Late March / early April is prime time for Lofoten Islands (Norway). Right now it is too far to tell how it will shape up by then, but i've gone there twice around those dates and have scored great...

Then, even more so than for the Alps, I hope you have very good short time decision-making skills and lots of local beta as the weather, snow base, snow quality, etc etc can change dramatically from...

Where in the Pyrenees are u heading to? I was in Baqueira this weekend (yesterday was best day of the season so far... not difficult though as it's been subpar since opening day), but the Pyrenees...

No worries. DM me if u want/need more info.

I've done several different multiday skiing tours in the Pyrenees. The most famous and easy to find a guide for is the "Carros de Foc" located in the Parc Nacional d'Aigüestortes. There are several...

Consider using the train to hit the French Alps: les 2 Alps, Alpe d'Huez, les Arcs plus some other smaller resorts are easily accessible (4h tops) by train + shuttle from Paris Gare de Lyon.

I am born and breed in the Pyrenees. First thing to remember is that from the Eastern Pyrenees it's only a 6 h drive to Tignes/Val d'Isere. Lots of people (me included) go there for a weekend when...

Normally Baqueira Beret shuts down right after Easter Week (April 17th), but after a brilliant start of the season (late november -early december), we have been suffering a very dry and warm winter,...

Ditto!! Back on the bike. Better than skiing manmade AFAIAC. Shame, such a promising start of the season.

Cheapest place to stay near Baqueira in Val d'Aran is the refugi Salardú (http://www.refugisalardu.com/en/). You'll still need a lift to the resort but the terrace has amazing views and is cheap. ...

Meathelmet, I live in the Pyrenees (I have all my life) nowhere near a resort (I mostly tour these days) and I can tell you that by far the place in the Pyrenees that gets more and better snow is the...

Nice video!!!!

A couple of resorts are opening their lifts this weekend (June 1 and 2) in the Pyrenees: Porté Puymorens and Artouste.

It dumped over 1m of fresh snow in the last two days in some parts of the...

Shame you had to ruin your comment with the second sentence.
First one was good enough.
Good luck in Euro with your lack of sense of humor...

Re. the Pyrenees, with the amount of snow in the central Pyrenees resorts (around 4m at the top) snow coverage won't be a problem, quality though might be (spring conditions). If you go try to hit it...

There are, but they tend to avoid places packed with poms and yanks that bcause they've been coming to cham for years -or even live there - think of themselves as locals.
As usual go the extra mile...

Smiley, if u want to hook up with some Cham locals shouldn't you post on a french speaking ski forum instead?!?
;-)

Excellent weekend in the central Pyrenees (Val d'Aran), in between a N front (Friday) and a South one (started on Monday and still going on).

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Resorts?!?

And who wants bloody resorts when there's great pow around?!?

Use your legs and ask the locals where to go... or follow them and hope they don't see you!!! :)

Check a couple of...

Lots of recent snow... and more snow forecasted for this week. Some roads are closed due to avalanche and the resorts are struggling to open all theirs lifts.

Maybe there's a break in the weather...

Advice: stay in bounds tomorrow. 5/5 in the avalanche risk scale.
Tomorrow is the D-day but the snow quality has suffered lots due to today's warmer temps and water/rain. Sunday will be worse due...