Three Valley Snow Report Week Ending – 1/3/2014
One of the best things about skiing in the 3 valleys is that it is snow-sure, yet low enough to generally allow you to get on the mountain, even on bad weather days. No one ever goes home from a chalet holiday in Meribel without at least 2/3 good skiing days.
However, this being the Alps, there are also very few who go home having enjoyed weather quite as good as we have had this last week.
After a nice dusting of fresh powder on Saturday night, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday brought the kind of days to bring out the brochure photographers. Beautifully groomed pistes, down through trees laden with brilliant white snow, reflecting a vibrant azure sky and without a cloud to be seen. A pleasant ambient temperature meant that only a light T-shirt was needed under ski jackets, and the deckchairs of the stunning mountain restaurants were just as popular for sunbathing as for resting weary legs. Skiing simply does not get any better than that.
On Wednesday the weather came in just enough to add a fresh coating of powder, but aside from a few small pockets of low cloud, visibility remained good. Thursday was overcast, but the heavy overnight snowfall had the powder junkies salivating, especially as it was further added to on Friday.
That means that for those guests arriving today, there is 20-30 cm of fresh snow waiting for them when they get out on the mountain for what is predicted to be another blue-skies-and-sunshine day on Sunday.
For the rest of the week, the outlook is less clear. Forecasters differ over whether the cloud predicted on Monday will clear away for Tuesday and Wednesday or deliver more snow. We will be listening to Radio Meribel each morning for their English -language weather and piste reports to make sure our guests know where to head for the best
