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We have had approximately two meters snowfall during the last seven days. The snow has been so heavy that lifts were shut, the local train has been stopped at the Chamonix train station and not going onwards to Le Tour and delays with Geneva transfers. Roads have been closed and avalanche announcements released.

Contrast this to a couple of seasons ago, when we experienced the incredibly hot February conditions, rocks showing on the ski slopes, and reports that climate change meant the finish of the ski industry in France. Highlighting this the OECD’s report from winter 2005 predicted that climate change could make skiing holidays far too expensive for the majority of skiers, with one-third of ski domains becoming insolvent and the melting of glaciers. Climatologists say that it is virtually impossible to assign these yearly variations in the snow to the outcomes of global warming.

We could be experiencing the longest recession in almost 25 years, and the pound has headed to new levels compared to the Euro, but the skiing is grand, and the last reservations show that skiers are eager to enjoy the grand snow. It is probably the best in nine winters, and many are announcing that it’s the best ski snowboarding snow in at least ten yrs.

Nevertheless recollect that lots of snow like this means raised avalanches risks.