Glacier Skiing Resumes In The Alps
Italy’s Passo Stelvio glacier has reopened to skiers this weekend, following a welcome drop in temperatures that finally allowed the surface to refreeze and stabilize after a mid‑August shutdown.
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Fortress Mountain at 1800 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 5 pm (local time) / 06 Sep 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 26.0mm), heaviest during Sun afternoon. Very mild (max 13°C on Tue afternoon, min 4°C on Mon night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Moderate rain (total 14.0mm), heaviest on Thu afternoon. Very mild (max 15°C on Wed afternoon, min 1°C on Sat morning). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||
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t-storm risk | mod. rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | clear | some clouds | some clouds | some clouds | rain shwrs | rain shwrs | light rain | light rain | light rain | light snow | |
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 cm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
mm | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
max °C | 12 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
min °C | 11 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
chill °C | 11 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Humid % | 70 | 89 | 93 | 95 | 91 | 83 | 56 | 84 | 72 | 44 | 65 | 61 | 69 | 97 | 97 | 89 | 99 |
Freeze m | 3200 | 3250 | 2900 | 2900 | 3000 | 3000 | 3300 | 3200 | 3700 | 3800 | 4050 | 3450 | 3100 | 2600 | 2350 | 2400 | 2200 |
 | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | 7:03 | — | — | 7:05 | — | — | 7:07 | — | — | 7:09 | — | — |
 | 8:15 | — | — | 8:13 | — | — | 8:10 | — | — | 8:07 | — | — | 8:06 | — | — | 8:04 | — |
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Fortress Mountain Snow Conditions
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| Last snowfall: | 12 Jun 2026 |
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Week 1 of September has on average:
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.1 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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The above table gives the weather forecast for Fortress Mountain at the specific elevation of 1800 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Fortress Mountain. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of Canada.
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Visitor Reviews of Fortress Mountain
Overall 3.3 Based on 2 votes and 10 reviews
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- Kathleen from Canada writes:
I remember skiing Fortress back in the late 80's and loved it. Hope it will open again - hope they reopen the old lodge too - was a great place to stay - totally old school skiing and lots of good fun.
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Kathleen from Canada writes:
I remember skiing Fortress back in the late 80's and loved it. Hope it will open again - hope they reopen the old lodge too - was a great place to stay - totally old school skiing and lots of good fun.
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