Avalanche Danger From Fresh Snow Prevents Summer Skiing
Avalanche Danger From Fresh Snow Prevents Summer Skiing
Published : 03-Jun-2013 11:26
(How the Stubai might look if the sun ever returns)
The Kitzsteinhorn Glacier near Kaprun and Zell am See in Austria which was supposed to be open for the summer skiing this morning has delayed opening its slopes due to high avalanche danger.
Like many glacier ski areas in the Alps it has received huge snow falls over the past 10 days.
Although not open for snowsports, the Zugspitze above Garmisch in Germany has received 170cm of new snow in past ten days, most of it in last 3 days and it is reported to be still snowing heavily. The season total snow there was 435cm as of Sunday morning, a record depth for this 'winter.' (just updated to 480cm as of Monday morning, with 120cm (four feet) falling over the weekend.
The Stubai has had 40cm of fresh snow in the past 24 hours and the Hintertux Glacier 20cm – both are able to open.
Indeed not all newly-opened summer ski areas have had to delay. Passo Stelvio in Italy, which operates 20km of runs re-opened on Saturday for its five month spring to autumn run. Apart from a couple of intermediate trails still open on the Presena Glacier above Passo Tonale it's the only place to ski in Italy at present.
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