Watch the video: massive amounts of fresh snow expected on the Zugspitze
STORY: The descent is not particularly long. However, this does not detract from the fun of the tourists on the Zugspitze. Because winter fun in midsummer is a refreshing experience that Germany’s highest mountain at almost 3,000 meters can offer. Tourist Christina: “Absolute highlight: snowball fight on the Zugspitze in August – it couldn’t be nicer!” Tourist Alexandra: “I actually thought there would be more snow up here at this time of year, I would have thought now. Because it’s actually a glacier. That’s why I thought there would be more snow.” There could be a decent supply at the weekend. Andreas Friedrich from the German Weather Service expects more than one meter of fresh snow on the Zugspitze by Monday. But that’s not unusual, says the meteorologist – and no reason to doubt global warming. “We used to have snow on the Zugspitze, 60 or 70 years ago, actually every summer. I looked it up, in 1920 there was even 3.20 meters on the Zugspitze at the beginning of August. Now that has become rarer due to global warming, that we Summer will have fresh snow again in the mountains. In contrast, other extremes such as heavy rain, thunderstorms, even tornadoes will increase – they will become more extreme. We have to be prepared for the fact that such extreme weather rashes can often occur in summer.” For example, on the edge of the Alps, the DWD issued a storm warning for the region over the weekend. Up to 100 liters of rain per square meter are expected in the Berchtesgadener Land. But it shouldn’t remain so unstable and cool for much longer. Andreas Friedrich: “Because from Wednesday next week the weather situation will change fundamentally. Then summer will come back and at the end of next week in south-west Germany it will be over 30 degrees, maybe even 35 degrees again.” Because from Wednesday next week the weather situation will change fundamentally about. Then the summer will come back and at the end of next week in southwest Germany it will be over 30 degrees, maybe even 35 degrees again.” Reason enough to enjoy the summer freshness at dizzy heights.