Temperatures Set to Fall in the Alps with Some Snow on the Way
The weather will turn more unsettled over the weekend, but it won’t be until Monday that it becomes significantly colder.
“Some more widespread precipitation and decreasing temperatures are expected late on Sunday, and especially on Monday,” said the alpine weather expert, Fraser Wilkin, from weathertoski.co.uk.
Around 20 areas are open in the Alps with some only operating at weekends.
“Given the lack of fresh snow in recent days, expect snow conditions to be hard-packed, before they improve again next week,” added Fraser Wilkin.
“The most extensive areas of skiing open in the Alps are Sölden, Hintertux and Zermatt, all of which are operating between 35 and 40km of pistes.”
Ski areas currently open in the Alps:
- Austria: Pitztal, Hintertux, Stubai, Soelden, Kaunertal, Kitzsteinhorn, Molltal & Kitzbuhel.
- Italy: Cervinia, Sulden & Val Senalis.
- Switzerland: Verbier, Zermatt, Saas-Fee, Murren, Arosa, Davos, Glacier 3000, Titlis Glacier (Engleberg) & Diavolezza Glacier (St Moritz) and Adelboden.
The glacier resort of Subai, near Innsbruck, is holding the annual Intersport Festival this weekend.
The Swiss resort of Andermatt is set to open some terrain this weekend.
Next weekend sees the start of skiing in France with Tignes and Val Thorens planning to open.
PlanetSKI’s Felix Milnes will be reporting from Val Thorens.
Here’s what to expect in Tignes:
“It is great to see the first dump of snow across the Alps,” said Sean O’Leary from the UK ski company, allChalets.
“The mountains are alive and busy preparing to welcome the 2025-26 ski holiday guests.
“Skiers and boarders are busy booking their next mountain holiday while chalet teams are putting the final touches to menus and guest services.
“The early snow augers well for excellent skiing conditions this year.”
The Pyrenees has seen its first snow of the approaching ski season.
First snow across the Pyrenees. Image c/o Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite.
In Scandinavia the first World Cup slalom races of the season take place this weekend at Levi in Finland with the woman racing on Saturday and the men on Sunday.
There is much interest in the first World Cup race for 20 year old Luca Carrick-Smith.
The ski resort of Ruka is also open in Finland.
In Norway Galdhøpiggen glacier summer ski area is open but expected to close shortly.
In Sweden Kabdalis is offering skiing and several World Cup slalom skiers have been training ahead of the races in Levi this weekend.
Over in North America there is some limited skiing in  the USA and Canada.
The resorts around Banff in Canada are offering the best skiing – Sunshine Village, Lake Louise and Mt Norquay.
The PlanetSKI team of Alex Cove and Marie Taylor will be reporting from Lake Louise or Sunshine Village this weekend.
They are currently waiting to see which resort has the best snow and the most terrain open.
We reported on the opening of Sunshine Village at the beginning of November:
In the USA several resorts in Colorado have already opened including Keystone, Breckenridge, Loveland and Arapahoe Basin.
This weekend Mammoth Mountain in California joins them.
It was planning to open on Friday 14th November but that has been delayed by a day due to an in-coming snowstorm.
“This gives Mother Nature and our ops team the time they need to get the mountain dialed in for some amazing first turns,” said the resort.
The first 100 people in the lift queue will get a free beanie.
There’s complimentary hot chocolate and coffee are on tap, too, with a DJ providing tunes on the Tusk Sundeck.
Here at PlanetSKI we will be uodating this article over the weekend so do check back…
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