After the last few days of wild stormy weather, it looks like being a much calmer week ahead in the Northern French Alps, with a little fresh snowfall and then turning sunnier from mid-week. Off-piste snow depths have now risen considerably at high altitudes (2400 m...
Great news : fresh snowfall is forecast from Tuesday night onwards, and potentially lots of it! Fingers crossed, as it’s much needed, especially for the low and mid-altitude resorts who are really struggling. Their piste grooming teams have been doing an epic...
Until a few days ago, it had been over a month since any fresh snowfall in the N French Alps. The driest winter in the Northern French Alps since 1963/64. Since last Wednesday there have been a few largely insignificant sprinklings of fresh snow above 1700 m, not...
Here’s a view of the mountains above Val d’Isere today, Sat 18th Feb. It’s been a familiar bluebird day (with maybe just a hint of some high cloud) Blue skies are due to continue for at least another couple of days, but then it may all change…...
It’s been yet another cold and sunny week in the N French Alps. A tenacious high pressure weather system has firmly installed itself, and another dry, sunny week lies ahead. Temperatures, however, will be getting a lot milder as the week goes on. This will be...