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Europe, les2alpes zermatt in summer (august)
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do you know what glaciers are open in august in europe
les 2 alpes and zermatt for sure what else?
dachstein? hintertux??
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Pitty sure verbier and laax both have open glaciers
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is good snowpark in verbier?
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I think i read somewhere that les 2 alpes isn't doing a glacier park this year for some reason, but I might be wrong.
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mh hintertux is alwayz open the whole year...it´s the only open glacier in austria for that time and the alwayz have a good kicker line...a pipe and a corner and some rails laax is not open, for sure not the glacier is just about 2900m or sth like that...2alpes wasn´t open last year in august but hintertux was...but the better thing is always saas fee because it´s higher the snowpark is about3400m or so...it´s pretty good...but sometimes if it is to hot and the snow is not freezing during the night the close the glacier even if there is super good weather...but the park is sick!
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geez, sorry for not being perfect
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I think laax and verbier are not open till end of september/ october. in switzerland only zermatt and saas fee are open. saas fee is located in a neighbour valley of zermatt.
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tignes glacier is open, it is pretty big, sometimes build a park up there aswell. Whats also pretty sick is you can pay abit of money and you can hit some massive kickers and land in the lake. Pretty cold i would imagine
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nope no laax in july. zermatt a really good bet as is hintertux.
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Verbier and Laax are closed in the summer. Verbier has fuck for a glacier.
Talking july-august...
France has Les 2 Alpes and Tignes. Don't go to Tignes for park, it will be melted away in August. Les 2 Alpes is excellent at that time, just very little snow, lots of rocks. But it's uncrowded, and the Les 2 Alpes summerpark matches Snowpark NZ in terms of size and features.
Switzerland is your best bet for august, you have Zermatt and Saas-Fee. Both have excellent parks, though small, but uncrowded, very expensive though. These parks are so high that the snow remains excellent in august, better than many winter parks in Europe, and they usually get fresh snow in August. However, if it storms, the glaciers are closed, it happens that the glacier is closed for 5 consecutive days.
Austria will have Hintertux and Kitzsteinhorn open with parks in August. But the low altitude of these glaciers combined with the lack of snow, I wouln't bet on it. Dachstein and Kaunertal are closed by then.
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Personally, I would recommend Saas Fee... the Zermatt pipe is getting shitty by August.... Saas-Fee will have the better park at that time. Zermatt will give you more to do after skiing, ridiculous clubbing at night, while Saas-Fee is a tiny, quiet riders-only village in summer. PM me if you want tips for cheap accomodation...
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and what the galcier in tignes isn't that high.
come on mate
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hes right ollie the glacier in tignes will be shit after june early july.
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The top of the glacier in Tignes is pretty high (cable car goes to 3456m) but the park is located below the glacier at 2800 meters. The park in Zermatt is located at 3600 meters, and Saas-Fee not much below that.
Last 2 seasons the park melted away in Tignes and they tried to rebuild something at the top which consisted of two heaps of snow supposedly kickers and 2 rails. It's got nothing on the other parks.
So "come on mate," get your facts right.
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thanks dudes, i and my friends are going to l2alpes and zermatt for sure but we want to make a trip with some more spots. so saas fe will be good and something more or thats all? we want to go in july, i've made a mistake in 1st post
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so les 2 alpes is ok in august ?? cause tignes is shitty in august..
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you talk shit on verbier again your gonna get a foot up the asss... snowpark sucks dont come to nz too many kooks already, go to sassfe
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He only said it was closed...
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if your in saas from 22nd july onwards, im there for 2 weeks with some mates, and a shit load of brit freeskiers, give us a shout if your comin out mate
ps if u go saas fee go to the popcorn bar, its a club where they have popcorn out on the tables and is a descent night out,pricey tho!get pissed at the countless cheaper pubs in the surroundin area
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ok thanks for the informations!
i will message you when i will know more.
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naw laax isnt open.. all the obvious on es though.. saas, zermatt.. that one place in austria the name of which i forget.. i think kaunertal is open too.. thats also in austrtia.. salzburg land.
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naw laax isnt open.. all the obvious on es though.. saas, zermatt.. that one place in austria the name of which i forget.. i think kaunertal is open too.. thats also in austrtia.. salzburg land.
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no problem. where are you from by the way?
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