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Winter 23/24 ski season build up

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By Caro Blackwell, Updated

Ski season build up time, it's snowing all over the Alps and early winter ski season forecasts are looking good. We're excited to bring you the snow report from Chamonix this season as it happens

Here we are back for another season and eagerly awaiting the arrival of the winter ski season. It's getting colder in the resort with hard frosts now and we’re seeing good snowfall already across the Alps over about 1800metres. The high peaks are taking on that majestic freshly snow clad look once again.

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First snow

The first snow has arrived in Chamonix with more forecast this week. Up to 50cm of snow is expected over the next few days. Picture above from the tourist office was taken this week in Flégère.

While you are waiting to get out here, we’ve had our ear to the ground to bring you What’s New in Chamonix this winter and have been updating our site to bring you the news from Chamonix this winter.

Alongside cross country night skiing and new year parades you’ll find night time sledging and skiing, Chamonix Unlimited Festival and the Kandahar Skiing World Cup. These events and more are all in our events calendar.

Have you got your ski pass yet? There are still early bird deals out there.

Winter opening

Chamonix opens on 16 December 2023 right through to the 5 May 2024. Plenty of time to come and enjoy the white stuff!

Here's a quick check list to prepare for your winter ski holiday - check all the links below, we've got you covered.

Updates

If you head to the bottom of this page, you can see the live forecasts, lift status, links to webcams, real time photos from Chamonix. We will be updating this snow report page every Thursday from the end of November, so check back in with us to see how the pistes are doing and what you can expect from the snow forecast each week.

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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.

We'll see you on the pistes very soon.

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