wheretoski reports
Snow report
Where the skiing will be good in the days ahead, what opens next and the snow and storms coming, written from our forecast, the season dates and how each resort's pistes hold up.
- Kitzbühel and Gstaad open soon while the Alps stay mostly dry
- Kitzbühel opens Friday and Gstaad Saturday, with no new snow forecast
- Hintertuxer Gletscher scores 95 from Monday to Thursday in dry weather
- Light snow likely Wednesday at Matterhorn Ski Paradise and Breuil-Cervinia
- Freezing level likely above the top of lower resorts by Thursday
- Snow turns to rain in Japan, with strong gusts at Sapporo Kokusai
- Tyrol glaciers lead a colder weekend as Zermatt opens and Stelvio closes
- Hintertuxer Gletscher rated excellent all three days, around 3 cm on Sunday
- Matterhorn Ski Paradise opens Sunday, Passo Stelvio closes the same day
- Around 5 cm at Obertauern on Sunday, snow down to the base
- Storm gusts on Sunday at Mürren-Schilthorn and Chamonix
- Kitzbühel opens 6 November, Gstaad on 7 November
- Tyrol glaciers lead a dry, mild week as Engelberg opens Thursday
- Excellent pistes Monday at Pitztal Glacier and Passo Stelvio, but windy
- Slushy Tuesday on most open glaciers as the freezing level rises
- Engelberg-Titlis opens Thursday, Matterhorn Ski Paradise on Sunday
- Last days at Passo Stelvio before it closes on 1 November
- Around 25 cm likely at Asahidake on Wednesday