For Savoie and Northern French Alps Wall to wall sunshine for at least the next week, and great skiing conditions! It’s beginning to feel almost spring-like with milder temperatures and sunny skies. A high pressure weather system... Read More
Snow Reports
Once a week during the season we publish detailed snow reports for skiers and boarders going off piste in the Northern French Alps. This includes detailed weather, our own observations on the snowpack, an interpretation of the current snow pack and what to look out for in the avalanche bulletins in the coming week.
For Savoie and Northern French Alps Fantastic skiing available but many people are taking crazy risks, please read On Monday 4th February we picked up reports of 10 people caught in 4 separate accidental slab avalanches (‘acciden... Read More
Meteo France just put the avalanche danger rating up to 5 on North Facing slopes in the Haute Tarentaise and all slopes in other Savoie regions. Here is a translation of their words. This is strong language for the Haute Tarentaise. Th... Read More
For Savoie and Northern French Alps Great skiing, but watch out for significant avalanche danger over the next few days with significant snowfall expected Low-pressure weather systems remain in charge over the Alps until Sunday deliver... Read More
Meteo France are warning that new snow expected tomorrow will fall on a weak layer of old snow and the avalanche risk will rise as the snow falls, especially on North and East Facing slopes Here are their words for Haute Tarentaise. It... Read More
For Savoie and Northern French Alps Variable weather ahead with a little fresh snowfall Expecting light snow on Sunday and more significant new snow on Wednesday. In the meantime there will be cold temperatures and some sun, some cloud... Read More
For Savoie and Northern French Alps Cold temperatures and a little more snowfall With some fresh top-ups of snow (anything between 5 to 40 cm) we’ve been finding some fantastic off-piste conditions over the last few days. There&#... Read More
Real risk of remote triggering, danger rating is now level 4 nearly everywhere Henry explains in this video Recently we have experienced some very cold weather -20C and colder at 2000m. This has rotted the old snow and created a very w... Read More
For Savoie and Northern French Alps Fresh snow is on its way … but if we get a lot, expect instability above 2500 m The snow is coming. It looks like less stable weather now. But high pressure still dominates until 21st January. ... Read More
Special early preview video! For 10 – 17 January 2019 Complementary Video Update: Snow in the Northern French Alps! At long last snow is currently falling in the Northern French Alps! There’s likely only going to be 10 cm o... Read More
