14th November 2025
It has been a heat and dry week within the Alps, however issues are set to alter with snow forecast early subsequent week. NEW
The climate will flip unsettled over the weekend, and on Monday it’ll turn out to be considerably colder.
“Some extra widespread precipitation and reducing temperatures are anticipated late on Sunday, and particularly on Monday,” mentioned the alpine climate skilled, Fraser Wilkin, from weathertoski.co.uk.
“The remainder of subsequent week will then be chilly within the Alps, with the additional probability of snow.”
Round 20 areas are open within the Alps with some solely working at weekends.
“Given the shortage of contemporary snow in current days, count on snow circumstances to be hard-packed, earlier than they enhance once more subsequent week,” added Fraser Wilkin.
Essentially the most in depth areas of snowboarding open within the Alps are Sölden & Hintertux in Austria and Zermatt in Switzerland which might be providing 35km – 40km of slopes.
Ski areas at present open within the Alps:
Austria: Pitztal, Hintertux, Stubai, Soelden, Kaunertal, Kitzsteinhorn, Molltal & Kitzbuhel.Italy: Cervinia, Sulden & Val Senalis.Switzerland: Verbier, Zermatt, Saas-Charge, Murren, Arosa, Davos, Glacier 3000, Titlis Glacier (Engleberg) & Diavolezza Glacier (St Moritz) and Adelboden.
The glacier resort of Stubai, close to Innsbruck, is holding the annual Intersport Pageant this weekend.
The Swiss resort of Andermatt is ready to open some terrain this weekend.
Subsequent weekend sees the beginning of snowboarding in France with Tignes and Val Thorens planning to open.
PlanetSKI’s Felix Milnes will probably be reporting from Val Thorens.
Right here’s what to anticipate in Tignes:
“It’s nice to see the primary dump of snow throughout the Alps,” mentioned Sean O’Leary from the UK ski firm, allChalets.
“The mountains are alive and busy getting ready to welcome the 2025-26 ski vacation friends.
“Skiers and boarders are busy reserving their subsequent mountain vacation whereas chalet groups are placing the ultimate touches to menus and visitor companies.
“The early snow augers effectively for wonderful snowboarding circumstances this 12 months.”
The Pyrenees has seen its first snow of the approaching ski season.
First snow throughout the Pyrenees. Picture c/o Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite tv for pc.
In Scandinavia the primary World Cup slalom races of the season happen this weekend at Levi in Finland with the girl racing on Saturday and the boys on Sunday.
There may be a lot curiosity within the first World Cup race for 20 12 months previous Luca Carrick-Smith.
The ski resort of Ruka can be open in Finland.
In Norway Galdhøpiggen glacier summer time ski space is open however anticipated to shut shortly.
In Sweden Kabdalis is providing snowboarding and several other World Cup slalom skiers have been coaching forward of the races in Levi this weekend.
Over in North America there’s some restricted snowboarding in the USA and Canada.
The resorts round Banff in Canada are providing one of the best snowboarding – Sunshine Village, Lake Louise and Mt Norquay.
The PlanetSKI staff of Alex Cove and Marie Taylor will probably be reporting from Lake Louise or Sunshine Village this weekend.
They’re at present ready to see which resort has one of the best snow and essentially the most terrain open.
We reported on the opening of Sunshine Village firstly of November:
Within the USA a number of resorts in Colorado have already opened together with Keystone, Breckenridge, Loveland and Arapahoe Basin.
This weekend Mammoth Mountain in California joins them.
It was planning to open on Friday 14th November however that has been delayed by a day because of an in-coming snowstorm.
“This provides Mom Nature and our ops staff the time they should get the mountain dialed in for some wonderful first turns,” mentioned the resort.
The primary 100 individuals within the raise queue will get a free beanie.
There’s complimentary scorching chocolate and low are on faucet, too, with a DJ offering tunes on the Tusk Sundeck.
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