{"id":5446,"date":"2026-02-14T00:24:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T00:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/5446\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T00:24:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T00:24:30","slug":"heavy-snowfall-in-the-alps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/5446\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy Snowfall in The Alps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A storm system is bringing heavy pre-season snowfall to higher slopes in The Alps, raising anticipation levels!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Accumulations in the first 24 hours have been in the 5-20cm range, but the stormy conditions are expected to continue over the next few days with forecasters predicting high altitude slopes could see as much as 50cm by the start of next week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bonneval-sur-arc.com\/en\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bonneval Sur Arc<\/a> at the back of the mountain from Val d\u2019Isere is pictured above this morning.<\/p>\n<p>This was Les Arcs at first light:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-71919 size-xxlarge\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" alt=\"Heavy Snowfall in The Alps\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/France-Les-arcs-24-Oct-2-768x1024.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-71919 size-xxlarge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/France-Les-arcs-24-Oct-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Heavy Snowfall in The Alps\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>About 15 glacier ski areas are already open for the season, most of them in Austria and Switzerland, a few in Italy, and they\u2019ve been reporting powder conditions this morning. The French season start, at Tignes and Val Thorens, is still a month away.<\/p>\n<p>Low temperatures have also helped many ski areas put their snowmaking efforts up to max to work on base building ahead of the season.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/inthesnow_magazine\/3750597292198805791\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Get a full update on where the snow is falling on our Insta Stories<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Discover the ideal destination for your next getaway with our comprehensive Resort Guide. Explore top vacation spots, find travel tips, and plan your perfect trip effortlessly. Visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inthesnow.com\/resorts-search\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Resort Guide<\/a>\u00a0for all the essential information you need.<\/p>\n<p>        <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A storm system is bringing heavy pre-season snowfall to higher slopes in The Alps, raising anticipation levels! Accumulations&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[16],"tags":[4592,50,1342,4593,3646,1001,1853,309,4594,4595,3177,4596,4597,1875,1886,2645,17,3655,3656,4598],"class_list":["post-5446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-alps","tag-alpine-weather","tag-alps","tag-austria","tag-bonneval-sur-arc","tag-early-season-snow","tag-france","tag-glacier-skiing","tag-italy","tag-les-arcs","tag-powder-snow","tag-ski-news","tag-ski-resorts","tag-ski-season","tag-snow-forecast","tag-snowfall","tag-snowmaking","tag-switzerland","tag-tignes","tag-val-thorens","tag-winter-2025"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ch\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}