I try to take a photo of Canigou when the first snow arrives, usually in October. In 2015 it didn't arrive until the end of November ( https://365project.org/laroque/365/2015-11-22 ). This year it snowed heavily above 1600 metres on Saturday. We will be hiking there tomorrow, probably just below where the snow ends.
We rarely get snow at our altitude, 200 metres, about once every 5 years for a day or so. If we got more, these olive trees would be in trouble, their branches collapse under any weight of snow.