Pontenkar on 13.04.2021 | Sumedum

Snow condition

The first slope of the piste to the Wannenjoch had no more snow before the recent snowfall I suspect. Above 1500 meters you can ski completely without hesitation I would say, below that a good choice of route is important. For the time of year, there's nothing to complain about.

Snow quality

Around 10 cm of fresh snow at the bottom and a good 20 cm at the top. Very even, very fluffy - really great, bordering on 4 stars. Above 1500 meters the base was hard, if you didn't hit old tracks it was great. Between 1500 and 1300 meters the surface breaks, which spoils the riding pleasure a little. Below 1300 meters the surface is hard again.

From the western slopes of the Ponten and the eastern slopes of the Bschießers came several loose snow slides that are not so small. I think sluff can be an issue in steeper terrain, the loose fresh snow slid a bit when braking turns. Otherwise, the snow cover felt very even to us. Due to the situation described in the LLB "difficult to recognize drift snow packs", we refrained from a more ambitious tour.

Overall impression

April powder! Unfortunately also April weather...we turned around at 1900 meters due to a complete whiteout and skied the first 200m along our ascent track. After we passed the hut below the cirque we had perfect visibility up to the summit again - unfortunately bad timing today. Tomorrow there will probably be more good powder on most of the slopes as long as the sun doesn't stay out too long.