Never in the Dolomites so much snow in 30 years – Veneto



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Arpav uplifts, precipitation greater than 300 cm.

The amount of fresh snow that falls at great heights in the Veneto Dolomites, from October to today, is more than 300 cm, 240 cm at 1600 meters and 170 cm on the bottoms of the snowiest valleys, levels that have not been touched for 30 years. The data was published by ARPAV, the Veneto Regional Environment Agency, which highlights how the Venetian mountains are well covered with snow and the snow cover is generally continuous already above 1200 m with more than 85% of the territory covered. . Of snow. The depth of snow on the ground is among the highest measured in the last 30 years, similar but higher than Christmas 2019, 2010, 2008 and 1990. In the Pre-Alps, persistent rain episodes of up to more than 1800 m have a limited amount of fresh snow and the thicknesses are always important but lower than those of December 2008 and 1990.
After yesterday’s rain, since this morning it has snowed more than 1000 m with contributions of 1-5 cm to the bottom of the valley. The avalanche hazard is generally 1 low. Slab avalanche triggers along extreme slopes are possible above 2000m, while residual landslide avalanches are possible below.

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