Snow hit the Alps last night as 3 day snowstorm started sweeping across ski resorts in Europe – predominately France, Austria and Switzerland. There has already been a fantastic start to the season with regular large dumps of snow throughout November which has led to some resorts opening early.
Yesterday Avoriaz announced that it is opening its ski area 2 weeks early and will crank up the lifts from this Saturday. Skiers and snowboarders are already enjoying the slopes in Val Thorens, Tignes, Saas Fee, Verbier, Obergurgl, Sölden, Cervinia, Zermatt and more! Read more about 2017/18 ski resort opening dates.
The next 9 days are going to be extremely interesting in the Alps with heavy snow forecast and temperatures dropping to way below freezing (-18 degrees in some parts of France). These are brilliant snow conditions for so early in the season and allows resorts to build up a decent snow base for when ski season properly kicks off for Christmas and New Year. We head out to Tignes on Sunday and can’t wait to report back to you live from resort.
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Last 7 days snow report
Cervinia, Italy – 250 cm
Kaprun, Austria – 150 cm
Tignes, France – 100 cm
Verbier, Switerland – 100 cm
Wengen, Switzerland - 100 cm
Avoriaz, France – 100 cm
St Anton, Austria – 100 cm
Lech, Austria – 90 cm
La Plagne, France – 89 cm
Villars, Switzerland - 78 cm
Saalbach, Austria - 75 cm
Next 9 days snow forecast
Zermatt, Switzerland – 103 cm
Isloa 2000, France - 77cm
Are, Finland - 74 cm
Voss - 66 cm
Cervinia, Italy - 64 cm
Saas Fee, Switzerland - 58 cm
Sestriere, Italy - 57 cm
Vallnord, Andorra - 56 cm
Champoluc, Italy - 52 cm
Soldeu El Tarter, Andorra - 50 cm
Val d'Isere, France - 50 cm
Risoul, France - 50 cm
Pas de la Casa, Andorra - 47 cm
Sauze d'Oulx, Italy - 46 cm
Arabba, Italy - 45 cm
Tignes, France - 43 cm