A cold wintry and snowy week lies ahead for the N French Alps, even down to the valley bottoms! This is good news for off-piste skiers, with snow depths above 1800 m now approaching normal for the time of season. There’s still currently not really enough natural...
This video shows one example of lots of close avalanche calls today (10th January 2023) in Val d’Isere and Tignes. But mainly TIGNES where more snow fell Here is a short vid with photo to show where took place. Thanks to Jerry Beilinson. This is a short clip of...
Fantastic news – at last there is a snow-filled week ahead in the N French Alps! Following another mainly dry and sunny week across the N French Alps, it started snowing on Sunday morning (8th Jan). More significant amounts are expected on and off all week long...
Happy new year everyone! Temperatures across the N French Alps this week are set to remain mild for this time of season, with no really significant snowfall expected. Higher resorts like Val Thorens and Tignes still have some wintry conditions above 2500 m or so....
There has been lots of recent avalanche activity after the rain/snow of Thursday evening through Saturday morning. The rain-snow limit of 2400m was not good for the quality of snow, but a huge help in stabilizing a fragile early-season snowpack. The best ways to...
Plenty of instability in the off-piste snowpack at the moment, particularly above 2200 m. The current situation is best explained by the images taken by off-piste guide Andreas Bjorklund and others, which feature in this snow report. Despite this instability, it is...
Brrrrrrr!! It is cold. But the powder is light. However, the snow depths are still not so much and there is a risk of hitting rocks. We have reports of some injuries due to contact with rocks and a park and fly. There is also some instability. The snowpack is not...
Snow conditions in the N French Alps are generally OK for early December, although snow depths are still fairly low. There’s currently very little, if any, snow coverage below 1500 m. The good news for skiers is that temperatures have been low enough for snow...
Following a very mild start to November, on 15th November, we were hopeful there would be a change to colder and more snowy weather. Well, the snow gods have obliged. It is not quite as much as we expected in the last snow report. But there is enough to do some...
