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Our Snow Report for Helmos brings daily updates on the snow conditions, snow depths, piste and offpiste conditions and the number of open ski lifts. The latest Helmos snow report shown below was updated on 08/02/2012. Snow Reports are provided regularly throughout the ski season courtesy of our own network of ski resort managers, the Skiclub of Great Britain and Skiresort Service International GmbH. In addition to the current report on ski conditions, we also provide webcams (including a 4 week cam archive), current live observations from nearby weather stations and also historical snow data for Helmos.

Helmos Snow Report Issued: 08/02/2012
Last snowed:	07/02/2012
Lifts open:	3 out of 7
Snow Depths
Upper slopes:	200 cm
Lower slopes:	150 cm
New Snow at top:
Most recent snowfall:	50 cm on 07/02/2012
Piste Information
On piste:	Excellent
Off piste:	Powder
Resort runs:	Open
Helmos Ski Report
snow...
Helmos Snow Conditions
Powder day!
Reported Weather Conditions
Light Snow, More snow and poor visibility today, Temperature: -5° C

*User Snow Reports: these can only be submitted by registered users. If you would like to submit user snow reports, or become a resort manager to make more in-depth updates to this resort's information, please contact us.

Snow Reports from ski resorts close to Helmos
	Distance	Summary Snow Report
Mount Parnassos	73 km	Report Date: 09/02/2012 Lower Depth: 120 cm Upper Depth: 150 cm New Snow: 09/02/2012 Lifts open: 4
Vermio (3-5 Pigadia)	297 km	Report Date: 08/02/2012 Lower Depth: 180 cm Upper Depth: 190 cm New Snow: 08/02/2012 Lifts open: 3
Zare Lazarevski	430 km	Report Date: 09/02/2012 Lower Depth: 100 cm Upper Depth: 120 cm New Snow: 08/02/2012 Lifts open: 10
Bansko	434 km	Report Date: 10/02/2012 Lower Depth: 180 cm Upper Depth: 225 cm New Snow: 10/02/2012 Lifts open: 13
Pamporovo	458 km	Report Date: 10/02/2012 Lower Depth: 210 cm Upper Depth: 300 cm New Snow: 10/02/2012 Lifts open: 22

Notes on the Helmos Snow Report

You will notice in the above snow report for Helmos that our reporters have provided information for the piste and offpiste ski conditions separately. If it has not snowed for a week or so in Helmos then, as long as temperatures stay well below zero, the resort managers are often able to keep the piste conditions reporting "good" or even "excellent". Meanwhile, the off-piste conditions can quickly deteriorate to report "varied" as the area gets tracked out.

We stress the importance of checking the date on the Helmos snow report particularly around weekends. For example, the snow report for Helmos on Friday may indicate powder after recent snowfall but following a sunny and busy weekend, when the locals hit the mountains en masse, the ski conditions (at any resort) can deteriorate rapidly and late arrivals may see very different ski conditions. Of course some people look for deteriorating conditions in the snow report for the likely development of mogul fields but for powder lovers and particularly snowboarders this can mean tracked out off-piste snow. Of course, this doesn’t always happen quickly after fresh snowfall particularly at quiet North facing resorts at high altitude where genuine powder stashes may be found days or even weeks later. It is worth checking the piste map for Helmos (found in menu above) for the location of favourable slopes that may be described in the "Helmos Snow Conditions" part of the snow report. In addition to checking the Helmos snow report we recommend that you check the snow forecasts found in the menu at the top of the page along with our ski resort guide.