I haven't been going to the Bavarian Alps long enough to see when the real "winter" starts.
But I can't think the current situation is normal for late November.
http://www.zugspitze.de/livecams/cam4.htm Wankcam view over Jubilüumsgrat etc.
And http://alpspitze.de/wetterz/WETTER1.HTM showed 18.3C/65F yesterday at Garmisch-Partenkirchen!
I was hoping to get a few days on snowshoes before Christmas.
Maybe I can have a couple of normal mountain hikes up to about 1900m - 2000m instead now?