PowderAlert 14 2019/20 | Winter at last!

But: that will change soon. Hopefully. The current cold front marks the start of a fairly active and cool westerly to north-westerly flow that will keep us busy over the next few days.

Alert period and areas

The alert extends from the Hautes Alps in France to the Arlberg. To the east of this, it's more of a cosmetic flurry. There may still be enough around the Dachstein for an alert of 30cm or more.

The alert will last until Friday morning. The heaviest amounts won't arrive until Thursday evening, so don't despair if Wednesday and Thursday are not yet Instagram conditions. It will snow more or less heavily throughout the day, with only isolated showers expected on Thursday morning rather than a massive accumulation.

Wind

Generally quite stormy, especially on Wednesday, but at least no hurricane. You have to be happy about everything this winter. In principle, I would say that it will be normally stormy for a dump and snow may even remain above the tree line. It will push up to the main ridge, but this time there should also be snow in the west/northwest and not all of it will be blown over the main ridge.

Where should I go?

Well. It's really difficult until Thursday, because there's only 20-40cm coming. And then the question is where you can still find some base in forest aisles or in the light forest to make use of this little bit of snow.

Friday it opens up and you can go to the ski resorts that still had a base at the top. Pay attention in the LLBs to how the whole thing combines with the spring conditions before you go full throttle and remember: everything was blown away at the top before. There will certainly be areas where only half a meter of the current alert is on the rocks. Pre-season mode should still be active. (In February. Unfortunately).

Saturday will be warm and you can see if there's anything left in the areas, or go on a tour before the next wave rolls in in the afternoon.

Mid-term

Don't worry! After the brief and rainless (important this year!) warmth, the next wave and possibly the next alarm will come on Saturday evening. After that, it also looks like more fresh snow and pleasantly cool temperatures for the next week.

FINALLY WINTER! At least more than 3-4 days, if you ignore the great November. Thanks Ullr.

Powder to the people!

Your oracle (and keep your fingers crossed that the first wave here is enough to have fun.)