March 2022

Issued: 30 March 2022 By Patrick "Snowhunter" Thorne European RoundupNorth American RoundupAsia Roundup WORLD OVERVIEW March is ending having been a mostly warm and sunny month for much of Europe, not ideal for snow conditions. The exception was down in the south of the continent which was colder and snowier although here too conditions are now getting more springlike. But the weather is finally changing in the Alps as we enter April with something much colder, snowier, and generally much more like winter coming later this week as we near the start of April. Springtime is of course making its presence felt in North America too although here the snow has kept falling in many parts of the continent. Elsewhere in the…

Issued: 23 March 2022 By Patrick "Snowhunter" Thorne European RoundupNorth American RoundupAsia Roundup Arapahoe Basin resort this week WORLD OVERVIEW Spring is now here by the astronomical as well as the meteorological measure of the seasons with the equinox behind us.  That's the Northern Hemisphere, of course, in the Southern it's autumn/fall and excitement for the coming 2022 season, hopefully largely pandemic-rules free for the first time since 2019. It certainly feels very springlike in much of Europe with the northern half of the continent seeing predominantly sunny, warm weather. Unusually March has seen colder, snowier weather in the south, both in the Pyrenees and the wider Iberian peninsula, but especially the south-east around Bulgaria and Turkey. In North America, winter seems…

Issued: 16 March 2022 By Patrick "Snowhunter" Thorne European RoundupNorth American RoundupAsia Roundup WORLD OVERVIEW It is something of a déjà-vu report for readers of last week's edition as we have had the second week of largely sunny weather in the European Alps, but with snowfall down in the Pyrenees, then across in North America more fronts coming across bringing fresh powder for ski areas from West to East coasts. At the same time though there are signs of change as e move further into springtime (by the meteorological measure of the seasons), with the first ski areas in North America announcing early closure due to an inadequate snowpack to carry on despite recent storms and the world’s deepest reported snow depth,…