This weekend saw some excellent ski conditions in many areas across the world, particularly parts of America and also Scotland.
Scotland received a massive amount of snow at the end of last week. Cairngorm was reporting snow drifts that were 7 metres deep in places. The storm brought with it around a metre of fresh snow to most resorts over the course of Thursday 25th February and Friday 26th February. The skiing is the best it has been in many years.
Mild weather brought rain to the lower slopes of many resorts in Europe over the weekend. Spring-like weather was dominant in most of the lower areas but rain at resort level means fresh snow higher up. 20cm of snow fell on the upper slopes of Verbier in Switzerland over the weekend with some fantastic skiing reported.
At the same time as the snow in Scotland, it was snowing extremely heavily on the east coast of America too. Resorts like Sugarbush reported over 1.5 metres of fresh snow on Thursday and Friday last week. Elsewhere in America, the same amount was reported to have fallen on Mammoth in California over the weekend. They have already received ten metres of snow this season so far at Mammoth.
AUSTRIA
Milder weather is still affecting parts of Austria with a few resorts experiencing light rain on Sunday 28th February. Some resorts also received a dusting of snow however which is good news.
FRANCE
The weekend’s weather in France was generally bad with a mixture of rain and snow falling at many resorts. Fortunately however the sun has come out on Monday 1st March, giving good weather to enjoy the fresh snow on the upper slopes of many areas.
SWITZERLAND
The current mild weather does mean some of the Swiss resorts have much softer snow than last week but fresh snow on higher slopes makes up for this.
ITALY
As with most of Europe, it snowed in many places in Italy over the weekend. Lots of resorts received around 20cm of fresh snow to their upper slopes which should make for some excellent skiing this week.
ANDORRA
There is still plenty of good skiing to be found in the Andorran Pyrenees. Despite no fresh snow since 22nd February, the pistes are in good condition due to generally cold weather and good piste preparation.
NORWAY & SWEDEN
Norway offers some excellent skiing at the moment, with all of its resorts receiving fresh snow since Tuesday 25th February. Fresh snow fell in Åre (64/81cm) and Sälen (80/100cm) in Sweden over the weekend, with the fresh snow allowing Sälen to reach the one metre mark for the first time this season.
GERMANY
The first signs of spring in Germany are beginning to show as mild and sunny weather dominates at all of our featured resorts. The snow base of some resorts dropped significantly over the weekend but most of them still have enough snow to offer good piste skiing.
BULGARIA
The weather in Bulgaria has turned very mild, which is having a big effect on the snow conditions at all three of our featured resorts. Some of the resorts still have a good snow base however which should mean the mild weather doesn’t melt all of their snow.
SCOTLAND
Last week’s massive snowfall in Scotland meant that all five resorts were closed for snowsports on Thursday 25th February as they were completely buried.
USA
Following the snowstorm at the end of last week on the east coast of America, there is plenty of fantastic skiing available there. Many resorts received around 1.5 metres of fresh snow from the storm, by far their biggest dump of the season so far.
CANADA
Many resorts in western Canada received fresh snow over the weekend. Over 30cm fell in some areas giving them a good powder day.
Information provided courtesy of the Ski Cub of Great Britain.
For more detailed snow reports and forecasts for countries and resorts visit the Ski Club of Great Britain Snow Overview.
