bike&ski, in the nebelhorn area, on 17.04.2021 | htg_other

Snow condition

you can still get into the valley, but you have to see how it works out in expo-s. for mid april and at this altitude, but pretty good snow conditions.

Snow quality

today it was all there, depending on the expo. s to o, carrying cap and fine firn on top. n to o, depending on how much sun was already in it, pow to capped pow. above 1500m, sometimes still very nice to ski.

relatively safe today. we didn't see any wet or loose snow slides. in the summit area, two smaller snow slabs, in expo-s, probably from yesterday. in expo-n, the new snow is holding pretty well on the hard and hardened old snow cover. opposite, in expo-n, the wildest steepest runs were made today, not even spindrift came down there.

Overall impression

gleiches wetter, wie gestern. relativ kalt, wind aus n bis o. ab 10h erste quellungen und dann relativ schnell geschlossene wolkendecke, dazu nebelbänke am gipfel, aus n. mit den kommenden niederschlägen, neu bewerten. es wird verm. etwas neuschnee, oberhalb von 1600m geben. grundsätzlich ändert sich aber an der gesamtsituation nichts mehr. es wird mit jedem tag frühlingshafter.