Snow report Les Trois Vallees, 01/29/2015

Snow condition

Today the snow conditions were much better than yesterday due to the "non-stop" snowfall. Lines without ground contact were also possible in the forest today, and the additional 40 cm of powder was perfect for pillows and the like. Stumbling traps were few and far between today.

Snow quality

The powder remained in the forest area today without the influence of the wind, resulting in a hammer powder of around 40cm. It's still snowing, so we'll see what tomorrow brings.

Meteofrance also issued a level 4 today, which was once again justified, as some snow slabs were spotted that were triggered by individual skiers. Today we had to wait for our lifts to open due to very intensive blasting throughout the area. The blasting is still going on. Above the tree line, it was very windy again today and the heavy snow drifts could not be overlooked.

Overall impression

Despite the initial waiting time and tense avalanche situation, a very successful day for 28 instead of 49.50 euros. The forest sections we skied below Arc 2000 were also super cool today and the avalanche situation here was also much more relaxed due to little wind influence. The first run would definitely earn us 5 stars, we were the first on the lift, so we were at the front of the line! Almost all the upper lifts were out of service again. For tomorrow there is still no trend regarding open lifts...