What a week ! November 18th, 2007
The snowfall we’ve had in the last week has been reported to be a best start to the winter season for over 30 years. With many resorts opening a few lifts this weekend for people to get their skis out earlier in the year then most can remember.
Chatel itself received a staggering 85cm on the top slopes which is more then almost all the other resorts in the French Alps including all the big names further South.
Yesterday I headed to Les Croset one of the 4 ‘Portes du Soleil’ resorts which where open. It was a beautiful sunny day, blue skies with not a cloud in sight and with knee deep soft powder conditions it was a very enjoyable day.
 Looking forward to next weekend when Chatel opens its lifts, with possibly even more snow forecast before that.
Early Season Snow November 9th, 2007
Well we woke up this morning to find a good covering of snow over the village and the forecast for the cold spell to continue for the next week at least.
Hopefully this is a good sign for the season ahead Рon a technical note the North Atlantic Oscillation & developing La Ni̱a weather patterns are running opposite to the way they did last season which should ensure a repeat of last years poor snowfall is unlikely. So the people in the know are saying.