Change in weather in September: Pictures show the first snow in the Alps
Created: 09/18/2022, 04:58
By: Anna Lorenz
Thanks to Storm Queenie, the autumnal weather brought the first snow to the Alps.
The white splendor in Bavaria and Austria gives a foretaste of winter and the coming ski season.
Munich – It's here, the first snow.
While visitors to the Oktoberfest in Munich were probably not happy about the wet and cold weather at the Oktoberfest tapping, storm depression Queenie Bavaria brought the first flakes of the coming winter further south.
In Austria, too, the Alps are sugared white - fans of winter sports should not miss these pictures.
First snow in Bavaria and Austria: These are the current pictures of the snowy regions in the Alps
From 1,500 meters, it was predicted that the first snow could fall in the mountains on the night of Saturday, September 17th.
Responsible for this was High Queenie, a storm that brings cold air from Finland.
No sooner said than done: If you looked out of the (symbolic) window on the Nebelhorn (2,224 m) or Großglockner (3,798 m), as the video above shows, you could see freshly sugared mountain peaks and misty-white valleys.
The Kaiser-Franz-Josefs-Höhe on the Großglockner at a height of 2,369 meters in the afternoon of Saturday, September 17, 2022. © Screenshot webcam/grossglockner.panomax.com
The Edelweißspitze on the Großglockner at an altitude of 2,571 meters in the afternoon of Saturday, September 17, 2022. © Screenshot webcam/edelweissspitze.panomax.com
The Fuschertörl on the Großglockner High Alpine Road at an altitude of 2,504 meters in the afternoon of Saturday, September 17, 2022. © Screenshot Webcam/fuschertoerl.panomax.com
The German Alpine Association (DAV) points out that from an altitude of 1600 meters "contact with snow" is to be expected and recommends appropriate clothing.
"Gaiters are also very helpful" if "you cross snowdrifts, for example".
The snow line begins at 1,500 to 1,800 meters, but extremely bad weather and sub-zero temperatures can already be expected below this mark.
There would also be “gale force gusts from 50 to 110 km/h”.