ski conditions arinsal

nooners4 · Dec 30th 2012, 9:23am

Hi guys im new to the forum! Myself and 7 others are travelling to arinsal next week for a weeks skiing!
We are wondering what the ski conditions are like and if there is much snow forecast for the next few days? Any information would be greatly appreciated!! Cheers

Steve · Dec 30th 2012, 11:37am

The best conditions are in the morning at the moment and it's quite firm - best thing to do is keep an eye on our snow report as it's updated whenever we get skiing, plus there's a weather forecast and webcams on there too: arinsal.co.uk/weather.php

nooners4 · Dec 30th 2012, 12:26pm

Thanks for the reply, ya I have been keeping an eye on the reports being updated but I was wondering was there any local knowledge of snow forecast! Is there any snow in the village? Thanks again for reply!

Steve · Dec 30th 2012, 6:02pm

No there's no snow in the village at the moment. As for locals knowing if it's going to snow, we just keep an eye on the online forecasts too!

nooners4 · Dec 31st 2012, 9:12am

Ah cool cool! Hopefully we get some fresh snow!!

Wayne'o · Jan 1st 2013, 4:31pm

i hope so too
we are coming tomorrow for 10 days

nooners4 · Jan 1st 2013, 6:45pm

It snowed today!! Hope there's more to come! Would love snow in the village!

Wayne'o · Jan 13th 2013, 9:14pm

just came back last might and the conditions for the last 2-3 days have been awesome
been really cold at night so cannons have been on and also been snowing steady on the vallnord range
just gutted i had to leave to come back :thumbdown:

Lefty · Jan 14th 2013, 9:44pm

Can anybody give an idea on how much snow has fallen over the last couple of days, i have seen anything between 4cm and 35 cm on the web!

Hayley · Jan 15th 2013, 8:32am

Hi Lefty

Theres probably around 30cm in the village! Up the mountain it's true powder days. At this minute it snowing thick and heavy...hmmmm like we have had the the last 3 days......BUT MORE

I'm rushing to get my office stuff out of the way then I can get up there and get some picturs for everyone. Though saying that I tried taking some yesterday and they didn't come out as everything is white and the lense of my camera made the the pics blurry as I couldn't keep the snow off it!

Hayley

Lefty · Jan 15th 2013, 9:55am

Nice one thanks Hayley , only 5 more sleeps

JamieD1878 · Jan 15th 2013, 10:07am

just seen the weather updates on the Vallnord Iphone App, I so wish I was outhere right now...

Feb half term seems like a liftime away seeing all these updates. lol

Hayley · Jan 17th 2013, 12:37pm

More coming this weekend Jaime :!:

Feb will be here in no time.....get working on those fancy dress costumes

Guest · Feb 7th 2013, 9:56am

Is Arinsal closed for sking at the moment? How much snow has the vilage had????

Steve · Feb 7th 2013, 10:23am

Currently Arinsal is closed but there are a few slopes open in Pal.

Difficult to say how much snow has fallen but at least a metre!

Chris S · Feb 7th 2013, 12:20pm

If the weather continues as forecast, are the slopes in Arinsal / Arcalis likely to open at all? I'm due to arrive on Sunday and definitely worried now

Steve · Feb 7th 2013, 12:32pm

It's very hard to say - it just depends on how heavy the snow falls.

Obviously the mountain staff will be working as hard as possible to get slopes open because that's what everybody wants - they've been using piste bashers to dig out the lifts! The aim will be to have lower lifts open again tomorrow as the forecast is for the snow to slow down over the next day or two and maybe a tiny bit of sunshine tomorrow late afternoon, but the forecast also says some some every day for another week!