New Year Conditions
To summarise conditions for anyone coming out over the New Year all the ski areas are now open the pistes are pretty hard and most of the Off Piste is skiied out but at least you can ski off piste unlike this time last year. The touring is good with some soft snow still to be found low down, high up the snow is very wind blown. The Vallee Blanche is in good condition but the arete has not been equiped yet. The ice fall conditions are good for the time of year with 20 routes in condition in Cogne, the Argentiere ice falls are in if you want to brave the walk under the serac. I could see the top of the routes in Trient the other day and they looked in. Antares in the Val Savaranche is climbable as are a couple of other routes lower down the valley. Routes are also coming in in Zinal and Arolla. The forecast is for a bit of snow over the weekend then a return to cold clear conditions on Monday with a disturbance coming in from the west next Wednesday.