Andi Schatz

It should be common knowledge that you can still go ski touring well into spring. However, if you are not traveling in the highest regions of the Alps, a mountain bike is often helpful for the snow-free approach, in addition to a good dose of motivation!

When the snow line drops to 1500 meters above sea level in the leading year, this is a challenging tour with good prospects of late powder turns.

As the amount of snow in our home region of the Allgäu is still rather sparse and we were only ever busy looking for a few powdery gullies, we needed a change. Without further ado, the search for more snow brought us to the Aver Valley, a side valley of the Hinterrhein. This valley offers tours from a starting point of 1300 meters up to almost 3400 meters.