French 2019 Summer Ski Season Over as Resorts Close Early

The 2019 summer ski season in France is over after Les 2 Alpes followed the move by Tignes and finished their summer ski opening sooner than expected. Originally the resort, which claims to operate the largest skiable glacier in the Alps, said it expected its summer ski season to run from June 22nd to August […]

All Electric Groomer Unveiled

Groomer (or ‘piste basher’) manufacturer PistenBully has unveiled the world’s first all-electric slope groomer. The new machine, the PistenBully 100 E, appears to be a major breakthrough for ski areas that have been looking for ways to cut their CO2 emissions. An ever growing list of resorts are now 100% green power users for most […]

Serre Chevalier Increases Commitment to Renewable Energy

Last winter the French ski resort of Serre Chevalier Vallée announced its aim of producing 30% of its own electricity needs from renewable sources by 2021. This was quite a bold plan – some ski areas are lucky enough to already have commercial hydro electric power generators on site that pre-date current concerns about climate […]

Australian Ski Area Goes 100% Green Energy Powered

Thredbo ski area in Australia has partnered with energy firms Red Energy and Snowy Hydro to ensure all their major resort operations are now supplied by renewable sources of power. The initiative, which came in to effect on 1st July, is the latest in a long list of environmental initiatives by the ski area and […]

Zermatt Adds Plastic to Road Surface in Unusual Environmental Effort

The famous Swiss ski resort of Zermatt, one of only two in the world that endeavours to offer snowsports every day of the year, has taken an unusual step in its long line of initiatives on the environment and the fight against climate change. Working with the award-winning Scottish firm MacRebur, the resort integrated the […]

Summit Foundation Clean 603kg of Rubbish from Slopes of Villars

Villars in Western Switzerland was the latest resort to benefit from a spring clean of its slopes, this time organised by environmental group the Summit Foundation. Volunteers collected 603 kg of waste on have been collected, during the waste collection day on June 15th. The clean up was organised in partnership with the local Télé […]

Heat Heading to the Alps Likely To Bring Challenging Conditions to Glaciers

Europe’s fast diminishing glaciers are likely to suffer from an extreme heat wave that is just beginning to impact the continent as warm air moves north from Italy. It’s likely that a number of areas will see June temperatures rise above 40 degrees Celcius by Thursday, in what could be the hottest few days in […]