First snow

The onset of winter reached as far as the Rhine Valley

Wintery Rhine Valley on Wednesday morning.

(Bild: Stiplovsek Dietmar)

On Wednesday morning, the first snow fell in Vorarlberg after an overnight storm, even at low altitudes.

Wednesday morning brought the first snowflakes and frosty temperatures to the region. The flakes didn't just fall on the mountains, a blanket of snow also covered meadows, fields and roofs at lower altitudes - and in no time at all. And so the snow clearing vehicles could not keep up with clearing all the roads immediately. In the Bregenzerwald municipality of Alberschwende, for example, several centimetres of fresh snow fell between 7.50 and 8.30 am. It's no wonder that there was some minor congestion on the L200. A number of trucks had to struggle with the slippery road surface.

Lech has already turned into a snow Eldorado.

(Bild: Webcam Lech)

In Alberschwende, too, a blanket of snow covered the roads and meadows.

(Bild: A. Drnek)

It is already looking really wintry at higher altitudes, for example the posh ski resort of Lech is well on its way to becoming a winter wonderland. On Thursday, Mother Hulda is expected to shake out her pillows once again, albeit not as extensively as on Wednesday. Temperatures won't get above 4 degrees Celsius, in the mountains you can expect temperatures as low as -9 degrees.