Ski, Snowboard and Winter Sports News

Following the terrible fire that destroyed the iconic cube-shaped Glacier 3000 restaurant last September, the ski centre has announced a rebuild is getting underway, again masterminded by the famous Swiss architect, Mario Botta, now 80 years old.

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J2Ski Snow Report June 29th 2023

Falls Creek, Australia, looking like a great place to be right now...

Powder in Australia, snow coming for NZ.

The Snow Headlines - 29th June

- 90cm (3 Feet) of Snowfall in 7 days at Falls Creek.

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The Scotsman newspaper has reported that Scotland's five centres posted a combined 98,989 skier days for the 2022-23 season.

For context, the best season of the 21st century was 2009-10 which saw all areas open consistently through the winter and a total of 374,789 skier days.

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A return ticket to travel on the newly completed Alpine Crossing, a series of interconnected gondola and cable car lifts that crosses the Swiss ? Italian border between the ski resorts of Zermatt and Cervinia has been put at 240 Swiss Francs, currently �211. A one way ticket for the approximately 90 minute journey is 164 Swiss Francs or �137.

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Italian ski resort Cervinia will stage a combined ski and golf competition on July 8 and 9th.

The event, which has now been running each summer for 30 years, is a doubles competition that combines summer skiing (or snowboarding) and golf.

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