Brilliant sunshine today and yesterday but temperatures not getting above freezing so the snow isnt getting slushy or icy in the mornings. Lots of goggle tans around town, but the clouds are due to set in and we're expecting a fair old dump on Monday/Tuesday. Stuben yesterday was good fun and still a few (not very deep) powder turns to be had.

The odd dusting of snow hasn't done much to improve conditions, even at altitude. Nyon, Pleny and Super Morzine are all very icy and have been for a couple of weeks. Quiet slopes and tiny lift queues though. Guess you can't have everything!

Warmer weather, blue skies and the X Games in Tignes- things are looking good in Val at the moment. Snow in resort and on the pistes is very lacking though, but no snow is forecast for a while...

A light dusting of snow over night but nothing really to speak of, but it has freshened things up a little. Today has dawned a fabulous bluebird day, with warmer temperatures. Looks like the valley is covered in a mer des nuages again though, so we are in the best place!! Mont Blanc and the Aguille are looking amazingly close.

It's going to be a happy skiing day!! Enjoy

 

A few flakes have fallen in Verbier tonight, just a dusting I'm afraid, but all new snow is good news!

After last weeks huge dump, there is amazing conditions all over Verbier. Obviously everything is pretty tracked out off piste, but the pistes are well groomed and the snow is grippy an there are some amazing bumps around too!

Couldn't really ask for better conditions!

Cheers!

Made a flying visit to Les Arcs yesterday, ooh it wa sooo cold, hence the 'flying' bit.The view from the top of the Aguille Rouge was as stunning as ever on a beautiful clear day. The ridge run was in supurb condition and very quiet. The rest of resort seemed fairly busy tho' there appeared to be more people than. in La Plagne, generally the snow on piste was great but off piste was wind blown and somewhat 'bullet proof'!!

Today in LP has been a suprisingly ok day and not as cold as late. We are looking forward to the promised snow as we are missing the regular top ups of the fluffy white stuff!

The forecast seems to change daily and the unique weather conditions are causing a forecast problem

Piste conditons are packed powder, off piste is difficult.

The occasional dusting of new snow over the last few days. Nothing to make a massive difference. The conditions on-piste are hard and fast. Off-piste the snow is developing a typically seasonal crusty layer. Time to hit the park until it snows again!

Video of my Newfoundland dog launching a 4 meter cliff at Berthoud Pass .  Fast Forward to 1:20.  Notice how I both CLAIM & AFTERBANG it after she sticks the 'superman' huck.

4.5 inches overnight.  Very warm temperatures this past Thursday-Sunday cooked everything on a South/SW/SE aspect.  Those runs will be frozen, the proverbial 'dust on crust'.

Anything North facing is still great, soft & carvable.

Light snow today. The temperature has dropped way down over the last few days. The wind has also reached its highest force since the beginning of the season. A few of the lifts have been slowed down for safety reasons. Brighter outlook for tomorrow but the rest of the week is looking fairly bleak. On a brighter note, the holidays are finally over, no more queues!

Light snowfall at the moment and expected through the night, but bitterly cold. Wind in the last few days has blown a lot of snow off the pistes leaving lots of ice to navigate, but heavy snow forecast later in the week, and fingers crossed it'll be followed by some sun at last. 

Big fat flakes of snow this morning for a couple of hours and now its brilliant sunshine. Apparently Sonnenkopf had waist deep snow in places  yesterday.

Its stormy and has been dumping all day, just now at 3pm the sun has come out!! Added to a few cm of top ups we had earlier in the week the riding would be epic, but mostly the lifts open today have been galzig, gampen and rendl. Theres four inches or so fallen down in resort and up on the hill a lot more. Transfer day tomorrow.

Well winter is back! It's very cold today after some spring like temperatures. We have had a glorious blue sky day spent trying to stay out of the chilly breeze but the skiing has been fantastic. Pistes are packed powder but there are some icy spots on the resort runs. Off-piste is tracked and a bit crusty!

The outlook is remaining cold with snow forecast again for sunday.

 

Just had three big days of snow! Its pretty much not stopped! SO MUCH SNOW!!

After a beautiful start to the week and it really feeling like March it's looking like some fresh snow coming through Thursday and Friday to below resort level just in time for the La Tania Valkyrie Freeride Festival this weekend. The forecast is for a return to really cold January like temperatures by Saturday – don’t put those thermals away just yet…

Dumpsville, again! Started throwing it down this morning and the sky is still full of thick gloomy clouds. Conditions have gone from crusty to powdery in a few hours. Wicked! 

Whiteout. 

 After one glorious day of sunshine it's back to whiteout, dumping snow and chilly. Where are the famous Alpe D'Huez blue skies?! Should improve the conditions on the mountain though and cover the icy patches the rain created. 

 

Great Snow conditions at the moment, Forecast for the next few days look great! should be some great skiing to be had! Enjoy it!!

Sunshine at last! 

 

After what feels like weeks of constant snow and greyness, and even a little rain yesterday, the sun has finally shown up this morning. The avalanche risk is still high off piste, but they are letting people back over into Auris and the conditions under the DMC and over Signal are fab. 

Snowing again! Started earlier this afternoon after a pretty mild morning. Most forecasts seem to suggest heavy snow tomorrow night. Looks like next week is shaping up to be a cracker. Just in time for all the tourists to make their way back home! 

It snowed all Thursday night and yesterday, only 8cm was forecast, but they were wrong.....more like 45 cm has fallen and this morning was amazing! After all the cloud, the sun was shining and the powder is deep! We were woken by  load bangs of avalanche control explosions and rattling windows!The avalanche risk is high, as you would expect and we saw evidence of slab avalanches on the south facing slopes. There were quite a few people sking about...and hunting for lost skis....but no lift lines. We made the most of the great conditions but unfortunately the clouds are back as I write. The forecast for the next few days is changeable and there are lots of people arriving in resort!!

Up until yesterday every day has been similar - spring conditions, lots of sunshine and soft lumpy snow on piste by the afternoon. Its been snowing today but the air is still quite warm so in town there is slush and meltwater everywhere, up on the hill its a bit sticky with a firm base between the moguls. I'm not gonna lie, i've had better days on a snowboard than today.

The snow is falling heavily and has been all night. The wind is very strong- 70 km/h at the top of the Grande Motte so conditions are not great for skiing, but tomorrow should be good powder and blue skies.

After some pretty wet snow and mild temperature it's finally starting to seriously put down, about 20-30 cm over night and it's still going hard! Get in!

HUGE overnight snowfall, and still falling! CairnGorm closed today as road cannot be cleared... 65cm has fallen in Aviemore! The Lecht and Glenshee are both also currently inaccessable due to snow closed roads. Nevis Range reports 5ft drifting at the top of the gondola! Buckle up folks cos when the weather clears its going to be an EPIC weekend!!!!

Snow across the country this morning and more importantly a nice top up for the 5 ski areas. A bit gusty today but hopefully not enough to affect uplift. Outlook for the weekend is that its going to be a cracker, but dont head up there - I want it all to myself!

The snow has been falling heavily overnight and all morning, although this afternoon could offer clearer weather, but by no means perfect visibility. The next three days promise heavy snowfall, so prepare for some excellent powder.

 

Couple of iches of fresh snow last night, enough to freshen everything up after the MILLIONS of punters at half term turnedall the runs into sheet ice!! Conditions are fantastic again, and the resort is quiet again!! Enjoy it!!

Conditions are ideal at the moment. Another night of decent snowfall last night. The powder in the trees is incredibly deep in places and the sun has been shining all day! The flood of tourism also seems to have subsided a little although first lifts usually guarantee a fairly decent queue. Regardless, its sick! 

What a week of snow!  17" in 72 hours, over 2.5' in the past week.  Trees are great!  Sun starting to come out now.

We drove over to Vail yesterday, there was 3 inches of fresh stuff reported - but OMG there was more than that! We were riding powder all day through endless bowls - it's HUGE.

It's actually smaller than Whistler apparently but it feels so much bigger - I have never seen anything like the amount of terrain, it was endless and although it was 'packed' yesterday this basically meant queing for a few lifts. Once we had headed over the back and you're on the runs it's still really empty. It started out quite sunny but then it clouded over and visibility was quite bad, it snowed all day, and the trip back was a bit of a mission as there was loads of snow on the road.

Going up in Breck again today, where we have had 7 inches of freshies over night. It just won't stop dumping! The sun is out and quite honestly I am looking forward to a blue sky powder day...phew, it's a hard life.

Saturday morning was supurb after the fresh snow that fell on Friday, the sun was shining and the resort seemed fairly quiet after the mayhem of the first half term week! We headed up to Inversens and skied down to Les Bauches in sunshine and light new snow...wonderful! The pistes around Montchavin and over in Peisey were in good shape too with only the odd icy suprise on the man made bits!! Things are looking good for the next week with no dramatic change in the freezing levels expected. 

Today is another sunny and cloudy day, with a chilly wind from the north east and we can see the weather front off in the distance that is threatening some snow for tonight. The resort is busy again with the Parisien school holidays in full swing now!! So once again skiing between 12 and 2 is recomended. Bon Ski.

About a foot of snow has fallen in  the last three days. Finally stopped snowing early this morning and the sun came back in full force. Unfortunately, so did the tourists. Regardless, still plenty of powder to be found for those willing to venture off the beaten track! 

Snow all night and this morning means fantastic conditions out this afternoon as the skies have cleared and transfer day for the majority of the resort means that the slopes should be quiet, so get out there while you can. The slopes have been crazy busy this week because of Half Term in the UK, and next week you should anticipate the deluge from Paris, so head to where it's quiet!

Its officially the end of the MADNESS that was half-term! Verbier has been packed! Its been a really great weather week, and its now DUMPING snow! Perfect for those of us lucky enough to live here....

The clouds have set in and we're expecting a decent 10 - 15cm snowfall tonight, but the light has been very flat today and yesterday, apart from a couple of hours in the sunshine yesterday afternoon which softened everything up and it was like a late season slushy jib day! Its pretty mild at the moment and the snow on lower slopes is getting quite heavy.

DUMPING! Good few inches overnight, bucketing it down now with no sign of easing up, but meant to be bright and sunny tomorrow. For transfer day. Super. 

It's snowing heavily today, which is great news topping things up once again! Not sure how this weeks half termers will feel about this on their last day. We are delighted!!!

After a murky couple of days, the sun got out in style this afternoon, the temperature have finally got up to something pleasant, the google marks are appearing and lift is good - even half term hasn't been as crazy as normal! The snow is softening up a bit which all the boarders have been crying out for, however the off piste could do with a serious dump to freshen it up

We had two inches over night and the conditions are excellent. The terrain here is so vast, we went up Breck yesterday and boarded on and around the runs on 7, 8, and 9 and there is SO much more still to explore. The terrain is amazingly varied and all the runs are really wide and well kept, and it's SO empty - you literally feel like the only person on the mountain! I keep looking about for potential people I'm about to crash into and there just aren't any! It's brilliant, and there are no ques for the lifts either. It was snowing lightly all day yesterday and there is a light covering but even though there was a big black cloud the sun was still out and I am working on some gnarly goggle marks. The locals are saying that it's not been an epic year for snow, but I have to say the conditions here whip the arse of any I've seen this season in Europe.

Just as reported from Winter Park, conditions in Breckenridge have improved dramatically in the past few days. Some new trails have appeared & even on the busy holiday weekend there were fresh tracks to find. Locals had been telling me that this was the worst start to a winter since 1981. Apparently, according to some stories in the local press, El-Nino years such as this one can mean March is actually a great month for snowfall. The current outlook for the rest of the week looks promising.

Avalanche danger still very high.  If we do get a lot of snow in a short period of time every slide path at the pass should rip huge.  The problem is 2 very fragile layers in the snowpack.  Bummer.

Regardless, you can still ski very low angle terrain safely.  Did it yesterday, will do it again today.  Dogs need exercise after all, and so do I.

For probably the first time in 2010 (certainly after the New Year week) the thermometer has been above freezing level at lift opening time 9am this morning. More cloud today and more snow looks like it's on its way tomorrow.

Snow reports have been a bit thin on the ground with absolutely top conditions all around The Three Valleys in the past couple of weeks. This year has seen regular top ups of snow with no prolonged spell of high pressure (yet) that often happens in January.

Main UK Half Term this week as well as the French Holidays and as busy as ever but lifts appear to be coping well and queues are mostly well managed with single skier lanes on key lifts.

It's the turn of the Parisians next week as their Half Term kicks off but by no means fully booked in resort, plenty of beds still available and some bargains about.

Lift queues are huge in Avoriaz and even in Les Gets this week so we're concentrating on the quieter (though harder to get to) areas of Mont Chery and Abondance. It's raining this morning and so isn't forecast until the beginning of next week.

Snow! Started falling yesterday afternoon and it's still going. About 6 inches at the foot of the mountain with a little more up the top. Expected to continue until Saturday. One bonus being that it seems all the tourists are allergic to fresh snow. Fairly empty runs today as a result! 

It started snowing lightly yesterday evening and has continued in patches today. Sadly the poor vis isn't keeping the hoardes of happy half-termers inside and they are out in force, snaking down the mountain in ski school and clogging up the lifts. We vote dump dump now, and bring on empty powpow next week!

Powder day! 20-40cm of fresh across the mountain at Nevis Range today good news for powder hounds as ski patrol describe conditions as "epic" not so good for jibbers as the terrain park needs to be dug out! Scotland's other 4 ski centres also enjoyed overnight snowfall, CairnGorm looking particularly tasty on the webcams just now

Heavy snowfall continued through the day in Aviemore and also at Nevis Range where 5 inches of fresh fell. "Significant" snowfall is expected tonight and forecasts suggest snow showers going into the weekend. Conditions on the upper slopes are generally very good with some areas reporting some scraped icy patches on lower slopes

We haven't had any snow for a few days, but we have got lots of people and children! I think it seems worse than it really is because the resort has been quiet until the last week. Skiing between 12 ans 2 is the best and try to avoid Bellecote from about 3pm onwards unless you like horrendous lift lines!

We have experienced sunshine and clouds recently but now the sky is very overcast. More snow is forecast for late tomorrow, overnight and posssibly for the next few days. It is not quite as cold as previously and the freezing level has risen to around 1200m, but the lower pistes, in fact all pistes are still in good shape and well prepared. Off-piste is tracked.

Let it snow!! 

No snow since last Wednesday means ice and poor conditions for this Half Term Week. Lifts are horribly busy, pistes are mogulled like crazy and there are children everywhere... the good news is though that we are finally expecting snow tonight, and should be in for a few more snowfalls over the next few days. Bring on the good powder again!

Heavy overnight snowfall has got the ploughs out working this morning. Early reports of a few inches of fresh powder to be had at all 5 Scottish ski areas

Beautiful blue skies out here today and yesterday, cold in the mornings and evenings but mild in the afternoon sun. Pistes are a bit firm in places  but main problem is the volume of people in half term. The queue yesterday at 11am for the Nasserein bubble was a slow moving 200 and Zammermoos was similar. Off piste is fully tracked out.

Its been pretty decent here at the moment.  Light  snow at sunshine every afternoon and into the evenings has given some nice riding conditions.  Even some calf deep stuff if you are willing to get up early, duck ropes and do a bit of hiking.  Lake louise has been getting the same snow just less of it, still good conditions though.  Gotta get up and get out there!

Sweet day.  10" (25cm) in 72 hours, the Chutes opened for the 1st time this season today, they were DOPE.  Cliffs are getting droppable inbounds, but -30 to -40 degrees fahrenheit windchill on top of the mtn (12,060ft) today, COLD.  Supposed to snow off & on all week, about time!

No new snow for the last couple of days. Warm and sunny during the day but the temperature has dropped way down in the evenings. French school holidays have also kicked off in full force. 15 minute queues for some lifts and most of the pistes are trekked out by the early afternoon. Roll on March!

Jackson Hole, Wyoming.  Say the name in the lower 48 & watch everyone's eyes get big.  The place is rad.  It's the Mecca or Jerusalem for skiers looking to ski steep, exposed, & burly lines.

My 3 days there this week did not disappoint.  They have more than twice as much snow (296") this season as Winter Park, Colorado (145").  The sidecountry is legendary.  It was my first pilgrimmage, but it won't be my last.

After last weeks barrage of snow we've got the sunshine back and there's more than a few goggle tans lurking about. Amazing blue skies all day today and set to be the same for the next 5 days or so. The pistes are great, if a little firm earlier in the day, and the Nasserein home run is its usual mayhem of moguls separated by ice. The off piste is mostly tracked out now, though Zurs has been quiet recently and there were still lines to be had there today.

Madness in the air, half term approaches! Best conditions at the moment are the Eastern ski areas - Cairngorm, Glenshee and the Lecht with Glenshee offering the most terrain to soak up the crowds. In the West the upper mountain at Nevis Range has the best conditions with some good sport available at GlenCoe too. Anyone heading to the Scottish slopes this weekend or over the next couple of weeks would do well to book ski hire in advance and to head for the slopes early, with conditions as good as they are its gonna get pretty busy!

Weather broke this morning after a day or so of it try very hard to snow and not putting much down, however the snow if is great condition, and for the first week of French school hols the pistes are quiter now than in January, certainly no complaints about that! It is absolutely freezing again though, back in the minus 10's, when the frost nip started to set in today it was time to go home!

Light snow showers last night and today, but it's possible to find clear and sunny skies above the low clouds. Temperatures are dropping though and we're expecting somewhere cosy around -30 over night.

 

Another snowy day in Verbier. Been snowing pretty constantly all day in town! LOADS of the white stuff up top!

A light dusting of new snow last night and the night before. Clear and sunny all day today. Still loads of powder to be found if you know where to go! Temperature looks set to drop down pretty heavily over the next few days. 

This week began with brilliant sunshine, excellent powder and warmth. The weather changes as of today, with lots of snow falling Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. Despite the poor visibility, the powder is amazing, so off-piste fans should try the trees in La Daille or Le Fornet...

 

It is Swiss Half Term here this week, so the slopes are pretty busy. Conditions are still amazing and we have had some fantastic weather over the weekend! Apparently more snow on the way too!

Bluebird powder day today! Loads of snow, though lots of it quite wind affected, everywhere. Rauz was excellent and Zurs still had fresh lines to be had when I left this afternoon. It was getting pretty warm today later on so the snow will be firm and crusty tomorrow but should be excellent by midmorning.

DUMPING! The snow has finally started falling after nearly two weeks of sunshine. Since Thursday evening we've had over 40cm. It's still snowing up the mountain and it looks set to continue tonight! 

Good fall of fresh yesterday, about 30cm which let off about 10pm last night - unfortunately down at the airport today but looked like it was going to be an epic day at 5am this morning!

 It snowed for a full 24hours yesterday! From 6am on Friday all the way through till this morning! BIG FLUFFLY FLAKES! Its officially a Bluebird Powder day in Verbier!
Fat Skis are out!!

It snowed AGAIN heavily last night, about 3 inches as far as resort, not yet been up top yet as Ahlenmahder, Schindler and Valfagher bahns are all closed at the moment. On a word of warning, anyone coming out here and skiing off piste take note there have been 4 avalanche deaths in the last three days and more burials that were dug out, significantly in Hinter Rendl. You can check local avalanche conditions at http://lawine.tirol.gv.at/english/

It's snowing!! The snow has been falling steadily over night and today, just in time for change over day tomorrow.....oh goody!! The good news is that it is once again refreshing the pistes so they remain in great condition and topping up the off piste for more fresh tracks.

The French, some British and Dutch school holidays are upon us so we are expecting an increase in people next week. The British school hols start in force the week after, so things will be far busier on the slopes and in lift lines.

The forecast as I write is for more snow tomorrow with sunshine on Sunday and Monday the freezing levels remain around 1200 metres.  

After a great week for sunshine with snow overnight, ski has been excellent this week, if very cold. The temperatures have now risen though, it is snowing as I write, and will do for the next few days, so next week promises to be a good one!

Cracking day today on the hill, still loads of snow. Temperature have raised nicely to feel a bit of warmth in the valley, but hopefully the right level for a good dump too just in time for some pre half term pow

The feb snow is starting to come....hopefully!  snowed lightly in the villages and on all the mountains over the weekend but sunshine has definitely been holding it better.  Lake louise has been pretty hard and icy until the sun softens things up a bit. Sunshine has got more snow and the groomers and park are in very good condition, there was even a fair bit of loose, fresh snow about today.  Hope it keeps snowing!

Official mid point of the season.  We need it to snow.  Warm temps Friday/Saturday & cold overnight temps since have us in a freeze/thaw cycle, couple that with some strong winds and snow quality is deteriorating rapidly.

It's still very cold here, the warmest place and bst viz is in the trees! Snow condtions on piste are very good but there are some icy bits in the well used parts. Been skiing down to Montalbert where the pistes are in good condition, there are a few man made snow piles about so things are looking good long term. As I write this things seem to be a bit brighter and Mont Blanc is basking in sunshine!

Tomorrow looks like it may be warmer with some sun, hope so! Then back to more snowfall towards the end of the week.

With close to 2ft (60cm) of snowfall over the weekend, Aspen/Snowmass has seen seen one of the snowiest start to their season ever.

More fresh snow overnight at all 5 Scottish ski centres, 3-4 inches at CairnGorm unspecified amounts elsewhere...More snow forecast before the weekend to top up already excellent conditions... lucky, lucky people who are getting some midweek skiing today!!!

Its puking snow here! Big fat flakes down in Nasserein, its been going on much of the night, and this follows several smalller top ups earlier in the week. Yesterday the riding off piste was excellent, face shots all day on most aspects especially underneath Galzig and on Backside. Tomorrow its set to clear up a bit and then more snow at the weekend!

Punxsutawney Phil says, an additional six weeks of pow! In Mammoth, that means we'll be skiing the deep until July. Happy Groundhog Day !

Certainly no Groundhog day today. Awesome skiing conditions in Meribel. Cloudy later but legs are aching so don't care!

A few inches of fresh at all 5 Scottish ski centres today, with conditions this good its hard not to call in "sick" and head for the hills!

Temperature dropped way down last night. Air temp as low as -17 in places nearer the top. Clear skies all day today with no new snow expected until later in the week. 

Snow all day on the mountains and snow in the villages tonight.....lovely!  It is meant to snow all day tommorrow too!  We can definitely use it.  Nice conditions during the week, nice soft snow and pretty warm days but all the mountains can really use this snow to fill in some holes.  First lifts monday could be a winner....

Though its still stormy and intermittently snowy the riding here at the minute is great! Its been snowing down to town the last couple of days, whilst up top the wind sheltered areas on Backside, North Rendl and underneath the Galzig have got deep pow. From zammermoos i saw one rider in a gulley buried up tp his shoulders! The pistes are good early on but mogulled in the afternoons, and vis is variable. More snow on the way and possibly a dump mid week.

Finally started snowing again. Started yesterday evening and dropped about 10cms of fresh onto the rock hard pistes. More expected tonight! 

 

EPIC snow in Verbier today! Six inches of fresh fluffy stuff up the top, and amazing fresh lines to be had!
Apparently more on the way too... Fingers crossed!!

Snow is pretty sweet right now!  Coverage still lacking, but what'cha gonna do?  Blue bird skies today, one of those classic Colorado days.  Makes me glad I moved here.  The sun is my friend.

SIA trade show going on in Denver now (last 30 years in Vegas).  This is a big deal, it's the largest snow sports trade snow in America.  Winter Park Resort will host a ton of these people Monday/Tuesday to try new gear, network, schmooze, etc.  Good times.

Snowed all night Friday and through in to Saturday. At least 20cm down in resort, much more high up and drifting in the strong winds. Another poor transfer day for many today but should be great when this storms over. Avalanche risk off-piste bound to be high so take care everyone.

Its snowing lightly today, once again giving us a top up! In fact the snow seems to be coming in almost perfectly spaced bursts....some blue skies and fresh powder big days followed by a day or 2 to get over it!!! Col de Nant on Wednesday was supurb....just one of those days. The snow down to low levels is a proving to be great for bad viz days in the trees!!

The outlook is for snow through the night and tomorrow with some sunshine possible for Sunday, it remains cold, it seems like someone turns the chiller up after about 2.30!!!

Enjoy

After a cracking week last week, the weather is coming in again - the northerly winds are promising super cold temps and more snow again. There's loads of base, could just do with a good top up for the off piste

Fun, fun fun out there at the moment!  beautiful sunny days, crisp and cold but not ridiculous.  a little bit of fresh snow to soften things up but we could do with some more.  still a solid base on all mountains and the parks are built and in good condition.  bring on the february dumps!

So the dump of snow we have been due for the past 2 weeks had finaly hit...big time!  It's been snowing hard for 18 hours now and things are loading up nicely!  The World Economic Forum is currently taking place in Davos so the town is packed and the slopes are empty.......the worlds press are'nt big on skiing it seems although Bill Gates and MR Clinton rolled into town today so maybe I'll bump into one of them (and cover them in snow!)

We've had excellent piste conditions for most of the seaaon and everything is open. Our pipes and parks have been hugly updated and built up this year so be sure to check them out if for no other reason that to see how ridiculously HUGE our kickers are!

With all this snowing coming down we'll be right back up to speed off piste as well. Be warned though that the Avalanche risk will be high due to the sheer volume of snow coming down. Check SLF.CH for local avalanch bullitins in English. Now go get your shred on!

Finally started snowing earlier this afternoon and then stopped after about ten minutes. Sky is full of cloud and the temperature has dropped right down. With a bit of luck we should get some snow overnight. fingers crossed. 

Winter has started up again. Its been snowing all day down to resort level, with howling winds up on the hill and limited vis. Its due to carry on and off for the next 4 days. Its staying really cold still so the snow should stick around but the suggestion is that if a lot of snow falls it will be unsafe for much off piste and the higher lifts may close temporarily. Rendl was great today, quiet and pockets of softer windblown snow. Next week beckons to be a good one.

Snow all day Thursday gives us some well needed powder on the pistes. Visibility is clearly very patchy, but the powder is worth the trip out in the cold and snow. Sunshine due to return on Saturday for some excellent skiing!

 

Wee bit of snow late last night, couple of inches down in town!

Conditions are fantastic at the moment, few thin patches with a few rocks, but other than that - Verbier has amazing skiing!!

Complete whiteout in Avoriaz this afternoon, three runs then came home! And I'm sure I told someone I wasn't fair weather the other day... Sketchy snow coverage too, lots of ice but more snow forecast for tonight

A few cold sunny days in a row have led to excellent piste skiing. In places the piste is a little firm but on the whole its good. You need to walk if you want to get some decent off piste as only a few places in the shade have escaped the sun. At night in resort its really cold and icy in places. We're looking at snow possibly on Thursday  - fingers crossed!

5.5" reported overnight.  Nothing compared to the southern portion of the state, theirs would be more accurately reported in feet, not inches.   Bummer. 

Super cold & windy today, upper mtn. closed.  A good day to hike a rail to learn a new trick.  Would have been a good day to hide in the trees if the mid mountain base wasn't still so dreadful.

No new snow for the last five days, just brilliant blue skies and sunny weather. The pistes are hard and fast. Snow expected tomorrow evening. 

pretty mild conditions at the moment.  had lots of beautiful sunny days but pretty hard going on the hills.  a bit icy up at lake louise.....the park has some nice features but the landing can be unforgiving.  sunshine is holding up a litle better and has almost finished putting the park together but all mountains could use a couple of big dumps to fill everything back in.  bring on some powder!

We've had the most beautiful and Alpe D'Huez-typical run of clear blue skies - to the point I sat outside yesterday very comfortably in a t-shirt, but it is starting to impact the snow. There's a crust covering a lot of the lovely off-piste powder, and icy patches coming through on the busier slopes. Watch out for melting icicles in resort! 

Light snow forecast for tomorrow. 

Saturday 23rd Jan blue sky day and quite warm particularly on south side of La Plagne. Snow conditions powder and packed powder. Good skiing.

Outlook  more snow on Monday

The weather has been absolutely perfect all week in Val, giving us all a well needed break from the dull overcast clouds of the past few weeks. Snow overnight on Wednesday gave us some excellent powder to play in, although the quality on piste is not so good now. Forecast for tomorrow is heavy snow, and there is due to be much snow next week as well.

Epic morning - itineraries are in great condition and the sun's out. This is pretty much as good as it gets...

24" in 24 hours! sick pics and today in Mammoth at: http://ow.ly/YWUh

Plenty of snow, a new park, two super pipes and we're only five weeks in! Conditions are excellent and that's down to the temperature. Last significant snowfall was over 2 weeks ago but it's been so cold and quiet that piste, park and pipe conditions are amazing!

We have just played host to the 6* TTR event 'The O'Neill Evolution' in Davos and it went off! The best riders from around the world putting down their stuff in our 24ft walled super pipe and custom built slopestyle course. Check out the pics! Oh, and by the way they have left everything in for us to play on....gulp!

We have had sporadic snow showers putting a few inches on top of things three or four times in the last two weeks but by and large most of the accessible off piste is needing a good dump! That said our conditions have been considerably safer than lots of places around Europe as we have maintained such low temperatures. Assuming that stays the case our next dump will consolidate with the current snow pack making for some truly epic conditions....I can't wait!

Everything in resort is open and good to go including the recently re-opened Shatzalp bahn...a freeride mecca that's been closed for six years! This place is legendary! Catch up with our video snow reports on www.Snoveo.com and check out our latest pictures and videos on our site www.Synergysnowsports.com. Don't hesitate to get in touch for the latest conditions here in Davos.

 

No new snow for the last two days. Sunny and fairly clear around most of the valley. Light snowfall expected this evening. 

Snow from Sunday led to a great mostly bluebird pow day on monday. Stuben North Face was good in places but a bit windblown and crusty in others. Mattun bowl was brilliant and there were still a couple of lines left for this morning. Its still cold here all day, so theres still big piles of snow and ice at resort level and the pistes pretty much all over the Arlberg are in great condition. Few more cold sunny days to come this week, not sure when the next snow is due though.

Following more snow over the weekend today has been another excellent skiing day with blue skies and great snow on and off piste. The south facing Champagny  side of la Plagne was particularly good.

The outlook is for another blue sky day Tuesday and more snow on Wednesday.

Snow pretty much sucks to be perfectly honest.  Last night's 2.5inches reported barely put our mid mtn. depth above 40".  108.5" on the season, that's not much.

On the bright side the Terrain Park is sweeeeettt!!!  It's getting a lot of action, tons of progressive moves getting thrown down this weekend by the Winter Park Freeride Team.

After a couple of days of snow, we woke up today to BRIGHT blue skies!! So powder day it was, and 30-40cm of fresh powder in the of piste made sure we all had a stunning morning!

The pistes are fantastic, and its not so crazy cold now. 170cm @3200m, 110cm at 2300m and the avalanche risk is 3. The link to Meribel and the 3V is thriving, and the run all the way down is amazing. It was cold in Orelle this morning, but pretty empty and some awesome 1st tracks, even on the marked runs!

Had an amazing day on the hill – woke up to a fresh few inches of snow and headed up into the cloud (after the corporate guys managed to crawl out of their beds). And just as we were all getting used to skiing without knowing where the floor was it all disappeared and we enjoyed some rather impressive pockets of wind blown snow on the itinerary routes.

Another blue sky day in Verbier!
Snowed a solid 4inches everywhere last night - with even more up the top! Yesterday was a great day for some fresh tracks, today it has all been skied in and the weather is perfect today. Going to be a great day!
Enjoy it!!

About 15cms unexpectedly fell last night. Sunny all day today with fairly dim light in places. More snow expected tonight!

Coming down hard now at 2:30am just as forecast. Powder Rules may well apply tomorrow.
This season is turning out very well so far, no massive storms, but consistent fronts coming through and freshening things up consistently every week – which is actually perfect really…

Just need to get some sleep in some where.........

Bluebird powder today! Around 15cms of fresh snow fell last night and the sun has been beaming all day. Fantastic conditions. 

It's been snowing for the last 2 days, about 25 cm. Today has been a fanastic bluebird alpine day! Every where is great, but particularly Inversens right down to Les Bauches and Les Crozats. the snow is light and fluffy on and off piste....and the place is empty!!!

The outlook is for more sunshine and snow on Saturday night. Bon Ski.

It's been snowing all day and it's still snowing through the night. Word is that there'll be blue skies on Thursday morning. So where to ride? First bins on Les Grands Montets and Flegere should be awesome. Le Tour will take a bit more time to get tracked out. Whichever hill you choose, Chamonix Mont Blanc is looking very nice!

After two days of brilliant sunshine and clear blue skies the cloud has moved back in. A few cm's fell overnight. Some small flurries this afternoon with heavier snow expected tonight. 

Warm as hell here at the moment.  really nice in the village and pretty mild on the mountains.  still a bit windy so a bit chilly.  really nice conditions, nice and soft, good fun in the parks.  snow on the way!