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The Chamonet.Com Chamonix Snow Report

 ... (& Rock Report in the summer!)
Our snow reports (and the summer updates) are your guide to the resort's pistes and activities, mixed in with news, views and gossip from around the slopes. We aim to offer more than just stats about snow depths, and we always give you an honest and frank account of what the snow is really like. We want to give you the best information to help you make decisions as to when and where to ski. We try and keep the reports coming regularly, especially when the snow is falling; but even when conditions aren't great we'll give you plenty of ideas and insiders' tips on where to go and how amuse yourself on the slopes. If you have any feedback on the reports please let us know.

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Snow Report from Thursday 11th March 2010 Archived Reports:
Last snowfall:
Sun 7th March 2010
Depth lower slopes:
185 cm at 1972 m
Cross-country trails:
Open
3 CONSIDERABLE AVALANCHE HAZARD
3/5 : CONSIDERABLE
Depth last snowfall:
5 cm at 1800 m
Depth upper slopes:
410 cm at 3233 m
Snow Forecast SNOWPACK
The snowpack is weakly bonded in most steep slopes [1] .
Max. temperature:
0 °C at 1050 m
No. of pistes open:
75 out of 75
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The Chamonet.Com Chamonix Snow Report
by Kieran Sharp | Chamonix Resort Reporter

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Annabel Wilson and the first signs of frost nip! Chamonix News
Annabel Wilson and the first signs of frost nip!
Chamonix Snow Report - Annabel Wilson and the first signs of frost nip! Chamonix Snow Report - Checking for the best route down. Chamonix Snow Report - Looking back up the ridge to the Aguille du Midi. Chamonix Snow Report - Many crevasses and seracs in the Valle Blanche. Chamonix Snow Report - Some fast weather moving through.

Its remained fairly cold here in Chamonix and very cold up high mountain, which has been good after the warm weather we had last week to help stabilise the snow pack in preparation for another dump of snow, which we are all patiently waiting on. There is still the possibility to find patches of powder in sheltered north facing gullies, or where the wind has been blowing the snow around a bit, although exercising caution to wind slab avalanches.

With the snow conditions not being so great on or around the piste and after a couple of days of hiking for powder we decided on taking a trip down the Valle Blanche, to check out snow and crevasse conditions, try to find a bit of powder but mostly for a bit of sightseeing and getting in to the high mountain. The Valle Blanche is a great day out, and accessible from the highest lift in Europe the Aguille Du Midi. The route should not be taken lightly the whole descent is on a glacier and if you find yourself at the top of the Aguille looking for a piste then go back down catch the bus to Brevent and get on one up there. There are many guides that operate in the valley that can take you down a safe route up here depending on your ability and level of experience, so I would recommend highly using the services of one of the many highly trained guides that operate in the valley.

We got up for a fairly late start at around midday and even then walking down the arête from the Aguille to the start of the route on the Valle Blanche it was -30! And the wind was blowing up a storm so I wouldn’t even want to guess the wind chill factor! Annabel who was riding with us actually got a bit of frost nip on her cheeks just from the 5 minute walk down the arête! So it was cover up the skin for her for the rest of the trip!

We decided on the direction of the Petit Envers which is a more vertical descent than the classic route but has more crevasses to pick your way through. We had a little look in to the Grande Envers but with the wind and the massive crevasses which you have to traverse above we decided it would be a bad idea, however there was some fresh powder in to this route! We hoped that once we descended in to the valley the wind might let up a bit but it just kept on howling the whole way down so we made our trip down fairly quickly stopping for as many photos as our near frost bitten fingers would allow! We traversed over toward the foot of the Grand Envers and headed for a cup of hot coffee in lovely and warm refuge Requin which is just before the long flat section of the glacier which leads to either the train station or the narrow ski trail back to Planards. Once warm and feeling more motivated we headed down the last section where we managed to score a wee bit of pow just before the wind really picked up which made it fairly hard to see the crevasses which we had to slowly pick our way through to make our way back to the train station.

Unfortunately due to the wind the gondola which brings you up to the train station was not in operation, so our day of not doing much hiking turned in to a last little un-expected slog, but we managed to catch the last train down and get in to town for quick bit of après ski at the Chambre Neuf!


Check out what to do around town once the lifts have closed with our Apres Ski Report - a weekly round up of what's hot and where to party in Chamonix!

Useful Information

Piste Maps for Chamonix (pdf format), Les Houches (jpg format), Courmayeur (jpg format), Verbier (interactive vesrion), Cross-country skiing (pdf format), and Mountain-bike trails (pdf format)
Current status for opening of Chamonix Valley Pistes & Lifts, Courmayeur and Verbier
Chamonix Webcam Index

We will be keeping this Chamonix snow report updated two to three times a week during the winter season, and weekly during the summer. If you want even more up-to-date news on the ski conditions, check out our video snow reports or why not sign up for our Dump Alert? We'll email you each time it snows enough to significantly change the skiing conditions. It's great to know that the snow is falling in the run-up to your holiday, and it might even allow you to book a last-minute weekend when the snow is particularly good. The service is free, and you can unsubscribe whenever you like.

Useful Links
Swiss Federal Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research
French Avalanche Research Institute
Meteo France - Mountain weather and avalanche conditions bulletins (in French)
Henry's Avalanche Talk - popular avalanche training sessions based in French Alps as well as translation of current avalanche conditions
PisteHors.com - Backcountry Skiing and Snowboarding News in English for the French Alps. Excellent coverage of avalanche safety and advice.

Additional snow and weather information provided, with thanks, by meteo.chamonix.com and the Tourist Office

 

Off-piste Avalanche Status - More detail
3 CONSIDERABLE DEGREE OF HAZARD
3/5 : CONSIDERABLE
SNOWPACK
The snowpack is weakly bonded in most steep slopes [1] .
AVALANCHE PROBABILITY
Triggering possible, sometimes even with low additional loads [2] . The resort avalanche bulletin will indicate many slopes which are particularly affected. In certain conditions, medium and occasionally large-sized natural avalanches may occur.

[1] Generally described in more detail in the resort avalanche bullettin (e.g. altitude, aspect, type of terrain etc.)
[2] Additional load:

  • High: e.g. group of skiers, piste machine, avalanche blasting
  • Low: e.g. skier, walker
  • Steep slopes: Slopes with an incline of more than about 30°
  • Steep extreme slopes: Particularly unfavourable in terms of the incline, terrain profile, proximity to ridge, smoothness of underlying ground surface.

This is an indication of status at time of writing. Please check latest situation at the lift stations before setting out.

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