20cm Of Fresh Snow For Engelberg’s Final Weekend of 15-16
20cm Of Fresh Snow For Engelberg’s Final Weekend of 15-16
Published : 20-May-2016 09:22
There seems to be no end in sight to the wintry conditions in the Alps and Western North America and social media is full of pictures and images from ski resorts showing mid-winter conditions.
In most cases the ski areas have been closed for at least a month and in some it is beginning to cause issues with opening summer sports operations.
The irony of the abundant mid-late May snow is not lost on the ski centres after the poor start to winter 2015-16 in the alps with little snow until just after New Year. La Plagne posted a video yesterday suggesting Christmas be moved to May 19th in future.
Engelberg closes for the season at the end of the weekend but posted a powder alarm for 20cm of fresh snow in the last 24 hours, so it should be a good final weekend.
About a dozen glacier ski areas are currently open in Austria, Italy and Switzerland and most have reported significant fresh snow over the past few weeks.
In the past week heavy snow has been reported ibn the Pyrenees and even at Portugal's only ski area which posted a 40cm snowfall.
Across the Atlantic there was heavy snow and mid-winter conditions at whistler Blackcomb which is open until the ends of May before re-opening 10 days later on 10th June for five weeks of summer glacier skiing.
In the southern hemisphere there's been regular snowfalls in the past few days in South America and new Zealand and snow last week in Australia. The first ski centres are due to open for the2016 season south of the equator in just under a fortnight's time.
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