Meters of new snow in the Alps

[Marko Korosec]

Hey all!

While there is no summer storms or anything and I am not a fan of winter time, I do grab chances to take some photos, especially if there extreme days on the way. Some of our Slovenian mountains received more the 5 meters of snow in only 3 weeks (with almost 2 meters in 48 hrs time period meawhile) since the end of November which is broking all time record for so early in the season.

I made a nice trip yesterday and here are some photos...

Tons and meters of snow on Mt. Kanin which officialy had 675cm (265 inches!) today's morning!

Magic colors at sunset...

Cheers,
Marko

 

[Jason Boggs]

Wow Marko, those are some extremely nice photos! Congrats on the photo opportunity.

 

[B Ozanne]

Where is this? In Slovenia?

What is the typical snowfall in those mountains?

 

[Matthew Harding]

Those are some awesome photos Marko! Thanks for sharing those with us.

 

[Tracey Rogers]

Wow

Those are breathtaking!

 

[Marko Korosec]

Thanks all.

Where is this? In Slovenia?

What is the typical snowfall in those mountains?

Bill, this was on Mt. Kanin which lies in extreme NW corner of Slovenia (coords: 46.3518N, 13.4882E if you will look at it at google maps). This area usually gets 3000-3500mm of yearly precipitation while there is an average of above 5m of snow towards the end of winter period, as heights are above 2000 meters. But this year, season has just started and they have more than 6.5m of snow already which broke snow records there since 1960.

 

[Marko Korosec]

Hey all,

some more intense snowfalls and accumulations have been over this locations Mr. Kanin I was describing last time (for example they got 1.5m last weekend!) right now they have almost 9 meters of snow at height 2230m asl which is the record breaking snow height since they do measurements there. Winter snowfalls accumulations exceeded 11 metres of snow!

Photos are simply breathtaking; I am posting them with their permision (© Copyrighted to Mt. Kanin Ski center). Here are some...

Right we're unable to go up there due to high danger for avalanches which also made some damage to the main cable car infastructure.

PS: Just for an imagination... areas in the lowlands around Mt. Kanin received more than 2000mm (79") since early October... so in only 4 month... while there is 3500-4000mm a yearly average.

 

[Karla Dorman]

STUNNING images, Marko. All I could think was, "What Global Warming?!?"

 

[Marko Korosec]

Few more shots from the last weekend...

Cheers,
Marko

 

[Greg Stumpf]

Marko, where did you shoot these? I'm envious and want to make a return trip sometime!

 

[Marko Korosec]

Hi Greg,

photos were taken here:

1) Val Doldana in Italian Dolomites (NE Italy): http://www.val-zoldana.com/ita/index.php

2) Pramollo/Nassfeld pass on the border Italy-Austria (NE Italy): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naßfeld_Pass

You can find more information on the net, just search for those terms I stated.

Let me know if you're coming back. Surely you're welcome!

 

[B Ozanne]

Is this near Cortina? I went skiing there in the 90s. They had plenty of snow, but it wasn't Utah.

That photo with the chairlift is amazing. I can't imagine the work just to get that open.

 

[Marko Korosec]

Is this near Cortina? I went skiing there in the 90s. They had plenty of snow, but it wasn't Utah.

Yes, thats just about 30mi south of Cortina in Italian Dolomites.