PowderAlert 9 2020 /21 | WWW Episode 2: After the cliffhanger

No, because there's something to be said for not having level 5 in the LLBs, because the whole thing calms down a bit. And cooler is always good!

Alarm 8 was much wilder than expected and won't end for hours. Up to 130 cm of fresh snow had already fallen by this afternoon. And I actually thought my estimate was at the upper limit. Apparently not.

Alert period and areas

The alert is again for the northern slopes of the Alps, as in Alert 8, only this time there won't be enough, more or less, east of the Arlberg. But there will also be snow there.

So: from France to the Arlberg. The alert will last until Sunday evening, because it will stop snowing from the west on Sunday at noon, before alert 10 should come towards night.

Where should I go?

I would go where it's not ultra-dangerous, because there's enough snow in the trees everywhere. You have to go a bit higher in the west, but that's easier in the western Alps. Maybe try ski resorts that were completely closed? You can tour everywhere in the deep powder if you stay high enough.

It might tear up briefly on Sunday, but it's not necessarily advisable to want to ski everything up there then.

Medium term

More powder and more warmth again from Tuesday? It won't get boring in the foreseeable future. Unfortunately, it won't get any colder either.

Powder to the people!

Your oracle, who should probably switch to canoeing or air mattress riding now, as it's more likely to stay liquid in the Black Forest?

Snow height prediction game

The prediction game is suspending this alarm, and hopes not to have to predict high water levels any time soon...