PowderAlert #3: you should go to these resorts!
Powder Alert # 3 is in effect from Thursday November 30th until Monday December 4th. But where to go? Not all ski areas are open yet, but we've made a list for you where the lifts will be running the next couple of days and where the base is good. Remember that it is still early season and there are three risks that you have to take into account:
- There are still plenty of crevasses on the glaciers that haven't been snowed in.
- There's plenty of snow, but the snow cover can still be a bit thin locally. Think about rocks and branches that could result in injuries.
- When there's enough snow to ride, there's enough snow to slide: avalanches
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Check out the list of ski areas that are open or will open soon below. There's a good base in these resorts and they'll get snow the next 48 hours. Click on the link to go to the resort page for a more detailed weather forecast, webcams, the local avalanche forecast and accommodation options.
Switzerland, Zentralschweiz
Switzerland, Berner Oberland/Vaude
Switzerland, Ostschweiz
Switzerland, Graubünden
Austria, Vorarlberg
- Silvretta Montafon
- Brandnertal (The lifts will open on Friday)
- Lech-Zürs, Ski Arlberg (The lifts will open on Friday, but expect it to be busy)
- Damüls (The lifts will open on Saturday)
- Golm (The lifts will open on Saturday)
- Andelsbuch (The lifts will open on Saturday, great conditions on the highest peaks)
Austria, Carinthia
- Nassfeld (A couple of lifts will open on Saturday)
Slovenia
Austria, Salzburgerland
The resorts close to the Hohe Tauern already had a good amount of snow and more snow is expected on Thursday. The snow cover is still pretty thin in the resorts at lower altitudes.
- Zauchensee (is already open and has great larch trees)
- Obertauern (is already open)
- Kitzsteinhorn (cold, but a solid base)
Austria, Styria
- Planneralm
- Loser (opens on Saturday)
- Tauplitz (opens on Saturday)
Austria, Tyrol
The conditions aren't as good in Tyrol as the are in the other regions (except on the glaciers and St. Anton am Arlberg). Fieberbrunn could be an option, but the snow cover is still pretty thin.
- Fieberbrunn (Opens on Friday and has some larch trees)
- St. Anton am Arlberg (Opens on Friday, but expect it to be crowded)