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Whoops – I just realised it is nearly 2 months since I updated the blog. Since my last post, basically it has snowed, and snowed, and snowed, and snowed!

The end of Feb was sunny and springlike. In contrast, March & April (to date) have been cold and snowy. We have had so many excellent powder days that I have lost count. At the moment, we still have over 250 cm at the top of the mountain and although it is mild at the moment, more snow is forecast for the weekend.

All in all, we have had an excellent end of season, and it shows no signs of ending!

Well there hasn’t really been much to report for the last couple of weeks. Cold clear sunny days and excellent skiing. The snow has stayed in great condition and a short tour on Wednesday gave us some nice powder for a few turns….

The next week looks positively spring like – really warm temperatures and sunny days. However, the north facing slopes of Linga, Pre La Joux and Avoriaz have more than enough snow to hold out.

What is exciting though is the tantalising predicitons for the 1st/2nd March – there could potentially be HUGE dumps of snow and very cold temperatures. It is a long way off but all the models are starting to agree with each other.

Finger’s crossed and watch this space… 

Well it has been a bit of a stormy day today, but the temperature is dropping overnight with a fair bit of snow forecast down to 1000 m.

Also, the good news is a few lifts will be opening at Pre La Joux this weekend, and next Wednesday, with pretty much the whole area due to open on the 15th…

Great news – the Portes du Soleil will be opening the first of its lifts this weekend. Morgins is opening the Foilleuse lift & pistes, and Chatel will be opening some of its lifts next weekend (24/25 November).

What a great start to the season, with 40 cm of snow on the lower slopes and 85 cm of snow on the upper slopes!

The temperature was -16 at 10.00 am this morning, and the weather is set to continue cold and sunny until the early part of next week at which point we may get some more snow…

Ah, so this is what autumn in the alps should be like. It is beautiful and sunny but extremely cold. The ground is frozen solid at village level, and rock hard on the mountains. The snow makers are on, and indeed some of the real white stuff may be falling towards the end of this week.

Not bad considering it is not even the end of October!

We will keep you posted on weather conditions as we get closer to the season…