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Updated: 10am Thursday 27 November 2025 – Winter wonderland in the Alps!

Today’s big opening is Austria’s Ischgl, which immediately claims top spot for the number of km of runs open in the Alps (and in the world) with 143km!

Ischgl joins at least 30 ski resorts open in the Alps today – in any of which you can expect blue skies and silky-smooth pistes! Two other good options right now in terms of extent of terrain are Sölden (with 98km) and Zermatt (with 86km). But, as good as conditions may be in these resorts today, they are not actually the areas with exceptional snow.

The really big snow snowfalls have been in the north-western Alps, more specifically the northern French and western Swiss Alps. These regions have seen 1m of snow at altitude since Sunday, including in ski areas and resorts such as L’Espace Killy, 3 Valleys, Paradiski, La Rosière, La Clusaz, Portes du Soleil, Chamonix valley, Gstaad-Glacier 3000 area, parts of the Bernese Oberland and as far east as Engelberg.

Indeed 1.5m+ was recorded in a few spots, with 174cm between Sunday and Wednesday in L’Ecreleuse (at 2252m), an official Swiss measuring station near the Dents du Midi just to the south of the Portes du Soleil.

In light of these very significant snowfalls, a number of unscheduled openings are also now planned for this weekend, including Avoriaz, Champéry-Les Crosets and La Clusaz, to name just a few.

More on this in our detailed snow report later today…

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Updated: 9.45am Wednesday 26 November 2025 – Final flurries of this epic November storm!

The weather in the Alpine interior is drier, however, and it is mostly sunny on the southern side of the Alps.

The weather in the Alps will settle down on Thursday and Friday before a new storm arrives over the weekend. However, this storm will be a weak affair with just a few centimetres of snow here and there across some western areas.

Snow conditions in the Alps are generally excellent for late November, and exceptional even in some north-western parts of the Alps.

Indeed, it is difficult to remember there having been more snow at this time of year in the lower resorts in this region, including the likes of Morzine, Les Gets, Chatel, Megève, La Clusaz, Villars and Gstaad, to name just a few.

We will look more closely at just how ‘historic’ this November snow is in these regions later in the week.

Elsewhere in the Alps, early season snow conditions are also generally good although not everywhere has masses of snow. This includes some very high inner Alpine resorts, like Zermatt and Saas-Fee, which missed out on the heaviest snow and have more “normal” snow conditions for the time of year.

26 ski areas in the Alps are reported to be open today with LOTS more opening later this week or this weekend. This includes several scheduled big-name openings, such as Ischgl and Val d’Isère, but also numerous unscheduled openings thanks to all the fresh snow, including Villars and Avoriaz. More on this in our detailed snow report tomorrow!

Updated: 11.30am Tuesday 25 November 2025 – Yet more heavy snow for the Alps!

Tomorrow, flurries will continue to low levels across some northern parts of the Alps, mostly in eastern Switzerland and Austria, before slowly dying out. A window of drier weather is then expected before another storm reaches the Alps over the weekend.

Today alone will see between 15cm and 40cm of new snow above 1000m across a wide swathe of the northern Alps, with another 10–20cm likely tomorrow, especially in the Swiss and Austrian Alps. This means that storm totals between Sunday and Wednesday will likely exceed 1 metre at altitude in many north-western parts of the Alps and approach 1.5m in a few places.

Needless to say, snow conditions are going to be exceptional for the time of year when the weather settles down, especially in the northern and north-western Alps, which have seen the heaviest of the recent snow.

Off-piste is strongly discouraged, however, as the danger level is high or extremely high in many areas.

Updated: 9.30am Monday 24 November 2025 – Big storm now underway in the Alps...

The bad weather will move further east as today progresses, but with the heaviest precipitation always in the north-western Alps. The rain/snow limit is highly variable – currently as high as 1700m in some exposed parts of the western Alps, but still very low in the more internal valleys where pools of cold air are harder to shift.

The milder air will make some progress eastwards, at least for a time, but will always be most keenly felt closest to the foothills of the western and northern Alps. Temperatures will start to drop again from the north-west later today and especially overnight into Tuesday.

Tuesday will see further snow in the Alps, again heaviest in the north-west where the rain/snow limit will be lower again (600-800m). Further east and south-east, the rain/snow limit will remain higher for a time.

Further flurries are forecast to low levels across the northern Alps on Wednesday, though they will be lighter. Areas that saw lots of rain this morning (e.g. the lower parts of the Portes du Soleil) will be covered with snow again tomorrow.

Storm totals between Sunday night and Wednesday morning are likely to be over 1m above 2000m in parts of the northern French Alps (e.g. Tignes, Avoriaz), but more generally 50-80cm across the north-western Alps.

Many other parts of the Alps will see at least some snow, although some north-western parts of Italy (e.g. La Thuile) and the southern Alps will see much less.

Updated: 11am Sunday 23 November 2025 – Major new storm will hit the Alps tonight!

The storm will hit the French Alps this evening before moving slowly eastwards to affect most parts of the Alps by the end of Monday, but probably not reaching some parts of the eastern Austrian Alps until early on Tuesday. It will be a complex storm with multiple fronts and air masses, so expect some huge discrepancies in snowfall and rain/snow limits from place to place.

When the storm first hits the Alps this evening, snow will fall at all levels in the more internal valleys where cold air is embedded, but in the western foothills the rain/snow limit is likely to start at around 1000-1200m. Overnight and early tomorrow, it will slowly rise to 1400-1600m in the more exposed ranges of the western Alps (e.g. Portes du Soleil) but could remain much lower for longer in the more internal valleys (e.g. Haute Tarentaise, Valais, Aosta).

The snowline will generally also remain lower in the eastern Alps but could reach 1400m for a time in some more exposed ranges later on Monday (e.g. Arlberg). Later on Monday, colder air will start to return from the north-west spreading to most parts on Tuesday, at which point any snowfall could be back as low as 500m in some northern parts of the Alps.

Between now and Wednesday morning, we should see 50-80cm of new snow above 1600m across a wide swathe of the western Alps, with 1m possible in some parts of the French Alps. Across the eastern Alps, accumulations will more likely be in the 20-40cm range, but with some possible surprises.

The Italian Alps and the southern Alps will generally also see more moderate snowfall totals, in the range of 10-40cm, but with some exceptions (e.g the far north-west).

Around 40 ski areas in the Alps are open this weekend, mostly still on a very limited basis but with some more extensive options also now on the table including Obergurgl, Tignes and Val Thorens.

Snow conditions in the Alps are clearly quite impressive for late November, especially in the context of recent years. Whether this constitutes “one of the best starts to the season in recent memory”, as some are now claiming, is still up for debate and will depend on where you are in the Alps, but it is something we might be able to pinpoint in more detail next week. Watch this space!

Updated: 1pm Saturday 22 November 2025 – Excellent weather and snow conditions for the opening of Tignes and Val Thorens today!

This weather window won’t last though, with cloud thickening up across the western Alps tomorrow ahead of the next storm which will deliver significant quantities of snow to many parts of the Alps early next week.

Snow will reach the French Alps late on Sunday, before spreading slowly east, with the heaviest precipitation set to be falling across Austria and the Dolomites by Tuesday. 

This weather window won’t last though, with cloud thickening up across the western Alps tomorrow ahead of the next storm which will deliver significant quantities of snow to many parts of the Alps early next week.

Snow will reach the French Alps late on Sunday, before spreading slowly east, with the heaviest precipitation set to be falling across Austria and the Dolomites by Tuesday.

The rain/snow limit will be highly variable, starting quite low and remaining very low for some time in the internal valley of the western Alps (e.g Haute-Tarentaise, Aosta, Valais) where the cold air won’t be easy to dislodge.

Eventually it will reach 1400-1600m early on Monday in the more exposed parts of the western Alps, before falling again from the north-west late in the day. Further east in Austria, the rain/snow limit will be lower, generally remaining below 1000m.

Over the next 48 hours or so we can expect 40-70cm of fresh snow above 1600m across much of the French Alps, but much less in the far south. Most other parts of the Alps can expect 15-40cm, aside from some south-western areass (e.g Isola 2000) where there will only be a few centimetres.

See our latest snow report and latest weather & snow forecast for more details.

Updated: 10.30am Friday 21 November 2025 – Very cold, further snow flurries in places…

The Alps are under the influence of a bitterly cold north-easterly airflow today with some flurries in places. These are mostly light, but with some further moderate accumulations in places, especially close the western foothills (e.g. Vercors) and the northern foothills e.g. Engelberg. 

There will also be some sunny spells, these most likely in the more internal Alpine valleys.

Over the weekend, there will be lots of fine, sunny but cold weather in the Alps before a new storm approaches from the west on Sunday.

The first half of next week will again be very unsettled with significant snow for many, heaviest in the west. The rain/snow limit may briefly rise to 1400m in some exposed western parts of the Alps early on Monday but, for the most part, the rain/snow limit will stay relatively low. 

Updated: 10am Thursday 20 November 2025 – Cold with flurries for many parts of the Alps…

One of the areas that will see significant accumulations is just to the south and east of Lake Geneva, due to the “Lake Effect” phenomena, whereby snowfall is enhanced by cold air moving over warm waters.

Ski areas that will benefit from today’s snow include the Portes du Soleil, the Gstaad area and parts of the Jura, all of which could see accumulations of 25-30cm by tomorrow morning, most of which will fall this evening and overnight.

More generally, the Alps are looking at closer to 5-15 cm of fresh snow falling today, with the lightest falls usually in the inner Alpine valleys of the western Alps (e.g. Zermatt, Val d’Isère). The far south-western Alps (e.g. Sestriere, Risoul) will also see very little snow today.

Today Obergurgl becomes the first entirely non-glacial ski resort in the 2025/26 ski season to open a significant number of slopes, with 69km of runs open on a mix or natural and artificial snow. Two more very significant openings will be Tignes and Val Thorens on Saturday.

For more on the weather and snow forecast for both today and the next few days, see our latest detailed Weather & Snow Forecast for the Alps.

Updated: 9.20am Wednesday 19 November 2025 – More snow on its way to the Alps!

The weather in the Alps is cold and bright this morning, with temperatures generally well below freezing. It will remain fine today across most of the Alps, but cloud will thicken up in the west later heralding the arrival of a cold front that will bring snow to many parts of the Alps tonight and tomorrow, lasting into Friday in places. 

This new storm will most benefit the northern Alps and eastern Alps where between 15 and 30cm is likely on Thursday and Friday with the snow falling to very low levels. This will be encouraging for areas like the Portes du Soleil where 20cm or more is likely even at 1000m, something barely seen in the last couple of seasons, let alone in November.

A secondary “low” in the northern Mediterranean will also pep up the precipitation in the south-east tomorrow, meaning that the Dolomites should also do quite well.

Areas that will see the least snow over the next couple of days will be in the inner Alpine western Alps (including Zermatt) but, even here, a few centimetres of cold powdery snow are forecast.

The weather in the Alps will remain cold for the foreseeable future, turning sunny for a while over the weekend before snow returns from the west on Sunday night, with a very snowy week expected next week.

Needless to say, snow conditions in the Alps continue to improve as we approach the main winter season and, with lots of snow in the forecast, there is good reason to suggest that the 2025-26 ski season will have one of the better “season openings” of recent years.

What really stands out about the current set-up in the Alps is that cold air is locked in now, with no prospect of any the sudden or dramatic thaws that have been so troublesome in recent years!

Today, around 15 ski areas in the Alps are partially open with several big names about to join them, notably Obergurgl tomorrow, and Tignes and Val Thorens on Saturday. 

For a more detailed, read our latest Weather & Snow Forecast for the Alps out today!

Updated: 10am Tuesday 18 November 2025 – Much colder weather in the Alps!

It’s a cold and mostly sunny start to the day in the Alps this morning. Not everywhere has a huge amount of snow just yet but, with arctic air now firmly in place across western Europe, the next round of storms that are due to kick off on Wednesday night will see any snow stick to much lower levels. 

After a mild weekend which saw any fresh snow mostly limited to above 2200-2500m or so, yesterday saw a cold front crossing the Alps, delivering frigid weather and lowering the rain/snow limit to under 1000m in the east.

The next storm will hit the western Alps on Wednesday night and continue to influence the weather in the Alps on Thursday and Friday, with snow showers forecast to very low levels in most areas.

None of these snow events have been or will be ‘huge’ in their own right, but they are all contributing to the build-up of snow at altitude, and increasingly lower down now too.

The colder weather is also allowing snow-making to operate at full capacity, meaning that there is plenty of room for optimism about early season snow conditions in the Alps as we approach the main season.

Around 13 ski areas are open in the Alps today, still mostly revolving around glaciers but with some big names due to open for the season over the next few days, including Obergurgl on Thursday, followed by Tignes and Val Thorens on Saturday.

Updated: 10am Sunday 16 November 2025 – An early winter is on its way to the Alps!

Following an extraordinarily warm end to last week with temperatures exceeding 20˚C in some lower valleys, the weather in the Alps is now changing, with much colder conditions expected this week. Most regions will also see some snow, and to increasingly low altitudes as the week goes on.

Today it is still relatively mild in the Alps, with rain pushing into western and south-western areas, and snow only falling above 2000-2400m or so. The eastern Alps will stay mostly dry. Tonight, precipitation will reach many other Alpine regions as fronts from the south-west combine with a cold front moving down from the north.

The temperature will also start to drop, more noticeably on Monday when the rain/snow limit will descend to 1000m or so on the northern side of the Alps, and possibly as low as 500m in the north-east. The milder air will hang on longer in the south but will eventually give way to the cold on Monday night. 

After a quieter spell on Tuesday, new weather fronts will move down from the north-west on Wednesday and continue to influence the weather in the Alps for the rest of the week. The exact position of these fronts is still not certain and is key in determining which parts of the Alps will see the most snow. However, what is clear, is that any snow will fall to very low levels (all skiing levels) and the colder air will allow snowmaking to operate at full throttle across the Alps.

On the whole, we are not expecting huge amounts of snow in this first wintry wave - generally 5-30cm above 1800m by Monday night, with more in a few favoured places. However, what is more interesting is that it is going to stay cold next week, with indications that the weather patterns in the Alps will continue to remain favourable (for cold and snow) beyond that.

Indeed, some models are predicting significant accumulations of snow to relatively low altitudes across a wide swathe of the Alps by the end of November, which could make for excellent early season snow conditions in the Alps. Watch this space!

Updated: 8.45am Friday 14 November 2025 – Still unseasonably warm in the Alps, but still on track for colder weather next week…

The Alps are currently under the influence of a warm southerly airflow, with Foehn conditions and further increasing temperatures in some of the northern Alps where 20˚C or more is possible in places. The weather will turn more unsettled over the weekend, but it won’t be until Monday that it becomes significantly colder.

Today the weather in the Alps will be mostly dry and bright but increasing hazy (partly from Saharan dust), with more general cloud cover in the south-west later as weak Atlantic fronts attempt to move in. These fronts will bring showers and high-altitude flurries to some south-western parts of the Alps tonight and tomorrow.

Some more widespread precipitation and decreasing temperatures are then expected late on Sunday, and especially on Monday.

In the meantime, a dozen or so ski areas in the Alps are open today with more open over the weekend. The most extensive areas of skiing open in the Alps are Sölden, Hintertux and Zermatt, all of which are operating between 35 and 40km of pistes.

Given the lack of fresh snow in recent days, expect snow conditions to be hard-packed, before they improve again next week. 

Updated: 1.20pm Thursday 13 November 2025 – Exceptionally mild in the Alps, before it turns colder next week…

The weather in the Alps is mostly sunny and exceptionally mild today, with temperatures reaching or exceeding 20˚C in some lower valleys. It will remain very mild tomorrow but with increasing cloud in the west and a few showers (flurries above 2500-2700m) in the south-western Alps later and overnight. 

Over the weekend the weather will be more changeable, though there remains much uncertainty over the detail. On both days, showers or flurries are likely in places, mostly in the south-western Alps (e.g. Isola 2000, Sestriere) and/or close to the main Alpine ridge (e.g. Cervinia). These will probably be heaviest on Sunday. At this point, the rain/snow limit will remain relatively high – typically between 2000m and 2600m.

On Monday, a cold front will move down from north and bump into the fronts moving up from the south-west. This may enhance the precipitation across the Alps while also introducing colder air from the north, with the possibility of snow falling to 1000m in places.

In the meantime, a dozen or so ski areas in the Alps are open today, with more open over the weekend. The most extensive areas of skiing open in the Alps are Sölden, Hintertux and Zermatt, all of which are operating between 35 and 40km of pistes. 

Updated: 11am Wednesday 12 November 2025 – Very mild in the Alps but turning much colder next week…

High pressure is still dominating the weather in the Alps even if it is gradually slipping away eastwards. This means mostly dry but increasingly warm and Foehny conditions will prevail over the next couple of days before weather fronts arrive from the south-west this weekend. Next week it will turn much colder with the chance of snow to low altitudes in places.

Temperatures in some Foehn-affected valleys of the northern Alps could reach 20˚C or more on Thursday and Friday before cooler air starts to filter in over the weekend. Any snow this weekend will mostly fall above 2000m and be relatively localised – mostly in the south-western Alps and close to the main Alpine ridge between Switzerland and Italy (e.g. Cervinia).

However, by Monday it could be snowing more widely across the Alps, and to 1000m or lower. Watch this space!

In the meantime, 13 ski areas in the Alps are open today with more open over the weekend. The most extensive terrain open in the Alps is in Sölden, Hintertux and Zermatt, all of which are operating between 35 and 40km of pistes. 

Updated: 10.20am Monday 10 November 2025 – No fresh snow this week, but the longer term forecast is more promising…

Now that the weekend is over, we are back to a dozen or so open ski areas in the Alps – compared with the 19 that were open on Saturday and Sunday. 

No fresh snow is expected in the Alps this week, indeed with a strengthening southerly airflow it will become very warm again, especially on the north side of the Alps where the Foehn will make itself known mid-week.

Temperatures will peak on Thursday, after which the weather in the Alps will start to cool down again with the chance of a little snow in places this weekend.

Next week looks more promising, with cooler temperatures and the increasing chance of snow, though it’s still too early to pin down any details.

In the meantime, the most extensive areas of skiing open in the Alps are Sölden, Hintertux and Zermatt, all of which are operating between 35 and 40km of pistes. 

Updated: 11.50am Sunday 9 November 2025 – 19 ski areas are open in the Alps this weekend!

The weather in the Alps is mostly dry today though there is a lot of cloud across the north with the odd shower close to the foothills, especially near the border between Germany and Austria. 

It will remain mostly in the Alps next week dry, with rising temperatures, especially in the northern Alps where the Foehn will get going and it could hit 18˚C in some lower valleys later in the week.

Next week’s warmer weather will mean that any of the lower-lying snow from recent storms will continue to melt. There are, however, some signs that some more wintry weather could return in the second half of the month.

This weekend 19 ski areas are open in the Alps, mostly involving glaciers and on a very limited basis. Some non-glacial terrain is open in the likes of Verbier, Davos, Mürren, Adelboden, Kitzbühel, and Arosa, but each with only one or two runs.

The greatest extent of skiing for now remains in Austria’s Sölden, where nearly 40km of pistes are available both on and off the glaciers. 

Updated: 10am Friday 7 November 2025 – Fresh snow in extreme south-western Alps!

A small disturbance in the northern Mediterranean has brought a little fresh snow to the far-south-western Alps, including resorts such as Isola 2000, Auron, Limone Piemonte and Prato Nevoso. 

These areas have seen about 5-10cm above 2200m, with a temporary dusting to 1500m or so.  The Pyrenees also have some fresh snow, with more forecast tomorrow, though it will melt again next week.

The weather across the rest of the Alps will be dry today with significant cloud in the south-west but plenty of sunshine further north and east. It will remain mostly dry over the next few days with freezing levels rising again next week.

14 ski areas are open for skiing in the Alps today, with Sölden still leading the way in terms of extent of open terrain, with nearly 40km of pistes in operation.

More resorts will open this weekend, though in most cases on a very limited basis. 

See our archive for what was happening on previous days in the Alps