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 [...]

UPDATE 21st December 2010: We’re getting a lot of hits on this post currently so to help you out here is some current information from Eurostar: Due to the continuing bad weather, speed restrictions are in place on our high speed lines, adding up to two hours to journey times. As a result we can [...]

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 [...]