Looking a bit grim this morning but brighter higher up

La Tania stuck in cloud first thing this morning and no new snow to talk about. Meteo France quoting a snow / rain limit of 1400 / 1500m today, just above resort level. Webcams higher up showing another layer of much higher cloud and descent visibility in most places but looking increasingly likely of a cloudy day with the odd snow shower rather than the hyped up, tweet fest of a decent snowfall many expected – me included. Slippery and Dave H called this one correctly – or are they just grumpy old men!

On the positive side the weather is remaining unsettled and good prospects for fresh snow next week – no dominating high pressure systems so far stopping any weather fronts coming through. Lift company quoting general 78cm snow depth on Saulire and there’s still a massive amount of decent piste skiing about – some thin bits and icy spots to be expected in exposed and heavy traffic areas especially in late afternoon.

Well worth getting up early and ripping up that corduroy those piste bashers have spent all night making…

Webcam pic from the top of Saulire this morning showing the cloud (and a bit of snow too) that La Tania is sitting in this morning.