The Alpine glaciers are going to see fresh snow this weekend: and for a time it may settle lower down, too. Our snow forecast page tells the story. Heavy rain will move in from the north-west this...

You never know with spring. Sometimes it gets hold of a region and squeezes the life out of a ski season before the end of March. In other years, it has a much looser grip. In Colorado this year...

It’s  hard to beat a powder day in April. By rights, you should have long ago packed away your skis: and it feels miraculous to have snatched one last day of winter from the jaws of spring. Not that...

It’s the ski season that doesn’t know when to stop. Mother Nature has just delivered another dump of snow to the Alps, and in places the new cover is nearly a metre deep. For a time, the snow even...

Just when you thought the long winter of 2012-13 was over, along comes another cold front. And look at the result! Above, is Saturday’s snow forecast for the Alps. The storm is due to start in...

If you’re skiing off-piste in the Alps over the next few days, you’d better be very, very careful: the avalanche risk is up to 4/5 in places. Why? Well, if you’ve read our recent snow reports – on...

This week, skiing in the Alps has been all about riding your luck, and being adaptable. I’m currently based in Les Menuires with the Family Ski Company and we’ve enjoyed a spectacular variety of...

The ski season may be winding down in the Alps: but that doesn’t mean it has to stop snowing. The white stuff is once again in the forecast across the region – as you can see from this...

It’s April 5. So we shouldn’t be surprised that conditions in the Alps are see-sawing about all over the place at the moment. The week started in fine late-season form – as detailed in our April 2...

Thank you, Snow Gods – for creating such a cracking Easter week of skiing in the Alps. Moderate to heavy snowfall between Thursday and Sunday, combined with cool temperatures, have done the...