Weather to Ski weathertoski.co.uk Overview of the latest snow conditions for the Alps, other European resorts, and North America (US & Canada) on 31 December 2025. Includes current snow depths, conditions in key resorts, and a brief forecast, and links to weathertoski's full country-by-country snow report for 31 December 2025. Snow Report: 31 December 2025 Full detailed report covering the Alps, other European ski resorts, and North America (US & Canada), including snow depths, conditions, and forecasts. 31 December 2025

On the whole, snow conditions in the Alps are less than ideal as we approach the end of 2025.

 

There is still some enjoyable piste skiing around but the fact remains that, aside from a handful of ski resorts in the far south-western Alps, snow levels are below average for late December - in most cases way below average.

 

The only exceptions to this rule are in the southern Piemonte, where Prato Nevoso, Limone Piemonte, Prali and one or two other very minor ski resorts have above average snow depths, largely thanks to the huge pre-Christmas storms. Some other ski resorts have close to average depths, including Isola 2000, the resorts of the Queyras (e.g. Abriès, Ristolas), and the eastern Monte Rosa (Alagna).

 

Not surprisingly, these ski areas have been offering the best snow conditions in recent days but, after a week or so of mostly dry weather and high skier traffic, much of this advantage will have been lost.

 

In the very short term, it is perhaps the resorts of the north-eastern Austrian Alps (e.g. Schladming) that are offering the best (on-piste) skiing, thanks to the few centimetres of snow they saw yesterday. For most of the Alps, though, it is still a case of hard-packed pistes – sometimes quite good, especially at altitude, but with plenty of worn, scratchy or icy areas, especially lower down.

 

As for the forecast, the weather models have been particularly volatile in recent days, with much uncertainty as to when the Alps will next see significant snow. As things stand, there should be a few centimetres to low levels on Friday night and Saturday across the northern Alps (e.g. Avoriaz, Engelberg, Lech, Kaprun) but not the widespread heavy snow we were hoping for. This now looks more likely to come in the second week of January.

 

Across the pond, Lake Louise has declared it’s snowiest start to the season on record…