Skihütte

With temperatures still around zero the snow remains good for skiing, at least for the cross-country skiers. The tow-lifts for the ski piste by the Skihütte restaurant were stationary this morning but maybe they will be operating later or over the weekend.

Grünhütte

Several inches of snow fell overnight on top of an already thick cover ensuring perfect skiing conditions for Sunday. At the Grünhütte snow was still falling quite thickly just before midday and many cross-country skiers had taken refuge there.

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Powder snow piled high on the tree branches was cascading down in the early morning sunshine today. After weeks of zero temperatures and little sunshine there is no shortage of snow.

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Another photo from this morning and below some scenes of winter from previous weeks



Meanwhile Rambo the ram and his flock continue to wade through deep snow each morning for their daily feed, unruffled by the extreme weather.



These icicles hanging from the Sommerberg hotel conservatory were photographed a couple of weeks ago at dawn. Some were several meters long but many have since disappeared due to a short warm spell.

Winter

As the temperature drops to zero the first serious snow of the winter arrives on Sommerberg. Time to get the skis out.

Icicles

Its February already ... time flies. After a prolonged cold spell for most of January with temperatures fluctuating between –5 and –10 degrees, Sommerberg now has over a foot of snow for good measure. Perfect skiing conditions as the snow is still light and powdery. Above giant icicles hang from the Sommerberg hotel conservatory and some of them, over a meter long, have taken on unusual forms.

First snow

After the sunny weekend the weather turns cold and today the first snow has arrived. Not a lot admittedly but then it is still October, just.