1st September 2025
It has been a scorching summer time within the Alps, however the climate is popping extra autumnal as September begins and the seasons are set to alter. NEW
There was some snow falling within the Alps and extra is ready to observe within the subsequent few days earlier than hotter and sunnier circumstances return on the weekend.
Listed below are some net digital camera photographs from La Plagne in France at 3,000m:
Picture c/o La Plagne net digital camera.
Picture c/o La Plagne net digital camera.
We’ll convey you extra photographs of the snow at altitude within the Alps later, so do verify again.
It can in fact make no distinction for the approaching winter and little distinction to the present autumn snowboarding, however it’s a signal that the seasons are altering.
“Whereas any recent snow on the glaciers right now of yr is welcome, it may possibly’t disguise the truth that the Alps have endured yet one more torrid summer time, with more and more poor circumstances within the few alpine resorts which nonetheless provide summer time snowboarding,” mentioned the alpine climate knowledgeable, Fraser Wilkin, from weathertoski.co.uk.
“The glacier at Hintertux, historically one of the crucial dependable for snow within the Alps and normally open twelve months a yr, was compelled to droop operations in early August and is ready to reopen at an unconfirmed date in September.”
Presently there are three glacier ski areas open within the Alps:
Right here at PlanetSKI we now have been following the circumstances over the summer time:
We may even be holding an in depth eye on the autumn circumstances, so do verify again.
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