The first alarm is about to go off. Whether this is a good omen and 2025/26 will start running through our winter village screaming and gesticulating wildly, scaring the children and an angry mob behind it, or whether the energy won’t be enough and the monster goes back to sleep? You can find out below.
In any case, the oracle is happy that this first twitch coincides with the vacations and that he might be able to stumble through the white gold.
Skiing and / or searching for crevasses in the golden autumn at glacier ski areas is not my thing, but I am a little hyped. A late autumn snow excursion is just what I need.
Even if the relevant social media accounts tell us that the Alps are being "destroyed", it's not as hot as it sounds. The snow line is not that low, the base is only just ok in a small part of the Alps and the time window is short. But more on that below.
Alert period and areas
The alert extends from France to the Arlberg, but the rideable areas / the core only from France to the northern Valais. Some base exists there only beyond approx. 1800m.
However, the largest new amounts are coming from the Bernese Oberland to the Arlberg.
East of the Alrberg, we're getting numbers around the alert minimum of 30cm.
The alert is valid until Tuesday morning, then the weather will probably clear.
