OK, we didn’t need to dig out the cars and wear down jackets, but it’s been snowing in resort this morning and settling just a tad above Verbier, as this shaky picture proves…

Yup, snow is falling as I type up at  Atelas and on the Savoleyres ridge, meanwhile tonight is eighties night in the T-Bar – it’s almost like winter’s already here, with the cold weather and people dressing up like idiots again…

Anyway, do you know what tomorrow is? Cheese Day. OK, it’s actually really the Bagnes Fete de Raclette to celebrate the cows coming down off the high pasture and also celebrate the fact that our proud little valley invented raclette. I know, a great claim eh?

Essentially, however, tomorrow is a cheese and Fendant orgy.

Anyway, here are some shots of the snow as the clouds parted and duck fell…

Well, our man on the hill is already up at Lac des Vaux and they’re installing the snow machines this morning with the helicopter. Story is they’re anticipating an early opening this season…

Meanwhile, if you missed snow up there the other day click here for a dose of snowy pictures.

Admit it, you’re a little bit excited aren’t you? We’ve had snow on Sunday and all day yesterday at the top.

Mike just sent these from up at Attelas where the poor boy is working for TeleVerbier on the lift maintenance. Very cold work indeed, but great views…

Yup, sticking with our recent ‘unseasonal weather’ theme, we had snow last night up high – about 2500m, give or take… However, it’s been a bit cloudy today. So if you click on one of these you’ll be able to spot snow at about the cloud-line. Unless you click on the one of Tom, in which case you just a get a picture of Tom from the Lodge (AKA mini Jamie).

The pendulum-like weather in resort has swung back to grotty and cold, having already passed through boiling, sunny, rainy and cloudy. It’s a bit disappointing given we’re still in August but on the flip side I’m waiting for one of the guys in Saas Fee to tell us (via the magic of Facebook) that they’ve got even more snow.

So it’s not a bad thing. Not completely.

And as Billy Connolly once said, “there’s no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothes…” So the Performance down jackets might be trotted out any day soon.