Heavy snow fall in the northwestern Alps
January 25, 2021 skiweather snowreport

Heavy snow fall in the northwestern Alps

At the start of the week a front provides periodic snowfall on the northwest and north side of the Alps. At the same time the Alps lie deep in intense cold air. At 2000 meters it can easily freeze at 10 degrees during the day. At 3000 meters the mercury does not exceed -20 degrees C. The strong wind makes it even colder. It is snowing persistently light, in the French and Swiss high alps at times moderate to strong. I expect on average between 5 and 15 cm. In the northern Savoie and the western Bernese and Glarus Alps 20 to 30cm. T The weather is somewhat friendlier on…

White Christmas in the Alps
December 21, 2020 skiweather snowreport

White Christmas in the Alps

The weather in the Alps is currently calm with fairly high temperatures, but that is about to change. On Thursday the wind will turn north to northwest, making it considerably colder. It will snow especially on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Extremely mildLittle spectacular happens until Christmas. It remains calm, very mild and largely dry. Most of the rainfall is likely to pass just north of the Alps. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the wind originates from the southwest, making it mild in the Alps. It only freezes above 2000 meters and in the valleys the temperatures reach 4-8 degrees. The freezing level can reach a value of 3000 meters. Fortunately,…

Massive snow fall in the Southern Alps
December 2, 2020 skiresort skiweather

Massive snow fall in the Southern Alps

A lot of fresh snow can be expected from Friday to Tuesday, especially along and south of the main Alpine ridge. Already in the early morning of Friday it starts to snow from Ticino to Engadin. During the day, the snowfall increases and spreads to the south of Austria. On the southern side of the Alps, larger amounts of snow can then be expected within a short period of time. Especially in Ost Tirol, Karnten and Sud Tirol, amounts of fresh snow of well over 2 meters can come together in the valleys until Tuesday. At high altitudes, more than 3 meters of fresh snow is very well possible. This…

Where’s the best snow in the Alps for early season skiing?
July 26, 2020 skiresort skiweather

Where’s the best snow in the Alps for early season skiing?

Zermatt in Switzerland, which operates Europe’s highest lifts reaching 3.899m, and the Hintertux glacier in Austria’s Ziller Valley are both open year round. Zermatt’s neighbor Saas Fee opens mid-July each year so by the start of autumn is already three months in to its 10-month-long snow sports season! The fourth option is Pitztal, with Austria’s highest lifts, which closes in mid-May but re-opens in mid-September each year for an eight-month season, and its sister resort, Kaunertal, operates to a similar schedule. The sixth choice is Italy’s Val Senales that normally opens at the start of September (subject to weather conditions) where the cable car will lift you up to the…