Webcams are among the most-used planning tools for a holiday in Zell am See-Kaprun, and they are regularly misread. The most common error: someone sees a green meadow by the lake and concludes there is no snow in the region. In fact a valley camera tells you almost nothing about conditions on the glacier. This article sets out which camera is good for what.<\/p>\n
The region\u2019s cameras can be sorted by altitude, and that sorting decides which one you should be looking at.<\/p>\n
This includes the cameras on Lake Zell, at the lake promenade, in the village centre and in Kaprun. They show what the village looks like, whether it is raining, how visibility across the lake is, and what the road conditions are. For the question what will my drive be like<\/em> they are the best tool; for what are the slopes like<\/em> they are practically worthless.<\/p>\n One well-known valley camera also looks out over the Zell am See airfield, a popular starting point for sightseeing flights and a good indicator of the cloud base in the valley.<\/p>\n Here sit the cameras on the Schmittenh\u00f6he<\/a> and on the Maiskogel in Kaprun. For most ski days these are the relevant images: they show the actual snow cover on the main pistes, activity at the lifts, and visibility. The view from the Schmittenh\u00f6he across Lake Zell is at the same time one of the region\u2019s best-known scenes, see also the best photo spots<\/a>.<\/p>\n The cameras on the Kitzsteinhorn<\/a> reach into the area of the Gipfelwelt 3000<\/a> above 3,000 metres. They show the glacier pistes and high-alpine conditions. If you want to know in autumn or spring whether skiing is possible at all, this is the decisive tier, see glacier skiing.<\/p>\n The cameras are provided by their respective operators: the Schmittenh\u00f6he lift company for the Zell am See side, the Kaprun glacier lifts for the Maiskogel and Kitzsteinhorn, and the tourist board for the village cameras. The links below go straight to each live image, sorted by the same three altitude tiers.<\/p>\nMiddle level, roughly 1,300 to 2,000 metres<\/h3>\n
High mountains, above 2,500 metres<\/h3>\n
Where to find the live images<\/h2>\n