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...
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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...
There’s fresh snow falling in the Alps today – with more to come over the weekend. Temperatures are going to stay fairly cool too, given the time of year. So if you’re heading out there for an Easter...
It’s spring. So we shouldn’t be surprised that, in the Alps, the sensational snow of last week has been followed by a thaw. The rise in temperatures at the weekend was pretty sharp, too: in high...
It’s been a week to remember in the Alps. As you probably know already, the southern half of the French Alps were walloped by a mighty storm on Sunday and Monday, and Serre Chevalier notched up 120cm...
The forecast was spot on. The snow came yesterday and it’s been falling heavily across the Alps ever since. I’m writing this on Monday afternoon and in places the accumulations are now significant...
At last! The big freeze has reached the Alps. Temperatures have dropped through the floor, and across the northern half of the region there’s been fresh snow, too. It’s not what you’d call a dump –...
