Snow report Alpenostrand, 04/15/2018

Snow condition

No longer good. A lot has thawed in the last few weeks and there wasn't really much here anyway, so you can still go on tours, but the question is whether it's still worth it. Very soon you'll have to carry things for quite a while, so I'd rather go somewhere else from now on. Further up in the gullies and cirques there is still plenty of snow, which will stay for a while.

Snow quality

Unfortunately, it wasn't completely clear during the night and the snow didn't freeze properly. It didn't break through completely, but with the diffuse radiation it quickly became quite damp, although not boggy. I left at 9 and thought it was rather late, or rather I made sure I got on.

Due to the poor radiation at night, this is a bit of a problem. Numerous larger avalanches (often with huge cracks as wet snow slabs) have already come down, but not all of them. I gave steeper and overgrown slopes a wide berth and was also able to observe two smaller wet snow avalanches coming down from extremely steep terrain.

Overall impression

Well, unfortunately it wasn't particularly exciting, mainly due to the rather poor snow conditions and the weather, which was unsuitable for spring conditions. Nevertheless, two stars as there were some nice turns!