Well it started snowing heavily on Saturday night, giving us about 8 inches of fresh above 2000m, but the warm Föhn winds from the south, which had been bringing warm air since Friday, meant that when it fell, it fell wet and heavy.

I did a few runs yesterday taking in some off piste, but the avalanche risk has gone way up: a quick test slipped the second I cut away the back, and on the lower pistes the wet snow made it more like slow surfing.

Higher up is better, of course, but many of the high lifts were closed yesterday due to the avalanche risk.

This morning (Monday) they’ve been blasting since early. The temperature hasn’t fallen much, which means that the roads are slushy not slippery, and the falling snow occasionally turns to rain where I am at 2000m.

There’s heavy cloud so this looks set to continue for a few hours yet.  There’s sunshine forecast for tomorrow though, and a clear night tonight, so hopefully it’ll freeze up, and the pisteurs will work their nocturnal magic.

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