Weather warning from Val Thorens website

Good luck!! Take your time, losing a day skiing is better than being on your car roof!

We arrived in Val Thorens on Wednesday night. We only saw snow once we started to gain altitude, just past Moutiers. In Val Thorens there seemed to be a decent amount of snow for this time of the year.

Then... at about 3am Thursday morning, it started snowing and it has not stopped since then.

Most of the lifts were open on Thursday with the links to to adjacent resorts open but visibility was severely limited and it started to get windy towards the afternoon.

This morning, new snow was piled up to almost a meter and we have probably had another 30 cms during the day. All lifts were closed today except a few of the chairlifts from Val Thorens village that serve very modest blue and green terrain.

Peclet funitel and area was closed all day. A lot of the snow that has fallen has a lot of moisture and makes very heavy slabs of 'powder'. Some of the snow has been of the faceted 'ball bearing' type. The avalanche risk at the moment is described as 5 out of 5. During the day, the winds have strengthened from light, to what now sounds like a gale blowing outside our hotel window.

Visibility was extremely limited all day.

I can honestly say I have not seen so much snow fall in a 24h period.

Two weeks ago we were worried we might not be able to ski due to lack of snow. Ironically, now we cannot ski due to too much snow.

The Val Thorens website is showing 80 km winds.

Sounds interesting. Shame for some losing their last day on the slopes.

Are the roads closed, just looked at the vt site, they are reporting 5 out of 5 avalanche risk - black flag

I have never seen one of those

Keep safe and updated. Enjoy it when it all calms down! Dead jealous!!!

Sounds interesting. Shame for some losing their last day on the slopes.

Are the roads closed, just looked at the vt site, they are reporting 5 out of 5 avalanche risk - black flag

I have never seen one of those

Keep safe and updated. Enjoy it when it all calms down! Dead jealous!!!

Oops....darn phone

The road down the valley was closed earlier for avalanche control for an hour.
Snow chains are compulsary.
Similar picture across the area.

The roads have been closed on and off for avi control throughout the day. It will probably be the same tomorrow.

Heading out for some dinner, might need crampons!