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How bad will the snow get in France in March?

How bad will the snow get in France in March?

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Started by Kindkind in Ski Chatter - 1 Reply

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Kindkind posted Feb-2019

Have had a plan for extreme backcountry trip (la Grave) beginning of march. The forecast is quite sad, sun and high temps for the next 10 days. It has been a poor season for snow - Base snow depths are upper mtn 160cm, lower 70cm. 63% of is North aspect. I am looking for some advice on whether the terrain will be very ski-able, assuming no new snow! Please let me know

Edited 1 time. Last update at 18-Feb-2019

Ranchero_1979
reply to 'How bad will the snow get in France in March?'
posted Feb-2019

Is March, just over 1/2 way through the season. Current conditions everywhere are reported as fantastic with only some runs into lower towns starting to struggle a bit. Does anyone really enjoy the car track to town?
Look at your worst case scenario in la grave:
1) no powder
2) 10:30 snow softens and you get to ski steep terrain that is never possible otherwise
Sounds awful!

Topic last updated on 19-February-2019 at 01:59