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Updated: 9.30am Tuesday 10 November 2026 – Unsettled but still very mild in the Alps...

The weather in the Alps remains changeable but mild, with further showers or high-altitude snow – heaviest in the west early this morning (i.e. in the French Alps) then increasingly confined to the northern and north-eastern Alps (e.g. Arlberg, Kaprun, Dachstein).

The rain/snow limit today will range from about 2800m in the French Alps to between 2200m and 2500m in the Austrian Alps.

The weather in the Alps will remain unsettled for the rest of the week with very mild temperatures until Thursday, meaning that any snowfall will be mostly confined to above 2500m. Later on Thursday colder air will start to arrive in the northern Alps, with some snow falling to lower altitudes across many parts by the end of the week.

You can now ski in at least 14 areas in the Alps, weather permitting. Skiing options in the Alps still mostly revolve around the glaciers but with a few notable exceptions, including Cervinia where last week’s snow means that it is now possible to ski on non-glacial terrain all the way down to Plan Maison at around 2500m. Sölden has also opened more non-glacial pistes.

In terms of the extent of open terrain, Sölden (with 52km of pistes) and Hintertux (with 39km) still lead the way, however, the best snow conditions right now are further west in Zermatt-Cervinia (32km) and Saas-Fee (27km).

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Updated: 2pm Monday 9 November 2026 – An unsettled week of weather ahead for the Alps...

The weather in the Alps will be unsettled this week, although lots of mild air means the rain/snow level will be quite high, at least to start with.

Today a warm front has brought rain to much of the northern Alps with the rain/snow level rising to between 2000m and 2800m from east to west.

Temperatures will remain very mild over the next couple of days with further bits and pieces of rain or high-altitude snow, mostly in the west but probably still quite light. The weather in the Alps will then become a bit more interesting in the second half of the week with the arrival of more active fronts and some slightly cooler air.

This is a very complicated situation, with lots of uncertainty, however, there is the potential for some more significant snowfall in places, most likely at this stage in the southern Alps.

Skiing options in the Alps still mostly revolve around the glaciers but with a few notable exceptions. These include Cervinia, where last week’s snow means that it is now possible to ski on non-glacial terrain all the way down to Plan Maison at around 2500m.

Over in Austria, Sölden has also opened more non-glacial pistes and now boasts over 50km of skiing, by far the most on offer in the Alps. The best snow conditions though are further west in Zermatt, Cervinia and Saas-Fee.

Updated: 11.40am Friday 6 November 2026 – 50cm of fresh snow in parts of the southern Piedmont in Italy!

The south-western storm is on its last legs today, having dumped around 25-40cm of snow at altitude in the last 48 hours in the southern Piedmont, with 50cm+ in places above 2000m in the Cuneo province near Prato Nevoso.

Significant snowfall has also fallen in parts of the southern French Alps (e.g. Isola 2000) and areas close to the Italian and south-western Swiss border, including Cervinia and the upper reaches of Zermatt and Saas-Fee. Most other parts of the Alps have seen very little if any precipitation, however.

Right now, it is Zermatt, Cervinia and Saas-Fee that are offering by far the best snow conditions in the Alps, with up to 30cm of fresh snow on their glaciers. The greatest extent of skiing, however, is still to be found in Austria, where just over 30km of pistes are open in both Sölden and Hintertux, some of which are non-glacial.

Next week, the weather in the Alps will be a bit mixed, with some light rain or high-altitude snow in places early in the week but with temperatures also rising. 

Updated: 11.40am Thursday 5 November 2026 – Further snow for some south-western parts of the Alps!

As expected, there has been some snow for many south-western parts of the Alps over the last 24 hours, with more to come today and tomorrow.

The heaviest of the snow has fallen in the southern Piedmont, including resorts such as Sestriere, Prali, Prato Nevoso and Limone Piemonte in Italy, and just across the French border in Isola 2000. These areas have already seen 10-40cm or so of fresh snow above 1800m. More generally, the southern French Alps (e.g. Montgenèvre, Risoul, Les Orres) have seen a few centimetres of snow but the vast majority of the Alps have missed out.

The rain/snow limit from this storm has generally been around 1400-1800m, and a bit lower in parts of the southern Piedmont.

With the exception of Zermatt and Saas-Fee, whose upper reaches have seen a dusting of new snow, none of the ski areas currently open have benefited from this current storm –which has only really been of any consequence for the far south-western Alps.

Some light snow (1700-2000m) will creep a little bit further north and east later today and tomorrow affecting other parts of the Swiss Alps, some parts of the northern French Alps, and some other western Italian areas (e.g. Monte Rosa), but generally in very modest quantities.

The weather in the Alps will tend to settle down again over the weekend and turn milder for a time early next week.

For now, skiing in the Alps still mostly revolves around the glaciers although some resorts, like Sölden and Hintertux, also have some non-glacial terrain open. These two resorts remain the best options right now, at least in terms of extent, both having 30km of pistes currently in operation.

Updated: 10.40am Wednesday 4 November 2026 – Snow in the far south-western Alps today...

Sandwiched between high pressure to the north and low pressure over the Mediterranean, the Alps remain under a cool north-easterly airflow. For the most part this airflow is dry but a small disturbance close to the south-western Alps is bringing some snow today (to 1300-1800m) to parts of the southern Piemonte and southern French Alps.

While relatively localised, this snow is likely to be a bit more consequential than originally forecast, affecting the south-western parts of the Alps both today, tomorrow and possibly into Friday, by which time some light precipitation may also creep a bit further north into the northern French and western Swiss Alps.

The only areas forecast to see any significant snow this week will, however, be in the far south-west – i.e. the southern Piemonte (e.g. Prato Nevoso, Liomone) and some far southern French resorts close to the Italian border, such as Isola 2000.

These areas could see 20-30cm of fresh snow by Friday morning, with even 40cm+ in places. None of these regions have any open skiing yet or are likely to until the very end of November.

Updated: 11.30am Tuesday 3 November 2026 – Snowmaking is underway in some parts of the Alps!

The recent days’ cooler weather has allowed snowmaking to begin in some parts of the Alps, notably in the Dolomites, where some resorts (e.g Madonna di Campiglio) are scheduled to offer weekend openings as early as 21-22 November.

This cooler weather is thanks to a north-easterly airstream that will continue to affect the Alps for several days, albeit turning slightly more easterly/south-easterly later this week. Most places will remain dry all week, but snow flurries will affect the far south-western Alps tonight, tomorrow and lingering into Thursday.

These snow flurries will mostly affect the southern Piedmont (e.g. Prato Nevoso, Limone) and the Alpes Maritimes (e.g. Isola 2000) where 10-15cm is likely above 1700m by Thursday with a rain/snow limit of 1000m to 1500m on the Italian side, and 1300m to 1700m on the French side.

For the vast majority of the Alps, however, over the next few days the weather will be dry, if still rather chilly, with variable cloud cover.

Around a dozen ski areas in the Alps are currently open, most of which still revolve around glaciers. The greatest extent of terrain is still in Sölden (around 35km of pistes) and Hintertux (around 31km), which both have glacial and some non glacial terrain open.

Snow conditions on the glaciers are hard-packed and, in the absence of any significant fresh snow any time soon, will become increasingly “scratchy” over the coming days.

Updated: 11am Monday 2 November 2026 – Colder weather in the Alps but with no significant fresh snow in the forecast...

The Alps are currently under the influence of a cool easterly airflow. Most regions will be dry today, but some snow flurries (1000-1200m) will affect the extreme south-eastern Alps (eastern Carinthia). Elsewhere there will be variable cloud cover, much of the cloud being lower-level, with plenty of sunshine at altitude, especially in the central and western Alps.

Looking a bit further ahead, the weather in the Alps will remain on the cool side over the next few days but without any significant snow in the forecast.

Around a dozen ski areas in the Alps are currently open, most of which still revolve around glaciers. The greatest extent of terrain is still in Sölden (around 35km of pistes) and Hintertux (around 31km), both of which have both glacial and some non-glacial terrain open.

Snow conditions on the glaciers are hard-packed and, in the absence of any significant fresh snow any time soon, will become increasingly “scratchy” over the coming days.

Updated: 11.10am Friday 30 October 2026 – Austria's Mölltal glacier delays its scheduled opening today!

The Mölltal glacier was scheduled to open for skiing today but has postponed operations for at least a week due to insufficient snow depths. Situated towards the southern end of the Austrian Alps, the area has seen less fresh snow in the last week or two than many other glaciers.

Elsewhere in the Alps, around a dozen ski areas are open right now, mostly revolving around glaciers, but with some limited non-glacial terrain also available in places - notably in Sölden where around 30km of pistes are now open.

Set to join the action tomorrow are non-glacial Sulden in Italy and Mürren in Switzerland, albeit Mürren at weekends only.

The weather in the Alps is mostly fine and relatively mild right now but will turn cooler over the next few days, especially in the east.

The Austrian Alps will also see increasing instability later this weekend with a few flurries (1000-1300m) in places, mostly in the north-east (e.g. Schladming), although significant widespread snow is not expected, and the vast majority of the Alps will stay dry.

Updated: 10.40am Thursday 29 October 2026 – Engelberg opens for skiing today!

High pressure is dominating the weather in the Alps, meaning it will remain mostly dry over the coming days. A weak cold front grazed the northern Alps yesterday delivering a few centimetres of snow in places (e.g. Zugspitze, Kitzsteinhorn), but most areas stayed dry. The majority of any remaining ‘fresh’ snow at altitude in the Alps is from last weekend.

Over the next few days, the weather in the Alps will remain mostly dry and gradually turn cooler. There will be some areas of cloud around, notably in the lower valleys and close to the foothills of the Alps but, at altitude at least, there should also be plenty of sunshine.

Snow conditions on the glaciers will probably become increasingly scratchy over the coming days. For now, the best snow conditions are probably on the Kitzsteinhorn glacier where they had a nice refresher yesterday. The greatest extent of skiing, however, is still in Sölden and Hintertux.

Today the Titlis Glacier above Engelberg joins the list of the dozen or so ski areas in the Alps that are already open. This weekend, additional openings will include the Mölltal glacier in Austria, (non-glacial) Mürren in Switzerland, and Sulden in Italy – albeit all still on very limited basis.

Updated: 9.40am Tuesday 27 October 2026 – Freezing level hits 4000m in the western Alps!

After all the excitement of the weekend when we saw widespread snowfall across higher parts of the Alps, temperatures have shot up again with freezing levels today forecast to be at 4000m across the western Alps and around 3000-3600m across the eastern Alps.

Freezing levels of 4000m in the Alps in late October is not unprecedented, but still unusual, and will allow ‘surface temperatures’ to reach or even exceed 20°C in some of the lower valleys (e.g. Grenoble). It will also continue to send the snowline scurrying back up the mountain, especially on slopes exposed to the sun.

That said, snow conditions on the glaciers should be pretty decent for a while thanks to last weekend’s fresh snow. However, the weather in the Alps is now set to be mostly dry for quite some time, meaning that pistes will gradually become more hard-packed or icy as time goes on.

This week around a dozen ski areas are open across the Alps. These are mostly glacier-based but there is also some additional non-glacial terrain, including in Sölden which now has over 30km of pistes open.

Other good options for skiing in the Alps this week include Hintertux, where 25km of pistes are open, and Zermatt-Cervinia where the Furggsattel chair is open allowing for a vertical drop of nearly 1000m from the top of the Klein Matterhorn.

Updated: 10am Monday 26 October 2026 – A more settled but very mild week of weather ahead for the Alps...

Following a very unsettled few days of weather in the Alps, the sun is back today with freezing levels back up to 3000m or so, in the west at least.

The weather in the Alps will remain mostly fine this week with temperatures peaking on Tuesday when freezing levels will reach 4000m in the western Alps, exceptional for the time of year.

A cold front will then graze the northern Alps mid-week, taking temperatures down a notch, but no significant precipitation is expected anytime soon.

The last few days have seen some very unsettled weather in the Alps but with highly variable temperatures. The net result has been some significant accumulations of snow at high altitude, meaning potentially good snow conditions for many of the glaciers right now and over the coming days.

Lower down, there was plenty of rain yesterday, which has melted much of the lower-lying snow, especially in the north-western Alps, although these yo-yoing temperatures and rapidly changing snowlines are normal for the time of year.

Note that the natural snowline right now is lower in the eastern Alps – where rain was less of an issue than in the west. Obertauern in the east, for example, still has some snow lying at resort level whereas Avoriaz in the west, at a similar altitude, no longer does.

Around a dozen or so ski areas in the Alps are open at the start of this week, with the greatest extent of pistes still to be found in Sölden (30km) and Hintertux (22km).

Updated: 11.20am Sunday 25 October 2026 – New storm in the Alps today, but the weather has turned warmer...

The weather in the Alps remains very unsettled today with the second of two warm fronts (the first, weaker front having arrived last night) bringing some further high-altitude snow to the northern Alps – but also plenty of rain lower down.

This warm front has sent the rain/snow limit up to around 2600-3000m across the northern Alps today where an additional 15-30cm of snow (and perhaps 40cm in the Mont Blanc Massif) likely above 3000m. Later today, a cold front will bring the snowline back down towards 2000m before the precipitation dies away this evening.

The weather on the southern side of the Alps will be drier today though, but still with some rain/snow close to the border areas.

Looking at next week, the weather in the Alps will be much more settled with some warm sunshine early in the week, especially on Tuesday when freezing levels will hit 4000m! A very weak cold front will graze the northern Alps mid-week, dropping the temperature a little but without any significant precipitation.

Given the fresh snow that has fallen at altitude over the last few days, snow conditions on the glaciers should be good this coming week, with better weather and pleasantly mild temperatures.

Cervinia is officially open as of yesterday, although it is closed today due to the bad weather. Of the dozen or so other options currently available (weather-permitting), Sölden and Hintertux continue to offer the greatest extent of skiing with 30km and 22km of open pistes respectively.

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Updated: 10.30am Saturday 24 October 2026 – A very snowy weekend for some parts of the Alps!

It’s still snowing this morning across many north-western parts of the Alps, with a visible dusting to as low as 1200m in places (e.g. Portes du Soleil). Many southern regions are drier and brighter, though there are also some showers or flurries this morning in the far south-east (i.e. Carinthia, Dolomites).

North-western Alpine regions benefiting from this fresh snow include the northern French Alps (e.g. 3 Valleys, Chamonix, Portes du Soleil), much of Switzerland (e.g. Verbier, Jungfrau region, Engelberg), the western Austrian Alps (e.g. Arlberg) and some north-western parts of the Italian Alps (e.g. Courmayeur).

This morning’s flurries will continue today, gradually dying out this afternoon, but with a new weather front (this time a warm one) approaching the Alps this evening. This front will bring further precipitation to many northern parts of the Alps overnight and on Sunday, but with a rapidly rising rain/snow limit reaching 2500m or higher in places.

Sunday’s milder air will melt some of the lower-lying snow, but another 20-30cm of fresh snow will fall above 2800m or so, adding to the already significant base now established in some of the highest (mostly glacier-based) ski areas – especially in the north-western Alps.

Next week, the weather in the Alps will settle down again with very mild temperatures melting much of the lower lying snow. However, snow accumulations at high-altitude have been considerable of the last few days and snow conditions on the glaciers should be excellent.

Around a dozen ski areas are now open in the Alps, with recent additions including the Diavolezza glacier near St Moritz (at weekends and on Wednesdays only). However, the best options for more extensive terrain remain in Austria, with around 30km of pistes now open in Sölden and 22km in Hintertux.

Updated: 10.20am Friday 23 October 2026 – More snow forecast for the Alps!

A new storm will reach the north-western Alps during the middle part of today, with further rain and snow across the French Alps (mostly in the north) and western Swiss Alps, spreading further east to reach Austria this evening or overnight.

The rain/snow limit will start at around 2000m but will drop to 1200-1400m in places later today and especially tonight.

Saturday will see further showers (snow 1500-1700m) for a time, especially in the north-western Alps, though these will tend to die away.

Between now and Saturday afternoon we can expect 15-30cm of fresh snow above 2200m in the north-western Alps (e.g. Tignes, Chamonix, Verbier, Jungfrau region) and typically 10-20cm in more eastern parts of the northern Alps, including the Arlberg, Hintertux and Kaprun. Throughout this period the southern Alps will see less precipitation, with some places staying dry.

On Sunday, a warm front will reach the Alps with more precipitation for the northern Alps. However, the rain/snow limit will rise to 2500-3000m in the north-western Alps later in the day, but a bit lower further east. Another 10-20cm of snow is likely to fall at 3000m in the north-western Alps (e.g. Tignes, Glacier 3000, Engelberg). The southern Alps will again miss the bulk of the precipitation.

Looking further ahead, the weather in the Alps will settle down early next week with an extended period of mostly fine and very mild weather on the cards.

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