Stelvio Opens for 2023 Season
Stelvio Opens for 2023 Season
Published : 02-Jun-2023 10:45
Italy's Passo Stelvio has opened for its 2023 season.
One of the world's few remaining summer-only ski areas it also has one of the longest seasons of any summer-opening northern hemisphere ski area, aiming to stay open for five months through to 5th November this year.
However in recent years it has been forced to close in the height of summer due to melting of snow cover. This year it opens with 30cm (12") lying on lower slopes 110cm (44") up top.
The slope is particularly popular with national teams training, often starting at first light in the early morning before recreational skiers and boarders arrive.
The opening of the Stelvio Pass is also a big event in the cycling calendar with the hairpin ascent a big draw for dedicated cyclists during the five months of the year that the pass is not snow covered.
The opening of Stelvio, following the closure of two of the three Austrian ski areas that had been open up to last Sunday means there are currently four glacier ski areas open in each of the four main Alpine nations.
Zermatt in Switzerland, Hintertux in Austria and Les 2 Alpes in France are the three other options. There are also three centres open in Norway.
Cervinia is due to open later in the month providing lift access to the glacier ski slopes above Zermatt.
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