Scandinavia’s Glacier Skiing Centres Closing for Summer 2024
Scandinavia’s Glacier Skiing Centres Closing for Summer 2024
Published : 27-Jul-2024 04:23
The two Scandinavian glacier ski areas that have been open through the past few months have announced they're closing to the general public.
Norway's Fonna summer ski centre announced last week that it would end its 2024 season this coming Sunday, 28th July, but then decided yesterday it would actually close at the end of the ski day today, Saturday 27th July, blaming the unfavourable forecast for Sunday.
The other still-open centre, Galdhopiggen, also in Norway and with Scandinavia's highest slopes, has just announced it will close from 1st August next Thursday, however it plans to re-open in October when it expects conditions to improve. It normally stays open into November.
"For safety reasons, we remain open only for professional ski teams from 1. August, We will open to everyone when more snow comes in October," a resort statement explained.
Both centres say they'll continue to offer on-snow training facilities to race teams.
A third glacier ski area, Stryn, ended its short summer ski season in June.
Scandinavia's 24-25 season is due to kick off in just over two months when Levi and Ruka in Finland open thanks to snowfarming. With few glacier ski areas in the Alps planning to open in September anymore it will mean that with Galdhopiggen reopening and more Norwegian and Swedish centres planning to open later in the month, Scandinavia may start to outnumber the Alps for choice of centres open in the first half of the Autumn.
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