Patrick Thorne

Australia's 2026 Season Starting With Fresh Snow

Australia's 2026 Season Starting With Fresh Snow

Mother Nature has delivered across the Australian Alps with near perfect timing for the start of the 2026 snow season tomorrow at most of the country's leading resorts, Saturday 6 June.

Fresh Snowfall In Australia With 2026 Season Starting This Weekend

Fresh Snowfall In Australia With 2026 Season Starting This Weekend

An early-winter storm is gathering momentum in Australia ahead of the start of the 2026 ski season in the country this weekend.

Italy’s Stelvio Glacier Celebrates 90 Years of Summer Skiing

Italy’s Stelvio Glacier Celebrates 90 Years of Summer Skiing

The Stelvio Glacier, a short drive from the centre of this historic ski town, opens for its 2026 season on 30 May and doesn't close until 1 November, giving skiers nearly six uninterrupted months on the mountain through summer and autumn.

The World’s Shrinking Summer Ski Season

The World’s Shrinking Summer Ski Season

2026 is set to set a new low for the amount of outdoor ski areas open for summer skiing and riding. The number of centres opening at all outside the winter is diminishing and those that do open are mostly opening for ever shorter periods. For the past few decades, new lows have been set most years.

Colorado’s Summer Snowpark Opening More Days This Year

Colorado’s Summer Snowpark Opening More Days This Year

The summer terrain park at Colorado’s Copper Mountain will be open four days a week this year, extending from three days previously.

Southern Hemisphere Snow Roundup #315

Southern Hemisphere Snow Roundup #315

We’re fast approaching the start of the 2026 ski season in the southern hemisphere, with ski areas in New Zealand indicating they'll start opening on the final weekend of the month in just over a week.

North America Weekly Snow Roundup #315

North America Weekly Snow Roundup #315

Canada's season ended this week and centres have been closing in the US too, but there are still four resorts operating spread Across the East Coast, Midwest and West Coast.

Europe Weekly Snow Roundup #315

Europe Weekly Snow Roundup #315

It has been an unusually cold and snowy spell for Mid-May in the Alps, with snowfall reported as low as 1,000m altitudes in Alpine valleys, and northern Scandinavia remains cold too.

Snowsports Ending In Singapore

Snowsports Ending In Singapore

Snow City, Singapore’s indoor snow centre that opened in 2000, will close later this year after 26 years of operation. The venue, housed within the Science Centre, has long been a favourite among families, school groups and tourists, and has expanded and updated its offerings over the decades.

Nevis Range Plans New Chairlift To Make Skiing More Likely Into The Future

Nevis Range Plans New Chairlift To Make Skiing More Likely Into The Future

Scotland’s Nevis Range ski area has announced plans to build a new chairlift with the combined aims of making lift-accessed snowsports possible for longer into the future and further boosting their growing mountain biking, walking, sightseeing and international events business.

Extreme Skier Completes Eighth “8,000er” Ski Descent Without Supplementary Oxygen

Extreme Skier Completes Eighth “8,000er” Ski Descent Without Supplementary Oxygen

Polish skier Bartek Ziemski has become the first person to complete ski descents of eight of the world’s 14, 8.000m+ peaks in the Himalayas without supplementary oxygen, skiing down Lhoste (8,516 m / 27,940 ft), the world’s fourth highest peak.

Four New Quads For Three Canadian Resorts

Four New Quads For Three Canadian Resorts

Canada’s iconic “steep and deep” destination Fernie has announced that it will have two new high speed quad chairlifts installed ahead of the 2027-28 season. Two more quads are going in at Kimberley and Kicking Horse.