Glacier Skiing Resumes In The Alps
Italy’s Passo Stelvio glacier has reopened to skiers this weekend, following a welcome drop in temperatures that finally allowed the surface to refreeze and stabilize after a mid‑August shutdown.
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Akabane at 578 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 2 pm (local time) / 08 Sep 2026
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Next 3 days weather summary:Heavy rain (total 46.0mm), heaviest during Tue night. Warm (max 22°C on Tue afternoon, min 13°C on Thu night). Wind will be generally light. | Days 4-6 weather summary:Light rain (total 4.0mm), mostly falling on Fri afternoon. Warm (max 23°C on Mon morning, min 16°C on Fri afternoon). Wind will be generally light. | ||||||||||||||||
Tue 8 | Wednesday 9 | Thursday 10 | Friday 11 | Saturday 12 | Sunday 13 | ||||||||||||
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cloudy | heavy rain | heavy rain | light rain | light rain | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | light rain | light rain | some clouds | some clouds | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | cloudy | light rain | |
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mm | — | 26 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
max °C | 22 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 20 | 17 | 21 | 21 | 20 |
min °C | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 19 |
chill °C | 21 | 19 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 20 | 19 |
Humid % | 82 | 100 | 96 | 91 | 93 | 82 | 78 | 86 | 86 | 90 | 88 | 66 | 73 | 93 | 82 | 84 | 94 |
Freeze m | 5050 | 4950 | 4600 | 4850 | 4500 | 4500 | 4700 | 4550 | 4200 | 4250 | 4350 | 4250 | 4350 | 4600 | 4550 | 4700 | 4800 |
 | — | — | 5:07 | — | — | 5:09 | — | — | 5:09 | — | — | 5:11 | — | — | 5:11 | — | — |
 | 5:53 | — | — | 5:52 | — | — | 5:51 | — | — | 5:49 | — | — | 5:47 | — | — | 5:45 | — |
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| Last snowfall: | 2 Apr 2026 |
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Week 2 of September has on average:
0.0 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.0 | 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 - Iwate are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
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