Where there’s snow ...

16th October 2009, by Chris Gill

There's more up top in Ischgl.

When avalanche warnings are issued in October, you know snow must have fallen heavily somewhere!  What a change from the balmy autumn temperatures we were reporting a week or so ago.

Winter arrived a little prematurely, with the first heavy snowfall and icy conditions of the season hitting Austria, southern Germany and parts of Switzerland this week. 

It hasn’t just been the Alps though – Eastern Europe has received the unseasonably cold weather too (see our pic of Bania resort, near Zakopane - Poland). Check out our Snow section for snippets and updates as we receive them.

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