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Our Snow Report for Val d'Isere brings daily updates on the snow conditions, snow depths, piste and offpiste conditions and the number of open ski lifts. The latest Val d'Isere snow report shown below was updated on 09/02/2012. 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 Val d'Isere.

Val d'Isere Snow Report Issued: 09/02/2012
Last snowed:	31/01/2012
Lifts open:	77 out of 79
Snow Depths
Upper slopes:	200 cm
Lower slopes:	130 cm
New Snow at top:
Most recent snowfall:	5 cm on 31/01/2012
Piste Information
On piste:	Excellent
Off piste:	Windblown
Resort runs:	open
Val d'Isere Ski Report
Val d'Isere Snow Conditions
Great conditions - wax up your skis!
Reported Weather Conditions
Sun, Clear skies providing great views, Temperature: -9° 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 Val d'Isere
	Distance	Summary Snow Report
Tignes	4 km	Report Date: 09/02/2012 Lower Depth: 130 cm Upper Depth: 200 cm New Snow: 31/01/2012 Lifts open: 77
Bonneval sur Arc	12 km	Report Date: 09/02/2012 Lower Depth: 120 cm Upper Depth: 210 cm New Snow: 31/01/2012 Lifts open: 10
Bessans Val D'Arc	15 km	Report Date: 09/02/2012 Lower Depth: 112 cm Upper Depth: 122 cm New Snow: 08/02/2012 Lifts open: 2
Sainte Foy	16 km	Report Date: 09/02/2012 Lower Depth: 155 cm Upper Depth: 185 cm New Snow: 29/01/2012 Lifts open: 7
La Plagne	18 km	Report Date: 09/02/2012 Lower Depth: 180 cm Upper Depth: 290 cm New Snow: 31/01/2012 Lifts open: 106

Notes on the Val d'Isere Snow Report

You will notice in the above snow report for Val d'Isere 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 Val d'Isere 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 Val d'Isere snow report particularly around weekends. For example, the snow report for Val d'Isere 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 Val d'Isere (found in menu above) for the location of favourable slopes that may be described in the "Val d'Isere Snow Conditions" part of the snow report. In addition to checking the Val d'Isere 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.