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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Minowa at 1500 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 8 pm (local time) / 06 Sep 2026
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Next 4 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 175.0mm), heaviest during Mon morning. Very mild (max 18°C on Mon afternoon, min 12°C on Sun night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the E on Sun night, calm by Tue night). | Days 5-7 weather summary:Heavy rain (total 54.0mm), heaviest during Wed night. Very mild (max 17°C on Fri night, min 11°C on Wed night). Wind will be generally light. | |||||||||||||||
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heavy rain | heavy rain | light rain | rain shwrs | cloudy | light rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | heavy rain | light rain | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | mod. rain | light rain | |
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 cm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
mm | 48 | 58 | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | 25 | 25 | 11 | 29 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 10 | 4 |
max °C | 15 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 17 |
min °C | 12 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 16 |
chill °C | 9 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 16 |
Humid % | 100 | 100 | 99 | 86 | 93 | 97 | 95 | 100 | 92 | 95 | 99 | 99 | 100 | 100 | 99 | 92 |
Freeze m | 4800 | 5150 | 5300 | 5250 | 5000 | 5200 | 5150 | 5150 | 5100 | 5050 | 4900 | 4700 | 5000 | 4850 | 4850 | 4900 |
 | — | 5:13 | — | — | 5:13 | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | 5:15 | — | — | 5:16 | — | — |
 | — | — | 6:00 | — | — | 5:58 | — | — | 5:57 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:53 | — |
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| Last snowfall: | 7 Apr 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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0.0 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.0 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Other resorts in Japan - Fukushima are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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