Tignes has announced that it will open a week earlier than planned, on the 18th November, the weekend after next, rather than the 25th.
“They’re opening up the Glacier de la Grande Motte, with an option of a returning slope to Val Claret, via the Double M piste! With the continued ‘progressing-opening’ of the rest of the ski area from 25th November. It’s very exciting news for the start of the season!” said Hannah Bolger of France-specialist ski holiday company Peak Retreats.
It isn’t only Tignes opening early but a number of resorts have announced early openings over the next few weekends due to all the snowfall in the Alps, including Kitzbuhel and Schladming in Austria this weekend, Madonna di Campiglio in Italy from the 18th and Arosa, Davos and Verbier in Switzerland from this weekend, joining more than a dozen glacier ski areas that have already opened, but Tignes is the first French resort to announce and early opening.
Resorts in the Alps have reported up to 60cm (two feet) of snowfall on high slopes since last Friday and more significant snowfall is forecast for the week ahead, expected to be heaviest in the French and western Alps.
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