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 [...]
Several ski companies are claiming that the recent snow storms in the UK has saved the ski industry for the time being. Ski Power, the tailor made ski holiday specialists, has experienced record booking figures and warns families that, with conditions on the slopes the best they have been for decades, “leaving it to 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 [...]
Following on from the success of Pierre & Vacances’ popular ‘sunshine guarantee’ insurance policy this summer, the European accommodation specialist is now offering a ‘snow guarantee’ on all winter ski holidays. The ski insurance policy allows holidaymakers the option of cancelling their ski holiday free of charge if snow weather conditions in resort are insufficient. [...]
The Tirol region of Austria have had a great start to the season, with a winter storm hitting this week. Just to get you in a mood have a look at their latest snow report here
var uri = ‘http://impgb.tradedoubler.com/imp?type(js)g(16507942)a(1690636)’ + new String (Math.random()).substring (2, 11); document.write(”); When the ski train tickets to France are available to buy online is one of the most popular questions at the moment. Well basically Rail Europe are going to release the ski train tickets to France on 14th October for all sk trains up until [...]
Many of you will be starting to think about next year’s skiing holiday already and if you’re tired of the same old ski resorts then why not try somewhere different? Montgenevre is a traditional French ski resort on the Italian border. The resort itself only has 65km of piste but it’s linked to the milky [...]
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 [...]
