
Alto Sangro combines five interconnected ski areas—Roccaraso, Rivisondoli, Pescocostanzo, Pizzalto, and Aremogna—creating central Italy's largest winter sports destination with 110 kilometres of diverse terrain. Located in Abruzzo's mountain heart at elevations between 1,250 and 2,140 metres, the resort area benefits from both Adriatic and Mediterranean weather influences, resulting in abundant natural snowfall complemented by cutting-edge snowmaking.
The varied terrain includes wide cruising runs, technical descents through beech forests, and dedicated beginner zones, making Alto Sangro remarkably versatile for all ability levels.
Alto Sangro spreads 79 runs across 90.5 km of piste of terrain. It leans beginner at 41%, with 32 beginner runs to find your feet and 18 advanced or expert runs when you want to push.
The Alto Sangro winter season typically spans from early December through mid-April, with January and February delivering optimal conditions. The area receives approximately 3.5 metres of natural snowfall annually, enhanced by extensive snowmaking that ensures consistent coverage across 80% of all marked runs. Early season operations concentrate on higher elevation sectors, particularly around Monte Pratello, before expanding as conditions permit.
Spring brings increasingly warm temperatures, with the best skiing typically available on north-facing slopes. The resort's events calendar features January's historic skiing competitions and February's traditional Carnival celebrations.
Set within Abruzzo's National Park region 180 kilometres east of Rome, Alto Sangro combines outstanding natural beauty with rich cultural heritage. The resort's principal towns—Roccaraso, Rivisondoli, and Pescocostanzo—feature distinctive medieval architecture and traditional stone buildings housing authentic restaurants specialising in regional mountain cuisine.
The area benefits from good transport links via the A25 motorway and railway connections to Rome and Naples, both approximately two hours distant. This central location in the Apennine mountains places visitors in a region known for its wildlife diversity, including rare Marsican brown bears and Apennine wolves.
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Aspen Snowmass turns 80 this December, and it's marking the milestone with $3.75 lift tickets on the anniversary itself - the original 1946 price. A discounted long weekend, $19.46 dining specials, lodging deals up to 46 percent off, and a season of anniversary programming round out the celebration across all four mountains.

Doppelmayr closed its 2025/26 business year with revenue up 9.1 percent to 1.3 billion euros, driven by projects including the Big Sky Explorer Gondola, Deer Valley's Mayflower East Village Gondola, and the first TRI-Line installation at Hoch-Ybrig. Headcount grew too, with the ropeway manufacturer now employing almost 4,000 people worldwide.

Hintertux Glacier is retiring its 40-year-old gondola to the Tuxer Fernerhaus. The replacement carries 10 people per cabin instead of four, with seat heating and nearly 40 percent more hourly capacity. Doppelmayr's new line opens at the end of October 2026, right as the glacier's high-altitude terrain becomes accessible again for the new season.

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation is looking at a major shake-up to its title events calendar. From 2032, World Championships could run not just in odd-numbered years but in every non-Olympic winter too, effectively putting a global title event on the calendar almost every season. The FIS Council has approved the concept following a feasibility study, though an accelerated rollout as early as 2028 is also under consideration.

Mount Buller closes out its 2026 season this Sunday, joining Falls Creek, Hotham and Charlotte Pass in a cluster of closures landing almost simultaneously and roughly a month ahead of schedule. The culprit is stark: Spencers Creek's benchmark snow depth hit 31.2cm on 3 September, just 18% of the 73-year average and an all-time low for this point in the season. Six of Victoria and NSW's best-known resorts will have shut their lifts early within a span of about two and a half weeks.

Tremblant has confirmed a major expansion of its Quebec ski area, with a new Timber Summit sector adding 62 acres of terrain, eight trails and a high-speed quad chairlift for winter 2027/28. It's part of a CAD 42.5 million investment that also includes a new beginner learning zone at Versant Soleil opening this coming season. The project has grown considerably since it was first announced back in 2020, when it carried a far smaller budget and an opening date that never eventuated.

We knew when the Bird Bath Pond Skim showed up on Hotham's Instagram that the season was on its way out. It's been a rough one - I only managed two days on snow all year, at Falls Creek - and now Baw Baw, Selwyn and Hotham have all called it, possibly the worst Australian season I've seen in a decade. Hotham's last day of lift operations is Sunday, 6 September, with a Retro Day, Father's Day après and closing sales before the lifts stop turning for good.

Thredbo Alpine Resort has confirmed plans to replace its 37-year-old Gunbarrel quad chairlift with a new six-seat Doppelmayr D-Line, targeting winter 2028. The AUD 35 million project will keep travel time roughly the same but lift capacity from 2,800 to 3,000 skiers per hour. It's part of a broader investment push that also includes doubled snowmaking capacity at Friday Flat for 2027, with the ageing Kosciuszko Express now flagged as the resort's next major lift replacement after Gunbarrel.
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