Hi, welcome to this week's snow forecast.

So, if you've been following my recent posts, you'll know that we had a massive dump alert for this week. And we were expecting about 30 centimeters, at least, to start falling from Sunday night. Well, excitingly, we woke up on Sunday morning and it had already started snowing! And we probably had about five or six centimeters already fallen. Really nice soft, fluffy snow. So exciting.

I'm heading out now. It's about midday now. So the time I'm recording this or putting this out it's like noon, and it actually has stopped snowing right now. So it is pretty bright, although completely overcast. And we are still expecting a lot more snow to fall throughout the rest of today and tonight, but the timing has changed a little bit from the original snow forecast.

And then, after tonight, we expect snow on and off throughout the rest of the week. So we're looking at pretty overcast skies. I expect you to want to wear low-light goggle lenses. I've opted for low lights today even though it has brightened up, but it was still the right choice.

So on the pistes, I've come down to Mont Albert because I wanted to head up to Roche de Mio and get some views. But if you check out the webcams, which you should always do, I checked the web plans before coming out today. And there's absolutely nothing to be seen up there. So nothing to gain. We know it's snowing up there. It's 3000 meters plus up there!

I want to head down into the lower area. Let's see how low the snow line has dropped. And let's see the conditions on the piste so far.

It was really glassy and icy in the last week or so. It's already softened up and is covered by, I would say, five, six, to 10 centimeters of fresh snow. It's pretty soft, and a lot of it's been sloughed to the sides of the pieces already.

My big word of warning this week would be to stay on piste. It will look amazing because you'll have this fluffy soft white snow covering everything, but you have to remember that 24 hours ago, 48 hours ago, it was green and grassy and very rocky.

The avalanche risk will go up as the pisteurs get out and secure the areas because all this falling snow needs to attach to the base, which is not in good condition, especially for this time of January.

Also, remember if a piste is closed, it's closed for a reason. And that is because either:

• It still needs to be groomed. So the snow is just not stable.
• There is no snow on the run
• There is a risk of an avalanche.

So be safe.

Other than that, 100% Get out even if it's snowy and overcast. You're still going to have an awesome time. Sometimes it's better because the pieces are empty and you can have real great time. Just dress appropriately.

It might mean you need more layers if the temperatures go up and down. Also, you may need a couple of goggle lens changes in a bag.

If you've got kids with you, you need to remember that they are pretty stationary a lot of the time. And so they might need extra layers to keep warm.

And plan those hot chocolate trips. And those drink stops so that you can have a little breather. Because it's also hard to work when the snow is soft and fluffy, and you're cutting through it. It's more challenging work than if it's hard-pack groomed pistes.

So enjoy the Alpine lifestyle and some hot drinks, and I hope to see you on the mountain. I.m in my bright neon Rainbow OOSC Mambo Sunset snowsuit, so you can't miss me! So if you see me on the pistes, stop and stop me and say hi.

And if there are any areas of La Plagne you would like to know more about or see more on the snow reports or in any other posts I'm doing, then drop me a message. Have fun, and that's La Plagne!