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 much of the resort for the entire day. Not something we’ve seen happen before.

On the plus side, the freezing level fell slowly but surely during the late afternoon and into the night whilst the precipitation continued. Today we awoke to yet another 40 – 50cm of fresh snow on the mountain (taking us above 3m of accumulated snow this season).  Cloud was variable throughout the day with light flurries of snow and some blue sky peeking through at times.

Piste bashers were still working away in the morning in some areas to help bash to keep them in tip top condition. However, there was no need to stay on the piste today. Deep and light snow had completely refreshed all of the off-piste areas and the day was spent almost entirely on powder runs, the Croset bowl, front and back sides of the satellite run, the snowcross on the Fornet, the hidden valley, the happy valley and the vast areas of off-piste in Chatel and Linga.