The French Alps are expecting a small snowstorm on Monday night which could bring between 10 and 15cm of snow to the slopes above 2000m. Unfortunately heights below that are likely to see rain fall.
The good news is that it shouldn’t be as mild as it was last week. The freezing level should hover around 2200m for most of this week in France.
Light snow is also expected in most of Austria, although not as much snow will fall here as in France. Zurs is expecting the most snow in Austria, with 11cm expected to fall by next weekend.
It should be generally colder than it has been recently but Wednesday will see a brief warm spell before getting cold again on Thursday.
Friday should see 7cm of fresh snow even at low levels in the Arlberg area. The rest of Austria is expecting much the same weather, with slightly less snow.
20cm of snow is expected at Verbier in Switzerland this week. Around 10cm of this should fall on Monday night into Tuesday morning as far down as 2100m. Unfortunately, heavy rain will fall in the village.
Up in Scandinavia snow is also expected. Geilo in Norway should receive around 21cm of snow this week on the upper slopes. Rain could fall on the lower slopes on Tuesday but then it should turn colder bringing more snow.
Light snow is also expected all week in Åre, amounting to around 13cm by Saturday.
Generally dry weather is expected across the whole of the USA this week. Light snow could fall on most of our featured resorts in Colorado later in the week.
It should stay cold through the week in Colorado allowing resorts to make snow most of the time, especially overnight.
Up in Oregon it is expected to get warmer this week. Temperatures of 6C at the bottom and 2C at the top are likely during the day.
However, it should still be below freezing at night, which will allow the snow cannons to operate and help to keep the snow in good condition.
10cm of snow and a sharp drop in temperature is then expected on Thursday night.
Warm weather is also expected for Alta and Snowbird in Utah. The middle of the week is when it will be the warmest but night time temperatures will still be cold, perhaps down to around -16C at the beginning of the week.
Light snowfall and cold weather should then return next weekend.
The mild weather looks set to stay for the whole of this week on the east coast. 10C can be expected at base level at Attitash Bear Peak with rain on Friday and Saturday. Even at the summit 8C is expected.
Western Canada should see some milder weather on Wednesday and Thursday with temperatures possibly creeping above freezing at base level.
This isn’t really warm enough to cause much damage to the snow but might make it a bit soft around the villages.
Despite the warm weather, Whistler is still expecting a further 71cm of snow to fall at the top at an altitude of 2284m.
The brief warm spell on Wednesday and Thursday could deliver rain to mid mountain level but the snow depth is excellent so it shouldn’t affect the snow cover too much.
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