The New PlanetSKI Snow Report

by admin in RSS Social News. Posted April 16, 2026

Thursday 16th April

The weather is remaining settled in much of the Alps.

Here’s our latest video snow report from Steve Angus in Tignes/Val d’Isere.

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It may be Steve’s last video snow report of the season, but skiing continues in the area for another couple of weeks.

Do check the end of today’s post for a link to an updated PlanetSKI article on the closing dates of resorts in the Alps.

Skiing goes into May and beyond.

“Over the next few days, the weather in the Alps will remain mostly fine, but will turn a bit more unsettled later in the weekend with a few showers in places (snow around 2300m), though this will not amount to any significant accumulations,” said Fraser Wilkin from weathertoski.co.uk on Thursday.

“Right now, snow conditions in the Alps are typically spring-like, with hard snow early on (at least if skies have remained clear overnight) followed by a softening-up process – first on slopes facing east/south-east, then south, then west and finally north.

“To ensure that the snow remains relatively wintry all day long, you now need to be skiing on north-facing slopes above about 2500-2700m.

“Otherwise, the best advice is to try and follow the sun.”

There also remains some excellent skiing in Scotland and PlanetSKI’s Scoltand reporting team of Dianne and Rod Frazer have just posted from Cairngorm and Glencoe:

Spring skiing in Scotland

Cairngorm, Scotland Image c/o Dianne & Rod Frazer.

Glencoe, Scotland Image c/o Dianne & Rod Frazer.

Here at PlaneSKI we have just published an update on the closing dates of resorts in Europe:

Plenty of good skiing still on offer in the Alps

Spring skiing in Val Thorens. Image © PlanetSKI

More to follow…

Tuesday 14th April

There has been some decent snow at altitude in parts of the Alps, plus heavy rain lower down.

It led to increased avalanche risk in places, as we reported yesterday.

The weather is stabilising today with just a few flurries of rain and snow around, and it will become drier as the week progresses.

The skiing remains good for the time of year on the high-altitude slopes, especially the north facing ones, but the rain has damaged some of the lower slopes.

Cervinia in Italy and Zermatt in Switzerland saw some of the best of the recent snow.

The French high-altitude resorts are still offering some good spring skiing including Tignes and Val Thorens.

Both resorts offer skiing and snowboarding until the first weekend of May.

Another wave of resorts close this weekend including Les Menuires in Les3Vallees.

Les Menuires, France. Image c/o Vanessa Fisher.

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