Snow of the week

Sunshine has firmed up the snow across Europe. Obergurgl (65/250cm) and St Anton (30/270cm) in western Austria are in good condition. Top French conditions are in Val D'Isère (78/155cm) and Tignes (84/210cm), with great cover and challenging skiing. The Swiss resort Saas-Fee (74/220cm) has excellent skiing and riding.

There is a little skiing in Scotland - The Lecht resort (5/15cm) has three lifts open

The western United States and Canada have good, if somewhat dwindling, snow. Pick of the week is Killington, Vermont in the eastern US, (100/212cm), where plenty of recent falls leave tremendous conditions.

Deal of the week

A Eurostar ride from Waterloo on a Friday evening leaves you near Courchevel and Val D'Isère for a Saturday's skiing before returning home that night. Lastminute.com (020 7400 7044; www.lastminute.com) offers rail travel from £109 most Fridays until April. Transfers and ski passes can be bought in France.