It feels a bit odd to still be writing about snow conditions when skiers and snowboarders have raised concerns about whether their ski resort will be open, assuming they we can still get to it, due to coronavirus. However the good news against all the other gloom is that the snow is looking pretty good in most places. There's been more snow in the Alps and some of the best falls of the season so far in the Pyrenees, Eastern Europe and (sadly, now closed to skiers) Dolomites. Scotland continues to have one of its best periods in recent years and a ski area in Scandinavia has posted the first 5m+ base in Europe this season. Conditions are good in most of North America too.



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France

It has been a very snowy week in both the French Alps and down in the French Pyrenees too. The latter had had below-average snowfall all season so getting up to 95cm of snow up to the weekend (at Cauterets) was a real boost. The French Alps have had a snowier February and early March but still more snow was good news for the final month or so of the season. La Plagne now has one of the world's deepest bases at 455cm. The weather has been sunny the past few days in most areas, nice to enjoy the latest fresh snowfalls but a little too warm at times too. Cooler weather is moving in now though.