snow reports

Obergurgl on J2ski:
60cm upper, 20cm lower
last snowed 10cm on the 8th
next snow 1cm on the 10th

Obergurgl on SCGB:
119cm upper, 57cm lower
last snowed 15cm on the 9th
next snow 3cm on the 10th

I think I prefer the latter :lol:

Huge variation there. Worryingly.

SCGB appears to match the Tourist Office... I shall go and whip our snow report hamsters...

For Switzerland trust the reports from the tourist office.

A friend told me that a few years back some resorts were apparently over reporting their snow. Switzerland Tourism recieved some complaints and have now said that if any resorts over report they will remove them from the website. It has apparently made a difference. Care should be taken when looking at resorts with glaciers though. They will report the snow depth including the glacier which may as well be rock under the new seasons snow.

Also the SLF (Swiss Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research) website is a good place for confirming snow heights in resorts. You can find out how much snow has fallen in the last 24 hours, 3 days and the snow height throughout Switzerland from this site. Its a good way of figuring out where the best snow is.

New Snow 24h
New Snow 3 days
Snow Depth 2000m
Data from measurement stations

In 2007 the Wildschonau web site was reporting snow depths of 50cm upper & 20cm lower on the day we arrived in resort, this was just not true as there was no snow. Everyone new the conditions were poor & accepted what they were being sold on the web, but what was being reported was just plain old lies. The resorts should tell it how it is, thankfully web cams don't lie & show real time results.
Happy ending though as the Skiwelt area & several glaciers were able to make & cover kms of piste with the artifical stuff. :P
Here's to reports of 150cm of new snow. :D

Finn

Finn wrote:In 2007 the Wildschonau web site was reporting snow depths of 50cm upper & 20cm lower on the day we arrived in resort, this was just not true as there was no snow. Everyone new the conditions were poor & accepted what they were being sold on the web, but what was being reported was just plain old lies. The resorts should tell it how it is, thankfully web cams don't lie & show real time results.
Happy ending though as the Skiwelt area & several glaciers were able to make & cover kms of piste with the artifical stuff. :P
Here's to reports of 150cm of new snow. :D

Finn

Thats interesting as reports suggested not dissimilar depths when I visited there last Xmas for a short break. Needless to say I was quite annoyed trapsing across solid ice and rocks in the field where the beginners were. Mind you, if they could learn to ski on that.......

The snow depth tends to be measured in an uncompacted, shaded, roped off area, so doesn't really bear much resemblence to the depth of snow on which you are skiing! Undoubtedly some resorts position the measuring stick under a snow canon!

In all the years, I've gotta say it's great to see Oberurgl/Hochgurgl up there in the top ten :mrgreen:

and Arabba too, Yipeeeeeeeeeee :thumbup:

glass half full, always :P