Another band of significant snowfall has been passing through the Alps in the last day or so, leaving significant fresh accumulations on glacier ski areas and meaning powder conditions at already open areas.
The biggest snowfall reported was at Saas Fee (Pictured above) in Switzerland which says it has had 60cm (two feet) of snow in the recent weather cycle. Saas Fee, which re-opened in July and will stay open to next may 2016, reported a 30cm snowfall last month too. Many other glacier areas, open and not, have reported fresh snow, including Tignes which opened on Saturday.
Across the Atlantic there was fresh snow at altitude in the Rockies too with resorts from Breckenridge in Colorado to Lake Louise in Alberta reporting a transformation in conditions to 'winter like'
Copper Mountain used the temperature dip to fire up its snowmaking arsenal for the first time (pictured above) – believed to be the first non-glacier ski resort in the northern hemisphere to do so for the 15-16 ski season. It is among three or four high altitude Colorado ski areas, also including Arapahoe Basin, Keystone and Loveland, that are among the 20 highest ski areas in the world and often open in October each year thanks to snowmaking.