Warm early winter makes it difficult to start the ski season in Lapland – Pyhä season starts a week late

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Aerial view of Ylläs ski slopes. Here and there you can see small figures of skiers on the snowy, flattened slopes.
These are the days skiers look forward to. In the archive photo, the ski slopes of Ylläs.

The warm November has slowed down snowmaking on the slopes. The opening of the season in Pyhä was pushed back a week.

The ski season opens in Ylläs this coming Friday. Only one slope on the Äkäslompolo side is ready.

On Saariselkä, the ski season is scheduled to open on 25 November. Even there, snow conditions have been challenging.

Aerial view of Ylläs ski slopes. Here and there you can see small figures of skiers on the snowy, flattened slopes.
These are the days skiers look forward to.

– This comes against the backdrop of a record warm November across Europe. Snowmaking has been a challenge, but fortunately, colder air has been flowing into Lapland. It’s a shame for customers that the opening was delayed, but it’s not unprecedented.

In Levi, the skiing and skiing season opened at the same time as Ruka on October 7.