 Poster: A snowHead
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Heading to the Nurburgring tomorrow until Tuesday. I have the rest of the week booked off work so I'm thinking of heading down to the alps for some skiing. Where is looking best to ski 5-8th October if anywhere at all? France, Austria, Italy?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hintertux. Hasn't got a canal but the river has some pretty sturdy banks and you'll probably find some racers out for a camp run to push in.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@Dave of the Marmottes, 😂😂😂
How much is likely to be open? Is it really worth the drive down from the Nurburgring? I will be in an Audi with 4 wheel drive but on Michelin super sport tyres. Likely to be an issue early October?
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It's the beginning of October - you're only looking at glaciers and how good it is generally depends on the freezing level . Rain = absolute gash, snow = surprisingly nice
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Pitztal Glacier opened a week or two back, Stubai and Kaunertal open tomorrow* (I'll be at Stubai - keep an eye in the snow reports section). Think I also saw somewhere that Sölden had skiing on the Rettenbach glacier open too?
All pretty limited initial openings (couple of lifts/piste max), and I wouldn't expect many more lifts to spin until later in October, unless it really dumps.
Hintertux currently has 27km pistes open, and open the park too tomorrow*. Probably your best bet.
How much it's worth it will depend on the weather just before and during your trip... Not much in the way of snow forecast at the moment, and if the weather stays as warm and sunny as it is now there'll hopefully be some nice slush/soft snow.
Realistically you're probably looking at a 6-7 hour drive... Wouldn't expect the tyres to be a problem, unless it snows deep into the valleys (which can and does happen in Oct, but there's no sign of it in the forecasts atm).
*Edit: by tomorrow I now mean today, I guess... Friday.
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@clarky999, thank you. Yes I will keep an eye out on the reports section.
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Passo Stelvio open until end of October, and there will be a few centimeters of fresh snow over the next couple of days.
The skiing over the last week or so has been good in the mornings, but as the temperatures are now starting to drop skiing all day should be good.
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Hintertux definitely your best bet. Usually great at this time of year.
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If the weather doesn't work out for skiing, you can always have a planB and do a few passes in the car. Roads should be pretty deserted.
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Kitzsteinhorn opens tomorrow (1st October) and although it's currently 25° just down the road in Saalbach, a cold front is coming through on Sunday and snow is forecast above 1700m from Tuesday. Webcams showing a good covering of snow on the glacier, so a dusting of new stuff next week might tempt me to take a morning out to go for a play around.
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Just be aware that Germany is shut on Monday (reunification day).
lol@ @Dave of the Marmottes - fortunately there are no canals here (closer to hockenheim than the ring).
I'd drive down to the Alps, but not for skiing, at this time of year.
Drizzle here. Must mean snow somewhere.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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My advice would be nowhere. Enjoy the last of the summer and maybe take a bike to the alps instead. 
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The prospect of some fresh snow sounds good, and some mountain passes in the RS3! Well I'm packing the car as we speak so I will prepare for all possibilities and see what happens.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@Ricklovesthepowder, Bormio has 3 of the most famous passes in Italy on it's doorstep. Passo Stelvio, Passo Gavia and Passo Mortirolo all 3 are fantastic in a decent car. And there are many more less famous passes nearby. Its a fantastic drive up Stelvio to go skiing.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Ricklovesthepowder, I'll post photos later, but in short don't bother with Stubai until/unless it gets a lot more snow 
I gather Hintertux is in better condition though.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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They were skiing in Tignes this morning, but looked a bit limited.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Hintertux has snow forecast for this evening and then possibly more towards the end of the week! Arrived at the Nurburgring now, certainty feels autumnal around here.
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Any updates at all from anyone out there?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Heading out to Zermatt in a fortnight. The high glacier is open all year round and had some nice top up snow a few days ago. I was/am hoping the Furggsattel glacier will be open. It is "due" to open on 15 October. But it is only glacier about three quarters of the way down. It needs some snow or some cold conditions to allow snowmaking to complete the piste. No sky snow looking likely this week and temperatures are marginal for snow making. I will be snow dancing heavily this week in the hope of something next week.
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@Ricklovesthepowder, Stubai is open, just had a FB video of it, looks ok......look at Visit Tirol on FB for live video.
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@Ricklovesthepowder, @Markymark29, been a little bit of new snow at Stubai, and while it was desperately needed I doubt it's much more than cosmetic tbh. ATM they only have the one Dauenferner drag/piste open (and the lifts up to it obv), and I think they'll need at least another 30cm to get anything else open really.
If you're coming to Tirol to go skiing then go to Hintertux IMO.
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@clarky999, Or wait a few weeks and keep training on the mountainbike! 
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Cams at Hintertux show that it has snowed over weekend and is still snowing.
I see cannons are running at Molltal and it is still open but looks very limited. Hintertux has to be the best bet.
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It snowed last night at 2000m in Saalbach, so I assume there is new snow down the road on Kitzsteinhorn at 2500-3000m.
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It snowed last night and this morning on Stelvio. It was good skiing today, but a little warm this afternoon.
Temperatures are drooping towards the weekend so skiing all day should be good by Thursday.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@quinton, Kitz got about 20 cms of fresh yesterday, and its certainly turned nippy here now, however although a lot of the runs are open, many will be closed off to race teams so not quite as much skiing as it looks like when you visit the web page.
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Lots of fresh snow on Stelvio today. Looking forward to tomorrow morning.
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FAQ
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. Eg see my report of Hintertux on 3.9.16 - 20km of piste; 600m vertical; decent snow conditions....What's not to like??
