1st September 2025
It has been a scorching summer time within the Alps, however the climate is popping extra autumnal as September begins and the seasons are set to alter. NEW
There was some snow falling within the Alps and extra is ready to comply with within the subsequent few days earlier than hotter and sunnier situations return on the weekend.
Listed here are some net digital camera photographs from La Plagne in France at 3,000m:
Picture c/o La Plagne net digital camera.
Picture c/o La Plagne net digital camera.
We’ll carry you extra photographs of the snow at altitude within the Alps later, so do test again.
It’ll in fact make no distinction for the approaching winter and little distinction to the present autumn snowboarding, however it’s a signal that the seasons are altering.
“Whereas any contemporary snow on the glaciers at the moment of 12 months is welcome, it will probably’t disguise the truth that the Alps have endured yet one more torrid summer time, with more and more poor situations within the few alpine resorts which nonetheless provide summer time snowboarding,” stated the alpine climate knowledgeable, Fraser Wilkin, from weathertoski.co.uk.
“The glacier at Hintertux, historically one of the crucial dependable for snow within the Alps and often open 12 months a 12 months, was pressured to droop operations in early August and is ready to reopen at an unconfirmed date in September.”
At the moment there are three glacier ski areas open within the Alps:
Right here at PlanetSKI we now have been following the situations over the summer time:
We can even be retaining an in depth eye on the autumn situations, so do test again.
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