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Southern hemisphere opens for skiing

Southern hemispheres 2011 ski season begins

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The 2011 ski season in the southern hemisphere has officially begun today with the little southern African nation of Lesotho claiming first-to-open with its Afri-ski centre opening a 600m long slope. The resort beat New Zealand resort Coronet Peak which had planned to open last Friday but was thwarted by unseasonably warm temperatures in the country, which recorded its warmest ever May. Plans to open other resorts there this weekend have also floundered so far as temperatures remain a little too high for snowmaking and there’s no natural snowfall yet.

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Southern hemisphere ski season starts

Southern hemisphere ski season due to start this weekend

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The 2011 ski season in the southern hemisphere’s six ski nations is due to get under way this weekend. In fact the earliest heavy snow for decades already allowed Perisher ski resort in Australia to open for a weekend in mid—May, but it closed again afterwards and the new snow was later impacted by subsequent rainfall.

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