Chamonix ski chalet Maison Jaune has just released its long-range weather forecast for Winter 2010/11 for the French Alps. http://www.maison-jaune.com The latest information appears to predict a “La Nina” and positive “North Atlantic Oscillation” (NAO+) which would forecast a colder than normal start to the season (which is great for freezing the ground so the [...]

Over the last couple of days in the UK much snow has fallen. If you listen to reports from various news networks, there is snow up to 30-40cm in Oxford. Now I live in pretty much the centre of Oxford and according to my measuring stick 19cm fell, quite a lot short of that being [...]

You’re two weeks away from hitting the piste and if you’re like my fiance the snow forecast and current skiiing conditions is the only the topic of conversion. With the advent of the internet up to date snow reports and web cams are now only a mouse click and here are the 5 sites I [...]