Yup, snow-forecast say we’ll get snow this weekend and I for one don’t doubt them.  OK, perhaps I just always want to believe anyone who tells me it’s going to snow. But that’s what they say…

We’ll also try to ignore the little rain cloud they appear to have accidentally put on Wednesday. And we’ll ignore the massive hoik in temperature while we’re at it.

Jonas and Kato – the legendary Verbier residents and occasional ski and snowboard instructors – are having a house warming party. And ladies, this is what your missing (there are  still spaces on the late flight into Geneva if you’re interested…):

Morning all. After a quick trip to Paris I am amazed at how cold it is. Lovely clear cold morning. And Laika loves it…!
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Let’s face it – nobody gets bored of snow in October:
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Well, whilst a lot of people are getting too excited too soon (and that’s fair enough) it’s safe to say that it’s a bit nippy out and we’ve very nearly had snow in resort. Nearly. But not actually.

It looks like there’s been a dusting from below 2000m up, but it really is just a dusting. However, somewhere around 2,600m it looks like it’s really settled – good news for Lac des Vaux, which allegedly opens in less than a month…

To be honest, these pictures don’t show up the light snow too well (amazingly professionals like Yves Garneau don’t actually use Sony Ericssons for their shots) but it’s feeling very nippy out there and there’s much clearer snow on the high Combins.

And those nice people at snow forecast say it’s set to stay cold and maybe a dusting later in the week.

So we’re not saying you should get the skis out just yet, but you can definitely assume that we won’t be needing shorts again for a few months.

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Oh, by the way, if you fancy a rather informed and pragmatic verdict from someone who knows about these things, check out PlanetSki, written by veteran BBC skiing journalist, James Cove.