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‘Almabtrieb’ — the European Tradition that Signals Winter is Coming

Cattle drive

Winter is coming and with it some beautiful European traditions that ring in the winter season. In many (mainly) German speaking areas one marked signal that winter is coming is the so called ‘Almabtrieb’ or ‘Alpabzug’, the ceremonial droving of cattle down from the alpine meadows back into the stables for winter. In summer, cows and other farm animals are […]

Julia Schneemann | September 10, 2023
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[VIDEO] Hail Storm in Reutlingen, Germany, Blankets Local Streets With Thick, Snow-Like Layer

  A hail storm hit the town of Reutlingen in the southern German state of Baden-Würtemberg on Friday, August 4, 2023. Reutlingen is located near Stuttgart and is home to leading international engineering, white goods and automotive manufacturer Bosch.   The sudden hail storm struck with such severity in short space of time, that it blanketed the old town of Reutlingen […]

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Julia Schneemann | August 6, 2023
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German Skiing Pioneer Klaus Obermeyer Celebrates His 100th Year of Skiing

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German skiing pioneer Klaus Obermeyer will be celebrating his 100th year of skiing for the 2022-23 season. The prominent Aspen resident is set to lace up his boots and hit the slopes just several weeks after his 103rd birthday on December 2nd, a truly astonishing feat to accomplish! Klaus first experienced skiing in 1922 as a youth in the German […]

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Matt Scribner | December 6, 2022
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Trying to Beat the Heatwave: German Resort Oberstdorf Attempts Snow Farming for the First Time

Oberstdorf, Germany, is trying to enable cross-country skiing from October through snowfarming, picture: Oberstdorf.de

The German resort of Oberstdorf is experimenting for the first time this year with snow farming. Snow farming is the attempt to preserve the snow from the previous season for the next season by piling it together and covering it. In a way, it is ‘snow-recycling’. The advantages of snow farming are: guaranteed snow for events/opening days lower energy than […]

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Julia Schneemann | August 30, 2022
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Ski Resorts in France and Germany to Remain Closed Until Potentially Mid-February

Tignes, lockdown

The much-hoped-for reopening of ski resorts in France and Germany has been delayed due to escalating covid-19 cases in the countries. The French government has decided to postpone the opening of ski resorts in France due to the rise in new Covid cases and hospitalizations in the past weeks. The government announced they would look at the issue again on […]

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SnowBrains | January 8, 2021
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German Police Struggle to Keep Skiers Off Closed Ski Area’s Slopes During COVID-19 Lockdown

German police chased people off the slopes of a closed ski resort after hundreds flocked to Winterberg, defying appeals from authorities to stay home https://t.co/FWICyn7ag3 pic.twitter.com/M1n9t2jY6s — Reuters (@Reuters) January 3, 2021 Who would have ever thought that the police would one day be fighting to keep people from skiing? Well, that day has come in Germany where local authorities […]

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SnowBrains | January 5, 2021
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France and Germany Enter 4-Week Lockdown Forcing Ski Resorts to Close

Tignes, lockdown

Both Germany and France announced new a nationwide lockdown on Wednesday, throwing the only-just-begun ski season into disarray as ski resorts have been forced to close. In France, President Emmanuel Macron announced the second lockdown in France that will begin on Friday, until December 1st. Germany has entered a four-week shutdown of restaurants, bars, cinemas, theaters, and other leisure facilities in […]

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SnowBrains | October 29, 2020
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What Limits a Mountain’s Height: A New Theory

A new study published earlier this month suggests convergent plate boundaries are the sole contributor to a mountain’s height. It was previously believed that these convergent plate boundaries pushed up the crust as one plate was subducted beneath the other (this is still true). After the mountain was formed it then started to weather and erode becoming shorter as it […]

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Alex Camerino | June 25, 2020
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