A hotel near the Arabba Marmolada glacier in Italy.

Ski resorts all over Western Euorpe are reportedly enjoying up to a metre of snowfall after a large snow storm this week.

The Italian Alps got the best of the snows, in places like Piemonte, Lombardia, Valle d’Aosta and Alto Adige. But resorts in Switzerland, France, Austria and Andorra have also benefited from the weather.

Some of the continent’s biggest resorts are now open for the winter, including Val d’Isere and Tignes in France, Zermatt and Verbier in Switzerland and Obergurgl in Austria.

Although the Italian Alps have had a good week overall, the snow cover isn’t hitting every resort. In Friuli a lack of snow has lead to the start of the season being postponed. Val d’Ultimo, however, reported 190cm (6.3 ft) of new snow. Val Senales / Schnals is not far behind with 160cm (5.3 ft), Santa Caterina received 130cm (4.3 ft), Cortina d’Ampezzo 110 cm (3.65 ft). The Arabba Marmolada glacier reported an astonishing 312cm (10.5 ft) on upper slopes, 55cm (22 in) at the base. It’s a similar picture, just a few centimetres less, on the Presena Glacier above Passo Tonale. Bormio, one of the winter’s early openers six-weeks ago, has 190cm (6.3 ft) on upper slopes, 30cm (a foot) below. Madesimo and Cervinia – Breuil each has about 1.5 metres (five ft) on upper slopes.

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