That’s It Folks!

This weekend Val Thorens, Tignes, Ischgl, Engelberg, Argentiere (Chamonix), Cervinia and Pitztal called it a day.

There were still some decent conditions for the time of year.

“Despite April having been exceptionally dry and warm, leading to a rapid melting of much of the lower-lying snow across the Alps, at higher altitudes, solid base depths and predominantly fine weather have provided excellent spring skiing in recent weeks,” said Fraser Wilkin from weathertoski.co.uk.

“That said, overall snow depths are now below the norm for early May, which does not bode particularly well for the summer skiing season.

“If you are planning to ski in the Alps this summer, May and June will generally offer the most options.

“Skiing in the Alps any later in summer is becoming increasingly uncertain these days.”

Hintertux, Austria. Image © PlanetSKI

Les2Alpes also ended its winter season on Sunday, but it  re-opens on Monday May 4th for its spring/summer season on the glacier.

It goes through to July 5th.

• Summer glacier skiing – go while you still can

Summer glacier skiing in Les2Alpes. Image © PlanetSKI

Les2Alpes in the summer. Image © Claire McAteer/PlanetSKI

After this weekend some Austrian glacier resorts remain open:

• Stubai (May 17th),
• Kaunertal (May 25th),
• Kitzsteinhorn (May 25th)
• Moltal (tbc)

We have skied in Stubai near Innsbruck in the second half of May with fresh powder snow falling.

Stubai in May. Image © PlanetSKI

There are still some slopes open in Jasna in Slovakia and Cairngorm in Scotland

Hintertux in Austria and Zermatt in Switzerland continue to be open across the summer if the weather conditions allow.

Zermatt, Switzerland, this week. Image c/o Helen Gillespie/PlanetSKI.

PlanetSKI will be out in the Alps over the summer and reporting on what is on offer in the ski resorts.

We have just posted about what is on in the Swiss resort of Crans-Montana:

• Crans-Montana in the summer

Crans-Montana in the summer. Image c/o Patrick Guller.

Next month the ski resorts in New Zealand and Australia will be firing up their lifts.

South Island, New Zealand. Image © PlanetSKI

Thredbo, Australia. Image © PlanetSKI

Resorts in South America will also be starting their ski season.

Cerro Catedral, Argentina. Image © PlanetSKI

Across the summer months we”ll be hearing from our readers and reporters on both continents once the snow starts to fall.

Do check back…

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