May, the ‘quietest month' of the world's ski year, is nearing its end with the southern hemisphere's winter, or the northern hemisphere's summer glacier ski seasons yet to kick off. At present, however, it's still possible to ski at around 25 ski areas in at least ten countries - the US, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Iceland, Japan, Scotland, Sweden, Norway and Finland included.

In the southern hemisphere there are increasingly good signs for the coming winter. One of the first hoping to open is Afriski in Lesotho where temperatures are forecast to be in the range of -7 to +2C over the week up to its official opening date, next Tuesday, June 1st, a promising sign for the start of the 2010/2011 season.

FIS news
26/05/2010