Winter is here (well, if we forget it’s autumn it is) and there’s been more heavy snow across the Alps, North America, Scotland and Scandinavia – most places in fact. Coverage is a bit more general and Skiinfo’s ‘Powder alarm’ switchboard has been lighting up like a Christmas Tree.
– More resorts open across North America – more than 20 now open including Canada’s first.
– 60cm of snow in the past 24 hours in the Pyrenees.
– Heavy snow in most of the Alps.
– Up to 60m of new snow in the past week in Scandinavia.
Alps
There’s been plenty of fresh snow in Austria with the Molltal glacier reporting the most new snow of the dozen or so open Austrian ski areas with a 46cm accumulation. It has one of the deepest snow depths in the country at around1.5m along with the Kaunertal, Pitztal and Tux glaciers, Solden has 1.2m. You can find here all snow depths in Austria.
Temperatures have been cooler and snow has replaced earlier rain since the weekend. There has been up to 20cm of snow in the Alps and Pyrenees in the past few days and larger falls are expected in the next three days. Tignes is still the only ski resorts open in France with 35cm of snow on the Grande Motte glacier (16km of runs and 8 lifts open). Here’s a list of all snow depths in France.
Conditions are looking great at Italy’s open resorts. The Presena Glacier reported 50cm of fresh snow on Sunday (7 Nov) and currently claims the deepest snow in the world with a three metre base on its glacier slopes. Cervinia is also open at weekends. Here are all snow depths in Italy.
Half a dozen ski areas are open in Switzerland including Engelberg, Les Diablerets, Laax and Zermatt. Saas fee has the deepest snow depth with 1.8. This is where to find all snow depths in Switzerland.
Pyrenees and Spain
There’s been snow in the Pyrenees but no ski areas are open there at present. Formigal received 15cm of snow on Monday 8th November and another 60cm in the past 24 hours with plans to open on the 27th November. You’ll find live information on all snow depths in Andorra here and here all snow depths in Spain.
Scandinavia
There has been up to 60cm of snow fall on Norway’s ski slopes in the past week. Voss has the most snow at the moment accumulated, a total of 60cm, having received 30cm fresh in the past seven days. About 12 ski areas are open there at present, although two thirds of these are currently only open at weekends. Here’s a list of all snow depths in Norway.
North America
Lake Louise in Alberta was the first Canadian resort skiable this season when it opened at the weekend (November 5th). Nakiska hopes to open next weekend (12th), and others including Marmot Basin and Sun Peaks will open soon after. Whistler has reported plenty of fresh snow this week. Here’s a list of all snow depths in Canada.
More ski areas have opened across the US and though the situation is changing daily there are probably now more ski areas open here at present than in any other country. Keystone in Colorado and Killington in Vermont are among the latest, with Breckenridge due to follow at the weekend. The ski season starts in Utah on Friday at Brighton and Solitude. In California, Squaw Valley reports a foot (30cm) of fresh snow. This list details all snow depths in the US.
Further Live Information
We have a list of all resorts that are open and opening dates for the rest.
Live snowfall for the past seven days at all ski resorts. (option to search individual countries).
The greatest snow depths at all ski resorts (option to narrow search to individual countries).
See where will it snow next? (option to narrow search to individual countries).
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