Slush ‘destroys’ the dream of black ice on the Weissensee in 2022/2023
There is a thin layer of ice on the Weissensee by now. But dreaming recreational skaters need a little more patience. “Unfortunately no good news from the ice”, says ice team member Bernhard Jank.
Slush destroys the dream…, as headlines natureislauf.at, ,…of black ice. Jank: “Last night brought us some 8 cm of wet snow. At the moment it is raining lightly.”
At the start of this week the enthusiasm was great. “At last the moment has come.”, exclaimed the youngest son of ice master Norbert Jank at the time. The first thin layer of ice had formed on the western part.
“If not too much snow comes over the next few days, nothing stands in the way of an early start to the season.” But last night that snow fell after all:
- “Today we tried to clear a track with the quads. We largely stayed on the line of what will later be the footpath, so that we did not damage anything ourselves.”
Slush: the quad broke through
Jank notes that the snow is a problem. “The snow is too heavy and in places the ice is still too thin.” The quad broke through several times.
“Now we wait to see what the coming days bring. A request to everyone: please do not step onto the ice. Every track in the slush, a mush of snow and ice, is an enormous obstacle to the work ahead.”
About ten days ago it began to get considerably colder on the Weissensee. Since then dionvacation® has been monitoring the current ice thickness. We keep a close eye on all the Austrian sources.
Snow often plays a delaying role in the ice forming
In an earlier piece we described snow as both ‘devil’ and ‘jewel’ for this much-loved mountain lake. On the one hand the ice is hindered; on the other the landscape is shaped gloriously.
Besides that awkward double role, the snow can also protect against solar radiation during the day.
For now the snow is really falling too early, so we have our fingers crossed for better conditions.
Snow as both ‘jewel’ and ‘devil’
Ice thickness (blog dossier)
The 2023 programme
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