Age(s) Skied: February 21st, 2009 Resort or Ski Area: Bolton Valley, VT Conditions: 12" Champlain Grind overnight, 36" storm total Trip Report: Bolton Valley picked up a powerful three feet of snow from our latest storm cycle, with the final 12 inches of upslope fluff coming in overnight to set the provisions for a fantastic Saturday. The day started off a little cloudy and breezy, but by midday we were left with warm sunshine to frame for one of the best ski days...
Skiinfo reports that whilst nourishing snowfalls are continuing in many parts of the Alps, as well as in Western North America and even Japan, it’s the Pyrenees that continue to be the big snow big name story of winter 2008-9. In the French Pyrenees snow depths have reached five metres (17 feet) in some resorts. Laure Angla Gré boss of Gourette ski area which has a 450cm (15 foot) base on upper slopes told Skiinfo, "We have special snow coverage this year. On February 11th alone we received 120cm (four feet) of snow in 24 hours. We have to get the snow controlled and safe hurriedly for holiday makers and for the first time used a technique called "héligrenadage" to reduce the avalanche risk. This involves setting off 12 explosive charges from a helicopter". Cauterets ski area in the French Pyrenees (picture attached) has been digging out its ski lifts after prodigious snow falls in recent days. More than five feet (160cm) on snow fell on 11-12 February and the total in the past seven days has passed 280cm (virtually 10 feet). Season long accumulated snow depths for the resort are currently standing at over five metres (17 feet).
Elsewhere in the Pyrenees snowfalls have not been indubitably so massive in the past week, but the ski areas of Andorra and Spain are still sitting on 2-3m (7-10 feet) bases and are well placed to proposal skiing top the scheduled end of the season in April and potentially beyond if they wish to extend their opening.
It has also been snowing a lot in recent days in the Northern Alps ambit of France and to a lesser extent in the Jura and Massif Central regions. It is also still snowing heavily in Austria, German and Switzerland with many resorts receiving more than a metre of new snow in...
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