I've only been night skiing in Sweden before and tried it for the first time in the Alps while I was in Obergurgl. The skiing was great and the lights were OK but not as good as I'm used to from Sweden.
Here is our first run and the sun has just gone down so it is not completely dark but you should be able to see how the lights were from the middle of the run onwards.
Here is what I'm used to, pictures are from Åre in Sweden
Where have you been night skiing? How was the lightning?
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I remember in Norway some XC ski trails were lit which was pretty cool.
The only problem with night skiing I have found is that the slopes can be absolutely bulletproof which doesn't always make for the most pleasurable skiing.
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I absolutely LOVED night skiing in Saalbach. It's a decent long red run, and the lighting is fantastic, as clear as day. It was such an experience, I'd definitely do it again.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Thing is in Norway and Sweden without floodlights it would be very limiting. When I went to Geilo in early January a few years ago daylight opening hours were something like 10 - 3.
Bode Swiller: Those pictures are actually taken at about 4AM, me and my wife were there on a ski test weekend and they were running the lifts for straight 56 hours so you could go and ski whenever you wanted
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Night skiing is pretty standard at most ski hills in Japan. The Grand Hirafu night session is (probably) the best in the world, with the lighting extending over a huge area of the mountain and lighting off piste areas too. Other areas can also be good. The lighting depends on the size/affluence of the ski hill. After the 2011 earthquake, some of the night operations stopped or were restricted to save electricity.
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In South Korea, most of the ski hills run 24 hours a day.
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Les Arcs does night skiing twice a week but only one lift is open so I've never bothered; after a day's skiing I'm only fit for a bath and a bottle. But the above look fab!
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Night skiing is pretty standard at most ski hills in Japan. The Grand Hirafu night session is (probably) the best in the world, with the lighting extending over a huge area of the mountain and lighting off piste areas too.
Agreed, it's a fun experience. Skiing off piste at night time with thigh deep powder and fresh snow hammering down was the highlight of my first trip to Niseko
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Night skiing in Jasna was excellent for an empty piste on which to learn boarding. Lighting is good, but the run is too gentle for much else other than the experience. Costs extra as not included in the general lift pass price.
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Big White in Canada has decent night skiing, but limited to one of the quad chairs out of the village and a couple of runs. It's a great experience when the conditions are right. I had one memorable evening this season during a heavy snowstorm.
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Like Claude B, I've been night-skiing in Geilo. When I was there a few years back they only opened at night once or twice a week, and only two runs were open - but they were well-lit.
Conditions were pretty good as I recall and we pretty much had the hill to ourselves.
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Silver star in BC has a 2 person lift for night skiing this gives access to a steepish blue that runs into a black bumps run if you ski off to the right on the way down. It only cost $10 we have done it a couple of times but happy to give it a miss and just go bowling, skating or tubeing. Actually we usually just settle for hot tub and a few beers.
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Night skiing in Japan seems nice
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keystone in colorado - excellent night skiing. bit spooky sking down a piste all on your own under floddlights though. clever idea with flashing beacons on emergency phones on the pistes though
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Quite a bit of night skiing on the N. shore mountains here too.
A bit limited, but nice to head back from work and be able to make some turns. On a clear day the views of the city, vancouver island, howe sound, etc are great.
Conditions vary a lot here from being in a cloud, being in the rain, to a 60cm powder evening
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Night skiing just outside Reykjavik:
Normally ski two evenings a week for 3-4 hours here to get the miles in.
I'd like to have a go, but it rather interferes with eating, drinking and all the other fun bits of a skiing holiday. Can't really imagine putting my skis on again after dinner (and a long day's skiing).
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I'd like to have a go, but it rather interferes with eating, drinking and all the other fun bits of a skiing holiday. Can't really imagine putting my skis on again after dinner (and a long day's skiing).
That's why I never tried night skiing in the Alps before
This time we skied from 8:40 to 14:00 sat in the sun until 18:00 then had a dinner and started skiing again at 19:00 No problem to ski again after dinner... didn't drink more than two beer though
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After 7 + hours with skis on, skiing off piste plus perhaps walking up something, I'd be too tired to go out again in the evening. Well, perhaps once as a novelty.
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I've always fancied doing this at L2A but not quite managed it. No full moon when I was there this year and last year the weather wasn't suitable.
From 4.30 pm : start of Jandri Express.
Night skiing on the glacier at 3200m till sunset then downhill in the moonlight from the summits to the ski station, return near 11.30 pm. The evening is completed by mountain dinner with music. Skiers and non skiers are welcome, so all the family can enjoy a full moon evening on the 2 Alpes glacier
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After 7 + hours with skis on, skiing off piste plus perhaps walking up something, I'd be too tired to go out again in the evening. Well, perhaps once as a novelty.
My recent experience in Japan, we didn't go out until later in the day as the forecast was for fresh snow to arrive mid afternoon, so leisurely morning, bit of lunch then out skiing. Quite an amazing experience skiing off piste trees in floodlights!
Silver Star and Big White. Also anywhere in Finland, although there it's pretty dark anyway. It's like riding at a dry ski slope at night, only there's snow.
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No problem to ski again after dinner... didn't drink more than two beer though 