Onset of winter: “Season start” for snow cannons – salzburg.ORF.at
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The Salzburg ski lift operators are looking forward to the onset of winter. In many ski areas, the snow cannons run at full speed on Friday due to the ambient temperature.
On the Schmittenhöhe near Zell am See (Pinzgau) it was minus five degrees on Friday morning. Snow cannons have been running there since Wednesday – the Schmittenhöhebahnen had slowly begun to cover individual sections with snow.
Start for “snowmaking, possibly also preparation”
Because it is now getting colder, entire slopes could now be covered with snow, says Schmittenhöhebahnen Managing Director Erich Egger: “The next few days seem to be such that. Real natural snow is coming and the temperatures on the mountain are falling continuously. We will of course use that. And so we are pleased that we can now start with the snowmaking on the one hand, but possibly also with the preparation. “
It will take a few days to weeks before the first skiers can ski down the Schmittenhöhe. Actually, the official start of the cable car season would have been planned for Friday. In the state of Salzburg only one ski area is currently open – the glacier on the Kitzsteinhorn near Kaprun (Pinzgau).