Extreme snow falls beginning across Austria

After the all too dry autumn, the winter has really arrived in the last month and the snow has been relentless with some great conditions on offer for those skiing or snowboarding in Austria over Christmas / New Year. Already there have been avalanche 4 warnings right across northern and western Austria and whilst the snow fall of the last month has been impressive we are currently entering a winter weather system that is predicted to cut of whole valleys such is the scale of the forecast snow falls. The system that arrived today is set to leave very significant snow accumulations across the entire region and is set to last right into next week. Without trying to pre-suppose too many downsides there could well be travel chaos on the roads this weekend as the busiest week of the tourist calendar draws to a close in Austria and the masses will be exiting the valleys. It is fair to say that heavy traffic should be soothed by the snowy experience of the previous week - November looked grim, mid December onwards looked very, very good.