Not in Europe! Home to some incredible glacier ski resorts, you can still hit the slopes when the sun is shining. Nearest Airport: Innsbruck Airport. Other activities include climbing, enjoying the viewing platform, hiking tours and geocaching. Open: 12 th May to October 12 th Summer Season. Remaining days a year, Hintertux is the ultimate destination for a summer ski holiday.
Although its known for its challenging, steep terrain, its 22km of runs cater to a range of abilities. Betterpark is perfect for freestylers and features a half-pipe, table-tops, rails and fun boxes. Nearest Airport: Geneva Airport. The area has some great terrain including big open bowls that are often smothered in fresh powder.
A few luxury backcountry heliskiing lodges exist in Chile where the skiing and general experience is comparable to heliskiing in North America. Heliskiing by boat is a mobile and adventurous way to experience some of the best snow and terrain in the Andes. Wild, remote and laid back. As always in South America, when you visit Argentina, you get a full-on cultural experience as well as a great ski one. Argentina is a huge country the 8th largest in the world that shares the Andean chain with Chile to the east.
Argentina has some excellent resorts for freeriders. Down in Patagonia, Las Lenas has world famous off-piste terrain. Off the Marte lift, in particular, there are many long, beautiful couloirs just a short hike or skin away. Perfect for that late-season trip you always wanted to go on. Even further south is, of course, Antarctica. The Argentinian port of Ushuaia is the departure point for Antarctic ski and sail trips.
As you would expect, the skiing is amazing. Check out our 20 picks of the coolest ski resorts for skiing in summer around the world. Up to 20 km of slopes are open for summer skiing.
The runs are accessible via 10 lifts, including the Glacier Bus 3, capable of transporting 3, skiers per hour. The Hintertux offers a good range of runs for all levels but is famous for its steep, challenging terrain. Betterpark is open from April to the beginning of June, during summer break, and then open again from mid-September. The Tuxer Sportbus is a free bus service, which operates year-round transporting guests from Vorderlanersbach, Lanersbach, Juns, or Madseit to the bottom of the glacier.
The Kitzsteinhorn Glacier above Kaprun has a large, nearly year-round ski area boasting varied runs and a terrain park. Consider it for the longest season challenger. Intermediate skiers and riders will feel particularly at home here. Chill out at the Ice Camp open January to April with its igloos, ice bar, food court, and sun deck with lounge chairs, the perfect spot to relax and listen to music.
Non-skiers can take free guided panoramic hikes across the glacier. The Dachstein Glacier, among the mountains with year-round snow, sits above Ramsau am Dachstein. It features flat, north-facing slopes for predictable snow. Dachstein is the international training center for cross-country skiers, bi-athletes, and Nordic combination athletes.
Gondola reservations are required in the summertime and can be made easily via phone. Non-skiers have the Dachstein Skywalk, Dachstein Ice Palace, and for the most daring, the suspension bridge and stairway to nowhere. Food and drinks are served at the Glacier Restaurant directly in the mountain station of the Dachstein Gletscherbahn. Les 2 Alpes has one of the largest summer ski glaciers in Europe, with access to skiing between and meters in less than 30 minutes.
A funicular railway, gondola, chairlifts and drags for a combo of 17 ski lifts transport skiers up to acres 90 ha of prepared glacier nine blue slopes, one green slope, and two red slopes. The slopes and lifts are open every day from 7 a.
The Grande Motte Glacier has varied terrain—blue, red and black runs—accessed by chairlifts and drags. The summer ski area is open from late June to early August and serves up 20 km of of pistes plus freestyle terrain, cross-country skiing and a restaurant with a view.
So, yes, you can ski in the Alps during the summer. It takes less than 10 minutes to get up to the base of the glacier on the underground funicular from Tignes. The glacier closes at 1 p. Open year-round, Zermatt has a whopping 21 km of summer skiing on its Theodul Glacier, the highest and largest summer skiing operation in Europe.
In addition to snow-sure pistes, the freestyle Snowpark Zermatt provides one of the best views of the iconic Matterhorn. Zermatt visitors can enjoy a variety of summer ski school options with plenty of examples of good form all around as they share the slopes with ski teams in training. Zermatt summer skiing is available until noon. Best bet is to hit the mountain early for the best conditions. The Allalin Glacier offers summer and fall skiing from mid-July to late October. The lifts run until between p.
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