Some Resorts in Alps Receive a Foot of Snow in Past 24 Hours
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There's been increasingly heavy snowfall in the Alps over the weekend.
Falls of up to 20cm were reported over Saturday/Sunday and now up to 30cm for Sunday/Monday 24 hour periods at the glacier ski areas that are already open.
However with snowfall all the way down to the valleys in many parts of the Alps, this is clearly good pre-season news for all of Europe. Temperatures are typically in the -1 to -5C range.
The Pitztal Glacier, which operates Austria's highest lifts, which was one of the first to open in the alps back in mid-September says that it has already received 2.9m of snow this autumn, with 66cm in the past seven days, 29cm of that in the last 24 hours.
The Kitzsteinhorn glacier near Kaprun has had 30cm of snow in the past 24 hours while others have reported moderate accumulations such as 10cm at Stubai, 15cm at Molltal and the snowfall is still heavy at most resorts.
:shock:
That's an impressive stat - probably more than the average annual snowfall for quite a few ski resorts...
...and there's more in the forecast too...
We sent out 3,500 powder alarms this morning; a fine start to November!
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Started by J2SkiNews in Ski News 04-Nov-2013 - 2 Replies
J2SkiNews posted Nov-2013
There's been increasingly heavy snowfall in the Alps over the weekend.
Falls of up to 20cm were reported over Saturday/Sunday and now up to 30cm for Sunday/Monday 24 hour periods at the glacier ski areas that are already open.
However with snowfall all the way down to the valleys in many parts of the Alps, this is clearly good pre-season news for all of Europe. Temperatures are typically in the -1 to -5C range.
The Pitztal Glacier, which operates Austria's highest lifts, which was one of the first to open in the alps back in mid-September says that it has already received 2.9m of snow this autumn, with 66cm in the past seven days, 29cm of that in the last 24 hours.
The Kitzsteinhorn glacier near Kaprun has had 30cm of snow in the past 24 hours while others have reported moderate accumulations such as 10cm at Stubai, 15cm at Molltal and the snowfall is still heavy at most resorts.
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The Snow Hunter
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reply to 'Some Resorts in Alps Receive a Foot of Snow in Past 24 Hours' posted Nov-2013
J2SkiNews wrote:The Pitztal Glacier ... says that it has already received 2.9m of snow this autumn
:shock:
That's an impressive stat - probably more than the average annual snowfall for quite a few ski resorts...
...and there's more in the forecast too...
We sent out 3,500 powder alarms this morning; a fine start to November!
The Admin Man
J2SkiNews
reply to 'Some Resorts in Alps Receive a Foot of Snow in Past 24 Hours' posted Nov-2013
Yes I thought that, but the Austrians are always trustworthy with their numbers, here's the live link to the rapidly growing Pitztal numbers: http://www.pitztaler-gletscher.at/en/skigebiet/schneehoehen
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The Snow Hunter
Topic last updated on 04-November-2013 at 12:34