J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by admin

If you're (thinking of) heading off-piste in The Alps at all in the next few weeks, you should watch this video from Henry Schniewind (he of Henry's Avalanche Talk)

Although this is specifically for the Northern French Alps, there are similar conditions across The Alps where it has been cold and dry for a while.

Henry wrote:"If it does snow, it will be extremely unstable - see video to understand why"

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150144862908054

Be careful out there! :shock:

Now available for Snow Forecasts by email :-

Fieberbrunn, Austria
Guzet, France
Sörenberg, Switzerland

We do intend to cover all the other resorts requested above in time for next season and will try to get as many as we can available for this...

nyonrbust wrote:Hi any chance of
Torgon (Portes du Soleil, CH)
la Dole (Jura near St cergue CH)
Col de la Faucille/mijoux (jura, france)
being added
fingers crossed we get some snow soooooooon!!!
Tnx

We can't do these right now but hope to before the start of next season - sorry. :cry:

willemz900 wrote:When a made the registration there was a promise to get the snowforcast from Mont Dore France.

Hi - it's on the list, under L ... for Le Mont Dore. 8)

We'll be adding some of the other resorts requested later today.

Our server's just popped out to look for some snow... your mail should be along in the next hour or so.

Great vid dustyfog - thank you. Certainly looks like a fun place to be, and your nipper's on it!

And today we've added snow forecasts by email for...

Asiago, Italy
Les Rousses, France
Kopaonik, Serbia
Wieden, Germany
Abtenau, Austria
Interlaken, Switzerland

We can't yet provide the other German and Russian ski resorts requested above but hope to for next season.

North America continues to enjoy the best skiing in the hemisphere at present, with significant new snow adding to already impressive depths in British Columbia, Canada and across Colorado in the United States.

The European situation has improved, but remains mixed. Austria has seen the welcome return of significant snowfalls this past week and many Swiss ski areas have also had a bit of a refresh. France has remained largely dry but still cold and, although urgently in need of snow low down, continues to give great skiing above around 1,800 metres. Some Italian resorts have had fresh snow, although those that missed out still generally have good conditions at median levels and above.

European Weather and Snow This Coming Week

Temperatures will ease a little over the next few days, although still remaining below seasonal averages just about everywhere. From the latest forecast runs, this coming weekend should bring a little light snow across The Alps with further snow possible mid-week; although unlikely to be huge falls they should do enough to improve conditions markedly at some of the lower resorts. The cold, clear weather of late will continue to dominate, with plenty of sunshine.

Further out, in around ten days time, the forecast models are starting to hint at a significant change to the current and recent weather patterns (fingers crossed) so we'll be keeping an eye on that...

Off Piste in The Alps

Please continue to be vigilant and take local advice before skiing away from the marked runs. The continuing cold weather has prevented any "freeze-thaw" cycles from stabilising the snow pack and major ski areas are stressing the presence of large (and unstable) wind slabs remaining in place off piste.

Stay Safe!