Thankfully, the cold and snow have arrived over the past 24 hours, most noticeably in the Western Alps of France ... and Tignes to stop trying to open in September or October.

The ranges and valleys of the Swiss Alps stand out in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission in December ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Alex Ledsom is a France-based contributor who covers travel. With mixed amounts of snow across Europe's ski slopes the week before ...

In a helicopter high above the Swiss Alps, we see climate change in action ... A scar suddenly appears in the bright white snow. A crumple of silver and red. "That's the plane," says our guide ...

Resorts around the world continue to open terrain for the 2025 ski season - Andy Parant ...