More Autumn Snow Falls in the Alps
21st October 2025
Last modified on October 27th, 2025
Another storm is hitting parts of the north west Alps and once it passes there could be up to 1m in places. UPDATED
In the north west Alps many areas have already seen well over half a metre of snow fall.
The ski resorts of Tignes and Val Thorens have seen some of the best of it.
Tignes has probably seen the most snow any resort in the Alps in this current storm cycle with well over 1m at altitude since Thursday.
On Monday afternoon the freezing level was around 1,600m as the snow continued.
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See here for a recently posted article about the season ahead in Tignes
Val Thorens:
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A new storm hit the north-western Alps on Monday.
“This storm will deliver further significant snowfalls to the north-western Alps both today and tonight before the weather settles down again on Tuesday,” said the alpine weather expert, Fraser Wilkin from weathertoski.co.uk.
“The rain/snow limit this morning is around 1100m but will rise to between 1500m and 1800m later today, before falling a little again tonight.
“Storm totals for Monday/Monday night are likely to be around 15-30cm above 1800m across a wide swathe of the north-western Alps (e.g. Avoriaz, Verbier, Mürren, Engelberg, St Anton).
“The north-eastern Alps (e.g. Schladming, Obertauern) will see slightly less snow – typically 10-15cm above 1800m.
“The southern Alps will be a bit more ‘hit and miss’, with some significant snow in places close to the main Alpine ridge (e.g. Cervinia) but much less snow further south, where the snowline will also be higher (e.g. Dolomites).”
5-day snowfall totals for this storm will exceed 1m above 2,600m in some parts of the north-western Alps.
When the current storm passes on Tuesday the temperatures are forecast to rise sharply.
These images from Les Arcs in France were taken on Friday morning as the first storm hit.
Fresh snow at Les Arcs in France. @AB Tourisme.
Fresh snow at Les Arcs in France. @AB Tourisme.
Fresh snow at Les Arcs in France. @AB Tourisme.
Les Arcs is due to open on 13th December.
Ski resorts are posting images on social media:
In Austria there is the first snow of the autumn on many mountains passes
“It will snow on many mountain passes for the first time this autumn,” said the meteorologist, Simon Hölzl, from GeoSphere Austria.
“Snow or slush is to be expected on passes such as the Timmelsjoch, Kühtaisattel, Hahntennjoch, Arlberg and Gerlos passes, and possibly also in the Felbertauern portal area.”
There are several glacier ski areas in the Alps already open and the change in the weather is welcome.
Glacier ski areas currently open in the Alps:
- Austria: Pitztal, Hintertux, Stubai, Soelden, Kaunertal, Kitzsteinhorn & Molltal.
- Italy: Passo Stelvio, Cervinia & Val Senalis.
- Switzerland: Zermatt, Saas-Fee, Titlis Glacier (Engleberg) & Diavolezza Glacier (St Moritz).
Davos in Switzerland has opened some cross-country trails and its fellow Swiss resort of Adelboden is followed suit this weekend.
There are several areas open in Scandinavia, including Levi and Ruka in Finland.
Here’s Levi:
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In Sweden, the resort of Kabdalis opened a slope at the weekend on snow stored from last winter.
In Norway, skiing continues on the Galdhøpiggen glacier.
Another sign that winter is on its way is that this weekend saw the first World Cup alpine ski race of the season – giant slalom races for the men and women on the glacier area at Soelden in Austria.
GB’s 18-year of Freddy Carrick-Smith made his debut on the World Cup stage on Sunday 26th.
Freddy Carrick-Smith. Image c/o Team Carrick-Smith.
Meanwhile, over in North America..
The first resorts have opened in the USA as we have reported:
Arapahoe Basin Opening Day. Image c/o Colorado Ski Country USA.
Arapahoe Basin Opening Day. Image c/o Colorado Ski Country USA.
Arapahoe Basin Opening Day. Image c/o Colorado Ski Country USA.
And it’s looking rather good in Canada at the moment:
PlanetSKI will be based in Alberta, Canada for two months next winter.
Look out for our reports.
Winter is coming folks.
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