Weekly Snow Report - Thursday 31 January

The week ahead

Hello,

The big news this week, in Europe at least, was from The Pyrenees and, even further South, Sierra Nevada in Spain. Both locations have seen substantial snowfall with resorts in The Pyrenees now beating The Alps for snow depth.

There is more snow in the forecast, for both The Alps and The Pyrenees, with the Northern Alps particularly in line for more major snows this coming weekend. Temperatures will cool considerably over the next few days, as the snow arrives.

The snow expected tomorrow and Saturday, for the Northern French and Swiss Alps, will be heavy and likely to fall to quite low levels - 1000 metres and below - and is likely to cause travel disruption on Saturday, so be prepared!

The outlook is for more cold weather and further snows around the midle of the week.

This Week's Headlines

- Third week of heavy snow in the Pyrenees.

- Gales of up to 114mph temporarily close some Scottish ski areas.

- Niseko snow base reaches 4m.

- Snow in southern Colorado.

- Little new snow in the Alps.

- Mammoth’s snow base world’s deepest, less than 3 inches off 5 metres.

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For the full round-up of the latest snow conditions around the world visit the J2Ski Snow Report - January 31st 2013.

Until next week,
The j2Ski Team

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Riederalp - Snow and Weather Forecast

Riederalp (1900m to 2900m), Switzerland

Seven Day Weather and Snow Forecast for Riederalp

	Thu 31	Fri 01	Sat 02	Sun 03	Mon 04	Tue 05	Wed 06	Thu 07
Hi	1cm	10cm	13cm	2cm	-	3cm	5cm	2cm
Lo	1cm	10cm	12cm	2cm	-	3cm	5cm	2cm
Town	1cm	6cm	11cm	2cm	-	3cm	5cm	2cm
Snow	1900	1900	1900	1900	1900	1900	1900	1900
Max	2°C	2°C	0°C	-9°C	1°C	0°C	-10°C	-12°C
Min	-12°C	-4°C	-9°C	-13°C	-12°C	-12°C	-11°C	-13°C
Wind	W	SW	NW	NW	NW	W	NW	NW
km/h	3	3	4	4	3	3	4	3

Our latest snow report (30 Jan) indicates snow depths of 145 (Upper Slopes) and 115 (Lower Slopes), with the last snowfall on 28 Jan. Riederalp reported "Packed powder snow".

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