This weekend saw fresh snow fall on western resorts in Europe especially in France and Switzerland. The heaviest snowfall this week is forecast in the eastern resorts of Austria, Switzerland and Italy.
Up to a metre of new snow is forecast in Austria and Switzerland, so this gives you an idea of how much the snow conditions could improve.
All five Scottish resorts were open on Monday providing good riding in the west and excellent conditions in the east. Further snow showers are expected this week and these should follow this pattern. A light dusting could fall on the western resorts while slightly more should fall in the east.
There is some fantastic skiing in America at the moment, with resorts in Utah and California recently receiving over two metres of fresh snow. Unfortunately it is warm and wet on the east coast, which has turned much of the snow to slush.
Loads more snow fell at Whistler, taking their snowfall total for the year so far to nearly ten metres. There is lots of powder on the upper slopes. Elsewhere in Canada it is colder, with fantastic snow conditions from top to bottom.
AUSTRIA
The fresh snow that fell in Austria last week gave some great powder skiing in many places over the weekend. The snow has now packed down giving excellent on-piste skiing.
FRANCE
Many French resorts received snow on Monday 25th January. Generally between 5cm and 10cm was reported on Monday morning and the snow was expected to keep falling through the day.
SWITZERLAND
A few of the Ski Club featured Swiss resorts received fresh snow over the weekend. It was only a light dusting but nevertheless it improved the snow conditions.
ITALY
Courmayeur (170/245cm) is the only one of the Ski Club featured Italian resorts to report fresh snow this weekend. It was snowing lightly on Monday, dropping a few centimetres of fresh snow. This provided a nice, smooth layer of fresh snow on top of the groomed pistes giving some fun skiing. Off piste is largely tracked out but if you look hard enough you will find some untouched areas in the trees this week.
ANDORRA
No new snow has fallen in Andorra since Wednesday 20th January. Cold weather has kept the pistes in good condition however and there is lots of good skiing to be enjoyed.
NORWAY/SWEDEN
A light dusting of new snow was reported at Geilo (60/105cm) and Trysil (46/77cm) in Norway and Sälen (48/50cm) in Sweden on Saturday 23rd January. This was not enough to dramatically change the riding conditions but it did freshen up the packed snow cover.
GERMANY
The Ski Club featured German resorts offer great on-piste riding on the packed and groomed snow cover. The only resort to report any new snow over the weekend was Feldberg (70/80cm) which had 5cm of new snow on the slopes when the lifts opened on Monday morning, providing a nice soft cover to the packed base.
BULGARIA
A dusting of new snow fell over the weekend at Borovets (20/85cm) and Pamporovo (50/70cm) this weekend, topping up the great snow cover. The best riding at Borovets can be found on the higher slopes with the snow cover lower down thin in places. Pamporovo has not had the best start to their season but now they have much improved snow cover due to January’s snowfall and the riding is now really good. The sun was shining at both of these resorts on Monday providing excellent visibility.
SCOTLAND
Cairngorm (70/180cm) is in fantastic condition with skiable snow cover across the resort. The White Lady is in superb shape with all of the new snow providing natural features to have fun with. Only two of the lifts were closed on Monday so there was plenty of access to the superb snow that was dumped last week during the severe snowstorms that closed the resort.
USA
There were some colossal snowfalls across America last week. Many resorts in Utah, Colorado and California received massive amounts of fresh snow.
CANADA
Snow conditions in Canada are generally very good at the moment. The best of the snow conditions can be found inland, away from the coast where it is warmer.
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.
