The PlanetSKI Snow Report
3rd February 2025
Last modified on February 7th, 2025
There are some excellent mid-season conditions in Europe and Japan after fresh snow. PlanetSKI reports from both locations. UPDATED
In the Alps people have been out enjoying the recent fresh snow with some glorious sunshine.
Much of Europe has had a much calmer week of weather after last week’s heavy snow.
The considerable and high avalanche danger has also dropped.
There were 13 avalanche deaths in a 5-day period after the heavy snow.
High pressure has been in charge of the weather in the Alps but things are now changing with cloud and light snow in the forecast.
“On Friday, and especially over the weekend, cloudier conditions will affect the south-western Alps, with a little snow falling in places,” said Fraser Wilkin from weathertoski.co.uk. on Thursday 6th February.
PlanetSKI reporter Claire McAteer has recently been in Tignes, France, when the large falls struck.
“Last week Tignes saw a massive boost to the snow conditions across the resort with a bumper snow fall of over 65cms,” said Claire.
“The second snowfall was uncharacteristically light snow for this time of year in the Alpes and drew comparisons to Japow!
“As is always the case in a resort so well served by lift infrastructure, the easy off piste was quickly tracked out in the calm sunshine last week, but there was still a lot of fun to be had and fresh pockets to be found for the remainder of the week.”
Tignes, France. Image c/o Claire McAteer.
PlanetSKI chief reporter, Jane Peel, was further east in Austria.
See here for Jane’s full report from the area:
Jane Peel in Kühtai, Austria. Image © PlanetSKI
While PlanetSKI’s James Cove is rather further afield – in the Hakuba Valley in Japan.
“We have had a three day storm that left around 80cm of powder,” said James.
“The snow is still falling, but not in such quantities.
“There has been around 6m of snow so far this season, which is around the seasonal average, and we’ve mainly been skiing off piste in the trees.
“JaPOW has certainly delivered.”
It is also pretty deep on the marked runs on piste in Japan.
Hakuba Valley, Japan. Image © PlanetSKI
See here for the latest update from James in Japan:
The Hakuba Valley, Japan. Image © PlanetSKI
The Hakuba Valley, Japan. Image © PlanetSKI
The Hakuba Valley, Japan. Image © PlanetSKI
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