Half of the 7,500 ski slopes in France were closed the first week of January because of the rise in temperatures. In the American West, meanwhile, too much snow has shut down some resorts for hours or days at a time.
For some, this has been the winter of ski vacations sans skiing. In Utah, some resorts have had to close because of too much snow.
At first, DelliCarpini chased the snow, seeking out higher altitudes. He took a 45-minute train ride to the Top of Europe, a sightseeing attraction in the middle of the Swiss Alps. “It was like a different universe,” he said of finally finding flakes. Another day he went to Wengen, a nearby village , for shopping and fondue.
The North American west had the opposite problem, with too much snow shutting down resorts for hours or days at a time. Alta, in Utah’s Little Cottonwood Canyon, closed for a day in January after getting 37 inches of snow; the avalanche risk was too high. The same week, Whistler Blackcomb in British Columbia opened hours late one morning after getting pounded with snow overnight.
“I think something happened during the pandemic where people realized the mountains are a place where you can get away from whatever craziness you have in your life,” said Travis Holland, the communications manager for Solitude Mountain Resort in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. Reservations have been selling out weeks in advance, and a line to get in forms every day it’s open, said Chris Okamura, the director of operations. He estimated that 25% of the customers have never put on ski boots. “They want to enjoy après-ski without having to deal with rental equipment, the ski passes, the lift lines,” he said.
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