14th January 2020
SNOW TO RETURN TO THE ALPS THIS WEEK
It’s been dry & mild with no significant snow for weeks, but that’s about to change. In Canada it is so cold that Lake Louise closed. UPDATED
14th January 2020
It’s been dry & mild with no significant snow for weeks, but that’s about to change. In Canada it is so cold that Lake Louise closed. UPDATED
9th January 2020
Conditions still look pretty good across the Alps but lower slopes are becoming worn. There’s been dramatic improvement in North America from where PlanetSKI reports. UPDATED
4th January 2020
Snow conditions are generally good for early January in the Alps with some fresh snow. Read our full snow report.
31st December 2019
Conditions in the Alps are excellent with some of the best December snow in recent years. Andermatt has 4m.
30th November 2019
The weather’s fine for many this week after the big early-season snowfalls. Conditions are good as more resorts get ready to open at the weekend.
23rd November 2019
PlanetSKI is in Val Thorens in France for its opening weekend. On Saturday high winds closed the lifts, but on Sunday skiing began.
12th January 2019
Austria & Switzerland are being hit by yet another snow storm and it’s been snowing heavily in France too. PlanetSKI is in the thick of it. UPDATED
7th January 2019
PlanetSKI is in France as finally the snow has begun falling. It follows a dispute about conditions on piste. UPDATED
3rd January 2019
In Austria with more on the way. In France none is forecast & it’s patchy in Switzerland & Italy. Plus we hear from Alaska.
11th October 2017
The glacier at the French resort simply doesn’t have enough snow. It is yet another sign of the impact of climate change.
3rd July 2017
Alpine glaciers are melting at an alarming rate & summer glacier snowsports may become a thing of the past. PlanetSKI reports from the Alps.
13th January 2017
With all the snow in the Alps some have forgotten Europe’s other main ski mountain range. Not us at PlanetSKI and we’re in Andorra. NEW & UPDATED
17th December 2014
Sometimes it is judgement, often it is luck and occasionally a combination of the two. This week PlanetSKI has been in Norway, the location of some of the best current snow in Europe.
29th November 2013
The resorts in France, Spain and Andorra are having a fabulous start to winter. The headlines have been grabbed by the Alps but there is almost 2m in places and more is falling. PlanetSKI reports.
17th October 2013
8,000 people were skiing in the Austrian resort of Stubai last weekend in the best October conditions in recent memory. But where are the Brits? PlanetSKI reports from the Austrian Tirol.
16th May 2011
Almost half a metre of snow has fallen in the last few days in the glacier resorts and many hundreds of people are out enjoying the wintery conditions. Hard to believe it is the second half of May! PlanetSKI reports from Hintertux.