Heavy Late Season Snowfall on High Slopes in The Alps
Heavy Late Season Snowfall on High Slopes in The Alps
Published : 15-Apr-2023 06:33
Ski areas across the Alps and Dolomites have been experiencing cold temperatures and snowfall down to low-elevations over the past four days.
Snow totals reported on the highest slopes, around 3,000m altitude, have continued to build with some ski areas now reporting as much as 90cm (3 feet) of fresh snowfall in 72 hours. Skiers and boarders have reported "mid-winter conditions on the slopes.
The snowfall has arrived as most ski areas have closed for the season already, or will do after Sunday's skiing, but it's good news for ski areas that are staying open later this month nor into May or beyond, which are the ones reporting the most snowfall.
The heaviest snowfall has been reported in Austria with the Hintertux glacier reporting 90cm. Solden, which has the deepest snowpack in Austria has had 80cm and Switzerland's Engelberg, also open into May, has had 65cm.
Tignes, which has been posting the deepest snowpack in Europe all winter and had seen its 4.5m base that down to 4.1 metres before the snowfall began but its now back up to 4.5 metres. Its got three more weeks of its season to run through into May.
The winter weather hasn't been limited just to snowfall though with Austria's Molltal glacier closing for 48 hours due to gale force winds.
Lech is pictured top on Friday.
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