PowderAlert 05/2012 | Snow from west to east

Finally Ullr is listening to the envious looking deep snow divers east of the Arlberg, because they haven't exactly been spoiled with dumps so far, so now the cornucopia is also being poured out in the east of Felix Austria. And in the truest sense of the word, because after 30-50 cm of snow has already fallen in parts of northern Switzerland (and around 20-30 cm in Austria) by midday today, there will be more to come by Tuesday evening from the Arlberg to the Dachstein. The snow line should remain very low, so there is no danger from this side. However, it is and will remain quite windy, which should make the additional 30-50 cm of fresh snow quite unpleasant. Together with the already rather weak snow cover on the northern slopes of the Alps, this does not bode well. From Chamonix to the south and in the rest of the Alps south of the main ridge, not much of it will arrive, as you might expect. In other words: nothing. All in all, Ullr is sending us another 60-100 cm of fresh snow from Sunday to Tuesday. And is competing with December 2011, only at a lower temperature level. Now to: "What would the oracle do?" The oracle would go to work. It's as simple as that. Everyone else should hide in the trees until Tuesday evening and from Wednesday onwards, take a very careful look further up in the hope of finding a flat slope that hasn't blown in. Beware of everything else and read the bulletins carefully, which are already at level 4 in Switzerland today (Monday). In the medium term, however, the oracle definitely recommends that you go out until Friday, because it looks like it's going to get milder just in time for the weekend and later like a real 2011 reloaded, which means nothing other than humid, mild hardcore westerly thaw, so that below 1300-1500m the white gold is likely to become less rather than more. But that's not quite certain yet. So enjoy the cold powder that Ullr has given you before Christmas and stay alive to enjoy the next powder. Powder to the people!
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