Snowfall in the Pyrenees
Snowfall in the Pyrenees
Published : 24-Feb-2023 10:54
Ski areas in the Pyrenees are among the first in mainland Europe to report snowfall in the last fortnight.
A front moving north from the Mediterranean has brough cold temperatures and snowfall to ski slopes in Andorra, France and Spain.
Ski areas on the Spanish side of the mountains posted 5cm accumulations on Thursday and another 10-15cm this morning, on the French side some resorts are posting up to 40cm of fresh up high from the storm.
After weeks of similar conditions to the Alps, with temperatures getting up to double figures in the afternoons at resort bases, we're now back to closer to freezing at low levels and double-digits below freezing on higher slopes.
More snow showers are continuing low temperatures are expected through the coming week and into the start of March and meteorological springtime.
Most of the main destination resorts in the Pyrenees had survived the recent warm temperatures with most of their terrain open, but base depths were increasingly thin at low levels, so the new snowfall and cold temperatures are welcome as they look to sustain cover for the final months of the 22-23 season.
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