Archive for February, 2009

Posted on February 18, 2009 - by Rob

Another Massive Dump

Recent Snowfall : 40cm on Wednesday 18th Feb.
Total Accumulated Snowfall 08/09 Season : 372cm
Heavy snow throughout Tuesday blessed us with yet another 40 cm of fresh powder as well as horrendous driving conditions in and around Morzine… a minor nuisance when compared with the fun to be had on the mountain.
This is turning out to be a [...]

Posted on February 13, 2009 - by Rob

Still More Snow !!!

Recent Snowfall : 14cm on Thursday 12th Feb, 15cm on Friday 13th Feb.
Total Accumulated Snowfall 08/09 Season : 332cm
Wednesday and Thursday has brought even more snow with the official figures shown above now bringing the total accumulated snow to over 3 metres 30 cm for this season … or just under 11 foot of snow.
More reports [...]

Posted on February 13, 2009 - by Rob

Full Day of Powder Runs

Recent Snowfall : 50cm on Wednesday 11th Feb
Total Accumulated Snowfall 08/09 Season : 303cm
Tuesday wasn’t a great day on the mountain with rain and high winds ruling much of the day. The freezing level had shot up to around 1800m bringing wet weather to some of the upper slopes and Avoriaz had chosen to close [...]

Posted on February 9, 2009 - by Rob

Dry Powder Day

A unbelievable day on the mountain.
Having feared an overcast day dominated by flat light, it was welcome to see patches of blue sky and great visibility throughout the morning.  Powdery snow depths seemed to be well in excess of the official snowfall figures given in reports.  Pistes throughout the Portes du Soleil were in immaculte [...]

Posted on February 8, 2009 - by Rob

Heaps and Heaps of New Snow

Recent Snowfall : 10cm on Saturday 7th Feb, 20cm on Sunday 8th Feb.
Total Accumulated Snowfall 08/09 Season : 253cm
Snow has been falling for two days in Morzine and Avoriaz with a fantastic 20cm being the official figure recorded on Sunday, the majority of which fell overnight on Saturday.  The freezing level was again lower than [...]

Posted on February 2, 2009 - by Rob

A Smattering of New Snow

A surprise greeted us Sunday morning as we awoke to a smattering of new snow covering the roads and the village of Morzine.  The freezing level had been forecast for around 1400m with no precipation forecast, so it was quite unexpected to have new snow even down as far as Geneva airport.
Unfortunately it didn’t amount to [...]