Snow report St. Moritz / Engadine, 04/20/2016
Biancograt switch reloaded - Der Plan auf den Piz Palü zu gehen mussten wir aufgeben - Pulverspass im Engadin
St. Moritz / Engadine
Snow condition
Snow quality
Overall impression
Snow condition
The further east you go this winter, the less it gets. By Tuesday there was a good 40cm of fresh snow, which improved the generally poor snow conditions a little and covered the quite open crevasses with sugar. Skiing is possible up to 1800m on the north side - on the south side, a lot of the snow is quite snowed out up to >2300
Snow quality
We've had everything from fine powder to the nastiest broken snow. On the north side, however, you can still find set powder - everything else depends on the position of the sun - timing is key.
Risks
We wanted to climb Piz Palü on Wednesday and decided against it due to the avalanche situation (lots of wind in the summit area + fresh snow + crevasses). From Palü there were some interesting descents to observe (see pictures). In many (north-facing) steep slopes, numerous descents could be observed, which went off on their own and which brought out the Sahara layer. It was definitely too tricky for steeper slopes, even though there is quite a bit of skiing.
Overall impression
The Engadin is always worth a trip - classic PG final meeting tour in good snow conditions - and impressive avalanche descents.
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