When does the weather close in on Euro Alpine passes?

[anonymous-user]

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[Allyc85]

Last year we went to the Alps doing Stelvio etc at the end of september and the weather was beautiful and warm so fingers crossed you should be ok

[dcb]

anonymous said:

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Yes, but it depends how high you go.

Low level stuff like the Brenner is open all year round.

High level stuff like the Stelvio, I've seen -2C with snow in July.

Check your weather forecast daily and make sure you've got
a Plan B if Plan A fails.

[skodamanpat]

Pot luck, We had snow up the Furka last year around mid sept but then it was glorious sunshine on the Grossglokner a couple of days later.

[Allyc85]

Thats when we are going, should be around the Alps on august 24th/25th. We are doing Stelvio, Grimsel, Nufenen, Furka and anything else we can fit in before heading to Spa for the f1, cant wait

[goldblum]

As said before you can have snow in the Alps at anytime.

However first major snow in the high Alps is normally late Oct/early Nov.

[skodamanpat]

Just glanced at the stelvio webcam, the east ramp is closed................ can't beat global warming, 50cm of the white stuff :O

[Allyc85]

Oh cock! its got 2 weeks to melt lol!

[goldblum]

Checkout the nighttime temp.

[Super_Marv]

Being one of the highest passes in Europe, the weather can be very, very variable on the Stelvio - much more so than the lower passes.

It's over-rated anyway

Link to updated webcam is here:

http://jpeg.popso.it/webcam/webcam_online/stelviol...

Weather isn't too bad at the moment.

[Super_Marv]

Oh, and to the original poster - my trip to the Alps last year started mid September. Only a couple of days rain in the French Alps, but otherwise, the weather was perfect

[Allyc85]

Stelvio looking much sunnier today

[Allyc85]

lol ive been checking the webcam so often and literally theres been every type of weather in the last week so its very hit and miss.

Ive had quick search but can someone show me the website which shows the status of all the mountain passes?

Cheers

edit: Here it is

http://www.swissinfo.ch/ger/infos_zur_schweiz/verk...

Edited by Allyc85 on Tuesday 17th August 21:24

[j20but]

went over Stelvio last week, there was remains of snow from the previous week, it was very wet and very cloudy and other than being able to say you've done it I really wouldn't bother, looks good on photo's but there's no joy in driving in 2nd gear through fog for a couple of hours!

[Janosh]

I'm planning to ride Stelvio on the bike next weekend, so hopefully it clears up by then!

If not, we'll have to settle for the 'tour du Mont Blanc' - Grand St Bernard is looking perfect at the moment

[Allyc85]

We did Stelvio last Wednesday at at 9am it was heaving with buses, cyclists and dawdlers taking in the view so you need to do it very early in the day or in the evening!

[Benjman]

Here's another link for all alp passes from France to Slovenia:

http://www.alpen-journal.de/alpenpaesse.html