Big Snowfall Heading To The Alps This Weekend
Big Snowfall Heading To The Alps This Weekend
Published : 11-Mar-2026 15:40
Forecasting models are increasingly confident that the three weeks of dry, mild weather in the Alps will end this weekend with some big falls of up to 80cm (nearly three feet) expected on high terrain, much of it expected on Saturday.
Although this doesn't look like an end of springtime conditions (looks like they'll be back by Monday next week), it should be a significant boost after three straight weeks of bases dropping.
The southern and western Alps are expected to see the biggest falls with Italy's Monterosa region forecast to get about 80cm, Switzerland's Saas Fee and Zermatt 70cm and 60cm respectively. Ski areas in the Grand Massif region of France around Flaine should see 50cm. However most atreras should see temperatures drop and some snow.
The change is already underway with fronts moving in from the south. Isola 2000 posted the most snow in Europe yesterday, 25cm in 24 hours, and is expected to see another 60cm-ish at the weekend.
In advance of the most intense snowfall forecast for Saturday the FIS has switched a World cup Downhill at Courchevel planned for that day with a Super G that had been planned for Friday, expecting a higher chance that it may still be possible to run a Super G in the expected conditions, but not a downhill.
Although powder lovers will be pleased to see the fresh snow, the upside of the past three weeks of dry weather has been resorts being able to open the most terrain they've had open all season in some cases and the avalanche danger dropping from a very high 4-5 on the scale to 5 to a current fairly low 1-2 in most areas. That's expected to change for a while from Saturday.
Les gets is pictured above during the huge snowfalls in the Alps last month which saw up to 3 metres of snowfall in 10 days.
You can see the constantly updating expected snowfall stats for the coming week in the Alps and other ski regions around the world here https://uk.j2ski.com/snow_forecast/
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