After the very mild weather of recent weeks the temperature has tumbled in parts of the Alps. NEW
Some snow is falling but there is also rain.
“Over the weekend, between 5-15cm is expected above 1800m quite widely across the northern Alps, with 30-40cm possible in parts of eastern Switzerland and western Austria (e.g. Lech/St Anton),” said weathertoski.co.uk on Saturday.
“The southern Alps will generally see little, if any, precipitation, except for the south-east which later today will see some potentially quite heavy rain/snow in the eastern Italian Alps (e.g. Dolomites) and far south of Austria, produced by a secondary area of low pressure forming over Mediterranean.”
PlanetSKI’s James Cove has been out in the tiny resort of Glungezer near Innsbruck in recent days and has a bit of advice on the type of ski to use in the heavy conditions: