Forecast today: Rain and snow
which in recent years has seen impressive levels of investment, both in swish new lifts and snow machines. This means that the queue and snow reliability problems of old are mostly now in the past, but do be prepared to ski on artificial snow early in the season, or during warm spells.
Brixen is ideally located to get straight into the heart of the SkiWelt, with a gondola and a chair whisking your right to Zinsberg, from which you can reach all corners of the ski area. Head the other way and the local slopes above Westendorf are a gondola ride away – these are often quieter than the main slopes of the area so are a good bet on a busy weekend day.
The village itself is rather spread out, but it well connected to the lifts via an efficient ski bus system and there’s a great range of family-friendly accommodation. The town is generally quiet, but if you’re after après ski, the lively town of Westendorf is a short bus or taxi ride away.
Resort website: www.skiwelt.at
Dates for the 2023/24 season are still to be confirmed
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| Snow expected | 2 cm | 5.6 cm | 7.1 cm | 7 cm | 4.4 cm | 4.3 cm | 1.4 cm | 1.2 cm | 0.5 cm | 0.1 cm | 0.2 cm | 0.2 cm | 0.1 cm | 0.1 cm | 0.4 cm | 0.1 cm | 0 cm | 0.1 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| Max temp | -0.9°c | -0.9°c | -3.9°c | -4.1°c | -3.8°c | -4.9°c | -2.5°c | -2.2°c | -3.5°c | 0.2°c | 0.7°c | -1.4°c | 2.2°c | 2.7°c | -0.4°c | 4.6°c | 5°c | 2.4°c | 7.9°c | 8.1°c | 4.4°c | 8.1°c | 8.5°c | 4.8°c | 10.6°c | 10.7°c | 5.9°c | 9.3°c | 9.3°c | 4.9°c |
| Min temp | -4.9°c | -3.9°c | -5°c | -4.9°c | -4.9°c | -5.6°c | -5.2°c | -3.5°c | -5°c | -5.1°c | -1.4°c | -3.6°c | -3.4°c | -0.4°c | -3.2°c | -1.6°c | 2.4°c | -0.2°c | 1°c | 4.4°c | 1.6°c | 1.8°c | 4.8°c | 1.6°c | 2.7°c | 5.9°c | 2.4°c | 2.8°c | 4.9°c | 2°c |
| Feels like temp | -8.8°c | -4.6°c | -7.6°c | -8.3°c | -8.7°c | -8.7°c | -5.2°c | -6.5°c | -6.9°c | -5.1°c | -2.9°c | -4.2°c | -3.4°c | -0.3°c | -0.4°c | -1.6°c | 2.6°c | 2.2°c | -1.4°c | 7.2°c | 4°c | 1.6°c | 7.4°c | 2.8°c | 0.1°c | 9.1°c | 3.5°c | 0.3°c | 8.5°c | 2.8°c |
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| Snow expected | 2 cm | 5.6 cm | 7.1 cm |
| Max temp | -0.9°c | -0.9°c | -3.9°c |
| Min temp | -4.9°c | -3.9°c | -5°c |
| Feels like temp | -8.8°c | -4.6°c | -7.6°c |
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| Snow expected | 7 cm | 4.4 cm | 4.3 cm |
| Max temp | -4.1°c | -3.8°c | -4.9°c |
| Min temp | -4.9°c | -4.9°c | -5.6°c |
| Feels like temp | -8.3°c | -8.7°c | -8.7°c |
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| Snow expected | 0.1 cm | 0.3 cm | 4.8 cm | 3.9 cm | 0.6 cm | 3.7 cm | 0.4 cm | 0 cm | 0.4 cm | 0.1 cm | 0 cm | 0.1 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0.2 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm | 0 cm |
| Max temp | 4.2°c | 4.6°c | 1.2°c | 1.8°c | 2.8°c | 0.4°c | 3.5°c | 4.6°c | 1.2°c | 5.9°c | 6.9°c | 3.4°c | 7.7°c | 8.7°c | 4.5°c | 10°c | 11.2°c | 6.7°c | 13.4°c | 14.4°c | 8.7°c | 13.8°c | 14.8°c | 9.2°c | 17.1°c | 17.8°c | 10.9°c | 16°c | 16°c | 9.9°c |
| Min temp | -0.3°c | 1.2°c | -1.3°c | -1.6°c | 0.4°c | -1.7°c | -1.9°c | 1.2°c | -2°c | -2.3°c | 3.4°c | -0.7°c | -0.8°c | 4.5°c | -0.8°c | 0.3°c | 6.7°c | 1.3°c | 1.8°c | 8.7°c | 3.4°c | 3.1°c | 9.2°c | 3°c | 3.8°c | 10.9°c | 4°c | 4.3°c | 9.9°c | 4.1°c |
| Feels like temp | -0.3°c | 2.3°c | 1.1°c | -1.3°c | -1°c | 0.4°c | -1.9°c | 1°c | 1.1°c | -2.3°c | 5.4°c | 3.1°c | -0.8°c | 7.1°c | 4.2°c | 0.3°c | 9.4°c | 6.3°c | 1.7°c | 12.8°c | 8.2°c | 2.9°c | 13.1°c | 8.7°c | 3.5°c | 16.3°c | 10.5°c | 4°c | 15.1°c | 9.5°c |
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| Snow expected | 0.1 cm | 0.3 cm | 4.8 cm |
| Max temp | 4.2°c | 4.6°c | 1.2°c |
| Min temp | -0.3°c | 1.2°c | -1.3°c |
| Feels like temp | -0.3°c | 2.3°c | 1.1°c |
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| Snow expected | 3.9 cm | 0.6 cm | 3.7 cm |
| Max temp | 1.8°c | 2.8°c | 0.4°c |
| Min temp | -1.6°c | 0.4°c | -1.7°c |
| Feels like temp | -1.3°c | -1°c | 0.4°c |
Updated 24/03
After a pretty desperate season, bumper conditions finally – finally – arrive for Austria, as it experiences its first Nortstau event of the season through the middle of this week.
Unsettled conditions drifting in from the north will bring with it cold temperatures as the freezing line takes a long walk off a short pier; from a daytime high of 2,400m on Wednesday it will plummet to sea level by Friday morning.
These unsettled conditions will of course mean snow, with good snowfall hitting the Austrian Alps on Wednesday afternoon and continuing steadily until Friday morning; this will see around 45cm fall, particularly focused across higher ground as the freezing line works its way down the elevation chart steadily over this period. Around 25cm will fall on Thursday alone.
Expect the avalanche risk to increase over this period as this new snowfall sits on either wet ground, wet snow, or a spring freeze-thaw crust; plan your backcountry routes carefully, and check your local avalanche forecast before heading out.
Sun returns with gusto on Saturday, before the last few flurries of cloud and snow move in over Sunday and the new week.
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