It has come rather late in the season but the past 72 hours have seen a complete transformation of conditions in the Italian Dolomites with more than a metre of snow falling on some resorts.
The biggest snowfalls came from Saturday afternoon to Monday morning with up to 80cm in 24 hours reported at the heart of the snowstorm.
The Trentino region has been particularly blessed with the latest snowfalls with San Martino (pictured above) and the Val de Fiemme regions each receiving around a metre of snow.
The snow has been bountiful across the Dolomiti Superski region however and there was 80-90cm of snow in the Fassa and Garden Valley and Cortina claimed 110cm since Saturday.
Resort crews have been working 24 hours to open ski runs and lifts. Off piste the avalanche risk in the region has been at the highest level 5 – extreme, since the snowfall started to accumulate so fast.
It is now looking very good for Easter and the rest of the season.
Elsewhere there have been more good snowfalls across much of Europe and huge snowfalls, s forecast, in Western North America again with areas in California posting up to 1.5m (five feet) of snow over the last few days.