Latest snow report

Updated: 5.20pm Friday 15 March 2024

Snow conditions across the Alps are highly variable right now, as you might expect in March. The mild weather means that spring-snow conditions can be expected in most areas, with plenty of altitude needed if you want to enjoy more wintry snow consistency for all or most of the day. 


As has been the case for most of this season though, natural snow is either very patchy or non-existent at low altitudes, especially in the northern Alps. There is still a good number of pistes open in the likes of Morzine-Les Gets, Gstaad, Adelboden and the Ski Welt, but the valleys are very green and it feels more like mid-April than mid-March. 


The situation is more normal at higher altitudes, and even better than normal for the lucky few resorts that benefited from the huge south-western storms earlier this month. This includes Isola 2000, Montgenèvre, Sestriere, Val Cenis, Val d’Isère and the Monte Rosa region. 


As for the forecast for the Alps, it is expected to stay mild for the next week at least, with bits and pieces of snow at altitude but nothing of any real significance any time soon. 

 

Across the pond, Utah continues to lead the way with well over 1m of new snow in Snowbird and Alta this month alone…

Blue skies with some low cloud above the very snowy high altitude slopes in Alpe d’Huez, France, with panoramic mountain views from a viewing platform – Weather to ski – Snow report, 15 March 2024 Plenty of snow in high altitude Alpe d’Huez – 15 March 2024 – Photo: alpedhuez.com

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