Snow report: Find out all the best places to ski this week

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Read our weekly weather report to find out which resorts have the best snow, right now brought to you by weathertoski.co.uk. Further information is available on ,the weathertoski website, which is updated daily.

There’s plenty of snow at high altitude in the Alps, but lower down the thaw continues and lots more snow is needed over the next few weeks before the majority of resorts can open. This is not at all unusual for this time of year – it’s only November – and there is hope that winter may return as early as next week.

Austria

Austria still has the greatest variety of skiing in Europe right now. Leading the way is Sölden (upper base 82cm) where 18 lifts serve 68km of pistes – not all of which are confined to the glacier. Two other decent options are Stubai and Hintertux, both of which offer about 60km of runs and have over 1 metre of snow on the glacier. You can also ski on the glaciers at Mölltal, Pitztal, Kaunertal, Kitzsteinhorn and Dachstein as well as on three entirely non-glacial runs in Schladming. However, the best non-glacial skiing is in Obergurgl where 15 lifts are open and there is 70cm up top. Today will be bright again but expect cloudier skies on Thursday.

France

Tignes is the only resort offering any skiing in France until the weekend. 7 lifts are in operation and there is 60cm of snow on the glacier. You can still ski down to Val Claret on the long Double M run, but cover at resort level is now thin. This weekend sees Val Thorens (60cm up top) open some pistes for the first time. Montgenèvre will also offer another pre-season taster before things kick off properly on December 1. The weather is slowly turning unsettled and there is a chance that winter will return next week.

Montgenevre

Italy

Cervinia is the best option in Italy right now with 8 lifts running and 160cm of snow up top. You can’t ski back to resort yet, but the long runs down to Plan Maison (2550m) are open and skiing nicely. Further east, the only serious option remains the glacier above Val Senales, which is also operating 8 lifts and has 100cm of snow. Both resorts will be bright or sunny for most of today, but cloudier on Thursday with the chance of a light flurry. More substantial snow is possible next week.

Switzerland

Zermatt (12 lifts, 90cm upper base) and Saas-Fee (5 lifts, 145cm) remain the best options in Switzerland. More limited skiing continues in Engelberg, Davos, at Glacier 3000 (near Les Diablerets), Diavolezza (near St Moritz) and at weekends only in Verbier, Laax, Zinal and Andermatt. Crans Montana also plans to open a few of its high runs this Saturday but no significant fresh snow is expected until next week.

Rest of Europe

A handful of resorts are open for business in Scandinavia where the best skiing is in Hemsedal, Norway (9 lifts, 60cm upper base). In Finland, Ruka (7 lifts, 27cm base) is one of several resorts also already open.

Canada

Lots of snow has been falling in western Canada where Whistler is now offering 6 runs on a mid-mountain base of 86cm. Sun Peaks (3 lifts, 53cm mid-mountain base) also opened last weekend but the best conditions are in Banff/Lake Louise (16 lifts, 83cm snow base).

USA

California has lots of new snow. Leading the way is Mammoth where the mid-mountain base is 91cm deep and 73 runs (34 groomed) are now open. More limited terrain is available in a number of Lake Tahoe resorts including Kirkwood (pictured) and Heavenly, though lack of snow is clearly not an issue! Early season conditions are also excellent in Utah where Snowbird and Alta are both operational, but many Colorado resorts could do with more snow. Several (including Breckenridge and Vail) are partially open, but cover is thin and artificial help is the order of the day.