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SNOW NEWS UPDATED 13 MARCH 2024

INTRODUCTION There were not quite the dramatic snowfall accumulations this week as last, but we've still seen more big falls in the Alps, Western North America, and the Pyrenees. Regions that didn't get much last week, including Eastern North America and Scandinavia, have also seen colder, snowier weather.

EUROPE INTRO A mixed picture in Europe with the snow weather that arrived in the Alps, Dolomites and Pyrenees in late February, continuing for a third week with more significant accumulations on higher slopes. The transformation in the Pyrenees is particularly marked with seasons extended and the most terrain open there's been all winter. Against that, though, springtime temperatures are warming in valleys, and more lower altitude terrain is closing for the season across Europe. A better week for much of Scandinavia with more snowfall and cold temperatures, although still warmer afternoon temperatures at ski areas in southern Norway around Oslo, Lillehammer and Voss. Scotland has very limited terrain open still, and Eastern Europe has a similar high/low terrain springtime mix of good/fresh snow up top, not much left on lower slopes, with smaller, lower areas now ending their 23-24 seasons altogether as the rest of Europe.

Kaunertal

AUSTRIA REPORT Austria has posted some of its biggest snowfalls of the season over the last week. The Stubai Glacier (90/455cm / 36/182") reported 100cm (40") in 24 hours going into last weekend and another 20cm (4") the next day. It has the country's deepest base and is only 15cm/6" of the world's deepest. The snowfall boosted bases but also led to complete closures of some centres until the storm eased and slopes were made avalanche-safe. Obergurgl was another completely shut down at the end of last week by very high avalanche danger. Elsewhere, though, lower slopes are losing the springtime thaw battle and one of the country's big areas, the Skiwelt, announced the Ellmau sector was closing early for the season due to inadequate snow remaining down low.

(c) Stefan Kothner - Montafon Tourismus GmbH, Gargellen

AUSTRIA FORECAST We'll see warmer temperatures and moistly drier weather throughout the remainder of the week, with freeze-thaw conditions on all but the highest slopes. However, there's a chance of 5-15cm (2-6") more snowfall to end the week in Tirol and western Austria.

The Matterhorn, Zermatt

SWITZERLAND REPORT It's been another snowy week in Switzerland, the third in a row. We've seen some big accumulations over that period, most noteworthy perhaps Saas Fee (130/470cm / 52/188"), which after over two metres (80") of snowfall last week scored another metre (40") in 72 hours to put it within a few centimetres/inches of the world's deepest snowpack. The downside though is severe avalanche danger which meant only 15% of its area could open at the start of this week. Elsewhere across Switzerland, there have been other ski areas seeing bases significantly boosted, if not quite so much as Saas Fee. Laax (0/450cm, / 0/180") is also among those posting the world's deepest snow, but it managed to keep 70% of its slopes open having had less massive accumulations. It's zero snow depth stat at the resort level also reflects the arrival of springtime in Switzerland - plenty of snow up top but little left in the valleys.

Above the clouds, Villars

SWITZERLAND FORECAST It was a mostly sunny end to the week. Temperatures stayed at or below freezing on the highest slopes above 2500m, but they progressively warmed up at lower altitudes, with daytime highs of +10C down at 1,000m altitude.

Artouste by Jéremy Lacoste

FRANCE REPORT It has been another snowy week in the French Alps and Pyrenees with ski areas at more southerly latitudes seeing some of the biggest gains. Isola 2000 (235/300cm / 94/120"), the closest centre to Nice and the Mediterranean coast, for example, posted a 1 metre (40") accumulation over 72 hours at the start of this week. Elsewhere, there's been plenty more snowfall at high altitudes, and 6 of the world's 10 deepest reported snow bases, including four of the top 5, are in the French Alps, led by Alpe d'Huez (121/480cm / 50/192"). Open terrain also remains excellent, with most big areas posting over 90% of their slopes still open.

Artouste-Fabrèges by Jérémy Lacoste

FRANCE FORECAST Drier, warmer weather is making its big comeback as we complete this week's report and is due to continue into next week. We'll still see -10C overnight at 3,000m altitude, but +10C in the afternoons at 1,000m altitudes - so normal spring weather.

Madonna, Madonna di Campiglio

ITALY REPORT It's been a third snowy week in Italy, if anything, the snowiest yet in fact, but most of it has been falling on the upper half of ski slopes, with some rain and certainly much less snow in lower areas. But that said, resorts further south like Abetone (30/30cm / 12/12") in Tuscany and Cimone (30/50cm / 12/20"), which have suffered from warm weather and little snowfall all winter, are in much better shape after fresh snow there and have 20-30% of their runs open at last. But at the bigger, more northerly areas, we've seen another metre of snow over the last 7 days for resorts like Livigno (94/174cm / 38/70") and Cervinia (0/260cm / 0/104") this week, and most slopes remain open with fresh snow lying deep.

skiing in Livigno

ITALY FORECAST Sunshine is returning now, and drier weather is forecast for the coming week. Overnight lows on higher slopes are down to -5C, but daytime highs in low valleys reach +15C, so it feels very springlike.

Cable car on top of Zugspitze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen-Zugspitze

GERMANY REPORT Less than 10% of German ski areas are open, with the majority giving up after the warm, dry weather that's dominated winter made it difficult to build a decent base anywhere. The country's bigger, higher centres are still open, though, with the Zugspitze Glacier (145/286cm / 56/114") posting the deepest snow in the country, Oberstdorf (40/153cm / 16/61") the most open terrain, rarely for Germany still 100% of its slopes at its Fellhorn area, and 34km (21 miles) of runs.

Zugspitze summit, Garmisch-Partenkirchen-Zugspitze

GERMANY FORECAST It's remaining too warm for snow, with valley highs at 1,000m reaching +15C in the afternoons. A few degrees below freezing at 2,000m overnight but +5C likely in the daytime. A few showers, possibly snow up high, but mostly dry and sunny.

SCANDINAVIA REPORT It's been a better week in Scandinavia after the warm temperatures and rain earlier this month. Although gusting winds have been an issue at times, the days have been starting with -5 to -10C temperatures in most areas, staying subzero at altitude and further north through the day, but getting soft in the afternoons at more southerly and on lower slopes. There have been several light to moderate snowfalls to refresh the snow cover. Sweden's à re (60/105cm / 24/42"), which hosted World Cup Women's Alpine ski racing at the weekend, remains more than 90% open and has the most terrain available in the region. Norway's Myrkdalen (130/240cm / 52/96") has the region's deepest snow.

SCANDINAVIA FORECAST A cold and snowy picture for the week ahead with afternoon valley highs of +2C for most (although perhaps +8C further south around Lillehammer), and overnight northerly lows of -20C, more light to moderate snowfalls expected midweek, drier towards the weekend.

SCOTLAND REPORT There have been more snow showers this week but it has not made much difference to the very limited terrain currently offered by the country's five centres. Glencoe has about the most available and the best lift service, with Cairngorm also offering more than just beginner slopes still, but with the ongoing issuer of no uplift from base to upper runs with the funicular out of action, so it's a hike up with your ski gear. Both areas report lower cover thin/gone as thawing outstrips fresh snowfall so it is really for determined intermediates/experts. Both areas also have nursery slopes open, as do Glenshee (which has a little more besides offering three runs in total) and The Lecht.

SCOTLAND FORECAST More snow showers are forecast for higher Scottish slopes, but spring temperatures, and thus the snowline, are also creeping up, so it's hard to see a big transformative snowfall accumulation that will really turn things around in the coming week.

Arcalis Tourist Board, Ordino-Arcalís

SPAIN / ANDORRA REPORT The third great week in a row for the Pyrenees, with still more heavy snowfall improving conditions still further. The region's biggest resort, Andorra's Grandvalira (110/190cm / 44/76"), has hit 201km (125 miles) of slopes open, by far the most this winter and more than 90% of its slopes as a result. It's a similar story - in terms of a much-improved base and more terrain open - for most areas in the region, although excited free-=riders should not know that the off-piste avalanche danger level is at 4/high as we publish this week's report. A special mention of Portugal's sole ski area, Serra de Estrela, is worth making here as it had some of its heaviest-ever snowfall after not getting much with record warm weather through much of the first two-thirds of the season, leaving lifts and buildings buried metres deep in snow.

Arcalis Tourist Board, Ordino-Arcalís

SPAIN / ANDORRA FORECAST The cold and snowy spell appears to be finally easing off, and it's a mostly sunny rest of the week forecast, with perhaps just some light snowfall going into the weekend. Valley highs are likely to be back into double figures above freezing in the afternoons, closer to freezing up high overnight.

Bezbog, Bezbog Ski Centre

BULGARIA / ROMANIA REPORT Bulgarian and Romanian ski areas have been posting snowy images after fresh snowfall on their higher slopes. Bansko's base (10/125cm / 4/50") is back up over the metre mark, and 80% of its terrain is open, the best stats since February. Borovets (95/100cm / 38/40") has also seen its base increase, with about two-thirds of its terrain, mostly on the upper mountain, still open.

2nd half of season much snowier than 1st half, Borovets

BULGARIA / ROMANIA FORECAST Cloudy skies and slightly cooler temperatures than further north in the Alps, with lows remaining at or below freezing on high slopes even in the daytime and valley highs around +8C, freezing overnight. Little or no precipitation is forecast, though.

CZECH REPUBLIC / SLOVAKIA REPORT Most ski areas in the Czech and Slovak Republics have closed for the season already, many noting that it has been a challenging season and with no real sign of a significant change from the predominantly warm, dry weather, they might as well call it a day on 23-24. But the big resorts will carry on into April, and they've had some cooler weather and even a little snowfall this week as a reward. The region's biggest, Slovakia's Jasna (40/80cm / 16/32"), still has about two-thirds of its terrain open.

CZECH REPUBLIC / SLOVAKIA FORECAST It will be mostly dry and increasingly sunny across the region in the latter half of this week, although light snowfalls on high slopes are possible. Temperatures will be around freezing overnight at 2,000m and as warm as +12C in valleys in the daytime.

USA / Canada

NORTH AMERICA INTRO Western North America has recently experienced a touch of spring, following two weeks of snowfall along the Pacific coast and in mountainous regions such as the Rockies. The heavy snowfall in California has pushed several ski resorts into the elite class of having depths exceeding 4 meters (over 13 feet), placing them among the top 10 in the world. However, the last few days have brought a shift towards cooler, more seasonable weather and snowfall in the eastern regions, a welcome change from the earlier warm and wet conditions of the month. As a result, the week has returned to a more typical midwinter climate.

ROCKIES REPORT It has been a quieter week in the Rockies after the big snow accumulations at the end of February and the start of March. We've seen temperatures climb up to 'springlike' in Colorado, although they've since fallen back again. There have been a few inches of snow most days for most areas too, keeping things fresh. Most areas are at least 90% open. Alta (56/148" / 140/371cm) has the region's deepest snow but has been overtaken from previously having North America's deepest by ski areas in California. Fellow Utah area Park City (79/96" / 196/241cm) still has the most terrain open in the US, though.

ROCKIES FORECAST Sunny but cold temperatures for the rest of the week and through the weekend. Temperatures are down to low single figures overnight at altitude and staying just below freezing at resort levels in Utah and further north in the afternoons, keeping the snow in top condition. A little warmer in Colorado and further south, with daytime highs getting into the low 40s there.

USA WEST REPORT Ski areas on the US West Coast have been digging out lifts and making slopes safe after the big snowfalls that ended a week ago brought up to 11 feet (3.3m) of fresh snow cover to the region's slopes. As a result, Mammoth Mountain (101/157" / 253/394cm) and The Palisades (55/158" / 137/396cm) have jumped to the top of North America's snow depth table and The Palisades have announced that their season will last at least until the final weekend of May. This week has been much drier and warmer, more springlike in the south, but the Pacific Northwest corner is in the best shape it has been all season with Crystal Mountain (39/72" / 97/180cm) in Washington State, one of those that had struggled to open more than half its runs for most of the season, now fully open.

USA WEST FORECAST A mostly sunny end to the week, temperatures quite mild at resort level - into the 40s, but staying close to freezing on high slopes.

MIDWEST REPORT The 23-24 season in the Midwest is in rapid decline now, despite some significant snowfall for some in the past week. The overall picture, though, is of ever warmer weather, and even the limited cover that most areas have managed to maintain through a challenging winter is fast melting away now. Daytime highs have been reaching the low 60s, although overnight lows have still been touching freezing. As mentioned, though, the past week did bring some significant snowfalls, with parts of North Dakota seeing one of their biggest March snowfalls on record, causing major traffic issues and a small boost to ski centres. Michigan's Ski Brule (48/56" / 120/140") continues to post the region's deepest snow but has dropped from 100 to 80% open now.

MIDWEST FORECAST Conditions are slightly cooler but still mostly above freezing, day and night, with highs in the 50s, so more thawing, too warm for snowfall or snowmaking and more centres calling it a day on the 23-24 season.

USA EAST REPORT A lot of excitement this week in the eastern US as a period of mostly dry, warm and sometimes wet weather ended and winter made its triumphant return, bringing with it up to 20" (50cm) accumulations across New Hampshire, New York State, Maine and Vermont, giving a very welcome slope refresh a fortnight before Easter. Bases remain thin compared to the season average, but the main centres remain mostly open. Vermont's Killington (8/18"/ 20/45cm) has the most open, about 95% of its terrain, despite its thin cover.

USA EAST FORECAST Unfortunately, the snowy weather excitement may be short-lived. A temperature spike into the mid-50s is forecast for the latter half of the week, with heavy rain expected on all but the highest slopes.

CANADA WEST REPORT Western Canada's 23-24 season seems to be peaking in the latter third, with the snow continuing to dump down. Whistler Blackcomb (5/288cm / 2/115") reported an incredible 102cm (41") accumulation on its higher slopes in just 48 hours on Sunday/Monday this week and reported the most terrain it had open all winter - 228 of its 234 trails, so almost all of them. It was the biggest accumulation reported this week in the region, but other resorts in the west have had plenty more, and Big White has announced it's extending its season by a week into mid-April to make the most of it.

CANADA WEST FORECAST A sunny end to the week with temperatures reaching +10C in valleys by the weekend but still dropping to -8C overnight above 2,000m. So we're talking classic springtime freeze-thaw.

CANADA EAST REPORT It's been one of the best weeks for a while in Quebec, with cold and snowy weather through the weekend and the start of this week. Mont Sutton was among the resorts posting 15cm (6") of fresh snowfall accumulated by Monday morning. The speed of thaw at Tremblant's (22/140cm / 9/56") base has slowed dramatically and its slopes are nearly 80% open still, the most in the area. Eastern Canada's second biggest, Mont Sainte-Anne (50/70cm / 20/28") has just over half of its runs open.

CANADA EAST FORECAST Unfortunately, temperatures are climbing and are expected to reach the high single figures at resort base levels in the afternoons over the latter half of this week, so it looks like upcoming showers are as likely to be rain or sleet as snow for the next few days.

View over The Sea of Japan, Chisenupurri

JAPAN REPORT The seasons are changing in Japan as well, and we're seeing temperatures fluctuating 5-10 degrees on either side of the freezing point and a mixture of sunshine and snow showers. Niseko (110/315cm / 44/126") has seen very little change in its base depth for weeks now, really, getting 5-10cm fresh snowfall deposits but then losing a bit of depth due to thawing. It's also had its usual issue with strong winds closing higher lifts at times. Charmant Hiuchi ski area (100/400cm / 40/160") near Itoigawa City in Niigata has Japan's deepest base. Gassan Ski Area says it will open for its 2024 summer ski season in a month on April 12th.

JAPAN FORECAST We're continuing with a springlike mix of warmer weather. It's dropping back below freezing overnight, and further snow showers are expected, but nothing too heavy.