Spring skiing tips, Ski the Smooth

Spring skiing tips, Ski the Smooth

  Here are some ideas about how to have fun and be safe on spring snow! Understand ‘melt-freeze cycles’ and have fun with spring snow!   Melt-freeze Cycles A melt freeze cycle is when cold dry snow melts in the sun/heat during the day and then freezes at night....
Off Piste Snow Report – N French Alps – 10th April 2023

Off Piste Snow Report – N French Alps – 10th April 2023

What a fantastic week it’s been for off-piste skiing in the N French Alps. The week ahead looks like it should be great too, with beautiful smooth spring snow conditions coming into place at last! Off-piste snow depths and skiing conditions above 2000 m are good...
Off Piste Snow Report – N French Alps – 3rd April 2023

Off Piste Snow Report – N French Alps – 3rd April 2023

What a week it’s been in the N French Alps full of fresh snowfall, sometimes rain, high winds and fluctuating temperatures.  Above 2000 m, off-piste snow depths are now about normal for the time of season (and a lot better than they were a month ago). You can...