Monte Rosa area on 23.03.2025 | rah

Snow condition

Varies greatly between the valleys. Least in the west, most in the east. Southern slopes are partly not snowed in up to 2000m. Towards Champoluc rather 10 and in Alagna rather 30cm of fresh snow since yesterday.

Snow quality

Daytime warming soaked the snow around noon up to over 2000m. The hoped-for dry powder was limited.

The Wibd decreased in the morning and was no longer noticeable around noon. Italy issued an LLB 4. We saw a fresh avalanche, rather small. There seems to be a problem with old snow, which can lead to large avalanches. Of the danger signs mentioned, we noticed drifting snow in Gressoney and cracking in steeper terrain.

Overall impression

We tried Gressoney again, but this time we didn't win the 6. Nevertheless, the conditions were quite good and the weather was better than initially expected, especially in the morning.