Patrick Thorne

2 days ago | snow-forecast.com | Patrick Thorne

An American skier has passed the 8,000,000 vertical feet skied in a year mark and is hoping to pass the 10,000,000 vertical feet mark by the time the 12-month period ends.  Utah-based Thomas Hart has already nearly equalled his own Guinness World Record for "Greatest vertical distance skiing downhill in one year (male)" which he set last year having skied 8,513,340 feet (2,594,866m) between Nov. 30, 2023, and Nov. 30, 2024.

1 week ago | inthesnow.com | Patrick Thorne

An incredible snowstorm in the Alps is currently dumping huge amounts of the white stuff on ski slopes. Overnight snowfall totals of up to 1.5m (five feet) have been reported with the snowfall expected to continue for much of today. Montgenvre is pictured top this morning, Les Contamines below. In the short term this is causing big issues for people in ski areas now. Most are closed due to the exceptionally high avalanche danger.

1 week ago | snow-forecast.com | Patrick Thorne

A huge snowfall is underway in the Alps, by far the biggest of the 24-25 season. Unfortunately, about 80% of ski areas have already ended their seasons. For those still open the storm is also so heavy that it has closed slopes, access roads and set the avalanche danger of a rare maximum 5 on the scale to 5 in parts of the Western Alps. There is also a fear of flooding in some areas with torrential rain on lower slopes and lower snowpack at times.

1 week ago | snow-forecast.com | Patrick Thorne

The new Mt Perisher 6 chairlift currently under construction at Australia’s largest ski area will not only increase capacity on the route by 60%, but also take skiers up to Australia’s new highest lift-served point at 2,042m. Although only eight metres (27 feet) higher than its existing highest point, the positioning of the new lift’s upper terminal will open up access to a lot of new terrain, Perisher says. That’s in part because pylons from old lifts that are no longer needed have been removed.

1 week ago | inthesnow.com | Patrick Thorne

Two members of ski holiday company Iglu.com’s team are preparing to run the London Marathon on April 27th, 2025 in aid of Disability Snowsport UK (DSUK). DSUK is the UK’s leading adaptive snowsport charity and helps disabled children and adults to be more active, make friends and have fun by taking part in snowsport.