Higher overnight temperatures and cloudy skies have accelerated this phenomenon… a danger for those in ‘confinement’ in the higher altitude Alpine areas. For the significant amount of people still currently living at relatively high altitude (+/-...
The impact of Coronavirus has now forced France to close its ski resorts and ban ski touring. The official announcement was only made on Saturday night. Many holiday makers arrived on Saturday, to find their resort closed the next morning. Ski resorts have seen a mass...
Sunny, settled Spring-like conditions for the week ahead in the N French Alps! Macron has closed the schools in France but ski resorts in France remain open. We’ve had some excellent off-piste skiing over the last week with some great powder snow conditions,...
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 When cold dry snow melts in the sun/heat during the day and then freezes at night that is a melt-freeze...
..and in to early May! For Savoie and the Northern French Alps Great skiing still to be had! But you have to explore to find it Weather forecasts are difficult enough in the mountains, but in Springtime things are even more unpredictable. In this, our last snow report...
For Savoie and the Northern French Alps Briefly back to winter, then here there and everywhere! Spring is all about mixed weather, often cloudy and showery, with some sunshine thrown in too. That’s exactly what the week ahead will bring. Following a snowstorm on...
