The Kathrein prediction comes true: the first ice forms on the Weissensee
Local media and businesses at the Weissensee spotted the first ice on the mountain lake yesterday. The ice held through the afternoon, while temperatures rose well above zero.
The St Kathrein prediction
On Tuesday we published an article about the prediction according to an old Austrian saying. Almost always around Saint Catherine – 25 November – the lake freezes over.
A crust of ice in the late afternoon
And yesterday, the 26th, it happened straight away. “Ice on the Weissensee”, reports Weissensee News on Facebook.
- For the first time the ice stayed visible all day. “In the late afternoon we could still make out a crust of ice on the west shore.”
Photo: weissensee.news
‘A good sign’
The Austrian news portal about the Weissensee is backed up by Seehotel Enzian (Neusach). “The first ice on the Weissensee”, writes the hotel with a post on Instagram.
Seehotel Enzian points to the punctuality around the ‘Lostag’ of St Kathrein. Such a day belongs to a particular ‘saint’. And not just any saint, but one said to matter for the weather.
- “Punctually around ‘St Kathrein’ the lake freezes over”, says Seehotel Enzian. “A good sign for a wonderful skating winter.”
The Weissensee ice thickness
Travel and lifestyle platform dionvacation monitors the ice thickness on the Weissensee especially for skating enthusiasts.
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A skating holiday on the Weissensee?
De remarkable Weissensee as a skating holiday is a popular destination. Usually thousands of Dutch people come to the mountain lake.
Because of corona (COVID-19) and the travel advice (all of Austria orange) fewer skaters are expected now.
Every year the Weissensee is also the setting for the Alternative Dutch 11-City Tour. That has now been cancelled because of the corona troubles. The same goes for Runn Winter Week in Sweden.
For now an Alternative Dutch 11-City Tour is only on the calendarat Luleå in Swedish Lapland. The 200 kilometre tour there is for recreational skating enthusiasts.
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