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At one point the world’s most visited online snow sports portal, OnTheSnow.com -owned by Vail Resort’s Mountain News Corp- announced othat they will be shutting their site, as of July 13th, 2020. Unfortunately given the changing media landscape, OnTheSnow.com has experienced financial declines in recent years and now face additional economic challenges from COVID-19. As stated by MNC: We have been proud to provide you with free access to snow reports, resort guides, and more, and we are beyond grateful for your readership and contributions to our community over the years. Unfortunately given the changing media landscape, Mountain News Corporation has experienced financial declines in recent years. Mountain News Corporation…

This spring with so much rainfall in much of Europe has brought an unexpected gift to lovers of summer skiing and all of us who care about the environment. A quantity of snow like years ago that was not seen in the Alps above 3,000 meters of altitude. This is good news for glacier preservation and for the tourist summer ski season, the accumulated snow has reached a thickness not seen since the summer of 2013. A level of 12 meters of snow accumulated throughout the winter and spring has been measured on the Les 2 Alpes glacier in Isère this Friday, June 12. A level unprecedented since the summer…

An active front reached the Alps late Wednesday night and brought significant amounts of fresh snow, but also some rain to many regions on Thursday, heaviest in the west. It has not been notably cold again though, meaning that snow depths are much more modest lower down. The Alpine weather remains unstable and downright moody. Disturbances meander over the Alps as the region is enclosed in mild and cold air. Saturday will see further flurries to low levels across the northern fringes of the Alps, especially in Switzerland and Austria. In the rest of the Alpine region the weather is friendly and fairly sunny. On Sunday, the entire Alpine region…

The majority of Italy’s largest ski resorts have closed and will not reopen this season as the Italian government enforces strict measures to control the spread of coronavirus. Government decisions to contain the epidemic of COVID-19 Coronavirus have been impacting the Italian winter sports industry since early March. The Dolomiti Superski area (Plan de Corones, Alta Badia, Val Gardena / Alpe di Siusi, Val di Fassa / Carezza, Arabba / Marmolada, 3 Peaks Dolomites, Val di Fiemme / Obereggen, San Martino di Castrozza Passo Rolle, Rio Pusteria - Bressanone, Alpe Lusia / San Pellegrino, Civetta), in agreement with the hoteliers of the territories concerned and in coordination with the political…

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