For those interested, like me, snow has covered many places in the French
Alps over the past two days. This is the first lying snow down to valley
level this season in Tignes, which lies at 2100m asl, in the Haute
Tarentaise -
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Z5DD12AEB
A similar shot was taken yesterday and a thaw set in about midday. I follow
this webcam daily and the first week of October always seems to produce the
first snowfalls.

Joe

"Joe Hunt" wrote in message
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For those interested, like me, snow has covered many places in the French
Alps over the past two days. This is the first lying snow down to valley
level this season in Tignes, which lies at 2100m asl, in the Haute
Tarentaise -
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Z5DD12AEB
A similar shot was taken yesterday and a thaw set in about midday. I
follow this webcam daily and the first week of October always seems to
produce the first snowfalls.

Joe

Sorry for the follow-on post, but this webcam from Val d'Isère, which lies
250m lower at 1850m asl, shows the snowline very well indeed. I'd hazard a
guess that 2000m seems a good estimate for the snowline -
http://www.valdisere.com/images05/valdisere2.jpg
Val d'Isère is situated in the valley next to Tignes, in between lies a
mountain.

Joe