Huge snowfalls at the start of this week have brought fantastic early-season conditions to ski resorts across Europe - with more to follow. Resorts in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Norway and Switzerland have reported falls of up to a metre in the past five days and more than 200 ski areas expect to be open this weekend. The Pyrenees are having their best start to the season for many years and Zermatt has more than 160km of piste open. In Scotland, the Lecht ski area re-opened on Monday ...
Huge snowfalls at the start of this week have brought fantastic early-season conditions to ski resorts across Europe - with more to follow. Resorts in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Norway and Switzerland have reported falls of up to a metre in the past five days and more than 200 ski areas expect to be open this weekend. The Pyrenees are having their best start to the season for many years and Zermatt has more than 160km of piste open. In Scotland, the Lecht ski area re-opened on Monday and more snow is expected at the weekend.North America and Canada continue to have the best of the snow at present, although New England has had nearly a foot (30cm) of fresh snow in time for the important US Thanksgiving holidays.