Lake Louise is expanding its in-bounds terrain for the first time since the 1990s. The world-famous ski area in Alberta, Canada, is building a new chairlift to access terrain previously only available to backcountry skiers, that was previously outside the patrolled area boundary. The former Summit Platter drag lift which used to access the resort’s Whitehorn Peak has been upgraded to the new Summit Chair, accessed via the top station of Top of the World chairlift, which then drops skiers and snowboarders off at the same summit location as the old platter. It’s a four-minute ride on the new quad up the ridge of Whitehorn Mountain to access a combination of the newly accessible terrain and runs previously accessed by

Although stressing that anything could change, the body which represents most leading French ski resort, France Montagnes, has said they hope operations will be pretty normal this winter …but with masks on, social distancing, and a lot of cleaning and sanitising. In common with most announcements from European ski nations so far, there are no plans to limit the number of people on the mountain, nor riding on lifts. There are no plans to limit the numbers taking group ski lessons together either, beyond whatever the normal maximum is. This contrasts with North America where limited numbers on the mountain and on lift chairs and cabins are planned by (it so far appears) all Canadian and US resorts. The main

Last Updated: 23 September 2020 at 9.10 GMT (Updates so far since 5 May: 158) The web's most comprehensive guide of ski resorts opening around the world. More Than 40 Ski Areas Are Currently Open Worldwide In 8 Countries on 3 Continents: Europe: Austria, Italy, Norway, Switzerland. Oceania: Australia and New Zealand. South America: Chile and Argentina. Browse by country: North America: Canada USA South America: Argentina Chile Europe: Austria France Italy Norway Scotland Slovak Republic Slovenia Sweden Switzerland Africa: Lesotho South Africa Asia: China Japan Oceania: Australia New Zealand New: Badger Pass ski area, California's oldest ski area and located within Yosemite National Park, has announced it won't open for the 2020-21 ski season. An online statement from the resort says, "Due to ongoing concerns related to COVID-19,

Issued: 16 September 2020 By Patrick "Snowhunter" Thorne North American Roundup European Roundup Asia Roundup SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE OVERVIEW SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE INTRO|  Spring is here in the Southern Hemisphere and it is certainly feeling spring-like at the remaining still-open-for-2020 ski areas.  The numbers are dropping with more areas closing in Australia, Argentina, Chile and New Zealand at the weekend so we are now down to about 20 areas open, 75% of them in New Zealand with two each in the other three countries. To be fair, it is the normal time to end the season anyway, but with the added pressure of pandemic restrictions on the economic viability of operations in low season, and the fact that ski areas in Australia

Mt Hutt ski area in New Zealand has announced that it will be installing the country’s first eight-seater express chairlift during the coming southern-hemisphere summer, subject to regulatory approval and any virus-related limitations on the project. Mt Hutt is often the first ski area in the southern hemisphere to open for the ski season each autumn, and is also already home to the South Island’s highest chairlift. https://youtu.be/jc6PM1viNAw The lift should dramatically improve access to the mountain, taking two-minutes to ascend against the seven-minutes of the quad chair it will replace. It will also double capacity on the route from 1500 to a capacity of 3000 people per hour. “This lift will follow the same path up the mountain as