Yes, as anticipated it’s boiling here today. So nipped down to see Kent and check out the new Berglund pad in Le Chable.

And on the way down grabbed a few snaps of the Trois Roc at Medran. From one angle it looks like an impressive development nearing completion. From another angle it still looks like a big hole in the ground…

Er, yes. It’s been snowing again just above Ruinettes. So I went up and had a wander around – it’s rather nice, if chilly. And the higher you go the more snow there is, until you get to Col des Gentianes where there are a good few inches.

But whilst it’s a bit of a weird concept to get snow in the summer, it’s not that odd here. Although not exactly welcome.

Oh, and they’re clearly busy blowing things up on the track from Cabane Mont Fort to LA Chaux, as there are lots of warning signs as well as diagrams of what explosions look like (for walkers with poor imaginations I suppose…).

Looks like it’s been snowing up top and it’s chilly as you like in town…

Yes, despite the grim rumours that snow has been banned in Europe this year, we do in fact have some. And as I type this it’s snowing again outside the window at Performance HQ.

So, you ask, what would it look like if I was skiing in Verbier yesterday? (When the sun was out and before the clouds returned).

Well, it would have looked a lot like this…

We haven’t actually been able to combine those two words for a while. We’ve certainly had sunshine, and occasionally snow. But yesterday we had the very unusual experience of the two together. It’s actually alright, you know…

But there’s more good news – the sunshine has gone away this morning and it’s been snowing again. And up at Carlsberg it looks like this…

Yup, snow came back yesterday and the sun came back today. OK it’s not two feet of fresh but it’s made a massive difference to resort – both by topping up the pistes and by transforming the mood of everyone here…

And the forecasts are all suggesting more coming Thursday and next weekend. Now, we know you’re too pragatic to be easily excited by long range forecasts, so enjoy the pictures and you can be sure we’ll keep you posted if any more arrives.

(PS blame iPhone if the quality of a couple of the snaps is a bit dodgy).