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Climate change: High temperatures, sparse snowfall in Europe's Alps worries ski industry

Much of the Alps does not look right for this time of year following unseasonably warm winter weather in Europe, including record high January temperatures in Switzerland. The sparse snowfall has seen grass blanketing the continent’s central mountains, worrying the ski industry and winter sports organisers and reviving concerns about…

France 24

Popular tourist resorts forced to shut down 'until further notice'

More than a million people from the UK are estimated to travel to these destinations each year

Liverpool Echo

Record temperatures hit ski resorts across Europe

Record warm winter weather has meant green rolling hillsides instead of blankets of snow at some European ski resorts for the start of the new year.

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Aspen snow for Hailey and Justin Bieber as European resorts suffer

Justin and Hailey Bieber enjoyed time out from the slopes during a luxury ski holiday in the US — as skiers in Europe were left without much snow.

Evening Standard

Son of University of Northern Colorado president identified as man killed in avalanche while skiing

Nick Feinstein, 22, was buried in the avalanche on Sunday near Breckenridge

The Independent UK

Mark Wright shares clips of his post-Christmas skiing trip in the French Alps

Reality star-turned-presenter Mark Wright jetted off to Courchevel in France to enjoy a skiing break, sharing clips to Instagram from a ski lift and at an outdoor bar

Daily Mirror

Skiing 'could become impossible before January' due to lack of snow

Rain will fall earlier in winter rather than snow, predict researchers who studied a Swiss resort

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Alpine slopes face snow shortage in unseasonably warm winter

Much of the Alps just don’t look right for this time of year

The Independent UK

Travel expert Simon Calder names three cheapest holidays this year

He has named places that are a little off the beaten track

Wales Online

From ice floating to fatbiking in the snow: there’s more to Val d’Isère than skiing

The French Alps resort has excellent runs and off-piste, but it’s also now offering very cool – and sustainable – activities for non-skiers to enjoy too

The Guardian - UK

Backcountry skier dies in avalanche near Colorado's Breckenridge resort

DENVER — A man died after he was caught in an avalanche Saturday while backcountry skiing with his father near Breckenridge, according to Summit County Rescue Group.

The Denver Post

Man killed in avalanche while skiing with his father in Colorado

The man’s body was recovered after his father, who was partially buried, was able to dig himself out and call 911

The Independent UK

Norway's Granerud makes it two out of two in Four Hills

Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Germany) (AFP) - Norwegian Halvor Egner Granerud is halfway to a sweep of the prestigious Four Hills ski jumping series after winning the second leg in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Sunday.

AFP

Climber dies after 2,000ft fall in Ben Nevis avalanche which leaves friend injured

A 49-year-old climber was killed in an avalanche on Scotland's Ben Nevis mountain - the first death of its kind in more than three years - while another man was seriously injured

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Evening Standard

Heavy rain across Scotland sparks flooding chaos...but skiers rejoice amid mountain snow

The Met Office said the deadly bomb cyclone that sent temperatures plunging in the US over Christmas is causing the unsettled weather

Los Angeles Times

Storm brings fresh powder to Mammoth Mountain, with some of the nation’s deepest snow

Mammoth Mountain has seen multiple feet of fresh snow in the past few days — with more coming down — thanks to a storm that is hitting the ski resort and mountain areas in Northern California.

AFP

Granerud wins Four Hills opener as Kobayashi flops

Oberstdorf (Germany) (AFP) - Norway's Halvor Egner Granerud won ski jumping's Four Hills opening round on Thursday as defending champion Ryoyu Kobayashi of Japan flopped in 15th place.

AFP

Brilliant Odermatt wins Super-G after Olympic champion Mayer retires

Bormio (Italy) (AFP) - Marco Odermatt underlined his World Cup credentials with a stunning victory in Thursday's Super-G at Bormio, just hours after Austrian triple Olympic champion Matthias Mayer had announced his immediate retirement.

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Triple Olympic ski champion Mayer announces retirement

Bormio (Italy) (AFP) - Triple Olympic champion Matthias Mayer announced his immediate retirement from skiing on Thursday, shortly before the start of the men's Super-G World Cup event in Bormio.

Daily Mirror

Wizz Air launches cheap flights to Grenoble from £12.99 in time for ski season

Cheap flights to Grenoble from £12.99 each way can now be booked with Wizz Air - and the new route has already launched for those planning ski holidays

AAP

Kids reunited with missing jet ski parents

Two children left alone for hours at a boat ramp on the WA coast have been reunited with their parents whose jet ski broke down during a night-time ride.

AFP

'Nervous' Shiffrin lands giant slalom double for 79th World Cup win

Semmering (Austria) (AFP) - Mikaela Shiffrin overcame her nerves to complete an outstanding double as she won her second giant slalom in successive days in Semmering on Wednesday.

AFP

World champion Kriechmayr wins World Cup downhill in Bormio

Bormio (Italy) (AFP) - World champion Vincent Kriechmayr showed his class as he conquered the icy conditions to win the downhill in Bormio on Wednesday, the 14th World Cup of his career.

AFP

Shiffrin lands giant slalom double for 79th World Cup win

Semmering (Austria) (AFP) - Mikaela Shiffrin completed an outstanding double as she won her second giant slalom in successive days in Semmering on Wednesday.

AFP

Gut-Behrami edges first run in Semmering giant slalom

Semmering (Austria) (AFP) - Swiss world champion Lara Gut-Behrami clocked the fastest time in the first run of the second giant slalom in Semmering on Wednesday, ahead of Tuesday's winner Mikaela Shiffrin.

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