Snow for the Euros.

[Incompetent Boob]

Any updates? Someone was telling me it has been raining in Austria the last couple of days.

[burny]

Any updates? Someone was telling me it has been raining in Austria the last couple of days.

it's worse ...

[ulty_guy]

*anti-jinx* big storm lining up late next week and it should blow in very cold *anti-jinx

[Tony]

2 hrs 15 min by car, 4 hrs by train, or 5 days by ski.

(We drove.)

We did used the three methods several times.

The ski method rocks!

[jskierpx]

*anti-jinx* big storm lining up late next week and it should blow in very cold *anti-jinx

please for the love of god be right. Im wallking around Leysin in a t-shirt and jeans.

[TeleAl]

please for the love of god be right. Im wallking around Leysin in a t-shirt and jeans.

Best weather I've ever hated.
Welcome to Leysin.

[mtgoat]

I am flying into Innsbruck this coming Monday from Seattle and will be bringing the PNW's snow. Have faith.

[subtle plague]

I am flying into Innsbruck this coming Monday from Seattle and will be bringing the PNW's snow. Have faith.

now that's the spirit!
and ironically long term forecasts tell likewise for the 20th.

but they did for the last 2 months. we'll see if it comes true.

[geo039]

I think we need more of this

Roo did a lovely snow dance on the Col du Lauteret in honor of TeleAl.

[bigtrubs]

Zermatt wasnt so great but we stayed in saas fee an extra day because there was some creamy pow yesterday and today made for a great day to learn to telemark

[jskierpx]

Best weather I've ever hated.
Welcome to Leysin.

ya, this thing called "Snow" was so evidently here when I arrived, yet it disappears so fast!

My first time at the Yeti tonight, anything I should know?!?!?!

[klar]

I am flying into Innsbruck this coming Monday from Seattle and will be bringing the PNW's snow. Have faith.

well you better. we had over 10°C today and rain. the first resort has closed again because they don't have snow.

what brings you to i.town?

[Hansi Hinterseer]

mtgoat, I'll be flying into Innsbruck on Thursday 18th and still hope you'll bring the snow from Seattle. Supposedly everyone from St. Anton, Lech, and Kitzbuehel is fleeing to Soelden and the other glaciers where the snow is still acceptable.
Weather oracle subtle, how's your confidence level for a weather change next week?

[Franz Klammer]

And I'm back - unharmed!

I think I also saw more new snowfall on the Anti-Lebanon than all season long (January 3rd excepted).

I guess, Palmyra was probably as dry as the Alps:

[subtle plague]

Weather oracle subtle, how's your confidence level for a weather change next week?

as is said here
http://www.freeskiers.net/index.php?...ent&Itemid=349

we have a chance around the 20th. BUT we had this long term chance for the last 2 Months.
I'll be convinced on the 21st. not one day earlier

[Incompetent Boob]

While it is unseasonably warm here, it is pissing down rain and I've got leave booked from the 20th. Come on you bastard, snow.

[Idris]

Snow is still nice up high



Starting to suck - 1 inch rain/wind crust on soft lower down



The view on the rattle home down the refrozen mer de Glace is nice though

[verbier61]

sweeeeet pics, tom, thanks! what is the threshold of decent vs shitty snow in north faces in cham? Is 2500 reasonable or too optimistic?

[mtgoat]

Apparently, it is 60 deg. and raining outside Innsbruck. Anyway I'm living just outside Innsbruck for the next month so if anyone knows of anything going on let me know.

[bbirtle]

sweeeeet pics, tom, thanks! what is the threshold of decent vs shitty snow in north faces in cham? Is 2500 reasonable or too optimistic?

I went up with some other friends today (I guess I'm off Tom's Partner List these days) and we laid in a track on a secret Vallee Blanche powstash variation. Up at around 3500m we took great joy to draw in the first three lines on a cruisy 35 degree 300m long wide slope of untracked thick-but-good.

Quickly turning into freeze/thaw cycle stuff that was tolerable.

Excellent day, to sum it up. Great to be back up in the high mountains again...

Short answer: There's some stashes up high but it's mostly pretty desperate.

Also decent spring skiing on offer at Flegere/Brevent as I found out yesterday, but a little thin on the cover and melting fast.

[bbirtle]

Some "for the memories" shots from today:











Rocks on ice towards the train station is pretty disheartening for January but it seems all pretty safe as far as snow bridges.

[powders]

Cheers for the pics bbirtle and idris. Will be going up there myself asap.

Did top bin of Grand montets, point de vue but all the way down to argentiere glacier. The shitty snow starts very high, probs around 2800. Was up brevent yesterday, very slushy'n'heavy but fun

[klar]

Apparently, it is 60 deg. and raining outside Innsbruck. Anyway I'm living just outside Innsbruck for the next month so if anyone knows of anything going on let me know.

actually it is not raining anymore, inversion and thick fog in the city, sparkling sunshine and may-like temperatures in the mountains. galciers got some snow a few days ago, when it was indeed raining.

[mtcham]

Nice Chamonix photos, hope the snow starts picking up. 5 weeks till I get to enjoy it again.

[IridePow]

Apparently, it is 60 deg. and raining outside Innsbruck. Anyway I'm living just outside Innsbruck for the next month so if anyone knows of anything going on let me know.

By the way...... in Europe they use the real system and measure in CELCIUS.