Summer Snowfall in The Alps
Summer Snowfall in The Alps
Published : 08-Jul-2025 12:50
Ski areas across the Alps have been reporting snowfalls of up to 20cm on their highest slopes over the last 24 hours.
Italy's Passo Stelvio, one of four glacier ski areas currently open in the Alps, reported 25cm (10") of fresh snowfall as temperatures dipped (webcam image below). There was also heavy snowfall and low visibility on high slopes at Tignes and the Hintertux glacier (pictured above).
The snowfall follows after the only glacier currently open for skiing in Scandinavia, Norway's Galdhopiggen, reported 40cm of snowfall in the past week.
However, the unsettled conditions, with rain and fog at some lower altitude areas, has led to summer events being cancelled in many ski areas or postponed until conditions improve. Some glacier ski lifts were also temporarily closed.
A fifth Alpine glacier resort, Switzerland's Saas Fee, is expected to open for summer skiing and what's effectively the start of its nine-month long 25-26 ski season next weekend.
Summer snowfall is not unusual on glaciers but increasingly welcome as the bigger picture ifs of rising temperatures and rain rather than snowfall at high altitudes in summer. The cold weather and snow, mostly above 3,000m altitudes, has occurred just over a week after record high June temperatures pushed the freezing point several hundred metres above the summit of Mont Blanc in June for what's believed to be the first time ever.
Bonneval, over the back of Val d'Isere, pictured below earlier today.
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