Snow Overviews

France

Updated 14/03

Unsettled conditions over Europe continue into the weekend, with a last hurrah before a return of fine, dry and brighter weather into the new week. Snow will fall overnight Friday into Saturday, followed by around half a foot down on Saturday. The freezing line at this time will hover around 2,000m, however, meaning the best of this will be found across higher ground, with the tail end reaching lower slopes as the freezing line drops overnight into Sunday.

High pressure returns from Monday onwards, bringing with it plenty of sunshine. Things will be cool for many areas, as the freezing line climbs to 2,000m in the midday sun, but not much further, and drops off to around 500m overnight.

Switzerland

Updated 14/03

Unsettled conditions over Europe continue into the weekend, with a last hurrah before a return of fine, dry and brighter weather into the new week. Snow will fall overnight Friday into Saturday, followed by around half a foot down on Saturday. The freezing line at this time will hover around 2,000m, however, meaning the best of this will be found across higher ground, with the tail end reaching lower slopes as the freezing line drops overnight into Sunday.

High pressure returns from Monday onwards, bringing with it plenty of sunshine. Things will be cool for many areas, as the freezing line climbs to 1,500m in the midday sun, but not much further, and drops off to around 500m overnight.

Austria

Updated 14/02

Unsettled conditions over Europe continue into the weekend, with a last hurrah before a return of fine, dry and brighter weather into the new week. Snow will fall overnight Friday into Saturday followed by considerable snowfall across the region, but especially in the south and southeast. Here a foot-and-a-half will fall over Friday night and Saturday, leading to excellent conditions throughout Sunday and the new week.

Elsewhere snowfall will follow a similar patter, albeit with more limited totals down. Around 10cm will fall over the same timeframe.

High pressure returns from Monday onwards, bringing with it plenty of sunshine. Things will be cool for many areas, as the freezing line climbs to 2,000m in the midday sun, but not much further, and drops off to around 500m overnight.

Italy

Updated 14/02

Unsettled conditions over Europe continue into the weekend, with a last hurrah before a return of fine, dry and brighter weather into the new week. Snow will fall overnight Friday into Saturday followed by considerable snowfall across the region, but especially in the east around the Dolomites. Here two feet will fall over Friday night and Saturday, leading to excellent conditions throughout Sunday and the new week.

Elsewhere snowfall will follow a similar patter, albeit with more limited totals down. Around 10cm will fall over the same timeframe.

High pressure returns from Monday onwards, bringing with it plenty of sunshine. Things will be cool for many areas, as the freezing line climbs to 2,000m in the midday sun, but not much further, and drops off to around 500m overnight.

Germany

Updated 14/03

Unsettled and cloudy conditions are in store for the German Alps, with a few steady flurries of snow expected across higher ground to keep things fresh over this weekend and into the new week.

Eventually, sun and fine, dry and bright conditions move in through the middle of the new week, with things remaining cold as the freezing line fluctuates between 1,000m and 1,500m.

Spain & Andorra

Updated 14/03

A cold weekend is in store for the Pyrenees which, after snowfall on Friday, will make for an excellent weekend of skiing. Snow will continue, tailing off to a few flocons on Sunday, with temperatures warming gently as the weekend comes to a conclusions.

Cloudy albeit mostly dry conditions will continue into the new week, with the freezing line rising to around 2,000m as heat becomes trapped below this cloud cover.

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Eastern Europe

Updated 14/03

Generally mild conditions dominate for much of Eastern Europe and the Balkans through this weekend, although the northeast of the region will see some flurries of snow at the same time.

Things turn very quickly in the middle of next week, as temperatures take a long walk off a short pier; daytime highs of -10°C can be expected, and with this will come some flurries of snow, too. Temperatures will improves slightly as the week continues, but remain generally cold.

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Scotland

Updated 14/03

A cold weekend with temperatures below freezing at 1,000m however remains dry, with a few bursts of sunshine making it through the cloud. Things turn milder as the new week begins, with sun moving in along with high pressure to leave things dry for most of this period.

Japan

Updated 14/03

As expected, a generally snowy weekend and week ahead for much of Japan. As has been the norm this season, Honshu gets the best of it, with over half a metre down over the weekend and into the new week. This will be met with midler temperatures, however, with positives likely for this weekend before things cool later.

In the north, snowfall begins on Sunday evening and brings around 20cm to the region with a few flurries continuing on into the week. Much colder here than down south, however, with daytime highs of -5°C par for the course.

USA

Updated 14/03

Seriously good snow has moved across the Left Coast over the past couple of days, and as this settles another system moves right in behind; this will deliver another c.foot of snow to the whole left coast, adding to good totals in the Sierras and northern Utah. Things then settle down, leading to an excellent riding week for many!

On the Ice Coast, really mild conditions are in store for the region, with positive temperatures and plenty of sunshine in store. A belt of rain will move in to start the new week, too, but otherwise things remain fine, dry and bright.

Canada

Updated 14/03

A generally cold and snowy week is in store for most Canadian resorts left of the Great Plains this weekend and into the new week. The best conditions will be in Whistler, where steady temperatures of -4°C at 1,500m and around 10cm of snow falling over this weekend and into the new week. A similar story is in store for the BC Interior, albeit colder and ever so slightly snowier, and the Rockies which are left with the dregs of this as the weather system makes its way left to right over the region.

Over the St Lawrence, things are mild and sunny, generally dry but with a belt of rain on Sunday evening.