Monterosa Ski picked up 18cm in Valle d'Aosta. Smaller 16cm falls hit Farellones, Elbrus and Hallbjønnsekken.
Monterosa Ski led the bulletin with 18cm of fresh snow in Valle d'Aosta. That is the largest single total among qualifying resorts today, and it gives the higher sectors noticeably fresher cover heading into late October. The snow arrived cleanly; where wind exposure was limited the new layer should still be soft in places.
The remainder of the report is spread between hemispheres. Farellones in the Región Metropolitana de Santiago saw 16cm, a useful early season top-up for the Chilean slopes as they edge into their winter. Эльбрус, on the north face of the Caucasus in Kabardino-Balkaria, also recorded 16cm, putting fresh snow on a mountain that already favours quick consolidation at altitude. In Norway, Hallbjønnsekken skisenter in Telemark measured 16cm of fresh, a solid local dump for a smaller, lift-served hill. All three matched each other numerically, so the headline difference today is simply where that 16cm lands, and how much of the terrain each centre can reasonably expect to open.
Current totals point to pockets of soft snow rather than broad, deep powderfields. Monterosa's 18cm offers the best short-term prize for off-piste lines and higher runs. The 16cm reports at Farellones, Elbrus and Hallbjønnsekken will improve coverage on steeper aspects and sheltered gullies, but they are modest by midwinter standards. There is no new forecast data in this bulletin; based on the present observations these falls should remain in place for a day or two where wind and sun have not stripped them, then settle and firm overnight as the new layers consolidate. If lifts are running, expect noticeably fresher turns on protected terrain at these four resorts in the immediate term.