https://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/45.page Latest messages posted in the topic "Tignes – Val d’Isere Weather Plays Havoc with Race Schedule" <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/j2ski/albums/u44159/20181209/Val_d_Isere" border="0" class="mpimg" /> <br /> <br /> <b>Strong winds and heavy snow at Tignes and Val d'Isere is causing a headache for World Cup race organisers.</b> <br /> <br /> Yesterday the men's races went ahead at Val d'Isere but this morning's slalom race has been cancelled due to conditions the resort described thus, <br /> <blockquote class="uncited"> <div>"Due to very complicated weather conditions today, the slalom is cancelled."</div> </blockquote> <br /> The 'complicated weather' includes strong winds and heavy snowfall with neighbouring Tignes reporting 30cm of snow accumulation in the past 24 hours. <br /> <br /> Last week, the International Ski Federation (FIS) announced the Women's World Cup races scheduled for Val d'Isere next week were cancelled due to too little snow on the race course. <br /> <br /> The region is expected to have had at least 50cm of snowfall by the end of tomorrow. <br /> https://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/preList/18554/158002.page https://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/preList/18554/158002.page Sun, 9 Dec 2018 09:31:42 GMT