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Okay so the freezing level is going to rise to a very high level over the weekend (saturday)....
Based on Flaine Area.........
Snowforecast - 3350m
metcheck - 3619m
meteo france - 3400m
while this is true the temps at 1600m are
snowforecast +1c - +4c
metcheck +1c - +3c
meteo france 4c
I now these resort temps are high for January but in March I am sure I ski in conditions much much hotter at this altitude i.e. up to 20c. So is the weekend realy going to do that much damage? / be that slushy?
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I'm wondering the same thing about LDA next week.
Maybe the big difference in spring is that there is usually a substantial base melting away slowly - against not a lot there already, now.
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kamikaze, I agree about the temperature dropping after Saturday - but I am wondering about how much damage will have been done to the slopes by the hot spell at LDA. OTOH, if you are prepared to go to Saalbach, maybe I am getting over-worried. I would like to think so.
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At LDA, mosts forecasts show FL dropping back down below 2000m after the weekend. Even over the weekend, despite the high FL, the consensus forecast seems to show FL dropping below zero overnight mid-mountain (as I write snow-forecast says -5C Sat night mid-mountain). FL can be deceptive. snow-forecast and metcheck both show FL up at 3600m or so but never have the mid-mountain (2400m) temp up above about 4C. These are the kinda temperatures you prob get each March/April. Whilst this isn't great, I can't see it devastating the base where it's frozen over night and been bashed. If those temps were sustained for a week then maybe, but that isn't what the forecasts are showing. With 60cm currently reported at 2600m, I wouldn't loose too much sleep 
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| NorthWestFace wrote: |
| but in March I am sure I ski in conditions much much hotter at this altitude i.e. up to 20c. |
Not at Altitude. Temps in March & april are normamlly quite below. 0C . It may feels warm in the sun but the air temperature is still low.
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Kaprun is showing freezing level today at 1400m,rising to 1700m saturday then dropping to around 1100m the rest of the week. I just hope you get good conditions in Saalbach otherwise everyone will come over to the glassier and spoil my fun 
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stanton,
Surley not at 1600m as used in the example ? I am sure I see the freezing level over 4000m in april with 20c degrees at 1100m ish
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Here in Les Saisies with skiing only up to 2069m above the station at 1600 the snow, except on the steeper south facing slopes, is holding up remarkably well. 54 out of 64 pistes were open yesterday. Actually very pleasant yesterday and there was virtually no wind, we did have lunch on the terrace in the sun but it didn't feel baking (10 degrees at 1500m). We only had one day of foehn. The skiing is nicer underfoot than I remember April, less sticky (or maybe I am getting better at ski prep, thanks spyderjon) even though in April there was a metre or so of snow under the slush and now the cover is thin. I set off for a walk yesterday morning, up a track near our apartment at 1500m, and had to come back for my snowshoes, there was plenty of snow on the track even though it is south facing. The piste back to our chairlift, at 1500m, is being maintained to an easily skiable standard and if it gets cold enough at night to make snow next week it should make it through to the next forecast snowy spell, albeit not looking very pretty. The fact that the resort is now really quiet will help a lot. It's been far better than we feared at Christmas and it's amazing how much good the 60cm dump we got on 1/2 January did.
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and looking at the cam this morning looks like there is a couple of cm's of fresh snow on Bisanne
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Yes, probably so, it was damp and foggy down at 1500m but not far above freezing.
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