Just as you think the ski weather is starting to get a little too thin in the Alps, along comes a rush of the white stuff. Anyone lucky enough to be waking up in Tignes, France today will have opened their curtains to this:
I love the way in this image, there is a few deck chairs in the bottom right corner where people can lay back in the sun and watch the white mountains unfold as the clouds float by. This snow has been due for about a week now and I’m glad it’s arrived because a few resorts were really starting to look a bit bare. Their artificial snow machines just aren’t quite the same. Sadly, these current snow clouds are only stopping in for a quick cup of a tea, as they’ll be off again over the next few days. I doubt it’ll be the end of the snow, though. Whatever the case, anyone who’s out there at the moment should be having a sweet time. Hopefully, the good conditions will stick around for those doing a bit of Easter skiing.
The snow’s been running dry recently. A decent dump hasn’t arrived for a good few weeks which leaves some of the lower resorts slightly lacking. However, it’s definitely true that over the last few years, last minute snow has been excellent and it looks like it’s about to happen again. Lots of snow is about to fall across the European Alps along the next few days and it’s setting the resorts up for another great end to the season. Here’s Adam Johnson with his April skiing round-up:
There’s no better time to be in Val d’Isere than April!
I’ve been to Val d’Isere in April for the last 3 years in a row and it never fails to impress. Snowfalls are getting later and later and April is becoming a prime month to go skiing.
Last year (2007) was reputedly the worst year in decades yet we had fresh snow at the start of week 14.04.07 and then had 7 days of sunshine.
By the end of the week it was getting slushy in the afternoon but we had a window of 3 to 5 hours of great skiing everyday followed by 2 hours of partying in the sunshine in t-shirts at Folie Douce before attempting the Olympic run down to La Daille and catching the bus back to town.
We got to go to finishing parties at Dick Ts, Folie Douce, and the final beach party at the Moris. Great times!
I’m going again on 12.04.08 this year and I bet we get the same good skiing in.
AJ
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