The snow has started falling in the Alps, beginning to transform conditions at many resorts where snow has been badly needed.
Resorts across the region have reported up to 30cm of snow in the past 24 hours and up to three times that much is forecasted for others over the next 72 hours.
As usual it's a mixed picture rather than a blanket deluge and forecasts are changing by the hour, but generally the picture appears to be finally improving with low temperatures down to low altitudes allowing the mighty arsenal of snowguns across the Alps to fire up once again.
For most areas the total forecast is around 30cm (a foot) and many resorts in Austria reported 20cm overnight this morning.
Those who have been in the Alps over Christmas with limited open terrain on-piste only have been able to ski powder today (unfortunately the last of their week for many on package trips, but then better than if it started on Saturday).
The picture above shows Wengen which received 15cm of snow overnight and has a further 30cm forecast to fall over the weekend, all snow guns are fired up too particularly on the Lauberhorn race route.