Forecast today: Partly cloudy
then Gerlos is a great choice. It’s perhaps a little unknown to the UK market, but the slick lift system (it is has one of the best in the Alps) accesses a great selection of groomed terrain, as well as some decent off piste pockets too. The location of Gerlos is ideal as it sits at the heart of the ski area, with great access to Zell am Ziller to the west and Königsleiten to the east.
Gerlos is a lively but small resort and is located an hour from Innsbruck, making this a great weekend destination. Access was transformed from the village up to the slopes in 2016 following the construction of the Dorfbahn Gerlos gondola, a slick 10-seater lift with heated seats, which saves the bus ride to the Isskogelbahn in the morning.
Resort website: www.zillertalarena.com
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| Min temp | -7.7°c | -4.4°c | -6°c | -5.9°c | -4.1°c | -8.1°c | -9.1°c | -10.7°c | -10.9°c | -10.9°c | -10.8°c | -11.6°c | -10.9°c | -7.4°c | -8.8°c | -8°c | -7°c | -8.2°c | -8°c | -4.8°c | -6.2°c | -6.5°c | -4.9°c | -5.2°c | -4.3°c | -4.4°c | -6.3°c | -6°c | -6.4°c | -7.7°c |
| Feels like temp | -7.7°c | -1.2°c | -4.4°c | -5.9°c | -1.7°c | -9.5°c | -15.7°c | -17.2°c | -18.9°c | -18.7°c | -16.5°c | -17.7°c | -16.5°c | -6.8°c | -12.1°c | -12.7°c | -9.3°c | -12.6°c | -12.6°c | -6.1°c | -9.9°c | -11.8°c | -8.5°c | -9.9°c | -8.8°c | -4.9°c | -9.3°c | -10.5°c | -6.2°c | -11.4°c |
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| Feels like temp | -5.9°c | -1.7°c | -9.5°c |
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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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