 Poster: A snowHead
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Just been looking at the the webcam at Garmisch below as we're near there in in a few weeks and wondered what the conditions are like. Don't worry, I wasn't expecting any summer skiing there but I was amazed at one of the webcams showing the glacier - is that how small it's become ? Or is the webcam not showing some of it ?
I was looking at the SonnAlpin (view to Zugspitze) webcam on the Zugspitze site.
http://www.zugspitze.de/en/aktuell/wetter/panoramakameras.htm
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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When does a glacier stop being a glacier and just become a lump of ice that's not quite melted yet?
I remember being there about 10 years ago on a kayaking trip and we went up for a look and it was much bigger. think that was end of May though.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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That's what I thought shoogly when I saw that image. It looks from webcam that like it will be melted in about two weeks !
There's something quite sad about seeing these ice-masses disappear. I remember when that one finally melted up in Bolivia a few years ago - a sorry sight !
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ArseneWengen, that's all that is left of the glacier. They say that in a few (10?) years it will have gone completely. A few years ago they started covering it up in summer to try and preserve it, but honestly that's a bit like King Canute telling the tide to stop coming in...
It's still a nice skiing area in winter though! The pistes are a bit boring but there is some really great off piste up 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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hmm night time. Damn you employment!
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A small cover has been placed on the glacier this year:
http://www.zugspitze.de/de/aktuell/news/detail.htm?id=658
The skiing on the Zugspitze was particularly good with last season's high snowfall.
Also, there is a new chairlift due to come into operation next season, which will give easier access to the more interesting runs on the far side of the ski area, previously only accessible by at least two draglifts.
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Thanks a lot nigelg, that's a really interesting little piece from teh Zugspitze website. I like the idea of adding more snow to the glacier when there's tonnes of it around to try to protect the icesheet!
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nigelg, they have been covering it in the summer for a while now. This is not the first year.
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AJQ, yup, it hardly merits being called a glacier any more tbh. The skiing is still good up there though 
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