Cottage owners are fighting against masses of Snow - Alpine club with a warning to hikers

On the weekend, attracts the best Hiking weather. However, the summer temperatures in the valley are deceiving. Many cottage owners need to move because of the snow masses, their start to the season. The Alpine club warns against tours in the high mountains.

Munich – The past few weeks has toiled Stefan Müller vigorously. "The snow is hard as concrete. I can't remember that it was ever so violently,“ says the host of the high country hut in the middle of the forest (in the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen). The hut at 1630 meters is actually supplied with the helicopter. However, a country had to be shoveled space. "Our first delivery was a snow blower," says Müller. Two and a half weeks, the hosts were busy making a hut for hikers accessible again. Now it's done, as of today, Saturday, the high country Lodge is open again. "At least the 260er trail we are now achievable," says Müller.

In the high mountains, an unusual amount of snow for the Season

He's become the snow in time Lord. However, many of the huts in Bavaria and especially in Austria and South Tyrol have to move this year, their start to the season. Because the strong rains of the past weeks came in the high mountains almost exclusively as snow from the sky. "Many of the huts we go this year, two weeks later," says Thomas Bucher, the German Alpine club. "This is very unusual."

+ snow shovels at the highland hut at the end of may.©Private/Fkn

especially above 1500 meters extremely a lot of snow for this time of year and the summer temperatures on the weekend will change nothing. At the Zugspitze last over 6.5 feet of snow were measured. In the night of Friday, it has snowed again. There was a slight minus degrees.

Hiking in the high mountains is hardly possible

Also on the kärlingerhaus refuge in the Berchtesgaden Alps, three feet of snow on a good 1600 metres. "Inexperienced mountaineers should be sure to stay below the snow line," says Bucher. Also Experienced the Crossing of snow fields is a dangerous challenge. "Hiking in the high mountains are for the moment not really possible," said Bucher.

huts from the snow damaged and out of reach

In Austria and South Tyrol, the location of the height is correspondingly more complicated. As the Austrian Alpine Association informs, are not dozens of huts in middle and high altitudes, which were supposed to be launched at the end of may or beginning of June, the operation, still be reached. Many huts were also damaged by the Snow solid. For example, the popular totalp hut in Vorarlberg of a dust avalanche almost has been completely destroyed. You are supposed to be built for 2.5 million Euro.

The Timmelsjoch-border pass from ötz valley to the South Tyrolean Passeiertal remains because of the high avalanche danger this weekend, still closed. The avalanche Commission expects, according to ORF with an Opening at the earliest, the middle of the week – that would be as late as the last ten years. On the Toni-Demetz-Hütte, which is located at 2685 meters, in the Langkofel Col in the Dolomites, enough of the snow up over the Windows in the first floor. Since the muscle was plenty of force needed for door-to-door to get free.

Wanderer should only grabs absolutely safer to plan trips

Whom in spite of everything, but the Wanderlust that you should be informed urgently in advance of his target hut on the phone about the snow situation, advises the Alpine club. Good equipment and a safe tour to be in the light of these circumstances even more important than usual. A continuously updated Overview of the opening dates of all the DAV huts there are www.alpenverein.de.

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The month of may was very cool, but soon the 30-degree mark is cracked –but nevertheless, it could be uncomfortable.

tours in the high Alps more and more frequently to serious accidents . The German Alpine Association believes that the climate change is one of the causes.

Date Of Update: 04 June 2019, 00:00