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Which resort in the Northern Hemisphere has had the longest season this year?
When did they open and close their non-glacier terrain?
I am thinking Val Thorens, Tignes, Turracher Höhe and Whistler have all done well over 150 days this season.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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How about cairngorm it opened at the beginning of december and is still open now!
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Hintertux - 365 days
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Schladming opened on 26 October 2007, giving it a good head start on lots of other European resorts. Not sure of the exact closing date, but it would have been around mid-April I think. Can anyone confirm?
Ischgl opened in November and is staying open until May 4th.
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Ray Zorro, I'm not sure their non-glacier terrain survives 365 days, does it?
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Whitegold, How meaningful is the question? Tignes as I understand it only closes for "environmental" reasons - otherwise it could in theory remain open all year.
I skied Chamonix December 14 and expect to do so May 11 (a span of 149 days) and I seem to recall I could have skied the week previously had I wanted...
Surely a more meaningful question is how many or what resorts managed to have more extended seasons than normal. Ah, but I forget, they typically can't extend their seasons. Oh well... 
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Whitegold, The season isn't over so how can we answer this, but as David Murdoch says official closing dates dictate season length more than snowfall. Kitzsteinhorn is another one with long opening (another 28cm fell over night).
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Tignes.
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Val Thorens, Tignes, Hintertux, Kitsteinhorn and Whistler are glaciated.
Turracher Höhe, Arapahoe Basin, or Snowbird could be the winners.
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Tignes for me this year, skied there in October and before Spyderman can say it, going again on Friday 
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In Austria:
Turracher Hohe: 189 days
Schladming: 178 days
Obertauern: 170 days
Hochkar: 163 days
Obergurgl-Hochgurgl: 162 days
Sportgastein: 162 days
and do not forget Slovakia where Strbske Pleso (The High Tatras) will have 184 days if they close on 11 May.
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Where in Austria is Turracher Hohe?
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You know it makes sense.
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Benidorm or Malaga 365 days ..........................
I'll get my coat.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I skied in Avoriaz on about the 15th November; the resort closes tomorrow. 160ish?
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As DH said at the top of the thread, Cairngorm (and for that matter, Nevis Range) are still open.
Cairngorm has a May Bank Holiday weekend bash organised, very cheap day passes, hog roast, fun & games.
The pistes are still white and there's some amazing spring off-piste to be had.
Come on Martin, show some solidarity for the old country...
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Welcome to Snowheads, Hustler!
Apologies for not mentioning the fantastic conditions in Scotland; I hope many youngsters are up there getting a few more weekends in.
This season has been just what the Scottish resorts needed to counter the bad press, which has been painting them as dead and buried over the past couple of seasons.
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Martin Bell, Scotland must have been good this year. I was walking in the Lake District with plenty of snow around me on the higher peaks only a couple of weeks ago.
If only we could have some certainty about Scottish conditions and more would travel there, particuarly from my part of the world.
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kerekip, thanks for posting those figures. Interesting that because of the very early opening, Schladming at less than 1000m was open for more days than it's very close neighbour Obertauern, at 1700m ish. Impressive.
Agree Scotland has had a fab season and our easter weekend on Nevis and especially at Glencoe was fabulous. Unfortunately I think their PR team has to do a lot better with its positive press to counter all of the 'dead and buried' press from the past few years.
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[quote="David Murdoch"]Whitegold, Tignes as I understand it only closes for "environmental" reasons - otherwise it could in theory remain open all year.
Sorry but what do you mean it closes for enviromental reasons??
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| Martin Bell wrote: |
Val Thorens, Tignes, Hintertux, Kitsteinhorn and Whistler are glaciated.
Turracher Höhe, Arapahoe Basin, or Snowbird could be the winners. |
Whistler (Blackcomb actually) opened around Nov 20th and is still open, until around 9th of June.
They open the glacier on Blackcomb after that.
The runs to the village were still open last week.
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[quote="chect2000"]
| David Murdoch wrote: |
Whitegold, Tignes as I understand it only closes for "environmental" reasons - otherwise it could in theory remain open all year.
Sorry but what do you mean it closes for enviromental reasons?? |
Dunno what it means at Tignes, but lots of places in US/Canada close early-mid April because of animal migration paths.
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gortonator, fair point, and talking of Canada I'm surprised no-one has mentioned Sunshine yet. They're going strong into May.
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Tignes closes to preserve the glacier AFAIK
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There are resorts that have been open longer than cairngorm this season I'm sure but 4th of December - 11th of May (i'm hoping for this weekend) is pretty impressive.
Could cairngorm take the award for longest season without any snow making?
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Ski Club Website is stating that it's Ruka in Finland. October 14th to June 12th.
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You know it makes sense.
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chect2000, only that I seem torecall that there's a "closure" at some point in the Autumn and taht this was triggered more from a PR point of view than anything else. i could, of course (and easily) be completely wrong.
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| Whitegold wrote: |
Which resort in the Northern Hemisphere has had the longest season this year?
When did they open and close their non-glacier terrain?
I am thinking Val Thorens, Tignes, Turracher Höhe and Whistler have all done well over 150 days this season. |
150 days is really no big deal. So many resorts open in mid/late November till mid/late May. That's 180 days. And the list is quite long...
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| morrison1984 wrote: |
Could cairngorm take the award for longest season without any snow making? |
Lots of great off piste skiing still available in Tignes which isn't reliant on snow making 
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Cairngorm wasn't continuous - it was shut on Christmas day, despite perfect weather and no wind, and Boxing Day - though they claimed that was due to the wind.
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No snow making at Sunshine either, they close on the 19th May and opened on 15th November.
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All good replies.
It looks, provisionally, like the winners could be:
1. Ruka, Finland = 243 days / 7 months
2. Blackcomb, Canada = 203 days / 6 months
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Silver still going strong opened Dec 7th and will be open May 24/25th possibly longer if we get the 1000 riders, stayed open till 1st weekend of June in La Nina '97. Oh no snow making here either.
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Engelberg Switzerland
Gesamtwinter (whole winter period)
(29.09.07 - 25.05.08
Gletschersaison (Glacier season)
(29.09.07 - 21.12.07
Hauptwintersaison (main season)
(22.12.07 - 07.03.08
Ostern-Frühlingssaison (Easter & Spring season)
(08.03.08 - 25.05.08
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Ruka claims to be the resort with the longest seasons (non-glacier)
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Some still open in the USA so who can say when the season total will be finalised?
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so i may have missed this in my quick scan of the thread but i can't believe noone has said milton keynes
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Just had 90cm of fresh on the Midi.
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