Snow report East Tyrol-North Carinthia, 01/16/2016

Snow condition

Unfortunately, even the more abundant snowfall of the last week has not changed the overall situation: there is a lack of surface. Although there is now 10-20cm of snow all the way down to the valley in Kals, contact with stones, meadows or wood is almost unavoidable. Above the tree line, the snow is almost completely blown away: ridges are extremely blown off.

Snow quality

It's cold and so the snow from last week has held up well and has been supplemented by small amounts from the foothills of the northern congestion. With a base, it would be great to ride. It's fine on alpine pastures, but unfortunately not yet in the forest or even on rocky ground.

According to the LLB in East Tyrol 3, in some parts of Tyrol 4. I would also consider 3 to be critical on the main ridge, because snowfall has always "swum over" here from the north and with a lot of wind. You can see it more than clearly on the ridges. And there are also quite widespread signs of wind. I would hardly dare leave the trees at the moment. Low visibility and lots of drifting snow make the situation quite tense.

Overall impression

Alps and light forests are "the place to be". I wouldn't go there with new skis yet. However, the little fresh snow did the slopes some good and so we spent half a day skiing on the new Blizzard piste weapons for the 16/17 season on the very well-groomed slopes in the Glocknerresort.