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First Week Of The Season
Date Posted: 21 Nov 2011This weekend sees the start of the season with Val Thorens, the Espace Killy and Ischgl set to open their slopes on Friday. The snow seems to be hitting the Northern European resorts the most this weekend with Norway's Voss set for a fantastic 37cm and Sweden's Åre boasting a decent 19cm of sn...
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Winter Wonderland Approaches
Date Posted: 18 Nov 2011It's only five weeks until Christmas and the weather is finally changing into winter mode. Temperatures are dropping, Whistler is swimming in snow and Europe is again kicking into gear. After a promising start to the winter, the snow has eased off in Europe over the past couple of weeks, but it appe...
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La Niña Keeps The Snow Coming
Date Posted: 14 Nov 2011Thanks to the current La Niña developing in the Pacific the snow conditions in North America are looking likely to continue to improve over the coming week. Canada is once again making the most of the early season snow, Whistler is set for 36cm of fresh stuff, with Kicking Horse expecting 23c...
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Another Snowy Weekend
Date Posted: 11 Nov 2011This weekend the snow gods have returned once again to North America, with some serious early season snow, while Europe continues to build on the recent heavy snowfall, with a light dusting to top-up the slopes. Canada is leading the way this weekend with some fantastic conditions as the resorts gea...
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Snow, Snow And More Snow
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2011After a weekend of heavy snowfall across the Alps it looks like another week of snow is upon us, with some resorts receiving as much as 19cm today alone! Between now and the weekend Italy is leading the way in terms of European snowfall with Gressoney boasting 21cm, Cervinia 18cm and Champoluc 17cm....
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Weekend Snow Forecast
Date Posted: 04 Nov 2011It may be bonfire night tomorrow, but the in the Alps locals will be celebrating the huge dump of snow, as opposed to celebrating a failed attempt at blowing up our government. Switzerland has been benefitting from decent snowfall over the past couple of weeks, but this weekend sees the start of som...