Europe’s Highest Resort, Val Thorens, France Postpones Opening Weekend Due to High Temperatures Warm weather and a recent lack of snow have forced Europe’s highest ski resort, Val Thorens to postpone plans to open this coming weekend. You might also like: Tignes, France Opened this Week Beginning the Longest Season in France The high altitude French resort has its base at 7,546-feet and boasts one of the longest winter seasons in the Alps. But […] Conditions Report SnowBrains | November 14, 2018 0 Comments
European Ski Resorts Take Up Snow Farming for Next Season With the increasing pressure on resorts to open early and with good conditions, snow farming has been recognized as one of the most useful ways to preserve snow. Resorts use tarpaulin to cover their snow farms or sawdust to cover mounds of snow. Both methods have proven successful for multiple resorts and are an important part to their success. After […] Industry News Katy Shipley | May 21, 2018 3 Comments
France Just Got Buried in 2-3-FEET of Snow The Val Thorens Ski Resort in France just got buried in about 2 feet of snow from the last storm. The storm that has been dumping snow over this last weekend brought the total snow for the Resort to 80cm [32in] at 3200m [10,498ft] and 60cm [24in] at 2300m[7,545ft] elevation. The ski resort close to Val Thorens in the same […] Weather WeatherBrains | November 13, 2017 0 Comments
Candide Thovex Getting Insane Last Week This video shows Candide Thovex getting nutty in the park last week in Val Thorens, France. The guy is a freak. He doesn’t even need two skis to land big tricks. On a side note, it looks like the alps have a lot of snow and some great coverage right now, huh? Candide is certainly in the running for greatest skier of all time. He’s clearly ridiculous in the park, he’s unreal in the backcountry, he’s won Freeride World Tour, he goes big, he can do all the latest tricks, and he goes big. Candide Thovex was born in Annecy, Haute-Savoie, and grew up in the village of […] SnowBrains | December 9, 2013 3 Comments
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