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Thursday 9 October
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The riding in Austria is great and mild sunny weather is forecast over the weekend.
The Grande Motte glacier at Tignes in France has sunny weather forecast making for great summer riding.
The glacier at Val Senales in Italy has a good snow base which has allowed them to open two more lifts over the week.
Saas Fee and Zermatt in Switzerland have mostly fine and dry weather forecast for the weekend.
The summer ski season has ended on the Blackcomb glacier at Whistler in Canada.
Timberline in America is now operating their autumn skiing schedule and the lifts are only open for skiing over the weekend.
The Australian resorts have now all closed for the 2008 season.
Cold weather has returned to the open New Zealand resorts and some fresh snow has fallen this week.
Portillo is the only resort that we report in Chile that is still open.
Chapelco and Cerro Catedral in Argentina are scheduled to close after this weekend.
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The weather this week in Austria has been fine and sunny providing ideal summer skiing conditions. Cloudy weather is expected on Thursday afternoon but from Friday onwards the sun should return.
The Stubai Glacier (60cm) reports the largest amount of open skiable terrain in Austria with 36km of prepared slopes. Hintertux (105cm) has the deepest snow base and 32km of pistes open on Thursday.
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The Grande Motte glacier at Tignes (30cm) has good skiing available. A light dusting of snow is forecast for Thursday afternoon but the cloud will quickly clear, leading to sunny weather for the weekend.
At Les Deux Alpes the winter season starts on 29th November, although there is an earlier opening for the All Saints holiday between 25th October and 2nd November.
The winter season is scheduled to start at Val d'Isere from 29th November
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 Switzerland
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Saas Fee (154cm) has brilliant weather on Thursday and this is forecast to stay for the weekend. The sun will soften up the pistes though, so head up in the morning for the best conditions.
Zermatt (90cm) is expecting a light dusting of snow on Thursday afternoon but the sunny weather of late will return for the weekend.
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The glacier at Val Senales (50cm) has two more lifts open which gives access to seven open pistes in total. Fine sunny weather is forecast for the weekend.
Cervinia is planning to open on 31st October and Presena on 1st November
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The summer ski season in Whistler is over. The resort opens for the winter season on 27th November.
Timberline (150cm) in America is closed for skiing during the week but the lifts are scheduled to operate from Friday to Sunday between 8am and 2pm during the autumn ski season.
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| Australia
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The winter season has finished in Australia as Mount Buller, Mount Baw Baw, Perisher Blue and Thredbo closed last weekend.
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| New Zealand
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The mercury fallen at the New Zealand resorts, and this combined with some heavy clouds has resulted in fresh snowfalls. This is great news considering we are so close to the end of the season. This weekend should see sunnier weather return to many resorts.
Cardona (60/110cm) reports 30cm of new snow landing since Tuesday and the conditions are excellent. It is cloudy on Thursday so the visibility is not perfect.
The Remarkables (70/110cm) received 20cm of new snow on Wednesday, bringing the total to 40cm of fresh snow this week. The conditions are more typical of mid-winter than the end of the season.
Mount Hutt (210cm), Mount Olympus (20/200cm), Mt Lyford (100cm)and Rainbow (50cm) have all received fresh snow this week, although not quite as much as Cardrona and The Remarkables.
The 2008 ski season has ended at Coronet Peak, Mount Dobson, Porter Heights and Treble Cone.
On the North Island a light dusting of new snow is reported at Turoa (437cm) and Whakapapa (311cm). The general conditions are still packed on the trails and variable off the trails. Strong winds on Thursday are affecting lift operations about the upper mountain areas at Whakapapa. The winds are forecast to reduce this weekend.
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Portillo (195/262cm) is the only Chilean resort that we report on that is still open. Typical spring conditions dominate. Cloudy weather is forecast for the weekend but this is not expected to bring any precipitation.
La Parva, Chapa Verde, El Colorado, Termas de Chillan and Valle Nevado are closed for the 2008 season.
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Cerro Catedral (0/125cm) and Chapelco (0/235cm) are open with spring conditions across both areas. This is the last weekend for both resorts and it looks to be very promising with some light snow forecast.
Las Lenas is closed for the season.
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