The amount of snow already fallen in the Alps . . . .

......apparently i read , we will all be skiing till May...?
Have we really had such a huge amount already fallen in Europe.?
Sounds good to me, as we are going March 10th, and I vowed never to go skiing again, end of March just incase!

tropicana wrote:......apparently i read , we will all be skiing till May...?

Getting your local Lift Co. to open the hill/lifts and extend the workers' seasonal contracts, may be a bigger challenge.

Time to get out your skins :D

Keeping fingers crossed. Plenty has fallen but i wouldn't mind at least couple more storms. Moguls are getting big (though they provide better workout like that and keep you warm in this weather;))

I think it is way too early to second guess the weather and available snow in 3 months time!
Bit like going back and deciding in the first week of November that this was going to be a classic skiing season.

Although - it's looking pretty good for most places to have good skiing at easter - March/April could be warm and sunny, or cold, or cold and wet, or warm and wet ...........

Anyway - fingers crossed :thumbup:

There is always the chance of a dance or human sacrifice should things deteriorate.
:mrgreen:

Oh no, November is a poor indicator. Talked to locals who have been living in the mountains all their lives and they all say that as a general rule "early winter = bad winter". There might be exceptions but when it started dumping last October they didn't look very enthusiastic. Too early to last till April. And it didn't in many places.

therefore late winter = good winter? It was late (relatively speaking)

Is there only a given number of weeks that winter will last for?

Iceman wrote:therefore late winter = good winter? It was late (relatively speaking)

Is there only a given number of weeks that winter will last for?

Yes Icy there is a clear formula where you put in the date of first fall, depth, incremental snowfall, no of days above zero (at selected altitude), no of weeks since last fall above 20cm @ resort level plus 500m ....
Then ....
You factor in highest lift, lowest lift, aspect of slope (north facing etc)
This then gives a bald figure and you adjust this depending on how far west the resort you are interested in is (this is a negative value as snow generally holds at lower levels the further east one goes).
Then ....
The higher power/g*d/how good a little boy/girl/undecided one has been comes into it - which is a personal score that adjusts the prime figure you have from above.

This all then goes to give you a clear answer in weeks as to how long winter lasts in the alps.

The answer is always 20 by the way :thumbup: