It's snowing in the 3 valleys! : 20th January 2012

It's now snowing properly here in the Three Valleys. Big fluffy flakes have been falling since 11.30 this morning in Courchevel and the forecast from France Meteo is for 'neige forte', or heavy snow, all afternoon, evening and through until tomorrow morning. 

Around 50 cms. of snow seems to be the expectation and after just one hour, Courchevel 1850 had had 7 cms. The roads are already covered in snow and the snow / rain boundary seems to be such that it's snowing everywhere above Moutiers. If this continues as expected then arrivals / departures on Saturday are certainly going to be disrupted. If you're driving into resort tomorrow, make sure you have chains AND that you've practised fitting them.