Yes, the amount of snow yesterday meant that child-like grinning turned into full-on euphoria running through resort yesterday. We expect this to increase today as there is not a cloud in the sky and Mike has just got up to Ruinettes and will be sending more pictures like these later…

But right now he’s up there messing about on a piste machine in the the sunshine…

Meanwhile it’s supposed to stay cold and if that part for the lift turns up tomorrow it looks increasingly like we’ll be skiing on Friday. Please cross something for us.

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It’s been chucking it down all day, but it didn’t settle in town until about 6. However, after it started to settle it’s been dumping…

Yup, as predicted by a few people in resort, the cannons are kicking out snow up at Lac des Vaux.

Now, they’re not ‘working’ they’re merely being ‘tested’. That’s because they aren’t allowed to start the cannons to make snow for skiing until the end of the month, but testing’s fine. It’s a very blurred line isn’t it?

Whatever the rules, they’ve got them on and Mike says it’s not impossible that the resort will open a week earlier than scheduled, although they have a lot of work to do to get the lift refitting done in time… So a big task if TeleVerbier really want to do it…

Once again the intrepid Mike is up early and has sent these pictures of first light up the mountain. Looking absolutely stunning up there – probably worth Mike getting up so early…

Meanwhile, rumours of early opening are racing around town. We’ll bring you more on them later in the week once we can get a few things corroborated. In the meantime, enjoy the view.

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And some more of the same…

Clouds have cleared and you’d swear it was already winter…

Slightly ironic that the weekend before the Ski Show in London next week, that we should get some snow in town. Could this be an omen for a good season to come? Who knows.

What I do know is that Laika will love it, as soon as I am released from the kitchen I am out for a walk. MORE PLEASE…..T

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…