Shizukuishi Previsioni Neve

It has been a slow start to the 2020 season in the southern hemisphere. First, of course, because of the virus. Then when areas could finally open in Australia and New Zealand, there was limited early-season snow cover.  Ironically there were huge snowfalls in one mountain range – The Andes – but ski areas there remain in lockdown. Although there are still less than half the usual amount of ski areas open in the southern hemisphere than there would be without the virus, the numbers are slowly moving in their favour. Last week there were, for the first time, more ski areas opened in the southern hemisphere in 2020 than there were in the northern, where about 15 glacier type