Snow roundup of where’s best to ski right now News from around the world of skiing  Gear review guide Top Trumps – resorts beginning with F  Banff review  Snow Report So actual falling snow across the Alps has settled down and there's generally been bright sunny conditions but good cold temperatures to maintain snow conditions especially on Piste.  Arguably Austria has the best snow conditions right now thanks to having had the largest amount of snow over the last week across a bunch of the Austrian Alps (up to a metre in some places) which is an absolute treat  The lower resorts of the Tirol and Salzburg will potentially have a few icy patches where ski resort traffic is heavy but nothing to put anybody off Overall this week we will be looking at sunshine and blue skies and potentially some rising temperatures towards the end of the week News German ski area Oberaudorf builds an all-weather slope New black run launches at Glacier 3000 Aosta Valley's Pila Unveils "Pila - Couis" Gondola Lift Alpine skiing world championships kicks off in Meribel-Courchevel  Gear reviews Level Wexford leather glove Goat leather  Scott Patrol E2 30 Backpack  Scott React Goggles  ARTILECT Outerwear Features World's First User-Repairable Zips ISBJÖRN of Sweden backflip ski jacket  Resort Top Trumps  Fieberbrunn  Flaine  Resort Spotlight:  Banff, Alberta  In the meantime Happy Skiing :) And don't forget to check us out on the following channels inthesnow.com youtube.com/inthesnowmag facebook.com/inthesnow instagram.com/inthesnow and contact us with your suggestions for further episodes at [email protected]