporting over 30″ of new snowfall as of Wednesday, November 6th. Many other resorts are also reporting up to 2 feet of fresh snowfall across the Alps this week, with more on the way through the following week. Val Thorens, France has a projected opening date of November 23rd for the […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 7, 2019 0 Comments
Tignes Ski Resort, France Blames Global Warming for Being Unable to Open this Weekend Tignes Ski Resort in France was hoping to open this weekend, but due to poor snow conditions, the resort will not open until snowfall allows. In a strong statement on its website, the resort clearly blames global warming as the reason they are unable to open as expected for the second year in a row. Related: Heatwave Causes Tignes Glacier, France […] Industry News SnowBrains | September 24, 2019 0 Comments
Heatwave Causes Tignes Glacier, France to Close for the Summer | Earliest Closing Ever The heatwave sweeping across central Europe has caused Tignes glacier to close early for the summer, more than a month earlier than scheduled. The Grande Motte glacier, which opened for skiing on 22nd June, has been gradually melting throughout the summer and with poor conditions, the resort announced that skiing is over. “The glacier has been subjected to high temperatures since […] Industry News SnowBrains | July 29, 2019 1 Comment
Major European Resorts Gearing Up for Exceptional Summer Glacier Skiing Season Two major European resorts will reopen this weekend for summer glacier skiing, offering what might be some of the best snow conditions in years. Related: World’s Highest Roof-Top Cable Car Opens in Tignes, France Great winter snowfall, lower than average spring temperatures, and even some spring snow flurries have all contributed to the current fantastic conditions at Les Deux Alpes […] Industry News SnowBrains | June 19, 2019 0 Comments