50 French Resorts Still Open Next Week

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Apr 152010
35 more ski resorts are scheduled to close in France this weekend but others will be open for two or three weeks more.
Bonneval sur Arc will close on the 1st of May, Val d’Isère on the 2nd and Chamonix Mont-Blanc, where the upper slope snow depth is currently the deepest in France at 3.8m (12.6 feet), as well as Tignes, Val Thorens and La Grave la Meije are open another week to May 9th.
Next Monday there will still be fifty ski resorts open. The snow remains very good for the season and it is below freezing in many resorts still, so the snow is good quality snow. It snowed yesterday in the Alps where there were three powder alarms for up to 40cm (16 inches) of new snow in the southern resorts of Devoluy /La Joue du Loup which has France’s second greatest snow depth at 3.3m (11 feet). It has re4ceived 60cm (two feet) in total in the past week, the most in the country, however they reported that the avalanche risk is high.

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By Virginie Bernat
Published: 14.04.10
Courtesy of Skiinfo.co.uk
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France Snow Report

Chamonix, France, Meribel, Val Thorens Comments Off
Mar 262010

We’ve had typical Spring conditions over the past few days, so the sun tans are coming along nicely !  There’s heavy snow forcast for Friday night, the 3 Valleys say down to 600M; so be ready to hit the slopes for the weekend.  Then Monday/Tuesady the tempearture is due to drop agin with more snow down to 1200M.  With up to 40cm of fresh snow on the way it looks just like we are in for a serious snow fall to see us through to the end of April.

Meribel           875-123cm  – up to 170cm in Val Thorens
Morzine          80-210cm – High altitude skiing in Avoriaz
Chamonix       82-389cm – The ultimate high mountain resprt… open until mid May

(Courtesy of skiweekends.com)

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Snowy Top Up For French Resorts

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Mar 032010

It snowed a lot last week in the French mountains with 13 powder alarms in the French Alps on Friday.

Le Grand Bornand was one of the big winners with 75cm (2.5 feet) of fresh snow accumulated over seven days.

Hubert Bon-Bétend Le Grand Bornand ski patrol chief told Skiinfo. “It had not snowed a lot in the beginning of the season but since early January, the resort has received regular snowfalls of 15 to 20cm.
The snow coverage is very good with 100cm at 1200m and 170cm at 2300m. The snow depths are measured twice a day, once at 7:30am and again at 12:30. The avalanche risk is moderate now, but it was at maximun on Sunday because of mild temperatures. It was cold in the night from Sunday to Monday which helped stabilize the snow coverage. We trigger avalanches artificially when there’s 10-15cm of new snowfall when it is windy, otherwise we wait until 20cm. We now hope that the temperatures will not be too high so we can have a good end to the season.”

Other big accumulations of 45- 52cm (18-21 inches) were re4ported by La Clusaz, Val Thorens and Alpe d’Huez. Chamonix Mont-Blanc has the deepest snow in France with 4.2m (14 feet).

By Virginie Bernat
Published: 02.03.10

Courtesy of skiinfo.co.uk

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French Snow Report

Alpe d'Huez, Chamonix, Courcheval, Lans en Vercors, Les Arcs, Meribel, Montgenevre, Val Thorens No Responses »
Dec 032009

After good snowfalls across France’s ski areas, many resorts are now opening, including Lans en Vercours, La Cluzac and Collet d’Allevard.

many more plan to at least partially open this weekend, including Alpe d’Huez, the Grande Montets at Chamonix, Les Arcs, Meribel and possibly Courcheval.

Already open is Val Thorens, which is reporting 40cm of fresh snow and with more than a metre of snow lying, has one of the deepest bases in the country!

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