Why so low in Austria??

Ian Wickham wrote:

ise wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote: As you all know I have never skied Austria, But at such low altitudes the snow must suffer, worn patches, and even icy, if I am right do you guys except that as the norm for an Austrian ski resort ???

Have you been to the Arctic? Average elevation around 2300m and it's full of snow :D

I was really basing my interest at resort level where a lot of resorts are below 1000m, I do like snow at resort level it adds to the whole ambience of my holiday, and no never been to the Arctic I think I'll stick to LGb at least for one more year :wink:

The Finnish resorts average about 790m but I have never seen so much snow in my life. :lol:

RoseR wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

ise wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote: As you all know I have never skied Austria, But at such low altitudes the snow must suffer, worn patches, and even icy, if I am right do you guys except that as the norm for an Austrian ski resort ???

Have you been to the Arctic? Average elevation around 2300m and it's full of snow :D

I was really basing my interest at resort level where a lot of resorts are below 1000m, I do like snow at resort level it adds to the whole ambience of my holiday, and no never been to the Arctic I think I'll stick to LGb at least for one more year :wink:

The Finnish resorts average about 790m but I have never seen so much snow in my life. :lol:

Yes Rose the land of the Finns is slightly further North, but the land of the leather trouser brigade is slightly further south..... It was a serious point apart from poor snow years which I have only experienced one
my resort selection has always been minimum base level 1300m to ensure good resort level snow and that seems to work, I was hoping that the loyal Austrian boys and gals would come out and give an honest appraisal of their beloved hinter land. :-)

ise wrote:just trying to point out that the amount of snow that falls is a lot more to do with latitude and location than altitude

Agreed, Austria has a lot of snow fall but it was the general ware and tear on the lower slopes with higher temperature I was really getting at, I was not trying to Austria bash believe it or not :shock: I was just interested in what people see as the norm and except :D

Ian Wickham wrote:

ise wrote:just trying to point out that the amount of snow that falls is a lot more to do with latitude and location than altitude

Agreed, Austria has a lot of snow fall but it was the general ware and tear on the lower slopes with higher temperature I was really getting at, I was not trying to Austria bash believe it or not :shock: I was just interested in what people see as the norm and except :D

I don't think Austria gets significantly more snow than anywhere else. Why do you think the lower slopes are so warm? Isn't latitude and location more important to temperature than height? Otherwise Siberia and the Sahara would have the same snow conditions :lol:

ise wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:

ise wrote:just trying to point out that the amount of snow that falls is a lot more to do with latitude and location than altitude

Agreed, Austria has a lot of snow fall but it was the general ware and tear on the lower slopes with higher temperature I was really getting at, I was not trying to Austria bash believe it or not :shock: I was just interested in what people see as the norm and except :D

I don't think Austria gets significantly more snow than anywhere else. Why do you think the lower slopes are so warm? Isn't latitude and location more important to temperature than height? Otherwise Siberia and the Sahara would have the same snow conditions :lol:

So are you telling me that a resort at 700m would not be affected by the sun compared to some where higher, that just doesn't ring true, for example I have only been able to ski to the bottom of LGb (1000m) possible three out of the five years of visiting due to poor snow conditions in that area, Chinaillon at 1300m the snow has stayed fine.

Ian Wickham wrote:
So are you telling me that a resort at 700m would not be affected by the sun compared to some where higher, that just doesn't ring true, for example I have only been able to ski to the bottom of LGb (1000m) possible three out of the five years of visiting due to poor snow conditions in that area, Chinaillon at 1300m the snow has stayed fine.

The reason why in the same ski station it's different at 1000m from 1300m is the temperature lapse rate. You're not saying you think the sun's stronger the lower down the mountain you get are you? Obviously it's the reverse, UV radiation increases by around 15% for every 1000m you ascend.

ise wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:
So are you telling me that a resort at 700m would not be affected by the sun compared to some where higher, that just doesn't ring true, for example I have only been able to ski to the bottom of LGb (1000m) possible three out of the five years of visiting due to poor snow conditions in that area, Chinaillon at 1300m the snow has stayed fine.

The reason why in the same ski station it's different at 1000m from 1300m is the temperature lapse rate. You're not saying you think the sun's stronger the lower down the mountain you get are you? Obviously it's the reverse, UV radiation increases by around 15% for every 1000m you ascend.

No but it will be certainly warmer 8)

Ian Wickham wrote:

ise wrote:

Ian Wickham wrote:
So are you telling me that a resort at 700m would not be affected by the sun compared to some where higher, that just doesn't ring true, for example I have only been able to ski to the bottom of LGb (1000m) possible three out of the five years of visiting due to poor snow conditions in that area, Chinaillon at 1300m the snow has stayed fine.

The reason why in the same ski station it's different at 1000m from 1300m is the temperature lapse rate. You're not saying you think the sun's stronger the lower down the mountain you get are you? Obviously it's the reverse, UV radiation increases by around 15% for every 1000m you ascend.

No but it will be certainly warmer 8)

On the same mountain. Not a few hundred km away.