Is it safe? It depends on you (‘safe’ if you apply the prevention points here: https://henrysavalanchetalk.com/off-piste-quick-reference/ ) Last week saw plenty of avalanche activity in the Northern French Alps, many of them triggered by skiers....
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...
It’s been a cold and dry week of blue skies and cold temperatures in the N French Alps. Any easily accessed off-piste snow is now tracked out, but by doing a bit of ski touring, it’s still possible to find some very reasonable quality off-piste skiing...
It’s been another week of great off-piste conditions in the N French Alps. Lucky areas near the French/Italian border received up to 60 cm fresh snow between last Sunday night and Tuesday. These areas stretched from Le Fornet, Val d’Isère in the north, ...
It’s been an incredible week of extremely cold temperatures (down to -20° C or even lower at 2000 m during the day) and regular top-ups of fresh snow. Next week looks like being largely dry and fairly sunny in the mountains, with temperatures more like normal...
