Snow Starts To Accumulate In The Alps
Snow Starts To Accumulate In The Alps
Published : 06-Nov-2014 08:43
It has been snowing for up to 36 hours now across the Alps and although most areas are not reporting how much has fallen because they're not open yet, stats are starting to come in from the nearly 20 glacier areas that are open in the 'big 4' Alpine nations.
This is the second major pre-season snowfall in the past fortnight, which potentially means one of the best starts to the season for some years, assuming conditions continue to be favourable through November.
Initial forecasts were for snow above 2,000m and heavy rain below but these reality seems to vary. Saas Fee for example is one of many showing heavy snow down right down to resort level too.
In Austria the Pitztal Glacier, already in to its third month of operation this season, has reported 44cm of new snow in the past 24 hours, the Hintertux Glacier 22cm and the Stubai 60cm.
In Italy Dolomiti Superski reports heavy snow above 2200m and the Presena glacier at Passo Tonale, which is yet to open but expects to imminently, has had 70cm of new snow.
French and Swiss resorts are also sending in images of huge snowfalls. Avoriaz is pictured above.
The storm is ongoing and measurements reported vary to some extent on when they were taken as much as location as the snow continues to accumulate.
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