The cost of lift ticket at one Australian ski area has risen by 20% this season, according to a report on website www.traveltrends.biz The size says that the price of a day pass will increase by 20 per cent to $159 a day at Thredbo and speculates that this is due to lower numbers allowed on the slopes, and more staff needing to be employed, due to COVID-19 pandemic prevention measures. Other ski areas that have re-opened in the US over the past month have had similar issues. They have tended not to increase day pass prices but are only offering limited terrain that they can still open up high in late spring/early summer and operators have said they have

Last Updated: 5 June 2020 at 16.20 GMT (Updates so far since 5 May: 59) Country-By-Country Update on what’s happening to ski resorts there. Argentina Australia Chile Lesotho New Zealand South Africa Austria Canada China France Italy Japan Poland Scotland Slovak Republic Slovenia Sweden Switzerland USA Headlines: NEW: Cervinia has announced that ski lifts will re-open to the public on June 20th, earlier than expected, and the first lift-served skiing in Italy for more than three months. Passo Stelvio opening to the public from June 30th. (June 5th). NEW: After snowless May, Arapahoe Basin announces closing for season on Sunday June 7th. (June 5th)NEW: Australian media has noted that one of the first resorts there to publish 2020 winter season pricing has increased the lift ticket

Two French glacier ski areas at Val d’Isère and Les 2 Alpes are due to open for summer skiing and boarding as scheduled this coming weekend as France continues to ease its pandemic lockdown measures. For those in the area who are able to travel to the slopes safely, conditions are looking good, according to a resort spokesperson., “A series of spring storms half-buried the ski area during what would have been the official closing week at the start of May. Consequently, snow conditions on the glacier are nothing short of sensational. Although sadly, it has to be said, that because of international travel restrictions the number of kiers in a position to take advantage of them will be largely

Issued: 03 June 2020 By Patrick "Snowhunter" Thorne North American Roundup European Roundup Asia Roundup SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE OVERVIEW The past week has seen further 'firming up' of 2020 season-opening dates with most ski areas in Australia announcing they'll be opening on either 22nd or 24th June, rather than their traditional opening weekend, which is just coming up. But with doubts that they would be able to open in June at all not so long ago, it's a relief that the season will be able to start soon. They join ski areas in New Zealand in confirming dates (the first there was due to have been May 30th before the pandemic became an issue, now its June 12th,  the end of

Whistler Blackcomb have confirmed they won’t open their glacier for summer skiing this June and July. The resort will be open for summer tourism, but the resort’s chief operating officer Geoff Buchheister has told staff that with the onus firmly on safety in relation to the COVID-19 pandemic, snowsports would mean an unacceptable "…layer of complexity over an already complex situation," "By narrowing our focus to our summer operation, we can ensure that our team is preparing a plan that is careful, measured and realistic, while in keeping with provincial health guidelines," he told staff in a memo. Whistler has offered glacier skiing on the Blackcomb Glacier every summer for many decades. The glacier is booked up by race team