Summer snow in southern Norway
The road up to the glacier was closed due to the snow.
Fonna is one of three glacier areas currently open to skiers in Norway and one of 11 in Europe.
It opened for the season about two months ago after teams took around two months to dig out exceptionally deep snow burying the road to it.
It eventually opened posting a snow depth of over 13 metres, which subsequently grew to 15 metres with more spring snowfall. That's one of the deepest bases ever reported at a ski area.
That depth has now almost halved with temperatures reaching up to 20C prior to the current cold spell.
Snow closure in Europe in July? Norway's FONNA Glacier Ski Resort is closed today with access roads blocked by fresh snow. 20cm (8 inches) has fallen so far. pic.twitter.com/vKxdxuGirD
— Snow Forecast.com (@SnowForecast) July 3, 2020
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RC
Still in my paste memory: Have you ever read the short sci-fi story 'Beyond Lies the Wub', by Philip K. Dick? (1952)
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Like all his stuff, it's really eye opening.
RC