There's already been over 30cm of fresh snow in ski resorts in France, Italy, Austria and Switzerland. Here's some of our favourite photos from Twitter this morning:
Arrived in #morzine Its snowing. Fantastic! pic.twitter.com/lT8V2oA08J
— Bray Design (@BrayDesignUK) January 17, 2015 Meribel Centre looking pretty snowy! pic.twitter.com/Zub7mI9sUX
— Whitetracks (@Heli_Transfers) January 17, 2015 Voilà voilà...#VarsFob pic.twitter.com/Nxw1D6IC2c
— ? Vars ? (@Varsfob) January 17, 2015 More than a foot already and still #falling #stmartindebelleville #threevalleys #snow #powder pic.twitter.com/bJyobUh6pu
— White Mountain (@LuxChalets) January 17, 2015 #Winteriscoming @ Avoriaz ! It snowed all night and the trees are all white! 25cm fell in Avoriaz. pic.twitter.com/Pa9PzQD6y3
— Avoriaz 1800 (@Avoriaz1800) January 17, 2015 Bonjour #Courchevel! 20cm of dip #snow this morning @esf1650 @skicourchevel16 @ESF1850 @EsfCourchevel @courchevel pic.twitter.com/lor6EJG4lM
— esf-UK (@UKesf) January 17, 2015 20cm of fresh snow at @WeltcupWengen but the amazing crew has been working since 2am so we can start at10.30/13.30CET pic.twitter.com/jJiP08qir0
— FIS Alpine (@fisalpine) January 17, 2015 Live from the Alpe di Siusi: 25 cm of fresh #snow! pic.twitter.com/qHHnkQ0l48
— Alpe di Siusi (@alpedisiusi_) January 17, 2015 A snowy morning in Zermatt, looks like winter again and the forecast is for it to come down all day! pic.twitter.com/0VXCHhoxDh
— Summit Ski School (@summitskischool) January 17, 2015 Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! Over 15cm already :-) #verbier #4verch pic.twitter.com/tYrmTei91x
— AltitudeVerbier (@AltitudeVerbier) January 17, 2015 Tantissima #neve a #Livigno..chi viene a sciare oggi? Look how much #snow today in Livigno...Who is coming to ski? pic.twitter.com/XEqre2VQUY
— Hotel Bivio (@HBivioLivigno) January 17, 2015 16 Jan - Big snowfall is coming
It’s been a snow-dry January for most resorts so far but that is all set to change this weekend.
Earlier this week we reported on conditions in the mountains after a small snowfall last weekend which slightly improved the ski conditions. View 13th Jan Snow Report.
Now a big change is on the way as temperatures start to go down – and stay down. The best of the snow fall is expected in Italy, with up to 90cm predicted over the next 3 days.
France
Great news for everyone heading out to France this weekend, lots of snow is expected! Over 45cm is predicted in La Clusaz, Les 2 Alpes and Alpe d’Huez. 40cm in Morzine and Avoriaz. With Courchevel, Megeve, Meribel, Flaine and Chamonix expecting to receive over 30 cm of fresh snow.
Its already been snowing in Avoriaz from 7:30 am on Friday
Austria
Heavy snowfalls are predicted to move in from the west. 20-50cm of snow should be coming in, possibly favouring locations in Tirol, including Solden and Stubai with 50cm, Kaunertal with 32cm and Ischgl, St Anton, Mayrhofen and Lech hoping for over 25cm.
Italy
If you are looking to go somewhere last minute – Italy will be your powder haven! Being right in the firing line of this dump of snow coming to Europe, resorts are expecting 50cm + potentially with up to a metre of pow in some lucky places!
Switzerland
Snow in the Swiss Alps is looking very similar to Austria with between 30-50cm is likely in most ski areas. The best of the snow should be in St Moritz and the up to 40cm in Saas Fee and Zermatt, and then 30 cm in other resorts in Graubünden including Davos, Arosa Lenzerheide and Vals.
Snowfall on Saturday 12am
Snowfall on Saturday 3pm
