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tonypants wrote:But we felt that there could have been an extra half an hour skiing before they should have closed.

At a guess, I reckon about 20 skiers wish this gondola in Kitzbuhel had closed half an hour before it stopped today...


Photo copyright Werlberger (courtesy of tt.com)

Harald Angerer (via Google Translate) wrote: ... at around 2:00 pm a gondola had wedged itself into the middle station due to a sudden gust of wind and had stopped the train. Mountain rescuers of the district of Kitzbühel and the fire brigade moved out to rescue winter sports enthusiasts from the gondolas.

About 20 winter sportsmen were stuck in the gondolas. Mountain Rescuers and firefighters from all over the district were gathered to recover the prisoners.

At 16.30 the last guest could be recovered from a gondola.

:shock:

All reported safe and well but I imagine that was an "interesting" afternoon.

Ok, now I'm jealous... :mrgreen: have fun...

Hi Tony, nice to see you! Much of the wibble happens on Facebook nowadays but your reports still get referenced regularly - and yes, they're still being read!

There are several group trips happening this season (and quite a few places being taken on non-J2Ski groups) so check out the Ski Buddies section for details - or post in there if you have a spare bed/room to fill or want to split the cost of an instructor, etc.

Very easy now to send in pictures directly from the slopes, so you can annoy us/amuse us with your brightly coloured Factions. Presumably you'll be riding like Candide this winter then? (all it takes is a pair of Factions) so we'll be expecting most of your pictures to be inverted and taken from high above the snow... :thumbup:

Did you get there alright Tony?

Think the incoming storm is going to be worse to the North (of the Alpine ridge) but you may be in for a windy day or two! Enjoy Courmayeur... :thumbup:

SwingBeep wrote:There will likely be lots of damage and disruption and probably a few fatalities.

The latest short-range forecast model outputs are as severe as I can recall - and over quite a large area now. Fingers crossed there is minimal damage to property and people. :(

snowy0000 wrote:Is there a thing as too much snow, Ha Ha

It's funny you should say that... 8)

... but, yes, sometimes... :shock:

About the Snow expected this week - please read!

If you're in the affected mountains, or travelling to, from or around them in the next few days... please take note and plan accordingly! Stay Safe!

The forecast for Wednesday through Friday this week, particularly for the North and West of the Alps (French and Swiss Alps in particular), has huge amounts of precipitation, lots of wind and rapidly varying temperatures.

Snowfall totals at altitudes above 2,000 metres could be phenomenal in places whilst there *could* be very heavy rain lower down at times.

Add in the wind and it's very likely that the Avalanche Risk Level could go to 5 (the max - Black Flag!) across quite a wide area for a day or two.

It's going to be quite a storm (even by the standards of the impressive snowfall already this winter) and could seriously disrupt transport links, lift operations and piste openings while it's in progress.

If you're in the area, please follow local advice and maybe allow for a down day while slopes are made safe after what is likely to be some very heavy snowfall.

Just want to dive into that... looks amazing... stay safe though!