Europe Weekly Snow Roundup #319

• Tignes set to open for 2026 summer ski season.
• Riksgransen ends 2026 skiing with traditional midsummer ski weekend.
• France has most lift-served ski areas open in Northern Hemisphere.
• Stryn Glacier ends 2026 summer ski season after 19 days.

Europe Introduction

We remain at around ten lift-served ski areas open across Europe. France has the most ski areas open, three, from this weekend, with centres also open or opening in Austria, Italy, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.

Another option will be available from this coming weekend, with summer skiing at Tignes in France due to get underway. By contrast, it's the final weekend of the season coming up, though at Sweden's Riksgransen.

Europe Report

We are due to get up to three French resorts open for summer skiing this weekend, half the total of areas open in the Alps, as Tignes is set to join Les 2 Alpes and Val d’Isere (0/110cm / 0/44”), beginning its planned month of snow sports into July on the Grande Motte.

It’s been a good month for summer skiing in the Alps with fresh snowfall and low temperatures above 200m for much of June, giving some powder mornings to those lucky enough to be up there in June.  Outside France, Austria’s Hintertux (0/305cm / 0/122”) is still reporting the most terrain available at 25km (16 miles), with Passo Stelvio  (20/200cm / 8/80") also open, as is the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise (0/100cm / 0/40") above Zermatt and also accessed from Cervinia over the border.

In Scandinavia, the Galdhøpiggen glacier summer ski area (40/140cm / 16/56”) on Norway’s highest lift-accessed terrain reports all slopes still open.  The Stryn glacier ski areas have closed again, however, after another brief season, this time opening only 19 days.

“It was a short and intense season. Thanks to everyone who visited us, sponsored us and helped. Incredibly grateful for each and every one,” a spokesperson commented.

Riksgränsen (0/20cm / 0/8") is due to complete its 20926 season this weekend with its famous Midsummer opening, this year not a re-opening after a month of closure but the final of a month of long-weekend openings from Thursday to Sunday through late May. The main issue has been a failure of the centre's higher chairlift, leaving skiers needing to either hike up or follow a marked route with some walking to get down, as there's not much snow left. So from Monday only Galdhøpiggen will still be open.

Europe Forecast

After the colder conditions, a warm, mostly settled pattern dominates the high Alps, with freezing levels well above 3,000 m for much of the period. Summit temperatures typically reach +6 to +12 °C, with mild nights limiting refreezing. Cloudier intervals may bring isolated showers, but meaningful snowfall is unlikely except for a brief dusting on the highest ridges. Surfaces start firm early, softening rapidly by late morning. Winds stay generally light, though afternoon breezes increase on exposed glacier plateaus.

Up in Scandinavia, unsettled conditions continue, with frequent cloud and occasional light precipitation. Galdhøpiggen remains coldest, with summit temperatures mostly –4 to +2 °C, allowing firm morning snow and the chance of brief flurries on higher ridges. Riksgränsen is milder but still variable, with 0 to +6 °C on upper slopes and passing showers that could fall as wet snow overnight. Winds ease mid‑period, but the overall mix keeps surfaces changeable, softening quickly whenever brighter spells break through.