Weekly Snow Report - Thursday 05 April

The week ahead

Hello and welcome back to winter!

Well, almost. There have been increasingly heavy falls of snow over the past 48 hours in the Alps with resorts like Flaine reporting 5cm of fresh snow yesterday and Courmayeur 20cm today, Austrian areas are expected to get it next – particularly those at higher altitudes.

Saas Fee in Switzerland has also had 20cm of new snow.

Despite the long warm spell in March, most of the still-open ski areas are in good shape thanks to the heavy December and January snowfalls.

Elsewhere in the world there's been heavy snow in parts of Scandinavia, with Are in Sweden, reporting 30cm of fresh in the past 48 hours, and some Northern ski areas receiving more than two metres in the past seven days.

In North America it's a mixed picture although California and, further north, Whistler have had significant snow this week.

European Weather and Snow This Coming Week

The switch back to wintry weather shows no sign of abating, according to the latest forecasts. Further snows look likely, particularly in the Eastern and then Northern Alps, and there will be a significant - if short-lived - drop in temperature through the Easter weekend.

For those resorts still open after Easter, April is shaping up very well indeed with a high probability of fresh snow (above 2,000 metres) in many areas.

Stay safe and enjoy the snow,
The J2Ski Team

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Saas Almagell - Snow and Weather Forecast

Saas Almagell (1672m to 2400m), Switzerland

Seven Day Weather and Snow Forecast for Saas Almagell

	Thu 05	Fri 06	Sat 07	Sun 08	Mon 09	Tue 10	Wed 11	Thu 12
Hi	5cm	6cm	7cm	-	-	3cm	12cm	7cm
Lo	-	3cm	6cm	-	-	2cm	11cm	7cm
Town	-	-	2cm	-	-	2cm	8cm	6cm
Snow	2087	1968	1672	-	-	1672	1672	1672
Max	4°C	5°C	4°C	2°C	3°C	2°C	2°C	2°C
Min	4°C	3°C	-2°C	-5°C	-6°C	-1°C	-1°C	-2°C
Wind	E	SW	NW	NW	W	S	SE	NW
km/h	1	0	2	4	1	2	2	2

Our latest snow report (5 Apr) indicates snow depths of 67 (Upper Slopes) and 5 (Lower Slopes). Saas Almagell reported "N/A".

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