Salzburger Land North on 24.03.2021 | bergjunge

Snow condition

Still ok. However, it wouldn't be enough for everything at high altitudes. But there's a lot you can do now that you couldn't do this winter.

Snow quality

3 stars. In the shady forest down to 1200 (!) and further up in the larch forest really cool! Beautiful, fast, set powder, wonderfully soft to ski. It's been a long time since I've had these sinking depths (4-5 stars) At higher altitudes there was a lot of wind and radiation, so it's only good in sheltered areas. At the bottom in the sun, unfortunately, it was extremely slippery. It was quite exhausting.

Moderate avalanche situation. If you stay out of the bright south-facing slopes. There has been a lot of heavy shattering today, they have already started to unload today. This will increase with the heat in the coming days. The exposures on the shady side are stable, further up there might be a little bit of drift snow because the wind has already been active over the last few days. And you could also see some nice flags on some peaks this morning.

Overall impression

Sehr schöner, aber auch anstrengender Tag. Für den Powder in den mittleren Lagen haben sich die Mühen jedoch gelohnt. Etwas früher hätte ich abfahren können, dann wärs unten noch etwas besser gewesen, aber das hab ich nicht geschafft. Der ganze weite flache Weg ins Tal raus war in der Sonne sehr stark bremsender Sumpf, das hat die Freude etwas vermindert. Es wird nur noch weiter oben in geschützten und schattigen Lagen ein bisschen Powder übrig bleiben. Nass- Locker- und Gleitschnee werden noch mehr ein Thema werden.