How to read a mountain forecast properly
A forecast saying five degrees for Kayseri may mean minus seven at the summit. Which line you read changes everything.
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Snow and weather
Snow depth, snow type, temperature, wind and visibility — everything that decides how your day on the mountain will go.
Spring snow at Erciyes: how to time your day
In spring the same piste at eight in the morning and one in the afternoon is effectively two different pistes.
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How wind moves and redistributes snow at Erciyes
Two slopes at the same height on the same day can hold completely different snow. Wind is usually the reason.
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How to read the snow conditions at Erciyes
"There is 80 cm at Erciyes" sounds precise, but it skips three questions at once: where, measured how, and when.
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