so January
mikaela shiffrin set a new slalom record
eddie the eagle was recreated as a snow statue
February
beijing winter olympics disrupted when real snow arrives
kirtsy muuir took 5th place at the olmpics big air final
simply red performed at ischgl
Dave wins Gold
March
Gold silver and bronze in the winter Paralympics
An anonymous donor rented an enter ski resort in Maine to open it for a childrens hospice!
April
The Nines in Crans Montana
A plan to build a 65m$ base to base gondola was unveiled for Palisades in Tahoe
Just Eat spent 15m euros to take 5400 of their staff skiing - awesome!
May
The consclusion of a 96 year old man ski 96 days of the season
Amazon released a video showing packages being delivered on skis…in autria !!
The worlds 5th highest peak was skied at a chart topping 8485 metres by American ski-mountaineer Adrian Ballinger
June - struggling now…
Huge snowfalls in autralia were announced Mt Hotham reported 50cm in 24 hours
A 10 year old girl from golden colorado was reported as the yougest person to ski all 7 continents…multiple n amercian resorts, Cervinia Italy, perisher OZ, yong pyong in s korea, amd oukaimeden in Morocco!!
July
The worlds oldest skier George Jedenoff turns 105
A young climber set to attempt to reach the summit of all fourteen 8,000m peaks in the Himalayas – a challenge only 39 people have achieved
And they announced all of andorras ski areas would be covered in one lift pass :)
August
Aksel Svindal switches from skiing to motor racing…obviously
A long-established hotel in the Salzburgerland village of Leogang, added a brand new stable complex ready for horse mad skiers this winter
And Japan announced relaxing of covid restrictions opneing up skiing for winter 22/23
September
Erna Low UKs oldest ski company turned 90
We saw the passing of the queen and multiple resorts paying their respects including a Union Jack projected onto the matterhorn
The season started early in Sweden with the opening of an indoor slope in Stockholm!
October
The return of the national snow show to the nec birmingham.
Canada dropped all border restrictions
Les3V launched their own holiday company
AND tirol glaciers opened for skiing
Peak Retreats tour op turned 20!
And of course our editor patrick thorne released his new book around the world in 50 slopes what a legend what a great christmas present!
and in Novemeber
First tracks in niseko
Widespread early snow across the alps
Shiffrin taking her 75th win in Levi
The new warren miller movie premiered
In the meantime Happy Skiing :)
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