Snow Storm Totals In The Alps Hit Six Feet
Snow Storm Totals In The Alps Hit Six Feet
Published : 01-Feb-2015 06:52
Argentiere in the Chamonix Valley is now reporting it has had 179cm of fresh snow in the last week, around six feet of new snow.
The latest tally follows another foot or so of snow fell across many parts of the Alps for the third (or in some cases fourth or fifth) day in a row.
Other French resorts have reported big snowfalls too. Meribel, Courchevel, Val Thorens, Alpe d'Huez, Flaine and La Plagne report accumulations of between 1.1 and 1.5m in the same period (just under four feet up to five feet). Courchevel (pictured on Friday above before the latest snowfall) has reported 55cm (nearly two feet) of new snow in the last 24 hours.
Heavy snowfall has also been reported in the Pyrenees, and the Dolomites, which had been lagging behind areas to the north, have also seen substantial snowfall.
Soldeu, part of the Grandvalira area of Andorra in the Pyrenees is also one of the snowiest areas in the world this week, reporting 1.2m (four feet) of new snow.
Besides French resorts and Soldeu, the biggest snowfall elsewhere in the Alps was reported with a metre of fresh snow, Cervinia is the snowiest Italian resort with 75cm and in Austria, Mayrhofen has had two feet (60cm) of fresh snow.
The snowfall, by far the greatest this season in Europe – which is forecast to continue over the coming week but decrease in volume – is in line with forecasts made a week ago.
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