Photo Gallery Where Is the Winter?
The Swiss Alps are usually much whiter this time of year.
A ski jumper in Austria. Good thing there's some fake snow to land on. The rest of the valley is still green.
No sledding in southern Germany's Bad Toelz.
These Bavarian paths are usually full of skiers this time of year.
Arosa, Switzerland: some parts of the Alps got their first snow at the beginning of December. Too little, too late for the Swiss World Cup skiing team. They're training in Canada instead.
This snowboarder is enjoying the Germany's Zugspitze: the country's highest peak and one of the only places open for its winter business.
Having cornered Germany's snow market, the Zugspitze is pulling in the business.
At the end of November, 1,000 meters just wasn't high enough for the Bavarian Alps to get snow.
Here in Switzerland's Adelboden, it's even too warm for fake snow.
