Skiing in southern France in April, possible?

Hi,

I'll go skiing in southern France (Alpes du Sud) sometime during
April.

I've found these maps showing the location of different ski resorts:
http://www.cis.hut.fi/~kimmo/sports/ski/france.gif
http://ski-jungle.com/chaletfinder/images/francemap.gif

Anyone know which place - as far south as possible - that would have
decent amounts of snow? Preferably around Vars or Les Orres or such
but I could go as far up as Val Thorens if truly neccessary. (I'd be
going from Nice driving a car)

Any tips appreciated!

Robin2 wrote:
Hi,

I'll go skiing in southern France (Alpes du Sud) sometime during
April.

I've found these maps showing the location of different ski resorts:
http://www.cis.hut.fi/~kimmo/sports/ski/france.gif
http://ski-jungle.com/chaletfinder/images/francemap.gif

Anyone know which place - as far south as possible - that would have
decent amounts of snow?

Isola maybe, but this year there is a drought in the Southern Alpes

Preferably around Vars or Les Orres or such
but I could go as far up as Val Thorens if truly neccessary. (I'd be
going from Nice driving a car)

Val Thorens is in the Northern Alps, it is usually open until the 2nd
week of May. Hopefully it will snow before then as the snow has really
suffered below 2500 meters this week.

"davidof" wrote in message
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Robin2 wrote:
Hi,

I'll go skiing in southern France (Alpes du Sud) sometime during
April.

I've found these maps showing the location of different ski resorts:
http://www.cis.hut.fi/~kimmo/sports/ski/france.gif
http://ski-jungle.com/chaletfinder/images/francemap.gif

Anyone know which place - as far south as possible - that would have
decent amounts of snow?

Isola maybe, but this year there is a drought in the Southern Alpes

Isola would be great, as it's such a short ride there by car. I didn't even
think there would be any snow left theredue to the current warm weather.


Preferably around Vars or Les Orres or such
but I could go as far up as Val Thorens if truly neccessary. (I'd be
going from Nice driving a car)

Val Thorens is in the Northern Alps, it is usually open until the 2nd
week of May. Hopefully it will snow before then as the snow has really
suffered below 2500 meters this week.

Ok, so there's no snow below 2500 meters anywhere in the french alpes?
(south / mid parts at least). Then I suppose everything south of
Val Thorens is a risky bet?

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Ok, so there's no snow below 2500 meters anywhere in the french alpes?
(south / mid parts at least). Then I suppose everything south of
Val Thorens is a risky bet?


There is snow under 2500 meters, but the snow is not good, wet and
dangerous. I don't know about the Southern Alps, but it might be even worse
than close to where I am ( Geneva ). We had sun for 10 days and now rain and
an average of 10 to 15 ° Celsius. Imagine how bad it is for the snow:-( I
was in Les Gets last Sunday and decided it was over for me this season, too
dangerous.