https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46780856

This seems to be mainly the eastern side but exceptional totals already and more expected.
Our own persistent mild(ish) High pressure is directing cold air into the mix 

Mainly the eastern side as you say. Take a look at some of the webcams from the Three Valleys - conditions are pants at the moment.

https://www.courchevel.com/en/webcams

What it is supposed to look like and what it looks like now - Altaussee, Austria drowning in new snow. Much more on the way! Report: @AWOETeam pic.twitter.com/YblcTgSIql

— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) January 8, 2019

I can't see as there is too much snow on the lens 

Saulire is 2700m ASL. Try taking a look at La Croisette. I'll not be wasting my money on a beano yet. 

Yes, I agree, conditions have been pretty poor in France, with rock-hard pistes causing lots of injuries. I was looking at the Chatel forecast page though and they are optimistic of a decent dump over the next couple of days. No skiing for me this winter anyway so I will try not to torment myself looking at the snow forecasts! 

Looking at the charts my guess is no major snow storms heading in that direction over the next `10 days. My guess is that it will be snowy during my week so again not much in the way of skiing but it would be fun driving.

For the first year ever (for the last 15 years or so) I have not yet put on my winter tyres and frankly am not getting the urge to do so either.

http://www.infokop.net/info/ski-kamere-2.html 

Amazing pics coming out of Austria.

Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria (1003 m) today, January 8. Report: @AWOETeam pic.twitter.com/chL4VZdgb6

— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) 8 January 2019

Great thread Colin. I've seen some vide clips of 10 feet plus of snow in a single fall and they've had at least 3 of those.

Not surprisingly avalanche warnings are in place - They've had mega falls.

This pic is one example - taken yesterday apparently.

You can get an idea of the depth of that quite easily. That's over 10 feet of snow.

Amazing. I went there two years ago when they were in the grips of a freezing cold spell . Highs of -5c  and a foot of snow even in Salzburg and temps as low as -20c.   However this week is off the scale in terms of snowfall especially above 650m.  Saalbach is at 1000m so comfortably above the snow line at the moment.

Carol Kirkwood showing pics of Athens with several inches of snow, even down to beach level. Also reporting -23C overnight in N Greece

Looking nice in Salzburg this morning (live streaming cam)

https://www.salzburg.info/en/travel-info/webcam

Has the UK ever received a snowfall like the pictures above? Many places in SE Europe get the perfect combination of cold and moisture which we rarely do.

No, but I mean large for us. Like 15-20cm would be nice!

Meanwhile, the northern Alps are set to be buried yet again:

4 successive back-to-back frontal passages will dump huge amounts of fresh snow in the northern Alps in the next 4 days. Expect particularly heavy snowfall on Sunday and Monday, with over 1 m of new snow in some places! ICON-EU guidance. Maps: @wxcharts pic.twitter.com/OanQ17lLB0

— severe-weather.EU (@severeweatherEU) 10 January 2019

More massive falls are expected there.

15/16 Feb 1929 120cm in 15 hrs at Dean Prior on eastern edge of Dartmoor is reckoned the lowland record for GB

Link is to Google Books - easiest to search snowfall record dartmoor 1920..1930

Other heavy snowfalls also listed on the same page

Most of the UK can be comfortably cold enough for substantial snow to fall for many hours if conditions conspire.

Trevor Harley qujotes 173cm from the same spell, at Huntington Warren nearby. 

Looks like a lovely set-up: http://www.wetterzentrale.de/maps/archive/1929/noaa/NOAA_1_1929021600_1.png

Difference between the records from Dean Prior and Huntingdon Warren is altitude - the former at 100m asl. the latter at 467m. asl, so Dean Prior counts as a lowland site but not Huntingdon Warren.

There is an unofficial record of 200cm level snow from the southern edge of Dartmoor on the same date.

Getting off-topic, so apologies ... 300m specifically quoted in the Google Books link. Can't find a MetO document with a definition of hill but Wiki gives 300m as a hill and 600m as a mountain. Up to you whether hills count as lowland - I think they don't because if there is a forecast of 'hill snow' I'd expect the Peak District, for instance to be covered, and most of the peak is below 500m (Kinder Scout excepted)