Night skiing

 ( Types Of Skiing ) 

Night skiing is the sport of skiing or snowboarding after sundown, offered at many . There are – with metal halide, LED lamp or Induction lamp lamps – along the piste which allow for better visibility. Seeing the Light Ski Area Management 2018 The night skiing session typically begins around sunset, and ends between 8:00 PM and 10:30 PM.Nelson, Janet (1984) Outdoors: Night Skiing an Invigorating Experience NY Times

Night skiing offers reduced price access versus daylight hours. Trails at night are normally not as busy as during the day,Fast, Annie (2022) Night Skiing traveloregon.com but there are usually fewer Piste available.Lovitt, Rob (1986) Skiing After Dark Skiing Vol 39 #4:229-234 The trails also tend to be icier than during the day, due to melting and refreezing.

Starting in 1997 Planai in Austria has held a World Cup slalom competition at night. Nightrace Schladming

A few ski resorts offer opportunities for night skiing wearing personal headlamps, Headlamp night skiing at bigskyresort.com or by the light of the full moon. Skiing in the light of the full moon Switzerland Tourism

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History Processions of skiers holding torches, lanterns or while skiing down a slope at night has been a scheduled event of such as the Nordic Games since at least 1903. In the World of Sports NY Daily Tribune 1904-11-14 The dramatic spectacle of torchlight ski descents is a program element at the Holmenkollen Ski Festival, End of sports N.D. Pioneer Express 1903-03-13 and ski resort holiday celebrations. Torchlight Skiing at mabeyski.com

A torchlit ski race was held in Switzerland in 1920. ENGADINE: course de ski nocturne (1920) Gaumont film In the 1925 Winter Carnival at Rumford, Maine, night ski jumping was included. Spectacular Ski-Jumping Lewiston Evening Journal Feb 10, 1925 front page

Chicopee Ski Club in Ontario Canada had lighted night skiing in 1935, with lights powered by car batteries. Chicopee Ski Club timeline

Lighted slope skiing at Bousquet Ski Area in Pittsfield, Massachusetts began in 1936 thanks to a local partnership with General Electric. "Bousquet", Destination 360 Other early lighted slopes include Fryeburg, Maine (1936), Jockey Cap New England Lost Ski Areas North Creek, New York (1937),Schniebs, Otto (1938) Stars of the Ski D.C. Evening Star p10 Rossland, British Columbia (1937),"Ski Spills" Rossland Miner January 7, 1938 Jackson, New Hampshire (1937), Spruce Mt. Ski Tow New England Lost Ski Areas Hyak, Washington (1938),Lundin, John W. (2021) Ski Jumping in Washington: a Nordic Tradition Arcadia Publishing p 109 Juneau, Alaska (1938), Evening Skiing Daily Alaska Empire January 14, 1938, Page 2 Lake Placid, New York (1938) Snow Sports D.C. Evening Star 1938-12-18 and Brattleboro, Vermont (1938). Moonlight Snow Train Waterbury Evening Democrat 1938-01-11

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