Berchtesgaden Alps on 23.12.2024 | bergjunge

Snow condition

Very poor snow conditions, but not necessarily atypical for December here, it can be even worse. Yesterday it rained a long way up, so serious off-road riding is hardly possible.

Snow quality

5 cm of powder on a partly crusty, sometimes icy and very poor base.

There is no danger from avalanches at low altitudes as there is hardly any snow. Hostile contact with the ground is the greatest threat here.

Overall impression

Well, at least you can slide around a bit. But outside the slopes (edges) and higher, stone-free alpine meadows, there's practically nothing to do. Christmas follows the typical pattern of mostly thawing weather here. There was a lot of rain yesterday, but it's supposed to get better tonight or tomorrow. Due to the lack of a base and the limited growth, it won't be a game changer either.