Winter sports - Lively activity on Wasserkuppe and Hoherodskopf
On the snow-covered Wasserkuppe, leisure sports enthusiasts were able to enjoy the beautiful side of winter on the first weekend of Advent. "Super conditions" on Hesse's highest mountain (950 meters), said a spokesperson for Wiegand Erlebnisberge GmbH, which operates the ski and toboggan arenas on the Wasserkuppe in the Rhön and Hoherodskopf in the Vogelsberg, to the German Press Agency on Sunday. "Today is even better. We have better weather than yesterday, when it was a bit hazy."
Several lifts had already opened at 9.30 a.m. on Saturday. "It's busy, but not overcrowded," said Jeremias Kümpel from Wiegand Erlebnisberge GmbH. The snow depth on the Märchenwiese run was reportedly 40 centimetres.
The new ski season has also started on the Hoherodskopf. The lift started at 10.00 am on Saturday at the Rennwiese. It was already quite busy there too, said Kümpel. Thanks to the heavy snowfall over the past few days, everything had gone very quickly. Some of the teams had worked into the night so that the lifts could transport the first winter sports enthusiasts this weekend.
Kümpel was confident that stable skiing operations would be possible on the Wasserkuppe for at least the next two to three weeks. On the Hoherodskopf, which is around 200 meters lower than the Wasserkuppe, this will only become clear in the next few days.
Skiing has been possible on a side slope near the Wasserkuppe, the so-called Zuckerfeld, since Friday. In the winter sports region of Willingen in northern Hesse, skiing is due to start on the second weekend of Advent.
According to the German Weather Service (DWD), it will be very cloudy on Monday, with snow falling in some areas. In the evening, new snow clouds will move in from the west. There will be light permafrost of -3 to 0 degrees in the northeast, with temperatures climbing to 2 degrees in the southwest. It will be overcast on Tuesday night. There will be precipitation, changing from snow to rain from the west.
According to the DWD, there is a threat of freezing rain with black ice at times. Temperatures in the west will be 0 degrees, in the east a light frost of -3 degrees is expected.
Ski and toboggan arena Wasserkuppe Ski and toboggan arena Hoherodskopf Ski lift Zuckerberg Ski area Willingen
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Source: www.stern.de
