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Today in the Alps - November 2025
Read about current weather and snow conditions in the Alps
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.
20cm or so of fresh snow above 2000m in Lech – 18 November 2025 – Photo: foto-webcam.eu
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.
Looking much more wintry this morning in Engelberg – 18 November 2025 – Photo: engelberg.ch
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.
Sunny skies and fresh snow in Bad Kleinkirchheim in Austria – 18 November 2025 – Photo: foto-webcam.eu
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.
Current weather models indicate that very cold and unstable air will flood right across this Alps this week, with any snow falling to very low altitudes – Image: meteociel.fr, 16 November 2025
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.
Bright skies and mild temperatures in the Alps today. This is the Ortler mountain in the Italian Sud-Tirol – 13 November 2025 – Photo: foto-webcam.eu
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.
Very mild in the Alps today and turning even milder later this week before winter makes a return on Monday. This is Schröcken in the Austrian Vorarlberg – 12 November 2025 – Photo: foto-webcam.eu
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.
Fine weather today in Cervinia, where skiing is possible both on the glacier and here in the non-glacial Plan Maison area – 10 November 2025 – Photo: cervinia.it
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.
Bright skies today in the southern Alps. This is Kronplatz, Italy – 9 November 2025 – Photo: foto-webcam.eu
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.
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
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.
Updated: 9.30am Wednesday 5 November 2025 – Good snow conditions in the Alps this week, but with rising temperatures…
High pressure is dominating the Alps right now, meaning lots of dry weather over the next few days. However, the centre of this High will gradually slip further east as the week goes on drawing up increasingly warm air from the south.
Beautiful weather and great piste-skiing today on the glacier in Saas-Fee – 5 November 2025 Photo: saas-fee.ch, Switzerland
Weather fronts will also clip the extreme south-west late on Thursday and on Friday, bringing a few centimetres of snow above about 2000m to the likes of Isola 2000 and Limone Piedmonte.
Snow conditions in the Alps have generally been very good this week thanks to the fresh snowfall we saw at altitude last weekend. Rising temperatures this week will melt any remaining lower-lying snow in the Alps, but skiing conditions should remain pretty good higher up.
About a dozen ski areas in the Alps are open today, most still revolving around glaciers but with some entirely non-glacial areas also open, albeit on a very limited basis, including Italy’s Sulden am Ortler.
For now, the most extensive open terrain is in Sölden and Hintertux, where just over 30km of pistes are available on a mix of glacial and non-glacial terrain.
Updated: 11.30am Monday 3 November 2025 – Sun and fresh snow! Higher up at least…
The latest weather front has cleared off to the east, leaving many parts of the Alps with a mostly fine day, and just a few areas of cloud drifting around. Higher up, there is also more fresh snow – with as much as 30cm in a few favoured spots.
Fresh snow in Carinthia in the southern Austrian Alps. This is Turracher Höhe – 3 November 2025 – Photo: foto-webcam.eu
Just about all parts of the Alps saw some fresh snow on Sunday. The northern Alps (e.g. Tignes, Chamonix, Verbier, Mürren, Engelberg, St Anton, Kaprun) saw about 15-25cm of new snow above 2300m with a dusting to as low as 1500m in places.
Some central southern and south-eastern parts of the Alps saw a bit more still, with around 30cm at 2500m in parts of Carinthia and the Dolomites. Here, though, the rain/snow limit remained higher for longer.
Around a dozen ski areas in the Alps are open today (with more open at the weekend), still mostly involving glaciers. The greatest extent of skiing available is in Sölden and Hintertux, where over 30km of pistes are open in both resorts, including some non-glacial terrain.
The weather in the Alps will remain mostly dry and relatively mild this week with plenty of sunshine, though there will also be some areas of cloud from time to time.
Updated: 9.30am Sunday 2 November 2025 – More snow, but with a relatively high snow-line…
A new weather front has reached the Alps, as forecast, with most regions seeing some rain or snow today.
Deteriorating weather conditions this morning near Kaprun, where rain and snow are expected soon – 2 November 2025 – Photo: foto-webcam.eu
Initially it will be the more exposed areas of the northern Alps (e.g. Mürren, Engelberg, Arlberg) that will see the heaviest precipitation, however, the interaction of the weather front with the warm Mediterranean will inject renewed energy into the storm from the south later in the day. This means that the Dolomites and southern Austrian Alps will see the most intense rain/snow on Sunday evening/night before calmer weather returns to all regions tomorrow.
This storm’s rain/snow limit will start high today, typically between 2200m and 2600m, before falling to around 1500m later today and overnight, with the milder air hanging on for longest in the south-east.
Snowfall totals over the next 24-hours are likely to be in the range of 10-20cm (with 25cm+ in places) above 2300m across the northern Alps (e.g. Val d’Isère, Chamonix, Verbier, Mürren, Engelberg, Arlberg, Kaprun). Snowfall totals could be 25-30cm above 2500m in the south-eastern Alps, including the Dolomites and Carinthia in southern Austria.
Elsewhere – that’s to say the south-western Alps (e.g. southern French Alps, western Italian Alps) – there will be just a few centimetres at high altitude.
This weekend up to 17 resorts are theoretically open in the Alps although the deteriorating weather today means that some of these are likely to be closed. Most of the open areas still revolve around glaciers, but there are several non-glacial openings too, including (as of yesterday) Verbier. Of the areas open, Sölden currently offers the most extensive terrain, with over 30km of pistes available.
Next week will be mild and mostly dry at first but with a little high-altitude snow on Thursday.
Updated: 2pm Saturday 1 November 2025 – New weather front approaching the Alps…
A new weather front is approaching the western foothills of the Alps today. This will cross the entire region from west to east over the course of tonight and tomorrow, before the weather in the Alps settles down again on Monday.
Cloud thickening over Engelberg ahead of a new weather front that will deliver around 15-20cm of new snow above 2500m between now and Monday morning – Photo: engelberg.ch, 1 November 2025
This latest storm will deliver some rain or snow to almost everywhere in the Alps, with the heaviest precipitation set to initially fall in the north (e.g. Avoriaz, Engelberg, St Anton) and, later in the weekend, in the south-east (Dolomites).
The rain/snow limit will start high, typically around 2500m, but closer to 3000m in some southern parts of the Alps, before falling to 1500-1800m during Sunday, firstly in the north-west, then in the south-east later in the day.
Between now and Monday morning, between 15-20cm of new snow can be expected above 2500m in the north and south-east of the Alps. Many other regions will also see a few centimetres of snow at altitude, but there will generally be less in the south-west and in the interior of the Alps, with only around 5cm expected at altitude in Zermatt, for example.
Today, 17 ski areas are open in the Alps. These are still mostly focussed around glaciers but we are seeing more non-glacial terrain opening, including (as of today) Verbier and the Plan Maison sector in Cervinia.
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