Snow Report 2 Feb 2023
The last week has been all about sunshine, clear skies at night and arctic freezing cold conditions! We’ve still been enjoying quieter slopes, but that’s all about to change as this weekend sees the start of the school holidays.
My snow report this week isn’t going to be very long, there is not much snow currently forecast in our part of the Alps for the next 6 days, maybe a few cms on Sunday. Austria seems to be the lucky one getting large amounts of snowfall this week due to the Nordstau effect that I mentioned last week. Looks like parts of the Eastern Swiss Alps will be receiving snowfall too.
The recent snow we’ve had is holding up really well and conditions are generally good. The fact that it has been so cold means that snow cannons can run where needed.
In Chamonix, up until Saturday the weather looks set to remain clear and sunny with temperatures warming up during the day to around +1-3°C. From Saturday we see some clouds rolling in and then Sunday light snow showers are forecast with maybe a little more on Tuesday, although this is harder to predict as still 5 days away. From Sunday the temperatures take a dive again and it will become much colder down to between -7°C to -14°C for the next few days.
Check out the cool video below from Adventures in Scotland, boarding in Chamonix in the last few days
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The Ten rules of Ski Safety
The school holidays begin this weekend around Europe which means the slopes will be busier during February. This makes it even more important to observe the Ten Rules of Ski Safety. We're never too experienced to refresh ourselves on how to stay safe on the piste. Remember to make your children aware of skiing safely too - watch the great FIS video in our article with your kids.
Read the Ten rules of Ski Safety - FIS (International Ski Federation) for the conduct of skiers and snowboarders
There will be plenty of activities and events in Chamonix during February, including family entertainment, torchlight descents and fireworks.
Updates
If you head to the bottom of this page, you can see live forecasts, lift status, links to webcams, real time photos from Chamonix. We will be updating this snow report page every Thursday, so check back in with us to see how the pistes are doing and what you can expect from the snow forecast each week.
We need you!
If you're in Chamonix this week, we want to see your images, especially videos, of what you've been up to. So when you post to Facebook or Instagram, please tag us @SeeChamonix #seechamonix. Every week, we'll be posting our favourite videos and images here and sharing on our social media, along with our weekly resort snow report.
Have a great ski week, see you on the pistes!
