Winter is Coming
Time to pack away the bikinis and wax down your board. Winter is coming. We’ve had a few dustings of snow already in September. Enough to enable a pair of skiers from www.Skitour.fr to descend from the 4000 meter Barre des Ecrins last weekend in a foot of fresh but with a ratio of ski/portage of 40/60% over 3000 meters it is not our idea of a fun day out.
Valley temperature over the last 24 hours
However over the last 24 hours the mercury has really plummeted along with the pressure bringing snowfall above 1700 meters with a good 20cm at 2000 meters. Not really enough to ski (except at Tignes which opened this weekend) as it is very wet but sufficient to set the hearts of any winter sports enthusiasts a flutter. Watch this space.
Sept Laux, 2nd October 2005
