Weekly Snow Report - Thursday 29 December

The week ahead

Hello - and here we go again,

We hope you had a good Xmas and, if you were lucky enough to be amongst those skiing under blue skies on Christmas Day... we're jealous!

European snowfall moderated a little this week, compared to the previous few weeks, but fresh snow has still fallen in many resorts in the past few days. Conditions are excellent across almost all the Alpine area now, although more snow is needed in the far South.

Scattered snow has improved conditions in North America a little although most resorts could still do with more. Milder weather in Scotland has caused resorts to close temporarily but more snow is expected.

European Weather and Snow This Coming Week

More precipitation is heading for The Alps for the end of this week and into the weekend and, once again, we encourage anyone travelling in the Northern Alps on Saturday (in particular) to pay attention to the forecasts.

Throughout tomorrow (Friday) and most of Saturday, heavy snow will affect much of the Northern and Western Alps. The French and Swiss Alps will again get the largest snowfalls, which could exceed 50cm in 24 hours in places and may cause serious disruption to mountain roads.

Initially the snow will fall to quite low levels, although the temperature will rise on Saturday to bring rain to some lower resorts - it is very difficult to predict how the exact mix of rain and snow will play out but we'd expect quite heavy, wet snow at low altitude with the best snow above about 1,800 metres.

Temperatures should fall again by Monday, with a further significant snowfall looking likely then.

Further out, following a brief settled period early next week (possible Blue Bird Tuesday for many resorts!), more episodes of snow appear to be lining up in the forecast models and, although beyond the reliable forecast timescale, it is looking like quite a snowy start to the New Year.

J2Ski supports youth charity Snow-Camp

Snow-Camp uses a unique combination of skiing, snowboarding and life-skills programmes to support inner-city young people. Through the combination of snowsports and life-skills, their programmes enable young people to grow in confidence and self esteem, develop as individuals and make positive choices for their lives.

Snow-Camp programmes also enable young people to reflect on the key issues impacting their day to day lives, and help them develop new skills to support their futures – particularly towards careers in the snowsport industry. Snow-Camp has grown steadily from 2003 and now works with at least 400 young people each year across 12 London Boroughs. Their vision is to expand to other cities across the UK and bring the success of the approach to benefit many more inner-city young people.

If you would like to find out more check out www.snow-camp.org.uk, and see how you can support them too. We'll be publishing regular updates from Snow-Camp in our news feed over the next few months.

We wish you all a Very Happy and Safe New Year,
The j2Ski Team

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Antagnod - Snow and Weather Forecast

Antagnod (1700m to 2310m), Italy

Seven Day Weather and Snow Forecast for Antagnod

	Thu 29	Fri 30	Sat 31	Sun 01	Mon 02	Tue 03	Wed 04	Thu 05
Hi	-	9cm	11cm	-	2cm	-	-	-
Lo	-	9cm	11cm	-	2cm	-	-	-
Town	-	9cm	6cm	-	2cm	-	-	-
Snow	-	1700	1700	-	1700	-	-	-
Max	-1°C	-3°C	4°C	4°C	1°C	2°C	3°C	-6°C
Min	-11°C	-9°C	-4°C	-3°C	-10°C	-12°C	-11°C	-10°C
Wind	NW	NW	NW	W	NW	SW	SW	W
km/h	5	4	3	2	3	1	3	2

Our latest snow report (28 Dec) indicates snow depths of 155cm (Upper Slopes) and 45cm (Lower Slopes), with the last snowfall on 22 Dec. Antagnod reported "Packed powder snow".

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