A number of large French regions are reporting snowfall there has hit 'record levels.'
In Chamonix's case the record was for snowfall last weekend, with at one point a metre falling in 24 hours, which the tourist office said was 'a record' but it's not clear if that's ever or just in January. Not that anybody cares much, conditions are phenomenal once the roads are clear and the maximum avalanche danger drops.
The record claimed by the Paradiski region that contains La Plagne and les Arcs with Peisey Vallandry in between and thier 425km of piste they share is a little more specific.
At heights of 1600 metres snow depths are now 1.75m (six feet) and up near the top of the slopes at 3000m it's up to 3.4m (11.3 feet) – depths that have not been reached for more than 45 years, in 1966.
It's all come in perfect time for the crucial French February school holiday period (although they could probably do with it stopping about now).
The area seems to be well set up for the rest of the season right through to 21st April this year.