Snow falls on the Pyrenees, spring is long overdue on the summits

While the Easter weekend is looming and the sun is very shy in Occitania, the snow falls on the heights of the Pyrenees. If these spring falls are beneficial for nature and water tables, very few skiers will be able to benefit from it, almost all of the ski resorts being closed.

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This Wednesday morning, in Font-Romeu in the Pyrénées-Orientales, the Téléskis poles were under the snow. Although lifts won for 15 days, a beautiful layer of thick flakes covered this equipment, which was given until next winter.

To find an open ski resort, go to the Hautes-Pyrénées or in Catalonia.

Since Tuesday, a much fresher air has been installed on the Pyrenees. The rain-snow limit which was around 2,800 meters in the night from Sunday to Monday lowered.

The zero degree isotherm was 1600 meters above sea level on Tuesday and 1400 meters this Wednesday. Hence the return of the snow to the entire massif above this limit.

And if until Easter Monday, the southern wind will soften the atmosphere, it should continue to snow more than 2000 meters.

A boon for skiers from the two Occitania stations still partially open, Cauterets and Piau-engaly. 50 to 60 % of the ski area are accessible with 30 cm at the bottom of the slopes and 130 cm at the top.

In Font-Romeu, the season ended on March 30. With an increase in more than 14 %.

The announcement station “You were 587,668 to visit us this winter … We meet on Saturday July 5 for a summer season”.

It should fall 8cm of snow this Wednesday and another dozen by Monday, 1,700 meters for 35 cm in total at 2300 meters.

However, the winter of 2024-2025 has been one of the less snowy for 20 years. 87 cm in 8 days in Font-Romeu against an average of 356 cm in 19 days.

For years, we have seen the phenomenon well.