Snow boots are needed when you are in the Alps. A low pressure area on the south side of the Alps moved towards Italy, which caused a lot of snow in the mountains.
In the last few days, there was an earthquake series with over 850 earthquakes at Askja. If the volcano erupts, the ash could currently be spread directly over Europe.
A great amount of fresh snow fell in the mountains of Andorra, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and Germany in the last few days and the snowfall will not stop.