Snow for the Euros.

[jskierpx]

its snowin in Leysin most of the day, pretty lightly, but hey its not the sun and melting away so im not complaining

[leBig]

Engelberg wasn't great, but wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

Thanks for the input, Arno... according to the meteoswiss.ch some new snow later this week

[klar]

This is some video from ski touring in the French south-Savoie area at the weekend and some comments on the current and future conditions French snow conditions based on my recents outings. The latter filmed exclusively, on location, in my back garden.

wow, what's all the white fluffy stuff in the first video? very nice.

[edg]

Forecast for snow in Durham tomorrow. The Ben is looking pretty, but can't make it up there this weekend, sigh.



edg

[bbirtle]

Light snow in Chamonix so far not much but the trees are starting to look pretty again.

[klar]

i found a nice snowdance video but photobucket is not working and youtube wont let me register. the world hates me today.

oh and light snow at stubai but nothing below 1800 or so.

[TeleAl]

[Hicks]

The southeastern Alps and the Tatras are where it's gonna dump most during the next two days.

Damn Al thought of you while driving by Leysin a week ago, we once need to hook up for some turns.

[TeleAl]

Alright here is my assessment after skiing the weekend,
and again today after some (some = little, but more than none) snow.

Above 2000m isn't bad. Actually, it can be quite fun.
Below 2000m should be avoided for the moment until some snow falls.

Snowing today a bit. Think Snow!

[jskierpx]

ya really good outlooks for here in western CH over the next few days, at least from MeteoLeysin...and they usually tell it how it is.

Antijinx, and celebrate once it starts flying

[addict]

this just in, HOLY FUCK IT'S DUMPING RIGHT NOW IN LA GRAVE WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!

[geo039]

Snow mudderfudder snow!!!

[addict]

today was off the hook, one of the best days ever on skis. Freshies in le banane, patou, dogshit couloir etc. Bring it on Ullr!!!!

[Roo]

today was off the hook, one of the best days ever on skis. Freshies in le banane, patou, dogshit couloir etc. Bring it on Ullr!!!!

That, my friends, is a slam dunk! Nice one.

[mtcham]

These pics were sent to me from my son (BB Ridgekid) after his monday afternoon mountain guide class. He couldn't stop talking about this run-definately wasn't the easy VB one I've done.
Somehow I missed this class choice at my high school.


Skinning towards Italy from the Aigiulle di Midi





Waiting for the train home

[davidof]

Spent today in l'Alpe d'Huez. Skied the Vaujany, Oz, Villard Reculas and Auris sectors. Nothing above 2500m was open due to the conditions. There was about 5cm of fresh snow yesterday and 15-20cm today. Off piste skiing is pretty much on rocks below 2000m.



It is rather "fun" to be skiing down a run and suddenly run out of base and be bumping over frozen tundra and great big stones.



The base is a bit lower on any shaded slopes but very rutted where it has been skied. All the classic Vaujany o/p was unrecognisable compared to last May! Perrins was rock and ice. Fare/263 couloirs cliffs and ice. Maybe some of the stuff off the back of the Pic Blanc would be skiable but the locals said that there were rocks lower down. So o/p is really out of the question at the mo until the current fall forms a base and we get some more snow on top. I was surprised how bad it was.

On piste was a hard, icy base with fresh snow - powder in the morning, cut up by the early afternoon. The resort slopes were very busy as were the usual pinch points down to Oz and Vaujany. There were no stones or rocks but a lot of the intermediate skiers were finding the conditions very challenging.

Personally I enjoyed it but the new snow on Sat/Sun is much needed.

[stantonbum1]

Heard from a mate in Nendaz yesterday evening that the pistes are ok, off-piste though not nearly enough coverage, just rocks everywhere. The winter does just not seem to be happening this year. Have had 12 days on skis so far, not sure how many more I will bother to have given the conditions.

[Ripzalot]

only 10cms new reported in leysin today. 5-10cm at G3000. glad i didn't burn a vacation day.

but on the bright side we're looking at some 10-15cms saturday, and 20cms or more EACH DAY Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, according to meteoleysin.
(a pretty reliable local fcast)

game on!

[Incompetent Boob]

Absolutely dumping here. Well, maybe not. But it is snowing hard, and some of the biggest flakes I've ever seen. We had about 5cm overnight. Of course, this doesn't mean much for riding, except this is snow and it is in Europe. It is also probably the only place I'll see the stuff for the rest of the season.

[p@wder]

What are snow-levels looking like on Monday. Martin Bleu in lausanne gave an 11*C, which to me would mean rain below 2400-2600m?

I think I will work this weekend and take some time off in the week givne the forecats and I that I am recovering form the flu.

[stantonbum1]

Can anyone pull the 6 day map off snowforecast.com and put it up here?

[verbier61]

What are snow-levels looking like on Monday. Martin Bleu in lausanne gave an 11*C, which to me would mean rain below 2400-2600m?

I think I will work this weekend and take some time off in the week givne the forecats and I that I am recovering form the flu.

according to meteoswiss, 1000 m

[Roo]

Spent today in l'Alpe d'Huez. Skied the Vaujany, Oz, Villard Reculas and Auris sectors. Nothing above 2500m was open due to the conditions. There was about 5cm of fresh snow yesterday and 15-20cm today. Off piste skiing is pretty much on rocks below 2000m.

Personally I enjoyed it but the new snow on Sat/Sun is much needed.

It's tough to get this sort of no-bullshit review anywhere. That's why I really value the pistehors reports. Good stuff, David.

Is that second pic skier's right off the Vallonet chair at Vaujany?

[verbier61]

according to meteoswiss, 1000 m

modified at 11AM: starting at 1600 on monday, gradually dropping at 600 on tuesday. sunny wed.

[Arno]

i just keep reminding myself that conditions in the Perrins bowl at the end of Jan last year were so bony that we had to put skins on and climb out. this was before the fohn wind hit and stripped 60cm of snow off the mountain. let's hope feb and march turn out like last year too [/ever the optimist]