James Cove

The resort in Chile has seen huge amounts of snow, but also long closures due to the access road being closed and the authorities slow to re-open it. It has set a closing date of October 12th.

For the first time in decades there are no summer ski areas open in Europe as the heatwaves melt the glaciers with little fresh snow falling. Summer ski areas say they will reopen when conditions allow.

A restaurant with apartments has been completely destroyed by fire in the Swiss town of Thusis in the alpine canton of Graubunden.

The bodies of two Belgian climbers who disappeared in the Swiss Alps over three decades ago have been found after the Trift Glacier melts further in the summer heat.

Six skiers and three guides from Blackbird Mountain Guides died in California’s deadliest avalanche last February.

It has been a generally poor season for the Australian ski resorts, but some are still open.

The airline is offering almost 470,000 seats across 43 routes from 12 UK airports to eight major ski gateways in France, Switzerland, Austria and Italy.

Specialist ski agent Iglu Ski has announced its new range for winter 2026/2027, focusing on delivering new Austrian ski options in Carinthia, early Easter holidays and new regional flights.

Val Nevado has followed Ski Portillo in announcing it aims to ski into October. It has had more than 6m of snow and hopes to offer skiing and snowboarding until October 18th.

The situation near the Weisshorn in Switzerland is worsening withe the alert raised to Level 3 after furhter glacier collapses. There are fresh warnings on more to come in the French Alps.