15th January 2024
It’s been a generally cloudy day in the Alps with more snow on its way. In the Pyrenees it has warmed up with some decent piste conditions. NEW
Monday 15th January
We have full details of the conditions in the Alps where the excellent winter continues at altitude in the Alps with more snow falling.
But we start in Andorra in the Pyrenees, where PlanetSKI’s James Cove is.
And here’s what Les Portelles looks like inside:
Soup of the day comes highly recommended.
What Arcalis lacks in size, it more than makes up for in variety.
“There is something for everyone in Arcalis and for me the lift-accessible freeride terrain is quite simply some of the best in the world,” said James.
“It’s a shame that there is not enough snow at the moment, but so be it – the snow will come”.
In the Alps today there have been generally cloudy conditions, with the odd snow shower.
The sun has made an appearance in the Dolomites.
It is though much colder than the Pyrenees with the freezing level at around 1,000m in the French Alps.
It is at 400m in the eastern Swiss Alps and western Austrian Alps.
More snow is expected overnight on Tuesday and it looks like it could be another big one with decent amounts in the north- western Alps.
We’ll keep you posted as it develops.
Overall as we reach mid-January it has been a very good winter so far in parts of the Alps, but less so in the Pyrenees where more snow is needed.
PlanetSKI’s James Cove is in the Pyrenees for much of January.
After Andorra he’s off to Baqueira Beret in the Spanish Pyrenees for a leg of the Freeride World Tour and to review one of the most popular ski resorts in Spain.
And after the Pyrenees?
James is heading to ski in Turkey for the end of January and beginning of February.
Then hopefully going north to Scandinavia.
After that, who knows for James, but hopefully the Tirol and then across the Austria/Italy border and into the Dolomites for a while.
PlanetSKI’s Jane Peel will be focusing on Austria for the second half of January visiting Obertauern, Schladming and Bad Gastein.
While our staff reporter Simon Wilson will be in the French Alps.
More to follow…