After the recent dump of 50cms of snow last week there was a frenzy of off piste skiing and everything got tracked out quickly in the ski areas.
Touring conditions in the Northern French Alps are fantastic at present, whilst the snow below 1800 metres is poor, the conditions above 2000m are very good, with a […]

Our intrepid snow reporter Rosie Pitches reports much improved conditions in the alps. Fresh snow and much colder temperatures have led to excellent on piste conditions while the depth of snow off piste can be very variable and it’s not always as good as it looks. You really need to know where the snow was […]

The doom and gloom of this winter’s snow season continues. With average temperatures 10 degrees higher than normal and warm air still coming up from Morocco, there is no sign of a proper winter in the alps. Read the full story on Pistehors. Don’t despair just yet, with a minor shift of a couple […]

Just a quick post to urge you all to be careful out there at the moment. I know it’s hard when we were all starved of snow during december and Christmas and you are desperate for some off piste turns but the rate at which the snow fell and the sheer amount that fell at […]

Crikey, it’s been nearly a month since my last post. Sorry about that, it’s not that there is nothing going on at Facewest, it’s just with all the Christmas madness we haven’t had the time. As things steady up ( a bit ) into January things should be back to normal.
I was chatting to our […]