Central Switzerland on 03.04.2022 | maxfree

Snow condition

The four stars are for the altitudes above 1500 meters. It has flaked down quite a bit in the last few days. It was easily 50-60cm. Descent was only possible from a certain slope gradient.

Snow quality

Nice cold fluffy snow from about 1200. Only around noon was it a bit too warm at the bottom.

Above 1800 a clear three-pointer. We saw brutally little today, but heard a lot. With the fog, a good route was not really possible. We broke off after about 2 hours of climbing... It was too sketchy.

Overall impression

Weather roulette on the Bannalp. We had hoped that the sky would clear in the morning. Unfortunately, it wasn't to be. We got a bit lost after the first few minutes, then it was exhausting and there was virtually no visibility. That was nothing today. Luckily we met 2 like-minded people with local knowledge for the descent. Otherwise we would have taken the gondola back down. The descent into the valley was 1/3 great, 2/3 not so good. You really could have gotten more out of today in another place.