The largest storm of the 21-22 season so far has brought increasingly large accumulations to the Eastern side of the Alps over the past few days with the accumulating snow beginning to cause operational issues at some areas.
A number of resorts in Austria and Switzerland reported they'd already hit 50cm (20") of snowfall in 24 hours yesterday and at least one of these Zillertal Arena, has announced its now closed this morning (2nd February) due to blizzard conditions and increasing avalanche danger as the snow continues to fall.
The Stubai glacier has also announced it is closed today due to avalanche danger above its access road.
The fresh snowfall is a big boost for ski areas in the longer term however, with most having seeing limited fresh snowfalls since the start of the year. Most are however fully open, or nearly so, thanks to big accumulations at the start of the season in December.
