Weekly Snow Report - Thursday 22 December

The week ahead

Ho Ho Ho (and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours),

This past week, Europe again stole the (snow) show and last weekend's forecast storms delivered huge quantities of snow across much of the Western and Northern parts of The Alps. Many French and Swiss resorts have reported fresh snow totalling more than two metres in the last seven days, and some areas in the North have now had more snow than in the whole of last season!

As always, however, that meant mixed news at times - with roads blocked and mountains closed at times due to avalanche risk. The rewards were nothing less than epic, with powder skiing being reported throughout The Alps and the vast majority of Alpine ski resorts now open.

Snow also arrived in the Pyrenees, with 50 to 60cm of snow allowing the majority of resorts at least a partial opening.

Resorts in North America saw little new snow and some ski areas are relying on snow making into the holiday season.

European Weather and Snow This Coming Week

The major snow storms are just about done with The Alps for the moment, although light scattered snowfalls are expected to the East over the next 24 hours.

A period of more settled weather looks likely to control conditions over the next week. Temperatures will be up and down (cool and clear on Christmas Day in many parts) before becoming relatively mild for a few days next week. This will have the effect of consolidating last weeks new snow. Christmas skiers can look forward to fast piste skiing on a good base, with a good chance of clear skies much of the time.

Further out, the forecast models are indicating reducing temperatures and a fair chance of new snow in the first week of January - perhaps before.

J2Ski supports youth charity Snow-Camp

As it is the time for giving... we're especially delighted to announce our support for Snow-Camp; an innovative organisation doing some great work.

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.

Finally, have yourself a great holiday break and - if you're in the mountains - we hope your snow is all about, deep and crisp and even.
The j2Ski Team

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Raggal - Marul - Snow and Weather Forecast

Raggal - Marul (1000m to 1300m), Austria

Seven Day Weather and Snow Forecast for Raggal - Marul

	Thu 22	Fri 23	Sat 24	Sun 25	Mon 26	Tue 27	Wed 28
Hi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Town	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Snow	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Max	2°C	2°C	-1°C	-2°C	2°C	3°C	2°C
Min	-2°C	-9°C	-16°C	-9°C	-3°C	-7°C	-14°C
Wind	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
km/h	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Our latest snow report (22 Dec) indicates snow depths of 90cm (Upper Slopes) and 70cm (Lower Slopes). Raggal - Marul reported "Powder".

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