As the ski season opens with a distinct lack of snow, Hochkönig's recent 12 million euro investment of snow making facilities comes into it's own. Snow pours from lances dotted all over the mountains. And then the Föhn arrives, a warm, strong, dry down-slope wind which often blows this way, also known as the 'snow-eater'. The temperatures went from minus 12 to plus 13 in twelve hours and the snow melted away. This particular wind can also cause migraines and psychosis. Justine usually gets the migraine and Simon thinks that Justine gets the psychosis too. So on the whole the Föhn is not very welcome.
