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OBERGURGL, HIGH TEMPERATURE?
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

Off to Obergurgl on Sunday for a week en famille and I've just checked the resort website - predicting +9°C temperature that day in resort, with a minimum of 0°C at night.

Never been to Obergurgl before, chose it for snow sureness, obviously there will be snow (because of the glaciers) but has anyone skied there in these kind of temperatures, and is it likely to be horrible and slushy??

I know 9°C is a recipe for slush, but early Feb, highish altitude... I can't quite believe it.
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

i know someone who prefers slush to powder
a bit weird for Feb but better than refrozen crud which many places have been suffering for the last week or so
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northernsoulboy, there is no glacier at Obergurgl, you have to travel to Sölden (Tiefenbach and Rettenbach glaciers!) should life be so bad.

We have a momentary blimp of higher temperatures forecast, but it should not make a big difference to the snow cover. As we are currently under 0°C and have been since last week, anything with a + in front of it, seems to be a welcome change (as long as it is not double figures! wink)

Try looking at http://www.wetter.at/wetter/sport-freizeit/ski-wetter/oesterreich/tirol/obergurgl-hochgurgl for a better prediction.

As the temperatures at night are below 0°C, they are able to blow more than enough snow to compensate for the little that will melt off during the short period of the day that it may reach a higher temperature. According to that web site Obergurgl/Hochgurgl are looking at temperatures no higher than +3°C which is balanced out by a night time lowest of -6°C! And the trend is to go back down next week! Very Happy
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Thanks Sue. Yep, I know about Solden, we've got joint passes arranged.
The actual resort website does say 9°C for Sunday but I'm heartened by the alternative one you sent me to. (If you can send me to one which says -9°C I'll be even happier!)
Is the skiing good there this year?
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Slush is fun, but yeah, this season's been a bit weird temperature wise... Mountain weather has a tendency to defy expectations...
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northernsoulboy, you ain't going to change it by worrying about it! It's a great resort with some lovely skiing, get a tan and enjoy.
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I dont know a lot about forecasts but we were regular visitors to Obergurgl ten years running and in all that time we never encountered anything other than plenty of snow. I am sure you will too northernsoulboy
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Thanks all
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