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Season starts in the ski resorts

Who opens when?

by PowderGuide • 08/28/2018
It's autumn

It's autumn

LH
We no longer believed it, but the summer heatwave has come to an end and the last cold front has brought the first signs of fall, at least in the mountains. This naturally raises the question: when will the ski resorts open? We have done a bit of research and compiled a list of resorts that will open before the end of November - without guarantee and with the note that ski resort websites are notoriously unreliable when it comes to such things...

The Mölltal and Hintertux glaciers and the summer ski area in Zermatt are already or still open. The Stilfser Joch is probably also open until November, but it's not quite online yet, so it's better to call ahead.

WATCH OUT! As always, the following applies to skiing in autumn: glaciers have holes and where there are no glaciers, there are rocks. We strongly advise against crevasse slalom in 30 cm of fresh snow on bare ice and similar activities and recommend preparing for the season on the piste.

September

Austria

  • Pitztal Glacier, probably 16.9. (Sun)

  • Sölden, probably 17.9. (Mon)

  • Stubai Glacier, 21.9. (Fri)

  • Kaunertal Glacier, 29.9. (Sat)

Italy

  • Schnalstal 15.9. (Sat)

France

  • Tignes 29.9. (Sat)

October

Austria

  • Kitzsteinhorn 1.10. (Mon)

  • Kitzbühel 13.10. (Sat)

Switzerland

  • Engelberg 13.10. (Sat)

  • Diavolezza 20.10. (Sat)

France

  • Les deux alpes: possibly open 26.10. - 4.11., then possibly closed again until December (information on website difficult to decipher)

It's autumn

It's autumn

LH

It's autumn

LH

    November

    Austria

    • Obergurgl Hochgurgl 15.11. (Thu)

    • Hauser Kaibling / Schladming, probably 16.11 (Fri)

    • Obertauern, probably 21.11 (Wed)

    • Ischgl 22.11 (Thu)

    • Zauchensee / Flachauwinkl, probably 23.11. (Fri)

    • Fieberbrunn / Leogang / Saalbach Hinterglemm 30.11. (Fri)

    • Hinterstoder 30.11. (Fri)

    • Hochzeiger 30.11. (Fri)

    • Kühtai 30.11. (Fri)

    • Lech Zürs, St Anton 30.11. (Fri)

    • Silvretta Montafon 30.11. (Fri)

    • Tiroler Zugspitzbahn 30.11. (Fri)

    • "Probably sometime in November": Bad Gastein, Reiter Alm / Schladming

    Snowmaking season...

    Snowmaking season...

    LH

    Switzerland

    • Saas-Fee 1.11. (Thu)

    • Davos Klosters Parsenn, probably 2.11. (Fri)

    • Glacier 3000 3.11. (Sat)

    • Laax 3.11. (Sat)

    • Gstaad 3.11. (Sat)

    • Andermatt 9.11. (Fri)

    • Brunni, probably 10.11. (Sat)

    • Verbier 10.11. (Sat)

    • Crans Montana 16.11.

    • Saanenmöser 17.11.

    • Grimnetz-Zinal 17.11.

    • Grindelwald-Wengen 17.11.11.

    • Hoch-Ybrig 18.11.

    • Samnaun 22.11. (Thu)

    • Davos Jakobshorn, probably 23.11. (Fri)

    • Corvatsch 24.11. (Sat)

    • Furtigen 24.11. (Sat)

    • Toggenburg 24.11. (Sat)

    • Flumserberg 24.11. (Sat)

    • Adelboden 24.11. (Sat)

    • Veysonnaz 25.11. (Sat)

    • Sedrun Oberalp, probably 30.11. (Fri)

    • "Probably sometime in November": Ibergeregg ski lifts

    Italy

    • Courmayeur 24.11. (Sat)

    • Speikboden 24.11. (Sat)

    France

    • Val Thorens 17.11. (Sat)

    • Orelle 24.11. (Sat)

    • Chamonix Mont Blanc 24.11. (Sat)

    Germany

    • Blomberg 10.11. (Sat)

    • Zugspitze 16.11. (Fri)

    • Feldberg 16.11. (Fri)

    • Schwärzenlifte Eschach 17.11. (Sat)

    • Grasgehren 18.11. (Sun)

    List may be supplemented or corrected in the comments.

    You can hire stones from Intersport, so there's no need to look for them off-piste.

    Stones can be hired from Intersport, so there's no need to look for them off-piste.

    LH

    Stones can be hired from Intersport, so there's no need to look for them off-piste.

    LH

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