Snow hits Poland's Tatra mountains as summer starts

Snowfall in the Polish summer

The country's Tatra mountains

witnessed rare heavy snowfall

Courtesy: tatratour.pl

The Kasprowy Wierch cable car station

which sees nearly 2.5 million visitors

in the summer months

is now covered in knee-high snowdrifts

The authorities also announced an avalanche alert

for areas over 6,200 ft above sea level