... below about 2500m in the Tarentaise. Pretty hard too. There are rumours of cooler weather next week, but with rain on and off up to the weekend there could be some resorts in trouble, especially down in the southern French Alps where snow depths at resort and altitude have been terrible all season...
"PG" <pgK9@alpesprovence.net> wrote in message news:3aavqlF65oifbU1@individual.net...> ... below about 2500m in the Tarentaise. Pretty hard too. There are> rumours of cooler weather next week, but with rain on and off up to the> weekend there could be some resorts in trouble, especially down in the> southern French Alps where snow depths at resort and altitude have been> terrible all season...>
I have held off booking a trip for 2nd - 9th April as I could see this happening from some of the weather models. It may require waiting until literally a few days beforehand.
PG wrote:> ... below about 2500m in the Tarentaise. Pretty hard too. There are > rumours of cooler weather next week, but with rain on and off up to the > weekend there could be some resorts in trouble, especially down in the > southern French Alps where snow depths at resort and altitude have been > terrible all season...>
"PG" <pgK9@alpesprovence.net> wrote in message news:3aavqlF65oifbU1@individual.net...> ... below about 2500m in the Tarentaise. Pretty hard too. There are> rumours of cooler weather next week, but with rain on and off up to the> weekend there could be some resorts in trouble, especially down in the> southern French Alps where snow depths at resort and altitude have been> terrible all season...>
Seriously, rain here would be great - the air is wretched at the moment, full of dust and general crap. No wind or rain for 5 months almost and we need clean air.
"PG" <pgK9@alpesprovence.net> wrote in message news:3aavqlF65oifbU1@individual.net...> ... below about 2500m in the Tarentaise. Pretty hard too. There are> rumours of cooler weather next week, but with rain on and off up to the> weekend there could be some resorts in trouble, especially down in the> southern French Alps where snow depths at resort and altitude have been> terrible all season...>
PG wrote:> ... below about 2500m in the Tarentaise. Pretty hard too. There are > rumours of cooler weather next week
We are expecting snow from 2000-2200 meters from the 26th in the Isère otherwise rain rain rain. It has had quite a big effect on the mountains today with lots of rock showing through.
"davidof" <david.george@g-dumpthisbit-mail.com> wrote in message news:42406fb0$0$15285$7a628cd7@news.club-internet.fr... | PG wrote: | > ... below about 2500m in the Tarentaise. Pretty hard too. There are | > rumours of cooler weather next week | | We are expecting snow from 2000-2200 meters from the 26th in the Isère | otherwise rain rain rain. It has had quite a big effect on the mountains | today with lots of rock showing through.
Les Arcs...
The snowline ended up around 2400m, dropping just 100m or so during the night. In the end we were lucky in Les Arcs at least, with considerably less precipitation than forecast.
The very hot weather, over a couple of weeks, had left some bare patches on exposed, steeper slopes. 'Official' levels yesterday before the rain were 70cms (1100m, Villaroger) and 140cms at altitude (3226m, Aiguille Rouge). In an hour or so the revised levels will be published for this morning - will update then.
Clear skies at moment, more rain/snow (snowline ca. 2200m) expected Thurday/Friday.
"Simon Brown" <simon.brown@kns.ch> wrote in message news:3ab5krF666brpU1@individual.net...> I see we're in for a thunderstorm on Thursday (very appropriately).
