Fresh snow in Carinthia

Which ski resort has the most snow right now?

Precipitation gifted the Gerlitzen with plenty of snow.

(Bild: Gerlitzen)

Winter still has Carinthia firmly in its grip. Ski resorts like the Gerlitzen are happy about that. And it could go on like this.

To answer the question of which ski area has the thickest snow cover, the Bergfex weather service was able to provide very clear information. 

Snow depth of some Carinthian and East Tyrolean ski areas on the mountain

• Gerlitzen Alpe 135 cm of powder snow
• Bodental 120 cm of grippy snow
• Nassfeld 110 cm powder snow
• Katschberg 100 cm of grippy snow
• Petzen 100 cm powder snow
• Turracher Höhe 100cm grippy snow
• Bad Kleinkirchheim 95cm powder snow
• Dreiländereck in Arnoldstein 70 cm powder snow
• Klippitztörl 65 cm of grippy snow
• Koralpe 60 cm of grippy snow
• Hochrindl 50 cm powder snow
• Saualpe Eberstein 50 cm of grippy snow
• Sillian Hochpustertal 50 cm of grippy snow

Precipitation in the valleys 
But what is the general situation in Carinthia, which parts of the country had the heaviest precipitation and where did it snow the most? For this reason, "die Krone" conducted an interview with meteorologist Steffen Dietz from the weather service "UBIMET"

"As the precipitation came towards us via the southern neighboring countries of Slovenia and Italy, the regions around the Karawanken and Carnic Alps were most affected by this low",

so Steffen Dietz.

In the towns of Ferlach, Bad Eisenkappel and Bleiburg, 30-40 cm of fresh snow could be measured. In the mountains, the scale ranged from 50 to 90 cm of fresh snow in the Karawanken. The Gurktal Alps up to the municipality of Obervellach, which were rewarded with 8 or 9 cm of fresh snow, were in the middle of the range. In the regions rather neglected by the snowfall, such as the northern part of Klagenfurt, St. Veit, but also Friesach, 5-10 cm of fresh snow were visible. 

What will next week bring?
Meteorologist Steffen Dietz comments on this, predicting the next load of fresh snow for next Monday: "Just like the days before, Lower Carinthia will once again receive the largest amount of fresh snow - 10-15 centimetres!"