Thread: 150cm in 24h ! (Northern Alps)

The northern Alps in Austria and Germany get absolutely dumped on. !
the Zugspitze reports 150cm (60inches *EU/US autotranslate*) fresh in the last 24h. And this is an "official" measurement and not one by the ski area.
and more is on the way... the same area may get another meter until friday.
Mittenwald (the only german Freeride area, located pretty near the Zugspitze... 20km) should go off on Friday.
I do not know what Anton got but Engelberg even further out west still got 50cm over night.
Now: Where do i get people to fill my car.

Sorry, can't help with the gas! I am in Geneve, CH and planning on skiing the Alpes Vaudoises and/or Les Portes du Soleil over the next 4 days.

The Alpes in Western Austria and Eastern Suisse have been getting an abondance of snow this season. It appears that every week they have another dump of the white stuff. Bonne voyage!

Planned to be down there this weekend-until business called me off for a trip into Shanghai where I am gonna be stuck until Sunday missing out on all that incredible pow stashes !!!!! I'm sooooooooooo happy!!!! :

..... that´s just because i crashed my head and damaged my "sprunggelenk" (ankle) badly in andermatt couple weeks ago.....
i would go to engelberg... )

well, have fun!

oh - and wear a helmet, too.

Sick sick sick! It rained in LCC today

Originally posted by subtle plague
The northern Alps in Austria and Germany get absolutely dumped on. !
the Zugspitze reports 150cm (60inches *EU/US autotranslate*) fresh in the last 24h. And this is an "official" measurement and not one by the ski area.
and more is on the way... the same area may get another meter until friday.
Mittenwald (the only german Freeride area, located pretty near the Zugspitze... 20km) should go off on Friday.
I do not know what Anton got but Engelberg even further out west still got 50cm over night.
Now: Where do i get people to fill my car.

holy dumpage! i heard on the radio that they expected 1m (accumulated) around here for the week ending friday. i guess i might believe them now. les diablerets reported 40cm fresh overnight, which is where i'm headed tomorrow.

www.easyjet.co.uk

And it's gonna keep going hopefully - at least long enough to leave some north-facing pow at les arcs (8 days to go!)

edg

Originally posted by edg
And it's gonna keep going hopefully - at least long enough to leave some north-facing pow at les arcs (8 days to go!)

edg

nope northern switzerland and and austria /germany only


I have to go to engelberg ! 120cm fresh(not only fresh but the snow level has risen that much!! ) in the last 3 days

and another 65cm on the Zugspitze overnight. snowlevel at 460cm right now (going up from 280cm 3 days ago!)
Traffic has broken down in some areas and St. Gallen(779m) in northern switzerland reports an all time 2days snowfall record 74cm !
and im begging my girlfriend to go with me and call in sick on monday & tuesday ! cross your fingers for me......
if it all works out ill got from sat to tuesday.....
the only thing that worries me is my bank account: -11.34€

Hey KD - If you're reading this in Austria, get the fuck off the computer and go kill some snoewflakes, ya bastid!

Originally posted by subtle plague
nope northern switzerland and and austria /germany only


I have to go to engelberg ! 120cm fresh(not only fresh but the snow level has risen that much!! ) in the last 3 days

and another 65cm on the Zugspitze overnight. snowlevel at 460cm right now (going up from 280cm 3 days ago!)
Traffic has broken down in some areas and St. Gallen(779m) in northern switzerland reports an all time 2days snowfall record 74cm !
and im begging my girlfriend to go with me and call in sick on monday & tuesday ! cross your fingers for me......
if it all works out ill got from sat to tuesday.....
the only thing that worries me is my bank account: -11.34€

subtle - where are you getting these counts (especially for engelberg) from? not that i doubt your stats, i'd just like to find the same info source.

65+cm fresh at les diablerets. been closed since late last week. should open tomorrow with epic conditions!

yyyyyyyyYYYYYYYYYYIIIIPPEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! !!!!!

Well, sometimes miracles still happen!
My business trip to China got cancelled short term, therefore will prolly make it to the nountains for all the freshies. Will let you know what the conditions really are.

Originally posted by Hicks
yyyyyyyyYYYYYYYYYYIIIIPPEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!! !!!!!

Well, sometimes miracles still happen!
My business trip to China got cancelled short term, therefore will prolly make it to the nountains for all the freshies. Will let you know what the conditions really are.

i was in leysin yesterday. it was about 20-30cms of light fresh pow on top but rapidly degraded on the way down the mountain. seek out the highest resorts and runs for the lightest fluff.

Originally posted by Ripzalot
i was in leysin yesterday. it was about 20-30cms of light fresh pow on top but rapidly degraded on the way down the mountain. seek out the highest resorts and runs for the lightest fluff.

Rips,

Thanks for letting me know.
I'll target a Northern Alps resort, they apparently got some more snow right now.
Have fun!

Originally posted by Ripzalot
subtle - where are you getting these counts (especially for engelberg) from? not that i doubt your stats, i'd just like to find the same info source.

65+cm fresh at les diablerets. been closed since late last week. should open tomorrow with epic conditions!

Im on another board (YES I CONFESS!!!) and there are a lot of weather guys hanging around posting interna.
and engelberg you can get via www.slf.ch .... if you remember the stats from days ago. because in the "zentralschweiz" report they only have the last 24h and actual snow height. so knowing that it started around 220/230cm and considering the stats of 342cm at 2140m in engelberg yesterday i do the math
statistics of official stations you can get via www.wetteronline.com/eurostdf.htm and then snodepths.(zugspitze for example) in most of the stations you can just click on development and then you can see the snow level for the last weeks etc.
And the eastern/northern part of switzerland has gotten waaay more than the west/south. But diablerrets should go off too.