Snow & Weather

Scotland’s ski centres are celebrating a good start to the winter season after heavy snow. It’s very welcome after poor winters in recent years though it is now warming up.

Over 1m of snow has fallen in places leaving superb piste conditions, but high level of avalanche danger. UPDATED

More snow would be welcome in most of the Alps & parts of the USA. Canada remains the place to be, while the Pyrenees is looking good. UPDATED

Heavy snow fell in the far south west as Christmas week got underway, but most of the Alps remains dry. Check out the latest PlanetSKI snow report from Europe & North America. UPDATED

PlanetSKI reporters are out on the slopes of Europe & North America. UPDATED

It has been a very poor start to the season for many US resorts but at last snow is falling & resorts opening. We also look at Canada where things have generally got off to a good start. UPDATED

The season of 2025/26 is well underway as more resorts open in the Alps. UPDATED

In contrast to Europe it has been a very poor start in many US ski areas. Some resorts are finally opening. It’s a different picture in Canada. 

More ski areas are opening this weekend in one of the best starts to a season in recent years in places. UPDATED

The storm has now passed leaving over 1m in places, with many more ski areas opening. UPDATED

PlanetSKI’s Felix Milns reports from Val Thorens as it has its one of its best opening weekends – fresh snow, blue sky and a host of attractions on offer. Welcome to winter folks! UPDATED

Another snowstorm hits the Alps. It is the biggest so far with up to 1m expected to fall in places. UPDATED

Winter is getting underway in the ski resorts of Canada & the USA. Some US resorts have been forced to delay their openings. UPDATED

Val Thorens and Tignes open on Saturday with fresh snow on the slopes. Snow is falling across the Alps and the Pyrenees as the temperatures plummet. UPDATED

As cold weather hits the UK Cairngorm in Scotland has opened some slopes. There’s also a small ski area in Cumbria in the North Pennines has opened. UPDATED

Winter begun in Europe this week with a sharp drop in the temperature and some snow as more resorts open. There are mixed conditions in North America. UPDATED

The temperatures have risen in the Alps after a small amount of fresh snow. The first falls have occurred in the Pyrenees with some snow in North America as more areas open. UPDATED

Many parts of the Alps have seen some snow above 2,500m. It comes as more ski areas opened at the weekend. UPDATED

Sunshine Village near Banff in Alberta fired up some lifts on Sunday 2nd November. It is the earliest the resort has opened. UPDATED

More snow is expected on Sunday after more than 1m of snow fell last weekend. Verbier opened a small area on Saturday. UPDATED

It is coming down in parts of Canada and the USA. The snow guns are on in a handful of US resorts as they race to be first to open. UPDATE

Kitzsteinhorn and Molltal in Austria open some slopes last weekend after fresh snowfall. It brings the total number of ski areas open in Europe to 14. UPDATED

Stubai, Soelden and Kaunertal have opened for the season. Nine ski areas are now open in the Alps as winter gets closer. UPDATED

There has been a dusting of fresh snow in the Alps as two Austrian glacier areas opened last weekend, with more to follow this weekend. PlanetSKI reports from the Alps. UPDATED

There has been some autumn snowfalls in The Alps & The Rockies. Some glacier resorts in Europe are open, with two more opening this weekend as more snow is forecast. UPDATED

Molltaler Glacier says it has stored 300,000 cubic meters of snow from last winter for the upcoming 2025–26 season.

Residents of the French Alpine village of Allos have voted to end skiing and snowboarding at their local ski resort, Val d’Allos–Le Seignus.