Green Light For 26-27 Alpine Ski World Cup Start This Weekend
The International Ski & Snowboard Federation (FIS) has given the green light for the opening races of the 26-27 Alpine Skiing World Cup to take place in Sölden this coming weekend.
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Minowa at 1500 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 2 pm (local time) / 20 Oct 2026
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light rain | light rain | some clouds | light rain | light rain | light snow | light snow | clear | clear | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | light rain | light rain | clear | rain shwrs | cloudy | |
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 cm | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
mm | 4 | 5 | — | 5 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | — |
max °C | 12 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
min °C | 12 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 |
chill °C | 11 | 12 | 15 | 8 | -4 | -5 | -6 | -6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
Humid % | 95 | 91 | 65 | 93 | 93 | 91 | 96 | 77 | 24 | 41 | 46 | 52 | 95 | 87 | 63 | 91 | 45 |
Freeze m | 3850 | 4000 | 4300 | 4200 | 3600 | 2950 | 2050 | 3250 | 3300 | 3600 | 3700 | 3750 | 3850 | 3950 | 3800 | 3750 | 3700 |
 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:54 | — | — | 5:56 | — | — |
 | 4:55 | — | — | 4:53 | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | 4:52 | — | — | 4:50 | — | — | 4:49 | — |
Next 3 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 20.0mm), heaviest during Wed afternoon. Very mild (max 17°C on Wed morning, min 1°C on Thu afternoon). Winds decreasing (severe gales from the W on Wed night, light winds from the WSW by Fri morning). | Days 4-6 weather summary:Moderate rain (total 10.0mm), heaviest on Sat morning. Very mild (max 13°C on Sat night, min 8°C on Fri afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Last snowfall: | 7 Apr 2026 |
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Other resorts in Japan - Fukushima are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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Week 3 of October 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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Other resorts in Japan - Fukushima are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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