Following a metre of fresh snowfall on the local Presena glacier, Passo Tonale has opened four days earlier than last season. 2005-6 is a historic season for the resort in the Val di Sole, as four new lifts finally maker a skiing link possible with the main resort town of Pontedilegno - until this season a bus ride back was always required.
Monthly Archive for November, 2005
Engelberg is putting the trauma of its summer floods behind it as it prepares for the 2005-6 season which opens on November 19th.
The long planned indoor snow centre in the former steel town of Amneville in North Eastern France, close to the Belgian Border, will open on November 30th, according to the local tourist office, at a cost of some 15 million Euros.
New Hampshire claimed to be the first state with skilifts running East of the Rockies for winter 2005-6 when Wildcat Mountain’s Tom Cat chair lift started operations on Friday morning, October 28th.
Whistler’s Blackcomb Mountain will open ahead of schedule this weekend thanks to early snow and cold temperatures. Blackcomb will be open November 5th and 6th and daily operations will the start from November 11th.
A new detailed report on the effects of global warming in Europe has predicted that reliable snow cover in winter in the Alps will rise more than 1000 vertical metres from the current 400m (1300 feet) to between a best case scenario of 1500m (4920 feet) and a worse case of 1750m (5740 feet).
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