Snow report Upper Bavaria, 02/07/2022

Snow condition

Ski tour in the Mangfall mountains. This morning we were out again in a wind-protected lee below the tree line. Thanks to the average of 25 cm of fresh snow, it now looks very good in such areas. However, due to the very strong wind, the snow situation is more inhomogeneous than ever.

Snow quality

There was cold and light fresh snow today. Due to the good snow conditions, we were able to easily bypass the areas exposed to the wind, as there is now a solid base even in the denser forest from around 1300 m above sea level.

During the tour today, most of the precipitation came as sleet. There is therefore a lot of sleet in the last layers of the snowpack. The combination of sleet and drifting snow is very easy to disturb and is poorly bonded to the old snowpack.

Overall impression

Fortunately, the wind was limited most of the time on our wind-protected tour, apart from a few gusts, and there was also good snow. That's how you imagine the start of the week before work. The conditions should remain the same until the weather warms up. However, the touring options are limited overall in terms of avalanche conditions, snow layer differences (windward and leeward) and snow quality.