hips don't lie: Ski deals and snow conditions around the world: Snow patrol

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Ski deals and snow conditions around the world: Snow patrol

By
Peter Hardy

PUBLISHED:

15:17 EST, 1 February 2013

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UPDATED:

15:31 EST, 1 February 2013

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Making tracks: This ski season is living up to expectations

Snow is falling across the Alps. This weekend is the start of the busiest part of the season, and with half-term approaching, conditions are looking good.

FRANCE

Great skiing everywhere, with a return to powder over the weekend. It’s also got much colder. In Tignes, the mercury could drop to minus 18c.
Snow depths remain excellent at altitude and there will be welcome improvements in the lower resorts.

Vaujany has almost a metre in the village and twice that on top. Flaine has 330cm, with more on the way. Meribel and Val d’Isere are at their
best for the time of year.

SWITZERLAND

Conditions are similar to those in France. Andermatt has up to 400cm of settled snow, while Verbier has 80cm at village level and 225cm up at Mont-Fort.

AUSTRIA

In Kitzbuhel, there’s 40cm in town and 140cm on the Horn. But this should change over the weekend with prolonged snow forecast and a welcome drop in temperature to minus 4c on Saturday.

High-altitude Obergurgl has a metre in the village and twice as much on the glacier. St Anton has a
respectable 60cm to 170cm.

ITALY

In the Dolomites, Selva Gardena has half a metre and 145cm on the higher slopes of the Sella Ronda. In Cervinia, there’s a couple of metres on the Swiss frontier and the long run back to the resort is in great shape, with more snow expected.

ANDORRA

Across the Pyrenees it’s been an extraordinary few weeks with spectacular snowfalls. A thaw has
arrived, but it is going to take a lot of sunshine to make unwelcome inroads. Pas de la Casa and Soldeu have 80cm at village level and 180cm on the higher slopes. Baqueira Beret in the Spanish
Pyrenees has a record 200cm in resort and 340cm at the top lift.

HALF-TERM DEALS

St Christoph, near St Anton, Austria: four-star Chalethotel St Christoph from February 16 — £999
(was £1,299) half-board, including flights and transfers. Inghams (01483 791114, www.inghams.co.uk).

Tignes, France: three-star Hotel Tignes 2100 from February 9 — £450 (was £909) half-board
including flights and transfers. Crystal Ski (0871 231 2256, www.crystalski.co.uk).

Snow and weather information provided by www.welove2ski.com.